Professor Elaine Tyler May was awarded a 2013-14 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for her project "The American Quest for Security."
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
GWSS 8220 - Science, Technology & Environmental Justice
GWSS 8220 Seminar, "Science, Technology & Environmental Justice" will be taught by Susan Craddock. This course examines current ways of thinking about the complex, dynamic, troubling, and exciting intersections of humans and new biotechnologies, nonhumans, and changing ecosystems.
Seminar Description: This course examines current ways of thinking about the complex, dynamic, troubling, and exciting intersections of humans and new biotechnologies, nonhumans, and changing ecosystems. What aggregate social and political factors come together to form new interpolations of science and nature? What rhetorical shifts shape interpretations of 'global' health, environment, disease, intervention? What potentials do new technologies have for disrupting current forms of capitalism, or shaping new questions of ethics, citizenship, or liberalism? What new understandings are social scientists and scientists discerning about microbes and our relations with them? The seminar will be largely book-driven, including texts by Donna Haraway, Sheila Jasanof, Nikolas Rose, Stefan Helmreich, Sarah Franklin, and Stacy Alaimo.
GWSS 8220 - Science, Technology & Environmental Justice
Thursdays: 3:35pm-5:45pm in Ford 400
Thursdays: 3:35pm-5:45pm in Ford 400
Seminar Description: This course examines current ways of thinking about the complex, dynamic, troubling, and exciting intersections of humans and new biotechnologies, nonhumans, and changing ecosystems. What aggregate social and political factors come together to form new interpolations of science and nature? What rhetorical shifts shape interpretations of 'global' health, environment, disease, intervention? What potentials do new technologies have for disrupting current forms of capitalism, or shaping new questions of ethics, citizenship, or liberalism? What new understandings are social scientists and scientists discerning about microbes and our relations with them? The seminar will be largely book-driven, including texts by Donna Haraway, Sheila Jasanof, Nikolas Rose, Stefan Helmreich, Sarah Franklin, and Stacy Alaimo.
Dr. Naoki Yamamoto lecture on Documenting the War Effort
"Documenting the War Effort: Imamura Taihei and Wartime Japanese Film History" will be presented by Dr. Naoki Yamamoto on Friday, December 7th at 4pm in 121 Folwell Hall. This lecture examines the writings of Imamura Taihei in an attempt to establish a new critical framework for approaching the legacy of non-Western film and media theories.
A presentation by Dr. Naoki Yamamoto
(Ph.D., East Asian Languages and Literatures/Film Studies, Yale University)
This lecture examines the writings of Imamura Taihei (1911-1986) in an attempt to establish a new critical framework for approaching the legacy of non-Western film and media theories. Widely acclaimed as one the most significant theorists in the history of Japanese cinema, Imamura's work was marked by his dual interest in documentary and animation, the two marginalized film genres that garnered greater popularity in the period after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937.
In contrast to the commonplace assumption that treats these as the opposite set of filmmaking at large, Imamura shrewdly redefined them as sharing the same mission of offering both concrete and animated documentations of the world in motion. Equally at stake in his theorization was the increasingly significant role of cinema as a tool for mass communication, its penetrating power to mediate the experience of everyday life. By reading him alongside such theorists as Béla Balázs, Walter Benjamin and Marshall McLuhan, this lecture seeks to elucidate the enduring relevance of Imamura's film theory to today's mediascape. At the same time, it also aims to historicize his writings by tracing how his call for the socialization of the film medium became integrated into the official discourse of Japanese fascism.
Naoki Yamamoto is applying for the tenure-track position in Japanese literature and culture in the Department of Asian Languages & Literatures.
Click here for a lecture flyer.
Documenting the War Effort: Imamura Taihei and Wartime Japanese Film Theory
Friday December 7th, 2012
4:00 P.M.
121 Folwell Hall
4:00 P.M.
121 Folwell Hall
A presentation by Dr. Naoki Yamamoto
(Ph.D., East Asian Languages and Literatures/Film Studies, Yale University)
This lecture examines the writings of Imamura Taihei (1911-1986) in an attempt to establish a new critical framework for approaching the legacy of non-Western film and media theories. Widely acclaimed as one the most significant theorists in the history of Japanese cinema, Imamura's work was marked by his dual interest in documentary and animation, the two marginalized film genres that garnered greater popularity in the period after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937.
