Susie Hatmaker will workshop her conference paper at the Graduate Student Workshop series Monday, January 31.

Because of the date change we wanted to give a reminder that the first event of the new bimonthly Graduate Student Workshop series is this Monday, January 31, 3:30pm in the Scott Hall Commons, room 105. Susie Hatmaker will workshop her conference paper, "Rural Difference, Modern Desire: Searching for Place Outside of Time."

Susie Hatmaker will workshop her conference paper at the Graduate Student Workshop series Monday, January 31.
Because of the date change we wanted to give a reminder that the first event of the new bimonthly Graduate Student Workshop series is this Monday, January 31, 3:30pm in the Scott Hall Commons, room 105. Susie Hatmaker will workshop her conference paper, "Rural Difference, Modern Desire: Searching for Place Outside of Time." This paper is a study of the ways two specific "folk" figures in Appalachia gained value as the embodiments of difference outside of modernity's timeline and became spiritual resources for discontented cosmopolitan subjects. Hatmaker asks how the ambivalent desires expressed toward the Appalachian figures of "folk authenticity" relate to the changing meaning of nature during modernity in order to trace the limits of liberal progressive thought.

CURA Dissertation Research Grant Internal Departmental Deadline: Thursday, February 3, 2011

The Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) has just announced the Dissertation Research Grant which provides support to doctoral students engaged in dissertation research on urban issues. The award is for a one-time unrestricted grant of $20,000. Applicants must have passed the preliminary exam stage and have approved dissertation proposals by March 1, 2011. Please note the early internal deadline: Thursday, February 3.

CURA Dissertation Research Grant Internal Departmental Deadline: Thursday, February 3, 2011
Internal Departmental Deadline: Thursday, February 3, 2011
CURA Dissertation Research Grant
SERVES: Ph.D. Candidates at the University of Minnesota (all campuses)
PURPOSE: The CURA Dissertation Research Grant is intended to support dissertation research on significant issues or topics related to urban areas.
PROGRAM: The program provides one year of support to a Ph.D. candidate in good academic standing at the University of Minnesota for the purpose of completing dissertation research on a significant issue or topic related to urban areas in the upper Midwest region of the United States. Recipients must have passed the preliminary exam stage and have approved dissertation proposals by March 1, 2011. Following completion of the research, recipients are expected to produce a 3500-word manuscript suitable for publication in the CURA Reporter, and to acknowledge CURA support in any other publications stemming from the dissertation research assisted through this grant.
For the Internal Departmental Deadline, send the following application materials to Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) by Thursday, February 3:
1. Research Abstract. The research abstract should provide a succinct and understandable description of the dissertation research. The abstract should be no longer than five (5) pages and should contain the following elements:
* Background and statement of the research problem
* Goals and objectives of the research, including main hypotheses
* Research design and methods
* Potential significance of the research
* Timeline for research
2. Letter of Support. Letters of support from the candidate's dissertation adviser . The letter should specifically speak to the applicant's ability to conduct the proposed research, the quality of the applicant's performance to date in the graduate program, and the applicant's record of progress through the graduate program.
3. Copy of graduate transcript. Unofficial copies are acceptable.
4. Summary of graduate financial support to date: List the source, amount, and dates of financial assistance received to date while a graduate student at the University of Minnesota.
SELECTION CRITERIA: Applications will be judged on the following criteria, in order of importance:
1. Quality of the research abstract
2. The urban focus of the topic
3. The significance of the topic, either for advancing knowledge in the field or potential for policy/community impact
4. Relevance of the topic and the research to urban areas in the upper Midwest region of the United States
5. The potential of the student to complete the dissertation within 18 months
6. Student need
CURA Dissertation Research Grant call: http://www.cura.umn.edu/Dissertation.php

UCD Clinton Summer Institute 2011

The UCD Clinton Institute Summer School is now accepting applications for the 2011 programme taking place July 10-17th. The School is aimed at advanced graduate students and junior faculty in the fields of American Studies, History, Political Sciences and Literary and Cultural Studies. The School's format will include daily workshop seminars and plenary lectures. Applications are suggested to be received prior to May 9, 2011.

