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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Prospective Grad Student Recruitment Events

American Studies is holding recruitment events Sunday, March 10th through Tuesday, March 12th. A complete schedule will be available in next week's digest, but we will need RSVPs for the Prospective Graduate Student community dinner on Monday, March 11th at 6pm in 1210 Heller Hall . Please RSVP to amstdy@umn.edu by Wednesday, March 6th so that we may ensure an adequate amount of food for all.

Black Studies and American Studies at the Crossroads lecture series

Catherine Squires will present "Vicious Visibility: Peculiar Politics of Whiteness in the 2012 Election" as part of the Black Studies and American Studies at the Crossroads lecture series. The event will begin at 3:30pm in room 815 Social Science Tower on Monday, March 11th. A talk description and event flier will be available in next week's digest.

Non-Tenure Lecturer Position at Smith College

The Smith College Program for the Study of Women and Gender invites applicants for a one-year, non-tenure-track position as a lecturer in queer studies and or race, gender, film and visual culture. Review of applicants will begin March 11th, 2013.

Lecturer in the Study of Women and Gender

The Smith College Program for the Study of Women and Gender invites
applications for a one-year, non-tenure-track position as lecturer in
queer studies and/or race, gender, film and visual culture. Successful
candidates will be prepared to offer courses at the intermediate and
advanced levels in one of these areas as well as to participate in
teaching the Program's interdisciplinary introductory course. Successful
candidates will demonstrate research and teaching commitments to
understanding the intersection of gender with race, class, and
sexuality. Priority will be given to candidates with a Ph.D. in Women's
and Gender Studies, or in any of the fields identified above, if
combined with a graduate certificate or the equivalent in women's or
gender studies. Prior interdisciplinary teaching experience is
expected, including an introduction to women's or gender studies.
Submit application at https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/21300 with
letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of research and
teaching interests, and three confidential letters of recommendation.
Questions regarding the search should be directed to Professor Martha
Ackelsberg, Chair of Search Committee, Program for the Study of Women
and Gender. Review of applicants will begin on March 11, 2013.

A Coffee Talk Hour will be given by Kathy Klink

"Patterns of change (or lack thereof) in strong winds along U.S. oceanic coasts" will be given by Professor Kathy Klink.This talk will be held in Blegen Hall 445 and will begin at 3:30 on Friday, March 1st, 2013.

Abstract: Over the past several decades, oceanographers have observed an increase in high waves along U.S. oceanic coastlines. This increase in wave height may be caused (at least in part) by increases in strong winds. Land-based coastal wind records provide some evidence for an increase in the strongest wind speeds, with some curious and intriguing spatial and temporal patterns emerging from the analysis.
The talk will be held in Blegen Hall 445 beginning at 3:30. Complimentary refreshments and coffee will be served at 3:15.
Please see attached flyer.
KathyKlink1.pdf
The Department of Geography, Environment, and Society hopes to see you there!

Seeking nominations: COGS Outstanding Faculty Awards

THE COUNCIL OF GRADUATE STUDIES (COGS) is currently accepting nominations for the fourth annual outstanding faculty awards. The awards are chosen by graduate students to recognize those faculty members that went above and beyond to help graduate students succeed. The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, March 1st.

The Council of Graduate Students (COGS) is currently accepting nominations for the fourth annual outstanding faculty awards. We had many wonderful nomination letters in the last few years and are excited to be able to offer these awards again in 2013. The outstanding faculty award was designed to recognize faculty contributions to graduate education. They are chosen by graduate students to recognize those faculty members that we feel have gone above and beyond to help graduate students succeed. The deadline for submitting nominations is FRIDAY MARCH 1st. The nomination form is attached and additional information regarding the award can be found on their website.
faculty award 2013.docx

Bernard and Fern Badzin Graduate Fellowship on Holocaust and Genocide Studies

The University of Minnesota's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Department of History invite applications for the Bernard and Fern Badzin Graduate Fellowship in Holocaust and Genocide Studies for 2013-2014. This fellowship includes a stipend of $18,000, the cost of tuition, mandatory fees and health insurance. Applicant must be a current CLA Ph.D. program and have a doctoral dissertation in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Application Deadline: 3:00pm on Friday, March 15, 2013.

Call for Applications: Bernard and Fern Badzin Graduate Fellowship in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, for the academic year 2013-14
The University of Minnesota's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Department of History invite applications from current doctoral students in the UMN College of Liberal Arts for the Bernard and Fern Badzin Graduate Fellowship in Holocaust and Genocide Studies for the academic year 2013-14.
The Badzin Fellowship will pay a living stipend of $18,000, and the cost of tuition, mandatory fees and health insurance.
Eligibility:
An applicant must be a current student in a Ph.D. program in the College of Liberal Arts, currently enrolled in the first, second, third, or fourth year of study, and have a doctoral dissertation project in Holocaust and genocide studies. The fellowship will be awarded on the basis of the quality and scholarly potential of the dissertation project, the applicant's quality of performance in the graduate program, and the applicant's general scholarly promise.

Required application materials:

1) A letter of application (maximum 4 pages single-spaced) describing the applicant's intellectual interests and dissertation research and the research and/or writing which the applicant expects to do during the fellowship year
2) A current curriculum vitae for the applicant
3) An unofficial transcript of all graduate work done at the University of Minnesota
4) TWO confidential letters of recommendation from U of MN faculty, discussing the quality of the applicant's graduate work and dissertation project and the applicant's progress toward completing the degree, sent directly to the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (chgs.umn.edu).
Deadline:
All application materials must be received by the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies electronically at chgs@umn.edu no later than 3:00 pm on Friday, March 15, 2013. The awardee will be announced no later than Friday, April 26, 2013.
Please see attached flyer.
Scholarship2.pdf

Monday, February 25, 2013

The Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University Summer Seminars

The Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University invites applications for their summer seminars. They are open to undergraduates, grad students, and recent grads this summer. The application deadline is March, 31st, 2013.

Undergraduates, grad students & recent grads:This summer, you have the chance to sharpen your thinking and expand your professional network at a Summer Seminar with the Institute for Humane Studies. The seminar experience offers the chance to delve into the best current thinking about liberty, get to know stellar professors, and spend quality time discussing ideas with students from around the world. Find additional details at www.TheIHS.org/summer-seminars.
Be sure to apply by March 1st for the chance to receive a free book. Final deadline: March 31st

Graduate students:
Present your research or get inspired for future work at one of IHS's Symposia on Scholarship & a Free Society, colloquium-style academic conferences. For more information, visit www.TheIHS.org/scholarship-free-society.

Application Deadline for this is March 15th.

ICGC Brown Bag Talk on March 1st

ICGC BROWN BAG TALK titled "Globalizing through the Vernacular: Transnationalism, translation and hegemony in the Indian GTB Movement" presented by Aniruddha Dutta will be held Friday, March 1st, 2013 at 12:00pm in 537 Heller Hall.

