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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Berklee College of Music 50th Anniversary of Woodstock Call for Papers

BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC’S Liberal Arts Department is pleased to announce its call for papers for the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. Submissions are due by Thursday, November 15. For more information, click here

MAS Teacher Academy - Mexican American Studies K-12 Professional Development Workshop

MAS TEACHER ACADEMY is hosting a Mexican American Studies K-12 Professional Development Workshop on Saturday, November 10 from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM at UTSA Downtown Campus in the Durango Building. If you are interested in attending, please register here by Monday, November 5. For more information on the workshop, click here. For more information on MAS, click here.

Legal History Workshop - Andrew Cohen

THE LEGAL HISTORY WORKSHOP’S next session will be held on Thursday, November 1 from 4:05 PM – 6:00 PM in Mondale Hall Room N202. Professor Andrew Cohen will be presenting “Anthony Comstock’s Gilded Age: Sex, Law, and the End of Reconstruction.” For more information, click here.

Human Rights and Social Justice Through Artistic and Community Collaboration: Current Immigration Issues

THE DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE STUDIES is co-sponsoring Human Rights and Social Justice Through Artistic and Community Collaboration: Current Immigration Issues on Friday, November 2 from 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM at SEIU Local 26th(825 16thAve NE). For more information, click here.

Diversity Data Deep Dive

THE DIVERSITY COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE is hosting Diversity Data Deep Dive (DDDD) on Friday, November 16 from 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM in Coffman Union’s Mississippi Room. For more information, click here.

Articulture - 4th Annual Wine & Beer tasting

DAVID KARJANEN will be DJing at Articulture’s 4thAnnual Wine & Beer tasting on Thursday, November 8 from 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM at 2613 East Franklin Ave. Tickets are $10. For more information, see below. 

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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

United States Capitol Historical Society Fellowship

THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the United States Capitol Historical Society Fellowship. This fellowship is designed to support research and publications on the history, art, architecture, or landscape of the United States Capitol and related buildings. Applications are due by Friday, March 15, 2019. For more information, click here.

Voicing the Global Migration "Crisis" Symposium

THE IMMIGRATION HISTORY RESEARCH CENTER is hosting Voicing the Global Migration “Crisis” Symposium on Friday, November 9 from 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM in Elmer L. Andersen Library Room 120. For more information, see below.

Voicing the Global Migration "Crisis" 
Through Research, Classrooms, and Communities


University of Minnesota 
Friday, November 9, 2018

Funded through a University of Minnesota Grand Challenges Grant, "Voicing the Global
Migration 'Crisis'" will bring together interdisciplinary scholars from the humanities, social sciences, and education in Europe and the United States to discuss research findings and highlight educational and community engagement related to migrant youth, identity, and adjustment as well as broader issues related to global migration, narrative psychology, equity and diversity, and community engagement.

8:30-9:00         Breakfast and check-in

9:00-9:05         Welcome from Raymond Duvall, Distinguished University Teaching Professor                           of Political Science, University of Minnesota

9:05-9:15         Welcome from Erika Lee, Regents Professor of History and Asian American                              Studies and Moin Syed, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate                              Studies, Psychology, University of Minnesota

9:15-10:00       Keynote and Q & A: Nancy Foner, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at                                Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York  

10:15-10:30     Coffee Break

10:30-12:00     Global Migration "Crisis" in U.S. and Europe
This panel will broadly examine contemporary global migration, xenophobia, and the construction of the migration "crisis" in the United States and Europe and its impact on migrant communities.
  • Frosso Motti-Stefanidi, Professor, Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Orhan Agirdag, Chair of Scientific Research at the Netherlands Initiative for Education Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium and the University of Amsterdam
  • Susan Fratzke, Policy Analyst and Program Coordinator, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC
  • Moderator: Erika Lee 

12:00-1:00     Lunch and Presentation of Immigrant Stories Digital Storytelling Project   

1:15-2:45       Immigrant Youth Narratives of Transition and Adjustment
This panel will feature findings from research projects focused on narratives of immigrant youth in Sweden, Germany, and the U.S., highlighting how the intersection between individual youth development and societal policies, practices, and attitudes can both facilitate and constrain positive adjustment. 