UCD Clinton Summer Institute 2011

See link below for more detail:
http://www.ucdclinton.ie/summerschool2011.htm

"Fishscapes and Power: Alaska Natives and the politics of place-making in the Pacific halibut fishery"

"Fishscapes and Power: Alaska Natives and the politics of place-making in the Pacific halibut fishery" will be presented by Laurie Richmond, University of Hawai'i, on Thursday, January 27th from 3:30-5:00 p.m. in 135 Nicholson Hall.

"Fishscapes and Power: Alaska Natives and the politics of place-making in the Pacific halibut fishery"
See attachment below for more detail:
Richmond.pdf

2011 Futures of American Studies Institute

This is the 15th year of the Futures of American Studies Institute at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. The one-week long Institute will run from June 20-26th, 2011. The topic for this year, the second of a four-year focus, is "The State(s) of American Studies." The Institute welcomes participants who are involved in a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields and who are interested in current critical debates in American Studies. The fee for the Institute (covering registration, housing, and seminars) is $695.00. Application deadline: May 20, 2011.

2011 Futures of American Studies Institute
See attachment below for more detail:
2011 Futures Description.pdf

American Studies Program at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa: Visiting Assistant Professor Position

The American Studies program at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor. The position is a one-year appointment to begin August 2011, with possible renewal for two additional years. Ph.D. in American Studies or a related interdisciplinary field and teaching experience required. Application deadline: February 1, 2011.

American Studies Program at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa: Visiting Assistant Professor Position
The American Studies program at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor. The position is a one-year appointment to begin August 2011, with possible renewal for two additional years. Ph.D. in American Studies or a related interdisciplinary field and teaching experience required. Please send a letter of application, c.v., and three letters of reference to Laura A. Belmonte, c/o American Studies Program, Oklahoma State University, 101 S. Murray Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078-3054 or laura.belmonte@okstate.edu. To receive full consideration, applications should be received by February 1, 2011. This position is contingent upon availability of funding. Oklahoma State University is an AA/EEO/E-Verify employer committed to diversity.

darkmatter Journal Special Issue: Post-racial Imaginaries

darkmatter Journal has announced a call for papers for a special issue: Post-racial Imaginaries. This issue of darkmatter Journal is interested in delineating the contours of the 'post-racial' turn by asking questions such as: what is the post-racial? What are the conditions of its emergence? Abstract deadline: February 1, 2011.

darkmatter Journal Special Issue: Post-racial Imaginaries
darkmatter Journal - http://www.darkmatter101.org/

Increasing reference to the notion of 'post-race' is suggestive of an emergent discursive framework in critical approaches to race and racism. 'Post-race', 'post-racial', 'post-black', and associated ideas, are being mobilized in various theoretical, cultural and political discourses to describe new racial formations. Post-race requires us to question in new ways the precepts of race thinking, positing the end of race as a point with which to think racial futures. The imprecise nature of much 'post-' talk means there has yet to be a rigorous assessment of the significance of post-race and its cognate terms, beyond simple endorsement or dismissal.
This special issue of darkmatter Journal is interested in delineating the contours of the 'post-racial' turn by asking: what is the post-racial? What are the conditions of its emergence? What assumptions and claims does it make about the logics of racism? What critical and political work is the term doing? What does the 'post' in post-race mean? How is racism theorized in post-race? What is the relationship between colonial history and the post-racial? When and where is the post-racial? Who claims post-raciality?
Given the multiple registers of post-race talk, these fundamental questions might be addressed in relation to:
* The shifts from race to ethnicity, cultural difference and multiculturalism;
* The ontology and epistemology of race;
* Obama and the politics of anti-racism;
* Utopia and the end of racism;
* Modernity, history, nation and racial memory;
* After whiteness;
* Feminism, sexual politics and multiraciality;
* Neoliberalism, Marxism and class politics;
* Globalism, Orientalism, anti/post/de-colonialism;
* Post-black aesthetics, popular culture and politics;
* Digitalization, bio-technologies, genetic engineering and racial mutations
Submissions: between 1,500 - 8,000 words are welcome, as are alternative formats such as commentaries, reviews, audio, visual and digital contributions. Please email a 400 - 500 word abstract to submit@darkmatter101.org
Please note: submissions to darkmatter are now subject to external peer review. If your contribution is intended for the less formal (and non-peer reviewed) 'commons' section, indicate this on your submission.
For further inquiries about the 'Post-racial Imaginaries' special issue, email: editors@darkmatter101.org
Deadline for Abstracts: 1st Feb 2011
Deadline for Articles: 1st Sept 2011
Publication date: Dec 2011