The presentation will explore how the globalizing expansion of LGBT and HIV-AIDS activism into global south locations such as India relies on regional and translocal communities of gender-variant persons, and yet subordinates them and associated discourses of gender/sexual difference within the tiered hierarchies of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender; particularly GTB) organizations and transnationally-funded HIV-AIDS intervention projects. Engaging with debates in transnational sexuality studies, I will argue that lower class/caste communities and discourses are reduced as 'local' or 'vernacular' relative to national and transnational formations of activism and discourse, even as translations with subcultural languages of gender/sexual variance enable the expansion and hegemony of institutional categories of identity and representation. Drawing upon five years of ethnographic research in eastern India, the presentation will critique how hegemonic institutional activism produces lower class/caste groups as a victimized minority and exploitable labor pool, rather than as active participants in the transnational movement for LGBT rights.
Please see attached flyer.
A.Dutta.pdf

Information Sessions Regarding HECUA Programs

Information sessions regarding the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA) programs are being held this week on Tuesday, March 5 and Friday, March 8. Attend an info session to learn more about HECUA's dynamic, off campus study programs focused on race, inequality, poverty, and other social justice topics.The info sessions will feature alumni of each HECUA program.

Come to an info session to learn more about HECUA's dynamic, off campus study programs focused on race, inequality, poverty, and other social justice topics (see program descriptions below)! Coffee, tea, and treats will be served!
Tuesday, March 5
2:00-3:30pm
Peters Hall room 70 (St. Paul campus)
OR
Friday, March 8
1:00-2:30pm
Bordertown Coffee House (315 16th Ave SE)
ID 3574 -- Race in America Then and Now: "Post-Racial" Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement
-Summer Term (June 3-24, 2013)
-6 credits
-fulfills these LEs: Historical Perspectives core and Diversity and Social Justice theme
Many people in the U.S. and around the world have seen the election (and subsequent re-election) of President Barack Obama as a sign that racism in America is a thing of the past. America, it is said, is now a "post-racial" society, and has moved beyond a racially divided time. Yet that past was not very long ago. Obama's election came within the lifetimes of people whose parents were born into slavery in America, and he was elected President less than fifty years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Even after these landmark pieces of legislation became law, in the 1960s many communities of color struggled to find justice and equality in the United States. This program explores that era's struggles as well as current movements for equality, and dares to ask questions about racial justice in America today. During the three-week program, students meet with civil rights activists who were active in the 1960s and those who are active now, and with lawyers, politicians, educators, and youth to learn about how America's present is inextricably linked to its past. Field experiences open up connections among issues related to education, incarceration, distribution of wealth, health care, housing, employment, and the environment. Students also delve into racial identity development theory, the philosophy of nonviolence, and how social movements function. By the end of the month, students have a profound understanding of the Civil Rights Movement--its motivations, strategies, successes and failures--and they have also developed ways to make meaningful contributions to their own communities. Jackson, Mississippi is the home-base of this program (Airfare is provided), but students will do field trips throughout the South. Visit https://hecua.org/civilrights for more information on the program, or email Eleanor, the student adviser for the program, at race.hecua@gmail.com. The application deadline for this summer program is April 15th.
ID 3571, 3572, & 3573 -- Inequality in America: Policy, Community, and the Politics of Empowerment
-Fall Semester (also offered every spring semester)
-16 credits (full-time, off-campus, semester program including an INTERNSHIP)
-fulfills these LEs: Social Sciences core, Diversity and Social Justice theme, & Civic Life and Ethics theme
In the Inequality in America: Policy, Community, and the Politics of Empowerment program students actively delve into major challenges of our time: poverty, inequality and social change. The program pursues three major framing questions utilizing a number of relevant and contested theories to frame the discussion throughout the semester. The questions are: What are some of the root causes of increasing levels of economic, political, social inequality and insecurity and how does this impact all social classes and groups in the United States? How are economic, political, and social inequality reproduced? How do we create more opportunity for all Americans squeezed by economic, political, and social inequality and what are some concrete social change tools for making these changes? To understand these questions the program looks at the economy, housing systems, education, welfare, government policies, urban sprawl, regional race and class segregation, and institutional discrimination. This program is based off-campus in the Twin Cities community and includes a 20-hour per week internship placement. Visit https://hecua.org/inequalityinamerica for more information on the program, or email Alyssa, the student adviser for the program, at inequality.hecua@gmail.com. The application deadline for this Fall Semester program is April 15th, 2013.
Please see attached flyers.
spring 2013 INFO SESSION FLYER new.ppt
RaceinAmerica_flyer_small.pdf
These programs are offered by HECUA, the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs, a non-profit organization based in St. Paul, MN that offers unique experiential education programs both domestically and abroad. These programs focus on issues affecting our local and global communities. At the U of M, they are offered in partnership with the Community Service-Learning Center. Visit www.offcampusstudy.umn.edu for information on all of HECUA's programs.

New DVDs at University Libraries'

Our Librarian Nancy Herther has a list of new DVDs at the Walter Smart Research Center media collections. If something looks good, you might want to check it out! Also, Ideas for other new titles are always welcomed. See attached list for all DVDs.
New Videos.313.pdf

Deadline to Register for Spring Commencement: Friday, March 8, 2013

If you are graduating and plan to participate in the spring graduate student commencement ceremony for Arts, Sciences, and Engineering on Friday, April 26, 2013, the deadline to register is Friday, March 8, 2013. For more information, visit http://gradcommencement.umn.edu.

W.E.B Du Bois Scholars are seeking Teachers and Residence Counselors

THE W.E.B. Du Bois Schlars Institute at Princeton University seeks teachers and Residence Counselors for summer 2013. The Du Bois Institute is an intensive academic and leadership program for high-achieving middle and high school students from underrepresented backgrounds. If interested in teaching or becoming a Residence Counselor, apply no later than Friday, March 15th, 2013.

Teachers & Residence Counselors Needed for The W.E.B. Du Bois Scholars Institute
Housed on the campus of Princeton University, the Du Bois Institute is an intensive academic and leadership program for high-achieving middle and high school students from underrepresented backgrounds.
They are currently seeking instructors for the following courses:
1. Mathematical Logic
2. Mathematical Reasoning
3. W.E.B. Du Bois Seminar
4. Intro. to Economics, Finance, & Investment
5. Plutocracy, Technology, and Globalization: Economic Transformations
6. Contemporary Issues in Southeast Asia
7. Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
8. Caribbean & Latin American Social Movements OR Caribbean & Latin America Migrations
Qualifications for each position include:
1. Relevant graduate coursework and/or research experience
2. Prior teaching experience is preferable, but not required
The program will run from June 22-July 27, 2013. Compensation is approximately $1500-$2000 per course/section taught and is commensurate with teaching experience.
Additionally, they are seeking upper level undergraduates, recent college graduates, and/or graduate students to join our residence staff. As the engines of the Institute, the Residence Counselors & Mentors (RCMs) are responsible for ensuring students' safety and well-being, as well as managing and overseeing the Institute's day-to-day operations. General duties include but are not limited to: attending classes to observe student performance; organizing leadership workshops; tutoring students; accompanying students on field trips; mentoring students; and organizing recreational activities. Room and board are covered by the Institute, as well as a $300 travel stipend for out-of-state staff members. Compensation for this position ranges from $1800-$2000. There is also the possibility to work in a dual capacity as both an instructor and an RCM, in which case compensation can be as much as $3500.
Interested parties should send a cover letter and CV/resume to webduboisscholars@gmail.com no later than Friday, March 15th.
For more information about the W.E.B. Du Bois Scholars Institute, please visit our website at www.duboisscholars.org.