  • Ummul Kathawalla, Graduate Student, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota
  • Ylva Svensson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg and University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
  • Linda Juang, Professor of Inclusive Education, University of Potsdam, Germany
  • Moderator:  Richard Lee, Professor of Psychology and Asian American Studies, University of Minnesota 

2:45-3:00     Coffee Break

3:00-4:30     Engaging with Immigrants and Refugees In Classrooms 
The panel will focus on practical aspects of engagement with immigrant and refugee students in Sweden, Germany, and the U.S. Panelists will discuss their work on facilitating first-person narratives, digital stories, and language training and acquisition in educational settings. 

  • Silke Donath, co-author of the school/textbook "Das DaZ-Buch" (Klett Publishing,) the first book especially created for young immigrants starting German in Germany
  • Saengmany Ratsabout, Program Coordinator, Immigration History Research Center
  • Moderator: Martha Bigelow, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota

More than a Word: Documentary and Panel

THE DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES is co-sponsoring “More than a Word: Documentary and Panel” on Tuesday, October 30 from 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM in the Mayo Auditorium of the Mayo Building. To RSVP, click here.

Community-based Participatory Action Research

 THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY AND THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT are hosting a series of publicly-engaged scholarship bootcamps. The next session is “Community-based Participatory Action Research” on Friday, October 26 from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM in the Crosby Seminar Room of Northrop Auditorium. For more information, click here.

Principled Voices: Protecting the Press in Myanmar (Burma)

THE HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM is hosting Principled Voices: Protecting the Press in Myanmar (Burma) on Monday, October 29 at 4:30 PM in the Regis Center for Art. For more information, see here. 


Freedom of the press in under threat across the globe. Myanmar's prosecution of Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, is seen as retribution for covering the killings of Rohingya people by government security forces, raising questions of press freedom and safety, government responses and responsibilities, human rights protections, and advocacy opportunities.
Please join me on Monday, October 29th, 4:30 pm for this timely and critical discussion.
Esther Htusan
Pulitzer-Prize winning, Myanmar-based correspondent for the Associated Press, and 2019 Nieman Fellow for Journalism, Harvard University
Karin Deutsch Karlekar
Director of PEN America's Free Expression At Risk Programs
Eaint Thiri Thu
Fixer, research consultant, producer, and Fulbright Scholar, Master of Human Rights candidate, University of Minnesota
Event and reception following the program are free and open to the public

RSVPs are encouraged
I also invite you to visit the College of Liberal Arts’ 150th Anniversary photo exhibit, On Purpose: Portrait of the Liberal Arts, open for viewing in the Katherine E. Nash Gallery during the reception. The exhibit holds a beautiful display of the College’s richness and diversity, communicated through stunning portraits.
"Principled Voices: Protecting the Press in Myanmar (Burma)" is the 2nd Annual Stephen & Chacke Scallen Lecture in Human Rights, a series focused on exploring the erasure of cultures as well as corruption in the challenge of human rights, including corruption of the government, business, churches, and other institutions. Through "Principled Voices" we highlight leaders and thinkers distinguishing themselves by carrying out their passion for human rights, cultural awareness, democratic principles, fairness, and dignity, often at great odds and great personal risk.
Mobilizing knowledge to advance human rights

Unwilling to Protect: El Salvador and United States Responses to Forced Migration Violence

THE IMMIGRATION HISTORY RESEARCH CENTER is hosting “Unwilling to Protect: El Salvador and United States Responses to Forced Migration Violence” with Professor Patrick McNamara on Tuesday, October 30 from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM in Elmer L. Andersen Library Room 307. For more information, see below.



Global Race, Ethnicity, & Migration Series

Please Join Us!

Professor Patrick McNamara, 
History Department, University of Minnesota 


 "Unwilling to Protect: El Salvador and United States Responses to Forced Migration Violence
"

Tuesday, October 30, 2018
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
308 Elmer L. Andersen Library

This event is free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a bag lunch.

When
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2018 
12:00 PM -1:00 PM

Where
University of Minnesota
308 Elmer L. Andersen Library

What
Global REM
Patrick McNamara

Sponsors
Immigration History Research Center  

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