Anthropology 2011 Assistant Professor Search Candidate Schedule

The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce the presentation calendar for their 2011 Assistant Professor Search.

Anthropology 2011 Assistant Professor Search Candidate Schedule
See attachment below for a full list of candidates and presentation times:
ANTH Asst. Prof. Search, FY11, Presentations-2.pdf

Pcard Receipt Reminder

Please submit receipts for all January PCard purchases to Laura by Tuesday, February 1st.

Pcard Receipt Reminder
See attachment below for generic coversheet:
COVERSHEET generic-1.xlsx

The Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences is accepting proposals. Due: February 7, 2011

The Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences is accepting proposals for projects addressing the broad societal implications of problems in health, environment, or the life sciences. A stipend with a maximum of $10,000 will be awarded for research and writing and funding for research supplies or funding for a program or colloquia for the upcoming summer and/or academic year. Proposals Due: February 7, 2011 or until funds are depleted. Click link for more information: http://www.lifesci.consortium.umn.edu/rfp

University of Louisville Graduate Conference in Humanities : "Fanaticism: Recollections, Representations, Reactions" Extended Proposal Deadline: February 5

The University of Louisville is now accepting proposals for its annual Graduate Conference in Humanities on March 25, 2011. The theme for this year's conference is "Fanaticism: Recollections, Representations, Reactions." The conference is interested in papers that explore the various conceptions and interpretations of fanaticism: globally, culturally, and individually. Extended proposal deadline: February 5. Click link for more information: http://ahalouisville.com/archives/80

"Queering Like a State: Naturalized Citizenship and U.S. Empire"

Siobhan Somerville, "Queering Like a State: Naturalized Citizenship and U.S. Empire," Friday, February 25, 4 p.m., 101 Walter Library. Sponsored by the Graduate Interdisciplinary Group in Sexuality Studies

March Graduate Student Workshop series: Call for participants

March Graduate Student Workshop series: Call for participants. We have time set aside for the next Grad Student Workshop on Monday, March 28. This event is still open for students interested in presenting work. Students should contact Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) by Monday, March 7 and indicate, generally, the type of work you would like to present. Click here to read the original Digest announcement with information about the Workshop series: http://assets.cla.umn.edu/amstdy/main/2010/12/american-studies-is-pleased-to.html

The first event of the new bimonthly Graduate Student Workshop series will take place Monday, January 31. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE.

PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE: The first Graduate Student Workshop has been postponed until Monday, January 31 in order to avoid conflicting with the Queer Twin Cities book discussion on January 24. The first event of the new bimonthly Graduate Student Workshop series will take place Monday, January 31, 3:30pm in the Scott Hall Commons, room 105. Susie Hatmaker will workshop her conference paper, "Rural Difference, Modern Desire: Searching for Place Outside of Time."