2 year Postdoc in Digital Humanities

APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR the 2013-2015 Michael Ridley Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. This 2 year fellowship provides $38,000 with research allowance of $5,000. Applicants must to have Ph.D. in hand at the time of applying. Application Deadline: March 31st, 2013.

For full fellowship details, please see attachment below:
The Michael Ridley Postdoctoral Fellowship final version letterhead.pdf

Amanda Lock Swarr Talk presented by Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies

Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies will be presenting a talk with Amanda Lock Swarr, Associate Professor from the University of Washington. The talk is titled "Forcing Sex: Violent Contestations Over South African Masculinities" and will be held in 400 Ford Hall at 1:15pm on March 1st, 2013.

"Forcing Sex: Violent Contestations Over South African Masculinities"
Amanda Lock Swarr, Associate Professor of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies University of Washington.
*Feminist Studies Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 2003
Within the past decade, South Africa has gained worldwide attention for violent masculinities, manifested remarkably through high rates of sexual assault with public sanction, "corrective" rapes of lesbians, intentional HIV infections, sexual violence targeting infants, and debates over intersexuality. Challenges to the composition of male masculinities have been the subject of sensationalist journalism and public discussion and led to stigma, medical maltreatment, and aggressive policing. This presentation will highlight particular moments in the past decade of such controversies, centering on how and why debates about gender codify its meaning.
March 1, 2013
400 Ford Hall, 1:15 p.m.

See the attached flyer for more information.
AmandaSwarrColloquium.pdf

"Beyond Production and Consumption" Grad Student Conference at BU

AMERICAN AND NEW ENGLAND STUDIES at Boston University announces their first graduate student conference on the topic "Beyond Production and Consumption: Refining American Material Culture Studies". The conference will be held on Saturday, March 23rd, 2013.

Attached is a schedule and registration information.
Boston University Grad Conference Schedule and Registration
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact them at beyondproductionconsumption@gmail.com.

Women, Gender and Families of Color invites submissions for Upcoming Issues

Women, Gender and Families of Color invites submissions for Upcoming Issues. This journal is sponsored by the University of Kansas and published by the University of Illinois Press bi-annually each spring and fall. Submissions are on a rolling policy and the journal welcomes manuscripts, proposals for guest-edited special issues, and book reviews at any time.

Women, Gender, and Families of Color (WGFC) invites submissions for upcoming issues. WGFC is a new multidisciplinary journal that centers the study of Black, Latina/o, Indigenous, and Asian American women, gender, and families. Within this framework, the journal encourages theoretical and empirical research from history, the social and behavioral sciences, and humanities including comparative and transnational research, and analyses of domestic social, cultural, political, and economic policies and practices. The journal has a rolling submission policy and welcomes manuscripts, proposals for guest-edited special issues, and book reviews at any time. Manuscripts accepted for review receive an editorial decision within an average of 45-60. For more information visit the following website: http://www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/wgfc.html.
Women, Gender, and Families of Color, published bi-annually in the spring and fall, is available electronically and in hard copy. It is sponsored by the University of Kansas and published by the University of Illinois Press. Founded in 1918, the University of Illinois Press ranks as one of the country's most distinguished university presses. It publishes works of high quality for scholars, students, and the citizens of the state and beyond. More information about the University of Illinois Press can be found at: http://www.press.uillinois.edu.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Assembly Meeting Rescheduled

Due to a scheduling conflict we have to reschedule the spring American Studies Assembly meeting. The meeting was originally set for February 28th but has been moved to Monday, April 15th, from 3:30 - 5 pm in the Scott Hall Commons (room 105).

Athens Institute for Education and Research's 11th Annual International Conference on Communication and Mass Media

Athens Institute for Education and Research is calling for papers and participatants in their 11th Annual International Conference on Communication and Mass Media in Athens, Greece, on May13-16, 2013. They are looking for those who want to participate as panel organizer, presenter of one paper, chair of a session, or an observer. Those who choose to submit a paper to present, please submit a 300 word abstract by March 1, 2013.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
11th Annual International Conference on Communication and Mass Media,
13-16 May 2013, Athens, Greece
Call for Papers and Participation
The Mass Media & Communication Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (AT.IN.E.R.) organizes its 11th Annual International Conference on Communication and Mass Media, 13-16 May 2013. The conference website is: www.atiner.gr/media.htm.
The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students of Communications, Mass Media and other related disciplines. You may participate as panel organizer, presenter of one paper, chair of a session or observer. Past conferences drew participants from five continents and more than 50 countries, presenting papers on diverse topics such as political communication, EU enlargement, Website design, cross-media ownership, war correspondence, cultural studies, film, public relations, telecommunication policy, advertising, agenda setting, juvenile audience preferences, and cross-national communication, among others. For programs of previous conferences and other information, please visit the conference website.
The registration fee is €300 (euro), covering access to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with a local luxury hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of social events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise to the Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and a one-day visit to Delphi. Details of the social program are available at http://www.atiner.gr/2013/SOC-MED.htm
Please submit a 300-word abstract by 1 March 2013 via email only, atiner@atiner.gr to: Yorgo Pasadeos, Professor of the University of Alabama and Head of the Mass Media & Communication Research Unit, Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), 8 Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki, 10671 Athens, Greece. Tel. + 30 210 363 4210 Fax: + 30 210 3634-209. Please include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Affiliation, Current Position, an email address and at least three keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Please use the abstract submitting form attached below. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks.
FORM-MED.doc
If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. organize a panel (session, mini conference), chair a session, review papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER (gtp@atiner.gr).
The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic association with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers - from all over the world - could meet in Athens to exchange ideas on their research and to discuss future developments in their disciplines. Since 1995, ATINER has organized more than 200 international conferences, symposiums and events. It has also published approximately 150books. Academically, the Institute consists of five Research Divisions and twenty-three Research Units. Each Research Unit organizes an annual conference and undertakes various small and large research projects. Academics and researchers are more than welcome to become members and contribute to ATINER's objectives. The members of the Institute can undertake a number of academic activities. If you want to become a member, please download the form attached. For more information or suggestions, please send an email to: info@atiner.gr.
MEMBER_FORM.doc
Currently, ATINER is upgrading its system of mailing list. Please let us know if you want to receive emails from us. Typically, we will not send you more than 5 email alerts per year.

