Waleed Mahdi received PhD

WALEED MAHDI has received his PhD with his dissertation entitled, "The Cultural Politics of Otherness: Arab Americans at Crossroads of U.S-Arab Imagery."  Rod Ferguson, adviser.

Dr. Karen Mary Davalos Job Talk

DR. KAREN MARY DAVALOS will be giving a job talk as part of the RIGS Initiative. Her talk is titled “The Landscapes of Gilbert ‘Magu’ Sánchez Luján: Remapping and Reimagining the Hemisphere” and will be held on Monday, November 30^th at 4:00pm in Walter Library 402. 

 

"Using Theatrical Techniques to Deliver Powerful Presenattions" Grad Student Workshop

THE GRADUATE SCHOOL is offering a graduate student workshop called “Using Theatrical Techniques to Deliver Powerful Presentations.” The workshop will be led by Kym Longhi, Senior Teaching Specialist in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, and will be held on December 1^st from 3:00 – 5:00pm in the Beacon Room, University Recreation and Wellness Center. See below for full details.

Using Theatrical Techniques to Deliver Powerful Presentations

Tuesday, December 1, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Location: Beacon Room,
University Recreation and Wellness Center

Presenter:  Kym Longhi, Senior Teaching Specialist, Department of
Theatre Arts and Dance (College of Liberal Arts)

Discover your inner “actor” and infuse your presentations with dynamic
presence and more powerful communication skills.  In this lively
2-hour workshop you will explore theatrical exercises and techniques
that will help you:

·       Understand and practice the elements of effective
communication and performance

·       Connect to your audience with increased presence

·       Project your voice with more power and ease

·       “Think on your feet” and develop confidence in your own creativity

Demystify successful performance, discover creative strategies to
bring your ideas to life, and literally “play” your way into more
vibrant and evocative presentations through the art of acting!

 

NYU Center for Humanities Postdoc

THE NYU CENTER for the HUMANITIES is pleased to announce applications are open for their one year Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship. Click here for complete information and to apply.

WashU Postdoctoral Fellowship in Inequality and Identity

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY in ST. LOUIS is pleased to announce applications are open for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Inequality and Identity. The fellowship is through their Program in American Cultural Studies and can last up to two years. Click here for complete information and to apply.

AMST 8401: Teaching Practicum

AMST 8401 will be taught by Prof. Kale Fajardo this spring and will meet on Mondays from 1:25 – 3:20pm in Nicholson 110. The course will focus on building skills in pedagogy and learning practical strategies for inclusive 21^st century teaching. 

 

AMST 1511: Americans Abroad

ROSE MIRON, American Studies PhD student, will be teaching a new American Studies course this Spring, AMST 1511 “Americans Abroad.” The course will meet on Mondays 6:20 – 8:50pm. The course will look at Americans who travel abroad and how they interact with and shape the countries and cultures they visit. It will also consider the overall effect and influence of American society on the rest of the world. 

 

AMST 2031 Chasing the American Dream: Economic Opportunity and Inequality in the United States

JENNIFER PIERCE will be teaching a new American Studies course this Spring, AMST 2031 “Chasing the American Dream: Economic Opportunity and Inequality in the United States.” The course will meet on Mon & Wed 12:45 – 2:00pm. The course will explore if there ever was or still is an American Dream and how economic opportunity and inequality play out in American society .

 

COMM 4616 “African American Civil Right’s Rhetoric: From 'Aint I a Woman' to #SAYHERNAME”

CATHERINE SQUIRES will be teaching COMM 4616 “African American Civil Right’s Rhetoric: From Aint I a Woman to #SAYHERNAME” on Mon & Wed from 9:45 – 11:00am this Spring. Students will explore classic speeches, poems, comedy routines, editorials, song lyrics, hashtagsm and other key responses from African Americans and Allies in the ongoing struggle for freedom. 

UC Santa Cruz "Non-Citizenship" Mellon Post-doc

UC SANTA CRUZ is pleased to announce an open postdoctoral fellowship with the Chicano Latino Research Center. The fellowship is part of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar series which next year will be titled “Non-Citizenship.” They invite scholars from any discipline who study migration, mobility, and/or (non-)citizenship in any region of the world or period. Click here for complete information and to apply.

Sacramento State Assistant Professor: Native American History

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO is pleased to announce an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position in US History with a specialization in Native American history prior to 1877. Click here for more information and to apply.