The first event of the new bimonthly Graduate Student Workshop series will take place Monday, January 31. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE.
PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE: The first Graduate Student Workshop has been postponed until Monday, January 31 in order to avoid conflicting with the Queer Twin Cities book discussion taking place on Monday, January 24.
The first event of the new bimonthly Graduate Student Workshop series will take place Monday, January 31, 3:30pm in the Scott Hall Commons, room 105. Susie Hatmaker will workshop her conference paper, "Rural Difference, Modern Desire: Searching for Place Outside of Time." This paper is a study of the ways two specific "folk" figures in Appalachia gained value as the embodiments of difference outside of modernity's timeline and became spiritual resources for discontented cosmopolitan subjects. Hatmaker asks how the ambivalent desires expressed toward the Appalachian figures of "folk authenticity" relate to the changing meaning of nature during modernity in order to trace the limits of liberal progressive thought.

Graduate Student Deadlines & Notices

The Director of Graduate Studies, Tracey Deutsch, will be holding her
spring semester office hours on Mondays, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and Wednesdays 11:00
a.m.-1:00p.m.. Please contact the department directly to schedule a DGS appointment and provide your name and a topic/description for the appointment.

ANTH 8810-1: Futures

ANTH 8810-1: Futures will be taught by David Valentine Spring 2011 on Wednesdays from 2:30-5:00 p.m. in 389 Hubert H. Humphrey Center. This class is a reading of modernity through temporality, in particular, looking at how modern (and/or postmodern) subjects conceive of, theorize about, abandon, and attempt to shape "the future."

ANTH 8810-1: Futures
Is the passage of time equivalent to "progress"? This class is a reading of modernity through temporality, in particular, looking at how modern (and/or postmodern) subjects conceive of, theorize about, abandon, and attempt to shape "the future." The plural of the course title points to the multiplicity of futures that humans are able to imagine, but at the same time a basic contention of the course is that the very practice of imagining futures already shapes the possibilities of what futures can emerge. That is, imagining futures is a social practice with consequences, and as such is a political act.
The 21st century has been imagined in popular culture and academic discourses as a time of both dystopic and eutopic futures. Many of the things that 20th century commentators were concerned about or hoped for - cyborgs, radical gender/sexual difference, the spread of liberal democracies, radical individualism, technologically enhanced bodies, the formation of superstates like the EU, space travel, environment disasters - have come to pass. Yet at the same time, we live in a present that seems to be characterized by what we are told belongs to the past - religious fundamentalism, racism, massive world-wide poverty, sectarian wars, new imperialisms, and the reassertion of "tradition" and neoliberal modes of capitalism. In a moment that is supposed to have been "the future," then, how do social actors account for their own present, and what do they make of the futures yet to come?
Anthropology, with its roots in a socially-conscious anti-racism, consciously directed at producing a better future, is a rich location from which to consider how Western intellectuals have thought about temporality, progress, and the future. While we will read ethnography, much of the reading may (see below) include popular media and texts from other disciplines, bringing an anthropological perspective to such diverse objects as manifestos, cyborgs and species distinction, dystopias and eutopias, feminisms, religious and economic fundamentalism, "cargo cults," aliens, imperialism, risk assessment, meteorology, Star Trek, modernist architecture. Our concern is to look at how people have imagined the future, what those futures look like, and what the consequences of such imaginings are.
The course syllabus will be co-constructed over the course of the semester in order to test one of our hypotheses: does the messy social labor of constructing an activity come to look, from the vantage point of the future, as a smooth story of progress? Course writing will include writing a prophecy, a prediction, and a manifesto.

Increasing African American Diversity in Archives: The HistoryMakers Fellowship, Mentoring, Training and Placement Institute

The HistoryMakers is pleased to offer a year-long fellowship (June 6, 2011 - June 1, 2012) working in African American archives. This fellowship is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The purpose of this fellowship program is to provide training for African American archivists and other archivists interested in working with African American archival collections. The fellow will receive a $37,000 stipend for the year. Application deadline: February 15, 2011.

