Border Checkpoinnt

Global Race, Ethnicity, & Migration Series

Please Join Us on Tuesday! Professor Michael Lechuga,  Communication Studies, University of Minnesota   "Border Checkpoint Assemblages: Interior Checkpoints as Multidimensional White Settler Governance"  This presentation focuses on the dozens of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) interior border checkpoints (IBCs) that are scattered throughout the US American Southwest. Lechuga argues that these assemblages of state control distribute nationalist state power discursively and materially near the México/US border, territorializing the region as an anti-migrant space of white US citizenship.  Lechuga layer Latina/o/x Rhetorical Studies scholarship on bordering and exclusion over a materialist theory of assemblages to make sense of how interior checkpoints utilize multidimensional expressions of statehood to control the movements of Latina/o/x migrants and citizen communities inside the boundaries of the US. Lechuga describes the legal apparatuses that justify the use of IBCs and how CBP enforcement protocol is materialized at IBCs, including a brief discussion of border security technology and personnel. Lechuga focuses specifically on the role the IBCs play in enforcing the US's anti-migration laws that target Latina/o/x migrants, residents, and US citizens moving through and around the checkpoints.  This talk ends with a discussion of the importance of adopting critical and complex rhetorical frameworks to study the multidimensional expressions of settler colonial power over communities of color." Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM 308 Elmer L. Andersen Library This event is free and open to the public.

Border Checkpoint Assemblages: Interior Checkpoints as Multidimensional White Settler Governance

THE IMMIGRATION HISTORY RESEARCH CENTER is hosting “Border Checkpoint Assemblages: Interior Checkpoints as Multidimensional White Settler Governance,” with Professor Michael Lechuga on Tuesday, February 12 from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM in Elmer L Andersen Library Room 308. For more information, see below.

Global Race, Ethnicity, & Migration Series Please Join Us on Tuesday! Professor Michael Lechuga,  Communication Studies, University of Minnesota   "Border Checkpoint Assemblages: Interior Checkpoints as Multidimensional White Settler Governance"  This presentation focuses on the dozens of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) interior border checkpoints (IBCs) that are scattered throughout the US American Southwest. Lechuga argues that these assemblages of state control distribute nationalist state power discursively and materially near the México/US border, territorializing the region as an anti-migrant space of white US citizenship.  Lechuga layer Latina/o/x Rhetorical Studies scholarship on bordering and exclusion over a materialist theory of assemblages to make sense of how interior checkpoints utilize multidimensional expressions of statehood to control the movements of Latina/o/x migrants and citizen communities inside the boundaries of the US. Lechuga describes the legal apparatuses that justify the use of IBCs and how CBP enforcement protocol is materialized at IBCs, including a brief discussion of border security technology and personnel. Lechuga focuses specifically on the role the IBCs play in enforcing the US's anti-migration laws that target Latina/o/x migrants, residents, and US citizens moving through and around the checkpoints.  This talk ends with a discussion of the importance of adopting critical and complex rhetorical frameworks to study the multidimensional expressions of settler colonial power over communities of color." Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM 308 Elmer L. Andersen Library This event is free and open to the public.  When Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 1:00 PM -2:00 PM Where University of Minnesota 308 Elmer L. Andersen Library What Global REM Michael Lechuga Sponsors Immigration History Research Center   Stay Connected

Graduate Fellowships and Awards Deadlines

There are many upcoming Graduate Fellowships and Awards deadlines. For a full list, see below.

December 4, 2018 Graduate Fellowships & Awards Upcoming Fellowship & Award Deadlines Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Thesis Research Travel Grants Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship  Friday, December 14, 2018 MAGS Excellence in Teaching Award  Thursday, January 10, 2019 Bridging Funds for External Fellowships Fellowship Announcements Torske Klubben Fellowship Program | Application Deadline Varies   The Torske Klubben, founded in 1933, is a Minneapolis luncheon club for individuals of Norwegian heritage who are deeply interested in Norway and Norwegian-American history and relationships. The organization funds University of Minnesota graduate fellowships for Norwegian citizens, as well as this award for Minnesota residents who have an interest in or connection with Norway and/or its culture. The overarching goal of the fellowship program is supporting future leaders. The program is divided into two subprograms: Torske Klubben Fellowship for Minnesota Residents (Deadline 2/18/2019) Torske Klubben Fellowship for Norwegian Citizens (Deadline 2/22/2019) If you have questions regarding graduate fellowships or awards, please contact gsfellow@umn.edu.  Announcements New Doctoral Program to Explore Indigenous Studies Next year the Department of American Studies will offer a new program that will allow doctoral students to pursue indigenous studies. The program is part of Creating Inclusive Cohorts, a larger initiative by the Graduate School Diversity Office to promote diversity. "It’s our hope that this pilot program will increase and enhance the training experience of these students when they are together as a group," said Yoji Shimizu, associate dean of graduate education and director of the Graduate School Diversity Office. Graduate Students Raise Concern Over Lack of Transparency of Student Fees The Council of Graduate Students has received multiple complaints from students saying that appointment letters sent to graduate assistants and potential assistants from certain departments didn’t mention mandatory student fees. The letters are required to include this information, according to an Office of Human Resources policy. OHR does not monitor whether or not letters comply with the policy, said Scott Lanyon, vice provost and dean of graduate education. He said the policy is often overlooked because many of the letters are written by individual departments, adding that graduate assistant appointment letters are not treated like other employment offer letters because they are intended for students. #UMNdriven Spotlight Have a U of M story to share? Submit to the #UMNdriven Spotlight page to be featured on UMN social media channels. You can also nominate stories to be featured.   Register for University Fitness Classes by January 23rd Sign up for a variety of fitness classes, $129 each, and 150 Wellbeing Points each. Classes run 1/28 - 3/28. Events Cross-Sector Approaches to Combating Climate Change  Thursday, December 6, 2018 | 5:00-8:00 p.m. | Humphrey Forum The event will consist of a panel discussion between various representatives from differing industry/academic sectors on collaboration to combat environmental and climate change from a development perspective. Will be followed by a reception, including a meal and an opportunity to network. Download Event Flyer (JPEG)

University of Michigan 2019 U.S. History Graduate Student Conference

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN is pleased to announce their call for papers for their 2019 U.S. History Graduate Student Conference, “Making History Public(s): Presenting the Collective,” on May 10-11, 2019. Scholars working in all periods of American history are welcome. Submissions are due by Sunday, January 28, 2019. For more information, click here.

Destress Mi Corazon

LA RAZA AND CHICANO LATINO STUDIES are hosting Destress Mi Corazon on Wednesday, December 5 at 5:00 PM in Coffman Union Room 211. For more information, click here.

Anthropology Courses Spring 2019

THE ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT is offering ANTH 3047W Anthropology of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality, ANTH 3049W Anthropology of Social Class, ANTH 3145W/5045W Urban Anthropology, ANTH 3980 Queering Capitalism, and ANTH 4003 Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Anthropology. For more information on these courses, click the course titles. 

70th International Human Rights Day Commemoration

THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE DEPARTMENT is co-sponsoring the 70^th International Human Rights Day Commemoration on Monday, December 10 at 5:30 PM at SEIU Local 26 (825 18^th Ave NE.) The commemoration of Human Rights Daywill mark seventy years since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For more information, click here.