In contrast to the commonplace assumption that treats these as the opposite set of filmmaking at large, Imamura shrewdly redefined them as sharing the same mission of offering both concrete and animated documentations of the world in motion. Equally at stake in his theorization was the increasingly significant role of cinema as a tool for mass communication, its penetrating power to mediate the experience of everyday life. By reading him alongside such theorists as Béla Balázs, Walter Benjamin and Marshall McLuhan, this lecture seeks to elucidate the enduring relevance of Imamura's film theory to today's mediascape. At the same time, it also aims to historicize his writings by tracing how his call for the socialization of the film medium became integrated into the official discourse of Japanese fascism.
Naoki Yamamoto is applying for the tenure-track position in Japanese literature and culture in the Department of Asian Languages & Literatures.
Click here for a lecture flyer.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Fall evaluations forms
Fall Instructors and TA's: Evaluation forms and instructions were distributed earlier this week to mailboxes for all instructors and TAs leading sections this semester. If you have any questions, please contact Laura.
The Immigration History Research Center Fellowships
The Immigration Research Center has announced their 2013-2014 fellowships for University of Minnesota graduate students working with the IHRC's collections. The fellowships are considered a 50% appointment and provide $8,300 in stipend and up to $8,300 toward certain fees/tuition during each semester held. Students interested in applying should contact Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) with your subject and intent to apply by December 15th, 2012. Melanie will then be in contact with you directly regarding internal application deadlines.
The IHRC promotes interdisciplinary research on international migration, develops archives documenting immigrant and refugee life, especially in the U.S., and makes specialized scholarship accessible to students, teachers, and the public. Our collections are national in scope and rank among the world's most important for documenting North American immigration and diaspora history.
The fellowships support students conducting research in specific portions of the IHRC's vast archives and print collections, providing $8,300 in stipend and up to $8,300 toward certain fees/tuition during each semester held. Language facility appropriate to proposed research and topic of study is required and fellows are expected to participate in the IHRC scholarly community. In addition to a stipend and fees allowance, a cubicle for the duration of the fellowship period is supplied by the IHRC.
IHRC fellowships are meant to supplement departmental funding packages that may include research or teaching assistantships in the departments in which students are enrolled. The fellowship is considered a 50% appointment. Students are not expected to hold a graduate research or teaching assistantship during the fellowship semester(s).
Please note that the IHRC has graduate fellowships in Arab American, Estonian American, Finnish American, Italian American, and Latvian American studies (see links/info below) awarded at varying intervals but only three fellowships will be offered for 2013-2014.
Eligibility: Both International and U.S. Citizen students are eligible. To be considered for this fellowship, candidates must:
-be admitted, or currently enrolled in, a Masters or PhD program in the University of Minnesota Graduate School;
-have research interests related to the history and culture of the immigrant group documented in the ethnic collection that require research in the IHRC collections (http://ihrc.umn.edu/research/vitrage/index.php)
-have reading proficiency in languages required by research project. International students should consult TOEFL requirements (http://www.ets.org/toefl/)
If students have questions about their eligibility and want to discuss possible research in the IHRC collections, please contact IHRC Archivist Daniel Necas (necas001@umn.edu).
Students should contact Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) directly by December 15th, 2012 with their intent and topic to initiate the nomination process.
The Hildegard and Gustav Must Graduate Fellowships in Estonia American Studies (1 or 2 semesters of support available) provides support for a UMN graduate student conducting research in the Estonian American collections of the IHRC. These collections only recently have become accessible and offer a major opportunity for breakthrough scholarship on Cold War exile organizations, arts and culture, and refugee integration. Certain film holdings are in English, and other collections include English, Finnish, German, Polish or Russian. Spotlight on Edmund Valtman Papers (editorial cartoonist): http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/research/projects/09-7/index.html. The fellowship varies in amount and duration. Most fellowships may be awarded more than once to the same student during her/his enrollment in the University.
The Francis Maria Graduate Fellowship in Arab American Studies (1 semester or summer support available) was established in 2003 with major gift from the Francis Maria Foundation for Justice and Peace. Its objective is to further develop the Francis Maria collection of mid-20thcentury Arab American history and related Arab American activities occurring in the IHRC. The Francis Maria Papers document pan-Arab and Middle East topics of interest to Arab American history, especially in peace monuments related to Palestine. IHRC also holds the papers of Philip Hitti, Mary Mokarzel, and prominent Arab American publishing leaders, as well as fraternal organizations and Maronite figures influential among Lebanese Americans.