Increasing African American Diversity in Archives: The HistoryMakers Fellowship, Mentoring, Training and Placement Institute
FELLOWSHIP OVERVIEW
The HistoryMakers is pleased to offer a year-long fellowship (June 6, 2011 through June 1, 2012) working in African American archives. This fellowship is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The purpose of this fellowship program is to provide training for African American archivists and other archivists interested in working with African American archival collections. The year will include a 3-month immersion training program at The HistoryMakers Chicago location (June 6 - August 26, 2011) and an on-site residency (September 6, 2011 - June 1, 2012) at one of the following host institutions:
§ Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, AL
[http://www.archives.state.al.us/]
§ Amistad Research Center at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
[http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/]
§ Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
[http://avery.cofc.edu/]
§ Franklin Library at Fisk University, Nashville, TN
[http://www.fisk.edu/Academics/Library/SpecialCollections.aspx]
§ The HistoryMakers, Chicago, IL
[http://www.thehistorymakers.com/]
§ Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD
[http://www.msa.md.gov/]
§ Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum, Culver City, CA
[http://www.claytonmuseum.org/]
§ Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
[http://www.princeton.edu/~mudd/]
FELLOWSHIP ELIGIBILITY
All applicants must:
§ Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States.
§ Hold a recent graduate degree in library science (MLS, MLIS, MIS, MS) from an ALA accredited school OR a graduate degree in other relevant fields, such as history or African American studies (current graduate students are encouraged to apply if their degrees will be completed prior to beginning the fellowship).
§ Have a demonstrated interest in archives administration and management. Applicants must have taken at least two courses related to archival information and practice or have demonstrated work/volunteer experience in archival repositories.
§ Have a demonstrated interest in African American history. This interest can be demonstrated through academic coursework, volunteer or work experience, and/or through a personal statement in application essay.

FELLOWSHIP DESCRIPTION
During the immersion training program, fellows will receive training in arrangement, description, preservation, reference, and outreach for collections of African American archival materials. Fellows will process collections and create EAD and EAC-CPF finding aids and will learn to appropriately utilize Library of Congress Subject Headings to provide access points to African American materials in print, video, and electronic resources. Fellows will attend lectures presented by African American scholars and representatives from other African American archival repositories. The purpose of these lectures is for fellows to gain a deeper understanding of African American history. Fellows will also take field trips to Chicago-area African American collections.
During the on-site residency period, fellows will utilize knowledge and skills gained during their immersion training to process African American collections. Fellows will be required to organize a public program/community outreach event (lecture, exhibit, etc.), and implement social media or other online resources while in residency at their host institution. They will also be expected to give presentations on their education and career choice to other students at the high school and undergraduate levels. Fellows will also be required to keep a journal of their experiences and progress throughout the fellowship. Fellows will prepare a poster presentation for the 2012 SAA Annual Conference and will also be strongly encouraged to submit papers for presentation at professional conferences such as ALA, SAA, MAC, New England Archivists, MARAC, Society of Southwest Archivists, etc.
STIPEND
$37,000.00
LODGING
Lodging arrangements during the training institute and during residency at host institution are the responsibility of the fellow. Applicants will be provided with information on local housing options upon acceptance to the program.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
All applicants should submit the following:
§ Cover letter stating their interest in the internship and future career goals (please include an email address and a daytime telephone number). They should also rank their choice of host institution placement from 1 through 8 (one being the first choice). They must also explain their top three choices, and how their experience will best serve these repositories
§ Essay or written statement (2,000 words or less) addressing all of the following:
§ their interest in African American history and archival collections;
§ what they can contribute to the host repositories;
§ their experience with electronic media and social networking tools;
§ their view on the importance of increasing diversity in the archival profession;
§ what they hope to learn from the experience; and
§ the importance of this fellowship to their future career.
§ Resume or CV indicating their academic background, work experience, and volunteer service.
§ Undergraduate and graduate transcript, including a printout of classes in which they are currently enrolled, if applicable.
§ Three letters of recommendation.
Daniel Johnson
2011-2012 Archive Fellowship Program
The HistoryMakers
1900 S. Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60616
dj@thehistorymakers.com
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Tuesday February 15, 2011