CFP: "Spatializing Sovereignty" Symposium

THE SOCIETY for RADICAL GEOGRAPHY, SPATIAL THEORY, and EVERYDAY LIFE is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for their 2016 Symposium “Spatializing Sovereignty.” The symposium will be held on March 4^th, 2016 at UC Berkeley. Click here for more information and to submit a paper.

Bianet Castellano Talk

PROF. BIANET CASTELLANOS will be giving a talk titled “Idealizing Maya Culture: The Politics of Race, Indigeneity, and Immigration Among Maya Restaurant Owners in Southern California” on Friday, November 20^th from 10:30 – 12:00 in Scott Hall Room 2. The talk is part of the Chicano and Latino Studies Department’s “Critical Conversations in Chicano and Latino Studies” series.

AMST 8290: Comparative Indigeneities of the Americas

AMST 8290 will be taught by Prof. Bianet Castellanos this spring and will be titled “Comparative Indigeneities of the Americas.” The course will be offered on Wednesdays from 1:25 – 3:20pm in Nicholson 120. See below for course description.

This course brings together transnational and interdisciplinary scholarship to articulate new ways of pursuing critical Indigenous studies through a hemispheric frame. In light of the shared history of colonization, genocide, racial and sexual violence experienced by indigenous peoples, the goal for this course is to engage with the ways that indigenous and mestiza/o (mixed race) peoples enact resistance to state, nation-state, and imperial attempts to erase, deny, repress, disappear, circumscribe displace, and assimilate indigenous peoples. To do so, this course examines key concepts and methodologies, including their intellectual genealogies, used to engage with indigenous experiences across the Américas. Finally, this course attempts to promote a broader understanding of the relationships between Native and decolonizing mestiza/o (mixed race) peoples in the hemisphere. We will analyze an assortment of texts, including books, articles, and visual media, that speak to the multiple ways that indigeneity is lived, practiced, and imagined.

 

Northwestern University Open Positions in Native American and Indigenous Studies

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY is pleased to announce an Indigenous Studies Research Initiative, which will include the hiring of three positions in Native American and Indigenous Studies. One position is a postdoctoral fellowship and the other two are tenure-track Assistant Professor positions. Click here for complete information and to apply.

GIS 5590 - Spatial Digital Humanities

A NEW GRAD COURSE, GIS 5590: Spatial Digital Humanities is being offered this Spring on Mondays from 5:30 – 8:00pm. The course will include a basic overview of GIS and other mapping techniques and how the can be implemented in humanities research and scholarship. See below for full course description.


Spatial Digital Humanities.

Experience with geographic information science (GIS) is not required to take the course. Rather, the course is designed for students from other disciplines who would like to incorporate some kind of geographical visualization into their coursework and/or research, as well as students who are familiar with GIS.

Here is a brief description of the course:

GIS 5990 will include a basic overview of desktop GIS (both Esri and open source), as well as an introduction to a number of other mapping techniques (such as Esri Maps for Office, ArcGIS Online, web mapping basics, georeferencing historical maps, etc) in addition to digital scholarship techniques (such as Omeka/Neatline, data visualization, etc). The lab component will involve assignments that will familiarize you with these techniques. The typical student taking the class will 1) have experience using GIS but, would like to explore non-traditional uses of GIS or, 2) will not have much (if any) experience with GIS, but would like to explore how GIS can benefit their chosen research area.

The full (tentative) syllabus is also available to view.

 

The Chateaubrian Fellowship

THE CHATEAUBRIAND FELLOWSHIP is now accepting applications. The fellowship is offered by the Embassy of France in the United States for PhD students who wish to conduct research in France for 4 to 9 months. Click here to learn more and to apply.

If you plan to apply for the Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship, notify Melanie by this Friday, November 13 at 12:00pm Noon.

IF YOU PLAN TO APPLY FOR THE Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship, please notify Melanie of your intent by this Friday, November 13 at 12:00pm Noon.  Melanie will then be in contact with you directly regarding an internal application deadline for this just-announced fellowship.  Please note that because the Department received late notice of this award, a short turn-around time for application materials will be necessary. Click here for information about the Fellowship. Please be certain to closely review all eligibility, terms, and conditions info.