IHRC Graduate Fellowship in Finnish American Studies (1 semester of support available) The Graduate Fellowship in Finnish American Studies was established in 2005 and supports a student conducting research in the IHRC Finnish American collections, which are in Finnish and English. Excellent holdings for Finnish publishing, sociology, music, immigrant radicalism, and labor topics, with some religious materials also available. Oral histories for early 20th century Finnish American theatre (in Finnish and English) will be available by 2013. The Fellowship may be used for graduate student support and travel to academic conferences related to Finnish American studies activity.
For more information on our fellowships and other opportunities for internal and external scholars, please visit http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/educators/ .
The IHRC promotes interdisciplinary research on international migration, develops archives documenting immigrant and refugee life, especially in the U.S., and makes specialized scholarship accessible to students, teachers, and the public. Our collections are national in scope and rank among the world's most important for documenting North American immigration and diaspora history.
The fellowships support students conducting research in specific portions of the IHRC's vast archives and print collections, providing $8,300 in stipend and up to $8,300 toward certain fees/tuition during each semester held. Language facility appropriate to proposed research and topic of study is required and fellows are expected to participate in the IHRC scholarly community. In addition to a stipend and fees allowance, a cubicle for the duration of the fellowship period is supplied by the IHRC.
IHRC fellowships are meant to supplement departmental funding packages that may include research or teaching assistantships in the departments in which students are enrolled. The fellowship is considered a 50% appointment. Students are not expected to hold a graduate research or teaching assistantship during the fellowship semester(s).
Please note that the IHRC has graduate fellowships in Arab American, Estonian American, Finnish American, Italian American, and Latvian American studies (see links/info below) awarded at varying intervals but only three fellowships will be offered for 2013-2014.
Eligibility: Both International and U.S. Citizen students are eligible. To be considered for this fellowship, candidates must:
-be admitted, or currently enrolled in, a Masters or PhD program in the University of Minnesota Graduate School;
-have research interests related to the history and culture of the immigrant group documented in the ethnic collection that require research in the IHRC collections (http://ihrc.umn.edu/research/vitrage/index.php)
-have reading proficiency in languages required by research project. International students should consult TOEFL requirements (http://www.ets.org/toefl/)
If students have questions about their eligibility and want to discuss possible research in the IHRC collections, please contact IHRC Archivist Daniel Necas (necas001@umn.edu).
Students should contact Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) directly by December 15th, 2012 with their intent and topic to initiate the nomination process.
The Hildegard and Gustav Must Graduate Fellowships in Estonia American Studies (1 or 2 semesters of support available) provides support for a UMN graduate student conducting research in the Estonian American collections of the IHRC. These collections only recently have become accessible and offer a major opportunity for breakthrough scholarship on Cold War exile organizations, arts and culture, and refugee integration. Certain film holdings are in English, and other collections include English, Finnish, German, Polish or Russian. Spotlight on Edmund Valtman Papers (editorial cartoonist): http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/research/projects/09-7/index.html. The fellowship varies in amount and duration. Most fellowships may be awarded more than once to the same student during her/his enrollment in the University.
The Francis Maria Graduate Fellowship in Arab American Studies (1 semester or summer support available) was established in 2003 with major gift from the Francis Maria Foundation for Justice and Peace. Its objective is to further develop the Francis Maria collection of mid-20thcentury Arab American history and related Arab American activities occurring in the IHRC. The Francis Maria Papers document pan-Arab and Middle East topics of interest to Arab American history, especially in peace monuments related to Palestine. IHRC also holds the papers of Philip Hitti, Mary Mokarzel, and prominent Arab American publishing leaders, as well as fraternal organizations and Maronite figures influential among Lebanese Americans.
IHRC Graduate Fellowship in Finnish American Studies (1 semester of support available) The Graduate Fellowship in Finnish American Studies was established in 2005 and supports a student conducting research in the IHRC Finnish American collections, which are in Finnish and English. Excellent holdings for Finnish publishing, sociology, music, immigrant radicalism, and labor topics, with some religious materials also available. Oral histories for early 20th century Finnish American theatre (in Finnish and English) will be available by 2013. The Fellowship may be used for graduate student support and travel to academic conferences related to Finnish American studies activity.
For more information on our fellowships and other opportunities for internal and external scholars, please visit http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/educators/ .
Dr. Sonali Pahwa talk on Egyptian Youth Theater
The Department of Theater Arts and Dance hosts Dr. Sonali Pahwaon's public lecture "Acts of Hope and Despair: Affective Politics in Egyptian Youth Theatre and Video Blogs" on Friday, December 14th 3pm in Rarig 275.