Race & Sovereignty: Call for Proposals - Deadline Extended to January 28, 2011

The UCLA School of Law's Critical Race Studies Program is now accepting proposals for its 5th Annual Academic Symposium to be held at UCLA School of Law, March 31-April 2, 2011. This year's theme, "Race and Sovereignty," will convene both emerging and established scholars from various countries who seek to engage other scholars, practitioners, and advocates working on these topics. The deadline to submit proposals has been extended to January 28, 2011.

Race & Sovereignty: Call for Proposals - Deadline Extended to January 28, 2011
To view the current program, confirmed speakers, submissions requirements and deadlines, and registration information, please visit:
http://www.law.ucla.edu/home/index.asp?page=3542
We encourage interested parties and programs to print and post the attached flyer about the event at your institution, and ask recipients to forward this announcement to your list-serves and post on related websites. You may visit the symposium website above for updates or visit the Symposium Event page on our Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155747841136748&num_event_invites=0
About the event:
The 5th Annual Symposium will explore the relationship between race and sovereignty. Sovereignty, like race, has been invoked, understood, and deployed in contradictory ways. Historically, sovereignty has been an important vehicle through which hegemonic power has been enforced, for example, by articulating citizenship as a racial project rooted in the power to exclude. Sovereignty has also been an important tool of anti-colonial resistance crucial to liberatory struggles of people of color in the U.S. and worldwide. Race shares this complex dimension, serving as both a technology of oppression and a vehicle for resistance to that oppression. Despite these parallels, race and sovereignty have, for the most part, been engaged as separate and mutually exclusive projects: sovereignty has primarily been linked to the struggles of Native Americans and other indigenous peoples, while the struggles of other people of color have largely been cast through a standard anti-racist narrative of citizenship and inclusion.
Over the past two years, the CRS program, under the leadership of its inaugural fellow and alumna, Addie Rolnick, has organized a speakers series on Critical Race Theory and Native American communities and developed interdisciplinary coursework exploring indigeneity, race, and the law. The Symposium seeks to deepen emerging theoretical frames, advocacy strategies, and social justice imperatives amongst peoples struggling against discrimination and for their self-determination by examining how race and sovereignty intersect and are mutually constitutive, even as important distinctions remain.
The UCLA American Indian Studies Center is the presenting co-sponsor of the 5th Annual Symposium. Under the guidance of its current director, UCLA Law professor, Angela Riley, the AISC at UCLA has been a critical partner in our effort to engage questions of race, indigeneity, and the law from an interdisciplinary perspective. We encourage you to visit the AISC website to explore the Center's 40-year legacy of producing scholarship, collaborating with, and developing the leadership of Native peoples and Tribal communities:
http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/

Meet members of the Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project at University of Minnesota Bookstore on Monday, January 24 @ 4:00 p.m.

Michael David Franklin, Kevin Murphy, Jennifer L. Pierce, and Alex Urquhart will be reading from their collaborative volume, Queer Twin Cities, at 4 p.m. on January 24th at the University Bookstore. On January 27th, they will also be interviewed about their book on KFAI at 7 p.m.



Members of the Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project will discuss their work in Queer Twin Cities on Monday, January 24 at 4:00 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union.

Meet members of the Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project at University of Minnesota Bookstore on Monday, January 24 @ 4:00 p.m.