Political Theory Colloquium: "The Place of Africa, in Theory: Pan-Africanism, Postcolonialism, Beyond"

Professor Shaden Tageldin from the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature will be presenting her paper "The Place of Africa, in Theory: Pan-Africanism, Postcolonialism, Beyond" on Friday, February 22th, 2013 from 1:30-3:00 in the Lippincott Room (Social Sciences Tower 1314).

Political Theory Colloquium is proud to present Professor Shaden Tageldin from the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota. She will be presenting her paper, "The Place of Africa, in Theory: Pan-Africanism, Postcolonialism, Beyond," which has been accepted for a proposed special issue of the Journal of Historical Sociology on the topic "Contesting Imperial Epistemologies." Coffee will be served. All are welcome.
Abstract:
"Twentieth-century African theory translated two destructive diasporas--of peoples by the slave trade, of lands by empire--into a creative third: a pan-Africanist philosophy of decolonization that recovered Africa's pluralism as a powerfully 'diasporic' defiance of imperial taxonomies. Comparing a 1967 lecture given in Cairo by Senegalese poet-president Léopold Sédar Senghor with a 1955 treatise on the philosophy of revolution by Egyptian president Gamal Abdul Nasser (Jamal 'Abd al-Nasir), and both with Achille Mbembe's 2001 On the Postcolony, this essay shows how Senghor marshals race/culture hybridities, Nasser historical/geographic alignments, and Mbembe temporal entanglements to deconstruct monolithic constructions of 'Arab', 'Black', and 'African' being, space, and time--and to pluralize and 'world' a continent. It argues that the logics of trans-territoriality and trans-temporality that informed Third World solidarity in the 1950s-1970s represent a forgotten legacy of pan-Africanism to postcolonialism and to global theory generally. Africa's place, in theory, decenters Eurocentrism."

Center of Jewish Studies presents a film and dialogue series titled "IZUN/MIZAN"

"IZUN/MIZAN, will begin February 28, 2013 with Two Sided Story , then continuing with, Arab Labor, Memorial, on March 14, 2013, and finishing on April 23, 2013 with The Human Turbine. The films and dialouge address the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. All sessions will run from 6:00pm - 8:30 pm in Nicholson Hall, Room #135. Dinner will be provided to those who attend, free of charge.

IZUN/MIZAN*: a film and dialogue series
Not sure how to talk about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict? Come to learn, listen and share. Join us for dinner, a movie and dialogue.
Presenting three evenings of award-winning films that explore the complexity of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, followed by respectful dialogue and listening among audience members. Izun/Mizan director Miryam Kabakov, along with trained volunteers, will moderate and facilitate the post-film dialogue.
The following films will be screened:
2/28/13: Two Sided Story - with special guests Wajih Tmaiza and Roi Golan, who have each lost relatives in the conflict. Their dialogue group, The Parents Circle, works towards peace, reconciliation, and tolerance in their troubled homeland. Hear how Wajih and Roi show that even for those most deeply hurt by the conflict, it is possible to talk about it in a respectful, humane way.

3/14/13:
Arab Labor, Memorial (Season 2, Episode 8). Created by Sayed Kashua, a 32-year-old Israeli-born Palestinian journalist, the Israeli TV series Arab Labor offers a fresh perspective on Israeli-Palestinian cultural friction while presenting an unbelievably entertaining show that has made an international splash.
4/23/13: The Human Turbine. In this beautiful film we follow the attempts to harness wind and solar energy for the benefit of the residents of the Palestinian village of Susia. And in the process we get to know extraordinary individuals from both sides of the conflict.
2/28/13, 3/14/13 and 4/23/13
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
135 Nicholson Hall, University of Minnesota East Bank
Free. Dinner will be served.

*Izun/Mizan means "balance" in Hebrew and Arabic.
Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies, the Dept. of History and the Dept. of German, Scandinavian and Dutch.
Funding was provided,in part, through a grant from the Howard B. and Ruth F. Brin Jewish Arts Endowment Fund, a designated endowment of the Jewish Community Foundation of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation.
For more information, please contact film series director Miryam Kabakov at izunmizan@gmail.com, or call 612-624-4914. Please see the attached flyer for more information. Contact Laura Lechner at jwst@umn.edu if you would like hard copies of the flyer mailed to you.
izun_mizan_2013-v3-EMAIL.pdf

Global Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Series present Andrew Urban

Global REM presents a talk by Andrew Urban from the American Studies and History Department at Rutgers University. His talk titled "Vere Foster's Servants of Empire: Irish Domestic Labor and Assisted Emigration to the United States, 1850-1900". The event will be held in 308 Andersen Library on Thursday, February 28, 2013 from 12:00pm -1:00pm.

This is a free event for students, faculty, and the public. Bring a bag lunch and beverages will be provided.
Please see the attached flyer.
globalREM_Urban.2.28.pdf

Monday, February 18, 2013

Undergraduate Scholarship Informational Session for Graduate Study in the UK and Ireland

This informational session will be held in Nicholson 145 on February 27, 2013 from 4:00-5:00pm.

Please see attached flyer for more information.
UK Ireland Flyer.pdf

Three Copy Right Education and Training Workshops in the coming months

University Assistant Librarian, Nancy Sims, will be offering three workshops on copy right education and training in the coming months.

Can I Use That?: Dealing with Copyright in Everyday Life
Quotation, criticism, review, collage, parody - Copyright presents some big challenges in all of these situations! Participants in this workshop will develop an understanding of the complexities of copyright by exploring examples from visual arts, music, and video, as well as academic research and writing. Expect to think hard, discuss a little, and have fun! No direct legal advice will be provided; this workshop is informational in nature. Primarily intended for faculty, researchers, and graduate students engaged in the scholarly writing & publishing process. Satisfies RCR continuing education awareness/discussion requirements.

Tue, 03/26/2013 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room (Room 81)
Fri, 03/29/2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: 310 Walter Library
Tue, 04/23/2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
This session is ONLINE ONLY via UM Connect. Preference is given to registrants from Crookston, Duluth, Morris and Rochester campuses, and other out-state UMN affiliates.
Register for any of the "Can I Use That?" sessions at http://z.umn.edu/caniusethat
Copyright in the Classroom (and Online)
Can you show a movie in class? Can you distribute copies of a newspaper article? What are you allowed to post on your Moodle site, anyway? What about your students' work, or their online postings? This workshop focuses on copyright issues in the classroom, and in teaching online. Learn how the library can help you with electronic reserves and links to subscription materials. No direct legal advice will be provided; this workshop is informational in nature. Primarily intended for individuals currently teaching at the University.
Wed, 04/17/2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: 310 Walter Library
Wed, 04/24/2013 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room (Room 81)
Register for any of the "Copyright in the Classroom" sessions at http://z.umn.edu/copyrightinclassroom
Know Your Rights: Copyright Essentials for Authors and Creators
How many copyrights do you own? How long will they last? Can you post your paper online? Can someone else quote from your paper in their own? This workshop will provide a solid grounding in some of the elements of copyright law that are essential to scholarship, teaching, and research. Learn more about protections in the law for educators, and about your rights as an author or creator. Discuss and debate with your peers about some of the burning questions in the field, and enjoy exploring some entertaining and thought-provoking examples. No direct legal advice will be provided; this workshop is informational and educational in nature. Primarily intended for faculty, researchers, and graduate students engaged in the scholarly writing & publishing process. Satisfies RCR continuing education awareness/discussion requirements.