Performance on stage and online was a means of action for Egyptian youth who despaired of political activism before the revolution. They kept alive social and political critique in the form of dramatic affects that became iconic of youthful hope against hope. Two plays about the alienation of Egyptian youth from television ideology embodied the despair of marginalized youth in narratives charged with political anger. More recent video blogs by young women created spaces for political satire and activist speeches, likewise pointing offstage to reach their conclusion. This paper examines the politics of affect in theatrical and digital performance, tracing the transformation of live performance as a staging ground for political affect in a time of revolution.
Bio: Sonali Pahwa is a Lecturer in Liberal Arts at Northwestern University in Qatar. She gained a PhD in cultural anthropology from Columbia University with a thesis on youth theatre in Egypt, and has taught performance studies at UCLA and anthropology at Northwestern University-Quatar. She is completing a book manuscript titled Theatres of Citizenship: Youth, Performance and Identity in Egypt.
Click here for a lecture flyer.
Acts of Hope and Despair:
Affective Politics in Egyptian Youth Theatre and Video Blogs
Professor Sonali Pahwa
Affective Politics in Egyptian Youth Theatre and Video Blogs
Professor Sonali Pahwa
Friday Dec. 14th 3-4:30pm Rarig 275
Performance on stage and online was a means of action for Egyptian youth who despaired of political activism before the revolution. They kept alive social and political critique in the form of dramatic affects that became iconic of youthful hope against hope. Two plays about the alienation of Egyptian youth from television ideology embodied the despair of marginalized youth in narratives charged with political anger. More recent video blogs by young women created spaces for political satire and activist speeches, likewise pointing offstage to reach their conclusion. This paper examines the politics of affect in theatrical and digital performance, tracing the transformation of live performance as a staging ground for political affect in a time of revolution.
Bio: Sonali Pahwa is a Lecturer in Liberal Arts at Northwestern University in Qatar. She gained a PhD in cultural anthropology from Columbia University with a thesis on youth theatre in Egypt, and has taught performance studies at UCLA and anthropology at Northwestern University-Quatar. She is completing a book manuscript titled Theatres of Citizenship: Youth, Performance and Identity in Egypt.
Click here for a lecture flyer.
ASA: 2013 Annual Meeting: Call for Proposals
The American Studies Association is inviting proposals for their 2013 annual meeting: "Beyond the Logic of Debt, Toward an Ethics of Collective Dissent" being held November 21st-24th, 2013 in Washington D.C. They are calling for discussions of "debt" in its many historical, contemporary, and allegorical dimensions, and invite everyone to offer insights on not only the dominant logic of debt, but also the alternative practices of collective dissent that disrupt and deregulate its coercive power. Submission deadline is January 26, 2013.
Please carefully read the proposal submission requirements and guidelines
in the call for proposals, here before proceeding to use the online submission site.
The submission site will open on December 1, 2012. Follow the submission instructions precisely and start the application process early. The help menu on each page of the submission site should answer your site related questions. The submission site will automatically shut down at 11:59 PM (Pacific) on January 26, 2013.
We encourage you to consult Getting on the ASA Meeting Program: A Practical Guide before you submit a proposal.
For further information about the Call for Proposals, you may contact the president-elect, Curtis Marez (cmarez@dssmail.ucsd.edu), the program chairs Roderick Ferguson, (fergu033@umn.edu), Lisa Lowe, (lmlowe55@gmail.com), and Jodi Melamed (jlmelamed@gmail.com),
"Beyond the Logic of Debt, Toward an Ethics of Collective Dissent"
November 21-24, 2013
Hilton Washington, DC
November 21-24, 2013
Hilton Washington, DC
Please carefully read the proposal submission requirements and guidelines
in the call for proposals, here before proceeding to use the online submission site.
The submission site will open on December 1, 2012. Follow the submission instructions precisely and start the application process early. The help menu on each page of the submission site should answer your site related questions. The submission site will automatically shut down at 11:59 PM (Pacific) on January 26, 2013.
We encourage you to consult Getting on the ASA Meeting Program: A Practical Guide before you submit a proposal.
For further information about the Call for Proposals, you may contact the president-elect, Curtis Marez (cmarez@dssmail.ucsd.edu), the program chairs Roderick Ferguson, (fergu033@umn.edu), Lisa Lowe, (lmlowe55@gmail.com), and Jodi Melamed (jlmelamed@gmail.com),
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