The Twin Cities GLBT Oral History project--a collective organization of students, scholars, and activists devoted to documenting and interpreting the lives of GLBT people, presents a collection of essays on Minnesota's vibrant queer communities, past and present.
Queer Twin Cities is a rich blend of oral history, archival research, and ethnography that uses sexuality to chart connections between people's lives in Minnesota. This collection delivers a critical analysis of local history and community, and fills a glaring omission in the culture and history of Minnesota. Contributors include Kevin P. Murphy, an associate professor of history at the University of Minnesota, and Jennifer L. Pierce, a professor of American studies and the former director of the Center for Advanced Feminist Studies at the University of Minnesota.
Contributors will sign copies of the book following the discussion.

Legal History Workshop, Spring Semester 2011

The Legal History Workshop will be meeting periodically over the course of the spring semester, on Fridays from 12-1:15 p.m., with presentations by University of Minnesota faculty and graduate students. Space remains available in the calendar, so please contact Susanna Blumenthal as soon as possible if you are interested in presenting a work-in-progress. A preliminary schedule will circulate in the next couple weeks.

"Gender Responsive" Prison Expansion: The Case of California

"Gender Responsive" Prison Expansion: The Case of California will be presented by Ruth Wilson Gilmore Friday, February 11, at 4:00 p.m., in Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Center.

"Gender Responsive" Prison Expansion: The Case of California

Ruth Wilson Gilmore is Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the City University of New York Graduate Center. She is the author of Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (University of California Press, 2007)
Sponsored by the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies

"Collections and Collaborations" CFP Extended Deadline

Indiana University - Bloomington's "Collections and Collaborations", Annual International Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference 2011 call for proposals has an extended deadline. New Deadline: January 31, 2011. Click link for more info: http://www.indiana.edu/~engsac/conference/index.html

Immigration History Research Center 2011 Research Grants

The Immigration History Research Center has announced 2011 research grants, including one-semester fellowships for graduate students working in IHRC collections. If you plan to apply, please notify Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) by Tuesday, January 18 with the subject of your research at the IHRC. Melanie will then be in contact with you directly regarding internal application deadlines. Click link for more info: http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/index.php?entry=261940

BTHX 8610: Medical Consumerism

BTHX 8610: Medical Consumerism will be taught spring 2011 by Carl Elliott MD Ph.D. on Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the Boynton 5th floor conference room. The purpose of this seminar is to explore the roots and implications of medical consumerism.

BTHX 8610: Medical Consumerism
See attachment below for more detail:
Medical Consumerism flyer 2011-1.pdf

Final Call for "Spirit of Capital" New School Graduate Student Conference: Deadline Jan 10th

This is the FINAL REMINDER about the submission DEADLINE of Jan 10th, 2011 for the New School Graduate Student Conference in Philosophy, "The Spirit of Capital", which will take place at the New School for Social Research in New York City on April 28th and 29th, 2011. They are looking for papers not only on Hegel and Marx, but on the critical tradition of thought which they inaugurated. From the young Hegel to the late Frankfurt School, from philosophy to politics, we invite contributions on a wide range of themes that fall within this general orbit.

Final Call for "Spirit of Capital" New School Graduate Student Conference: Deadline Jan 10th
See attachment below for more detail:
CFP_Spirit_of_Capital.pdf

Spring 2011 Course Syllabus

Spring 2011 Instructors: Please submit a copy of your course syllabus electronically to Laura at domin047@umn.edu by Friday, January 14, 2011. Please also include the time(s) and day(s) you will be holding office hours for the upcoming semester.

Grad Instructors & TA Office Assignments

Spring 2011 Grad Instructors & TAs: Office assignments have stayed the same for this semester, unless you receive an e-mail from Laura. If you are TAing or teaching in Spring and did not in Fall, you can stop by 104 Scott to pick up a key to your office from Laura.

Grad Instructors & TA Office Assignments
When making office assignments we try to put you with someone who has a different teaching schedule, to minimize office hour conflicts. However, if there are conflicts with schedules for shared offices, please let me know and we will try to accommodate.