Tue, 03/12/2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room (Room 81)
Wed, 03/13/2013 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: S30A Wilson Library
Thu, 04/25/2013 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
This session is ONLINE ONLY via UM Connect. Preference is given to registrants from Crookston, Duluth, Morris and Rochester campuses, and other out-state UMN affiliates.
Register for any of the "Know Your Rights" sessions at http://z.umn.edu/knowyourrights

Department of Geography, Enviornment, and Society will be hosting another Coffee Talk

"The Mosquito State: Managing Insects and Citizens in the Era of the West Nile Virus", will be given by Director of Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Paul Robbins. The talk is hosted by the Department of Geography, Environment, and Society on Friday, February 22, 2013 beginning at 3:30.

After decades of neglect and treatment as an incidental nuisance, mosquito populations in the United States Southwest are resurgent and have become the focus of increased attention as a health hazard vectoring West Nile Virus, along with other potential diseases, including dengue fever. This presentation summarizes work by an interdisciplinary team of entomologists, climatologists, remote sensors, spatial theorists, and political ecologists seeking to understand disease vectors in southern Arizona. The reviewed results especially stress the areas of political economy, institutional development, and local public response, stressing the way mosquito ecologies defy state management efforts and local citizens come to internalize responsibility for disease hazards.
This Coffee Talk will be held in Blegen Hall 445 beginning at 3:30. Complimentary refreshments and coffee will be served at 3:15.
The Department of Geography, Environment, and Society Hope to see you this Friday!

University of Washington Professor, Chandan Reddy, will be speaking in a talk presented by GSPP

GSPP is presenting a talk featuring University of Washington Professor of English, Chandan Reddy, titled "Violence, Intimacy, and the Racial State: Mapping Queer and Color Critique," The event will be held at 4:00 pm in Walter Library 402.

"Violence, Intimacy, and the Racial State: Mapping Queer of Color Critique"
In this talk Chandan Reddy extends his discussion of the importance of sexuality and racial violence in the making and unmaking of modern U.S. society found in his recent book, Freedom with Violence: Race, Sexuality and the U.S. State. By focusing and deepening his discussion of the "racial state," Reddy offers a critique of liberal, leftist and Marxist theories of modern violence. Instead, Reddy argues that queer of color critique might be one critical terrain by which to develop an adequate critique of violence for our current times. Any such critique, he argues, is driven by the need to imagine a politics where violence no longer has both the first and the last 'word'.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
4:00pm Walter Library 402

See attached flyer.
Reddy Flier.pdf

PCard Purchase Receipts Due

Please submit receipts all February PCard Purchases to Laura by Friday, March 1st, 2013. For a blank copy of your PCard coversheet, please e-mail Laura at domin047@umn.edu.

Office for Equity and Diversity and University Libraries will be hosting a Candid Conversation

Please attend a candid conversation titled Racism in a "Post Racial" America, which is sponsored by the Office for Equity and Diversity and University Libraries. The event will be held in 120 Andersen Library on Friday, February 22, 2013 from 1:30-3pm.

RACISM IN A "POST-RACIAL" AMERICA - A Candid Conversation

With the 2008 election of the country's first African-American president, some hoped the nation had reached post-racialism. But the wealth and achievement gaps have grown, men of color comprise a large number of our prison inmates; discrimination against Indigenous people continues, and anti-immigration policies are on the rise. Join us for a candid discussion on how race and racism inform these issues.
Panelists:

  • Booker Hodges, Executive Director, Minneapolis Office, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, (NAACP)

  • Carlos Mariani, Executive Director, Minnesota Minority Education Partnership

  • Lisa Sun-Hee, Park University of Minnesota Professor of Sociology and Director, Asian American Studies Program

  • Waziyatawin, Dakota teacher, writer, and activist and the Indigenous Peoples Research Chair for the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria


Moderator:
Rickey Hall, Assistant Vice President, University of Minnesota Office for Equity and Diversity
Friday, February 22, 2013
1:30 - 3 p.m.
Givens Conference Room, 120 Andersen Library

This event is sponsored by the Office for Equity and Diversity and University Libraries.

Click here for further information.

2nd Annual Robina Conference

Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice will be hosting its 2nd Annual Robina Conference titled "American Exceptionalism in Crime & Punishment" at the University of Minnesota Law School, Room 25 on April 25, 2013 beginning at 8:45am. The conference is free and open to the public.

The term "American exceptionalism" describes the tendency for US policies to diverge sharply from other Western countries. Building on the research of speakers Nicola Lacey and David Soskice, both of Oxford University, the conference will examine the case of American exceptionalism and will compare US criminal justice policies with those in other developed nations. The conference aims to develop proposals for how the US system might be reformed moving forward.
Click here for more information and Itinerary.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Wiggins article published by Television & New Media

Television and New Media recently published Ben Wiggins' article entitled "The Culture Industry, New Media, and the Shift from Creation to Curation; or, Enlightenment As a Kick in the Nuts."

The article analyzes Pranked--a reality-TV show that takes amateur videos from YouTube and formats them into MTV broadcasts--to reconsider the culture industry as social media reconfigures it. For television's first seven decades, the calculated infliction of severe pain on unsuspecting victims was not deemed suitable for mass consumption. To explain why such broadcasts are possible now, this study analyzes the underappreciated role of entertainment insurers, advancements in social media technologies that allowed the culture industry to circumvent entertainment insurers, and a subcultural turn that valorized sadistic pranking. By offloading risk from the insured and compensated professionals of traditional media to the uninsured and uncompensated amateurs of social media, Pranked inaugurates a fundamentally novel shift in the culture industry: a shift from creation to curation. The article concludes by returning to Horkheimer and Adorno's original culture industry critique to assess the stakes of the turn from broadcasting distraction to broadcasting suffering.
Here is the link to the full article.
http://tvn.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/02/11/1527476412474696.full.pdf+html

Practice Job Talk presented by Ben Wiggins

Ben Wiggins will present a practice job talk on the subject of massive open online courses (MOOCs) on Friday, February 15th at 1pm in the Scott Hall Commons, room 105.

This presentation analyzes "The Language of Hollywood: Storytelling, Sound, and Color," a massive open online course (MOOC) on the history and aesthetics of American cinema. Taught by Wesleyan professor Scott Higgins and delivered on the MOOC-courseware site, Coursera, the class is notable for being the first media-studies MOOC and one of the few humanities offerings in this new style of education. I assess the course's effectiveness by considering how it balances the fundamentals of course design with the challenges of MOOCs' massiveness, openness, and online delivery methods. I then draw on lessons learned from other MOOCs and from the rich history of distance-leaning courses to offer potential solutions to shortcomings in Higgins's course design and the design of humanities MOOCs generally.