RIGS Undergraduate Student Survey

The Race, Indigeneity, Gender & Sexuality Studies Initiative (RIGS) was founded by the chairs of the departments of African American & African Studies, Gender Women’s and Sexuality Studies, American Indian Studies, American Studies, Chican@ & Latin@ Studies, and Asian American Studies. These units’ work and spaces challenge commonly understood notions and practices of diversity and equity, and reflect long-running traditions of student activism and social justice research.  RIGS builds on the intellectual work of these units to highlight, support, and grow the important research on diversity, inequality, and social justice across the University in meaningful and generative ways.  Working collaboratively across academic disciplines, RIGS goes beyond a single faculty hire or student recruitment program to generate interdisciplinary solutions to the challenges we face to develop just and sustainable communities in the global midwest.   

This fall the RIGS Initiative is looking to hear from UMN undergraduate students and learn more about their experiences with courses offered in the RIGS-related departments. Specifically, RIGS wants to know about how these courses have influenced your future ambitions (career, graduate school, etc.) and how RIGS courses can continue to serve students at the UMN. We strongly encourage students who are majors, minors, or have completed significant coursework in RIGS departments to complete the survey.  Please share this information with students, on social media, and mailing lists. Click here to launch the survey. If you have any questions, please contact RIGS at rigs@umn.edu.  Thank you!

Karisa Butler-Wall Talk

KARISA BUTLER-WALL, American Studies PhD candidate, will be giving a talk titled “Active Viewing: Health, Fitness, and Televisual Intimacy in Postwar Consumer Culture” on Monday November 16^th at 3:30 pm in Scott Hall 105 (the Commons).

Visual AIDS Curatorial Residency

VISUAL AIDS is pleased to announce a one-month residency in March of 2016 for a curator, art historian, or arts writer interested in the intersection of visual art and HIV/AIDS. The position will develop exhibitions, programs, and scholarship about HIV/AIDS and contemporary art. Click here for more information and to apply.

Ithaca College Dissertation Diversity Pre-doc Fellowship Program

ITHACA COLLEGE’S School of Humanities and Sciences is pleased to announce applications are open for the 2106-2017 Dissertation Diversity Fellowship Program. These are predoctoral fellowships in various departments such as Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, Sociology, and Women’s and Gender Studies. Click here to learn more about the fellowships and to apply.

"Ellis" film screening and panel discussion

AMERICAN STUDIES is cosponsoring a film screening and panel, featuring the movie “Ellis” which stars Robert De Niro. The event will be held on Monday, November 9^th from 11:30am – 1:00pm in 120 Andersen Library. The panel will feature some of Minnesota’s leading experts on immigration, who will discuss the film and the issues it raises. Click here for complete information.

U of Dayton Tenure-Track Asst Prof of English Position

THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON is pleased to announce an open tenure-track Assistant Professor of English position. They are looking for someone with expertise in the critical study if Indigenous Literatures and Culture of North America. Click here for more information and to apply.

GWSS Professionalization Workshop: Conference Papers to Journal Articles

GWSS is hosting a professionalization workshop with Prof. Lena Palacios titled “Makin’ & Stackin’ Paper: The Conference Paper 2 Journal Article Hustle & Flow” on Friday, November 6^th from 1:30 – 3:00pm in Ford Hall 400. Lena will share her experience with the process of revising and extending conference papers into competitive journal articles.

"Where are the Teachers of Color?" Conversation

RIGS is hosting a conversation titled “Where are the Teachers of Color?” on Tuesday, November 17^th from 4:00 – 6:00pm in Walter Library 401/402. The conversation will feature high school youth, teachers, administrators, and community members. 

 

Thesis Research Travel Grants due to the Grad School, Noon on December 8th

THESIS RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANTS from the Graduate School are awarded up to $2500 for domestic and $5000 for international. Applications are due at Noon on December 8^th, 2015. Click here for more information and to apply.

Amber Annis awarded 2015 Joseph J. Kwiat award for best ASA conference paper

AMBER ANNIS was awarded the American Studies Department's 2015 Joseph J. Kwiat award for the best U of M American Studies grad student conference paper presented at ASA for her paper entitled, "The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe: Native Resources as Diplomacy".

UofFlorida Tenure-Track Asst Prof. in Women's and African American Studies

THE UNIVERSITY of FLORIDA is pleased to announce an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position in both Women’s Studies and African American Studies. They are looking for someone with scholarship and teaching experience in race and gender and/or race and sexuality. Click here for more information and to apply.

Dr. Karma Chávez talk

THE STEVEN J. SCHOCHET ENDOWMENT for GLBT STUDIES is hosting a talk by Dr. Karma Chávez titled “The Queer Politics of Coalition” on Tuesday, November 10^th from 6:00 – 7:30pm in the Mississippi Room in Coffman Memorial Union.