New Student Employee

Chrissy Banks began working for American Studies this week. Chrissy is a freshman interested in history and education who moved here from southern California, in part to experience snow. She joins our returning student worker Marissa Binsfeld, and they will be splitting time at the front desk. Please be sure to stop by and welcome her.

Monday, February 11, 2013

A Film Screening of Strange Fruit

A screening of Strange Fruit, a film that explores the origins and legacy of Billie Holiday's haunting classic song, will be presented by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction on February 28, 2013 from 5:45-7:30pm in Peik Hall 28.

Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Diversity Dialogue Series & CI 8150: Postcolonialism, Globalization, and Education
Present a Film Screening: Strange Fruit
(Producer/Director: Joel Katz, 2002)
WHEN: February 28, 5:45-7:30 pm
WHERE: Peik Hall 28
We will have pizza. Please feel free to bring your own drinks.
Strange Fruit explores the origins and legacy of Billie Holiday's haunting classic, one of the most influential protest songs ever written. The saga brings viewers face-to-face with the terror of lynching even as it spotlights the courage of those who fought for racial justice. It examines the history of lynching, and the interplay of race, labor, and the left, and popular culture that gave rise to the Civil Rights Movement.
While many people assume the song
Strange Fruit wasn't written by Holiday herself, it was actually written as a poem by a Jewish-American school teacher from the Bronx.
- An Additional Announcement Will Be Sent the Week of the Event -

Submissions are invited for an Edited Collection entitled "Birth, Loss, and Trouble: Women of Color Reflect"

This collection will bring together representative narratives of academic and professional women of color as they reflect on their experiences with assisted reproduction, miscarriage, preterm labor, and adoption, and the impact these experiences and interventions have on their lives and family units. Submissions due by May 17, 2013.

Despite statistics that show a staggering number of pregnancies ending in miscarriage, pre-term labor, selective abortion, or stillbirth, the popular imaginary still portrays a healthy child as the inevitable outcome of nine months of pregnancy. For many women of color, the challenge of having a non-normative reproductive experience is coupled with the challenges of finding community or negotiating specific cultural attitudes toward birth. Do we feel isolated from communities where the women are expected to be white? Are we surprised to identify across cultural lines? Do we have specific cultural expectations to meet or overcome? Do our communities prepare us with useful resources for facing difficulties?
To address a dearth in scholarship on how women of color struggle with (in)fertility, difficult pregnancies, and loss, this collection will bring together representative narratives of academic and professional women of color as they reflect on their experiences with assisted reproduction, miscarriage, preterm labor, and adoption, and the impact these experiences and interventions have on their lives and family units. By combining scholarly essays, creative nonfiction, and autobiographical accounts, this collection will appeal to readers seeking informed, well-written, and thoughtful expressions of the complex realities behind baby making for a cadre of women reared to believe that they might, with planning, fortitude, and a healthy ovarian reserve, have it all.
We invite 250- to 300-word abstracts that propose scholarly essays, creative nonfiction, or autobiographical accounts that address the following and related topics:
· (Re)defining motherhood for women who have experienced miscarriage and preterm labor
· (Re)defining the language and meaning of pregnancy, fertility/infertility, and loss
· Pregnancy: popular culture vs. material realities
· Culture, conception, and loss
· Finding community across cultural lines
· Faith
· Cultural resources for facing loss and other troubles
· Adoption
· Pregnancy after 35
· Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)
· Tenure clock vs. biological clock
· Surrogacy (traditional and/or gestational)
· Sexuality, pregnancy, and motherhood
Please send submissions and queries to: fertilitycfp@gmail.com
All submissions must be submitted in .docx or .rtf format by 17 May 2013

University of California, Davis invites applications for a Two-Year Visiting Professor

University of California, Davis invites applications for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor position supported by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, Hart Hall Social Justice Initiative. They are looking for new or recent Ph.D's in gender/feminists studies, critical race/ethnic/indigenous, and arts/cultural studies; ideally in combination with a commitment/involvement in community development and social movements. Ph.D. must be in hand by July 1, 2013. Application deadline is March 8, 2013.

MELLON VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSORSHIP HART HALL SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE 2013-15
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
The Women and Gender Studies Program, Department of Chicana/o Studies, and Department of Native American Studies at the University of California, Davis invites applicants for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor position supported by the Andrew Mellon Foundation. We are looking for new or recent Ph.D's in gender/feminists studies, critical race/ethnic/indigenous, and arts/cultural studies; ideally in combination with a commitment/involvement in community development and social movements. Ph.D. must be in hand by July 1, 2013. Preference will be given to candidates with interests in developing activist research and methodologies. The position will be administered in Women and Gender Studies, Native American Studies, or Chicana/o Studies, depending on the successful candidate's research interests, to be part of the Hart Hall Social Justice Initiative from July 1, 2013-June 30, 2015. Duties will include teaching three courses per year in social justice and critical race/ethnic/gender studies in any of the above programs/departments and participating in the organization and delivery of the social justice initiative program activities. Other responsibilities include conducting research and collaborating with faculty in the supervision of graduate and undergraduate student's community and campus research projects.
Applicants should submit a letter of interest, CV, and the contact information for three (3) references (we do NOT accept letters via Interfolio) through the online application form found at:
https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/
Applications are due March 8, 2013. The position is open until filled.
The University of California, Davis, is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty and staff.

Join CSCL for presentations from the finalists in the Assistant Professor Search

Please join CSCL for presentations from finalists in their Assistant Professor search. There will be four talks over the next two weeks.

Michael Gallope
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"Listening as a Philosophical Act: A Case of Free Improvisation"
This talk explores ways in which the activity of listening to music might help us illustrate the nature of conceptually driven questions about the dynamics of improvisation. I will begin by playing a brief excerpt of an improvisation by Ornette Coleman and Joachim Kühn. Then I will distinguish and compare the key elements of two different philosophies of improvisation, one forwarded by Vladimir Jankélévitch and the other proposed by Jacques Derrida. Both describe the phenomenon as a negotiation between temporal experience and technical mediation, though the two differ as to the experiential character of the vanishing now, the weight and character of various mediations, and the exact role of skill and virtuosity. The talk concludes by returning to the recording in order to test how one might "translate" the details of listening into a new speculative conversation with the two philosophical positions.
Friday, February 15
4:00 PM
135 Nicholson Hall

Tsitsi Jaji
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"Pirate's Choice: Hacking into (Post-)pan-African Futures"
"Pirate's Choice: Hacking into (Post-)pan-African Futures" shows how new technologies have given rise to a set of practices that pirate, informalize and distribute the sonic archives of transnational black solidarity traced throughout my current book project Africa in Stereo, potentially opening participation in pan-African imaginaries to new subjects. I trace the development of this pirate logic in three recent works by the Ghanaian-British filmmaker John Akomfrah, Senegalese feminist author Ken Bugul, and the South African-based duo known as the Heliocentrics, Neo Muyanga and Ntone Edjabe. Music forges new publics in the Afro-futurism of Akomfrah's 1987 film, The Last Angel of History, which traces the "mothership connection" between Africa and experimental diasporic music from Sun Ra to George Clinton. Ken Bugul's 2005 novel Rue Félix-Faure is suffused with Billie Holiday's blues and Cesaria Evora's Cape Verdean mornas, the soundtrack for the emergence of transnational feminist solidarity. And the Heliocentrics' ongoing internet radio project, the Pan-African Space Station hacks into the future archive of solidarity as an exploration mission that has yet to dock.
Monday, February 18
4:00 PM
135 Nicholson Hall

Duy Nguyen
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"The Image of Death and Redemption in B·∫£o Ninh's Sorrow of War"
This paper explores representations of the Vietnamese Revolution in B·∫£o Ninh's The Sorrow of War (N·ÂªÃ³i Bu·ÂªÃ¬n Chi·∫øn Tranh), which is considered to be one of the most important literary works on the Vietnam War. The reading will focus in particular on the novel's peculiar conception of a freely-appropriable common. This common, which the novel opposes to both private possession and state collectivization, is characterized in the text as the product of a de-sacralization of the commodity-fetish resulting from the devastation produced by the War.
Wednesday, February 20
4:00 PM
135 Nicholson

Jasper Bernes
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"Art, Work, and Endlessness in the 2000s"
In this talk, Jasper Bernes will consider the consequences of the postindustrial restructuring of labor for art and literature today, focusing in particular on the effect of new media technologies. Drawing from his book project, The Work of Art in the Age of Deindustrialization, he will narrate how utopian projections of both the "end of art" and the "end of labor" cancelled each other out in the 1960s and 1970s. The result was a reorganization of the workplace in accord with certain values associated with art and artists (flexibility, cooperation, autonomy, and openness to risk) as well as a growing indistinction between work and non-work time, an indistinction felt especially poignantly now that digital and network technologies have joined home and workplace into a single manifold. What possibilities for the artistic critique of work remain today, in the face of a workplace designed to anticipate and neutralize such critiques? Analyzing the internet trolls, office-poets and would-be Bartlebys of contemporary literary and artistic engagements with the digitized workplace, Bernes will trace some consequences of the foreclosure of qualitative and artistic challenges to the dominion of work. He will conclude by examining signs that these challenges might soon re-emerge on a new basis.
Friday, February 22
4:00 PM
135 Nicholson

Coffee Hour Talk titled "Symbols and Discourses: Art, Landscapes, and Geographic Imaginings"

A coffee hour talk titled "Symbols and Discourses: Art, Landscapes, and Geographic Imaginings" will feature a panel of local artists discussing art, landscape, and geographic imaginings. This event is hosted by Department of Geography, Environment, and Society and will be held on Friday, February 15, 2013 from 3:30-5:00 in Blegen 445.

Please join us Friday, February 15 for an exciting Department of Geography, Environment and Society Coffee Hour. We are holding a panel discussion about art, landscape, and geographic imaginings titled, "Symbols and Discourses: Art, Landscape, and Geographic Imaginings." Geographers have long been interested in exploring the intersubjectivity in landscape meaning and symbolism, reading the political, social, and economic context embedded in the materiality of place, and comprehending landscape as part of a cultural-political process. We've invited a panel of local artists to talk about the role landscape plays in their imagination, interpretation, and representation of place. Join us for a lively discussion and the visual pleasures of their artwork.
Please see the attached PDF for flyer and for the list of participating artists with links to their work.
The panel will be held in Blegen 445 beginning at 3:30. Complementary refreshments and coffee will be served at 3:15.
Hope to see you on Friday!
ArtistPanel.PDF
Artist PanelList.pdf

Film Screening and Discussion of Beasts of the Southern Wild

Beasts of the Southern Wild will be presented by the Department of African American & African Studies and the Black Student Union. The event will be held on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 beginning at 5:30 in Coffman Memorial Union Theater.



You are invited to attend a film screening and critical discussion of BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD. This event is a special Black History Month presentation by the Department of African American & African Studies and the Black Student Union of The University of Minnesota. It will be held on Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 beginning at 5:30 PM with the reception from and the screening and discussion from 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM in the Coffman Memorial Union Theater at 300 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.
Film Screening
In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions.
Discussion
A post-screening discussion about the film will feature:
Leola Johnson, professor and chair of Media and Cultural Studies, Macalester College
Darryl Bullock, filmmaker
ShaVunda Horsley, actress
Keith Mayes, professor of African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota
For further information, please email or call aaas@umn.edu or 612-624-9847.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Keith Mayes Talk on Feb. 18th at 3:30pm

Keith Mayes presents "Silencing Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown: The First Amendment and the Politics of Speaking Freely in Cold War America". This is the fourth lecture in the Black Studies and American Studies at the Crossroads series and will be held Monday, February 18th at 3:30pm in 815 Social Science Tower. For more information on the remaining events in the series, please continue reading.

Remaining events in the Black Studies and American Studies at the Crossroads Lecture Series:
Anissa Wardi of Chatham University presents "African American Literature: An Ecocritical Perspective." This will be held on Monday, March 11th at 3:30pm in 815 Social Sciences Building.
To conclude the series there will be the Annual David Noble Lecture featuring University of Michigan Professor and University of Minnesota American Studies Alumni (PhD '00) Tiya Miles on Tuesday, April 9th at 6pm at the Weisman Art Museum.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Two-year Assistant Professor Position in LGBTQ Studies

The Comparative American Studies Program at Oberlin College invites applications for a two year term position at the Assistant Professor level with an emphasis on LGBT studies. Applicants should have completed their Ph.D. by the first semester of the 2013-2014 academic year. Application deadline: March 29, 2013.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies
Posted Date: Jan 29, 2013
Application Due Date: Mar 29, 2013
Department: Comparative American Studies

COMPARATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES - LGBTQ STUDIES
The Comparative American Studies Program at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time non-continuing faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences. Appointment to this position will be for a term of two years, with the possibility of renewal for an additional two years, beginning in the Fall semester of 2013, and will carry the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor.
The incumbent will teach five courses a year in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies. Courses will include both general introductions to the major and intermediate and advanced courses in LGBTQ Studies. Areas of expertise may include but are not limited to health and social justice, disability studies, race and ethnicity, social movements, and queer theory. Ability to teach community-based learning courses is also desirable. The Comparative American Studies Program is committed to interdisciplinary and theoretically informed intersectional pedagogy at the undergraduate level. Faculty are expected to integrate issues of gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and citizenship within comparative and/or transnational frames throughout their teaching.
Among the qualifications required for the appointment is the Ph.D. degree (in hand or expected by the first semester of 2013-2014 academic year). Candidates must demonstrate interest and potential excellence in undergraduate teaching. Successful teaching experience at the college level is desirable.
To be assured of consideration, please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and the title and brief descriptions of 2-3 courses the candidate can teach to the following email address: LGBT.Search@oberlin.edu. Also, please have graduate and undergraduate academic transcripts and three recent letters of reference* sent directly to CAST LGBTQ Search Committee, Comparative American Studies Program, Oberlin College, 10 N. Professor Street, King 141D, Oberlin, OH 44074 (Phone: 440-775-8982; fax 440-775-8644) by March 29, 2013. Application materials received after that date may be considered until the position is filled. *By providing these letters you agree that we may contact your references.
Oberlin College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to creating an institutional environment free from discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, marital status, religion, creed, national origin, disability, age, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, family relationship to an employee of Oberlin College, and gender identity and expression.
Oberlin was the first coeducational institution to grant bachelor's degrees to women and historically has been a leader in the education of African Americans; the College was also among the first to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who would contribute to the diversity of our faculty in all respects.

New Exhibit at Wilson Library

New Exhibit at Wilson "Protest Music" looks at the music within the context of the 1960's Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam Anti-War Movement.

The latest exhibit is now up in Wilson & Music Libraries: Protest Music looks at the music itself in the context of the 1960s - Civil Rights Movement & Vietnam Anti-War Movement.
We have a blog where information and some guides are being posted @ http://assets.cla.umn.edu/herther/exhibits/
The exhibit focuses on protests here at the U as well. We hope you will enjoy it - and learn a bit more about protests, music and the history of this tumultuous times!

Seeking Submissions: Artwords/Artsounds Competition

The Weisman Art Museum seeks applications for its annual Artwords/Artsounds competition. Participating students select an artwork on views from WAM's permanent collection and develop an original short piece prose/poetry or musical composition in response. Applications open to all undergraduate and graduate level students. EXTENDED DEADLINE: MARCH 8TH AT 12 MIDNIGHT.

ArtWords and ArtSounds are annual writing and music competitions held at the Weisman Art Museum. It is open to undergraduate and graduate level University of Minnesota students. Participating students select an artwork on view from WAM's permanent collection and develop an original short piece prose/poetry or musical composition in response. A jury comprised of faculty and WAM staff selects the winning entries. The winners are awarded prizes and the opportunity to publish and present their work in the museum galleries and online.
For the complete Artwords 2013 pdf please click here: ArtWordsApp2013.pdf
For the complete Artsounds 2013 pdf please click here: ArtSounds_Call_2013.pdf
http://wam.umn.edu/learning#um-students

Feminist Studies Colloquium Series First Event & Spring Schedule

The Feminist Studies Colloquium Series has announced their schedule for Spring. The first event will be on Friday February 15th, at 1:00 pm in 400 Ford Hall and will feature Zenzele Isoke's presentation "Permissible Hate: Black Women, Premature Death, and (Not So) New Challenges for Critical Race Feminisms."

"Permissible Hate: Black Women, Premature Death, and (Not So) New Challenges for Critical Race Feminisms"
February 15, 2013
400 Ford Hall, 1:00 p.m.
This paper reflects a "thinking through" of a few basic questions: how might black feminists conceptualize hate, or for that matter "hate crimes? How might this conceptualization differ from the current ways that hate crimes are defined by law enforcement agencies, criminologists, and discussed in popular media? Who are the people that we imagine are victims of "hate crime"? What about those who we imagine are charged and convicted of them? What about those who defend themselves against hate with the same intensity in which violence is meted out against them? Using the recent cases of Duanna Johnson, Cece MacDonald, Trayvon Martin, and the Los Angeles "Grim Sleeper" murders, and building from the work by sociologist Barbara Perry (2001) (2011), I argue for a critical hate crimes framework that can explain and illuminate the multiply constitutive ways that state-sanctioned gender, race, and class violence produce and perpetuate the premature deaths of black people in the U.S.
For the Spring 2013 colloquium poster, please click here: Spring 2013 Colloquium Poster.pdf
For the Zenzele Isoke's even flyer, please click here: ZenzeleIsokeColloquium.pdf

C&I Diversity Dialogue with Brandon Royce-Diop

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction presents "Beyond Statistics: Ending Discriminatory Disciplinary Practices in MN Schools" as a C&I Diversity Dialogue with Brandon Royce-Diop. This event will be held on February 8th, from 12:00-1:00 pm in 355 Peik.

For the complete pdf document of the event please click here: DiversityDialogueRoyceDiop.pdf

IAS lecture "From the Dance Hall to Facebook"

THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES presents a public lecture by Professor Shayla Thiel-Stern, "From the Dance Hall to Facebook: Mass Media, Crisis, and American Teen Girls' Public Recreation from 1905 to 2010." The event will be held on Thursday, February 7th from 1:30-3:30pm in 125 Nolte Library.

For an event flyer, click here: Shayla Thiel-Stern flyer.pdf
Shayla Thiel-Stern discusses how the American media historically has used news gathering and reporting techniques that foster moral panic about one historically marginalized and trivialized group-teenage girls-contributing to a patriarchal cultural discourse that equates the feminine with the private and domestic.
Organized by the Childhood and Youth Studies Across the Disciplines Research Collaborative.
Thursday, February 7, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
125 Nolte Library, 315 Pillsbury Drive S.E.
Please join us; refreshments will be served.

Center for Jewish Studies Public Lecture with Poul Hou

The Center for Jewish Studies hosts their 9th annual Community Lecture series "Views of Jews in 19th Century Denmark: From Pro-Semitic Hans Christian Andersen to Anti-Semitic S√∏ren Kierkegaard" with Professor Poul Hou. This lecture will be held on Wednesday, February 6th, at 7:30 pm in Mount Zion Temple.

Please join the Center for Jewish Studies for a lecture by:
Professor Poul Houe
Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch
University of Minnesota
Wedneday, February 6th
7:30pm
Mount Zion Temple
1300 Summit Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55105
"Views of Jews in 19th Century Denmark: From Pro-Semitic Hans Christian Andersen to Anti-Semitic S√∏ren Kierkegaard"
A controversial book, written by Peter Tudvad, about Kierkegaard as an anti-Semite was recently published; Andersen's pro-Semitic stances are well-documented. Prof. Houe will use these two towering authors as points from which to overview the landscape of pro- and anti-Semitic sentiments in Danish/Nordic 19th century culture and society more broadly, and even to extend the perspective into contemporary culture, where the debate around Tudvad's book has been especially revealing.
Prof. Houe appears as part of the Center's Community Lecture Series.
For the complete flyer click here: Houe flyer.pdf

Ferguson Interviewed on "Against the Grain" Radio Show

Professor Roderick Ferguson was interviewed on the radio show "Against the Grain" where he discussed his book The Reorder of Things: The University and Its Pedagogies of Minority Difference. For more information and to listen to the complete interview, please click here.