THE LATINA and LATINO STUDIES PROGRAM at Northwestern University is issuing a Call for papers for their upcoming conference "Queer Latinidades: Toward a Politics of Possibility" on May 22, 2015. Proposals are due on February 28, 2015. Click here for more information.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Feminist Theory and Music Confernece "Feminism and Black Critical Praxis in an Age of Scarcity"
THE FEMINIST THEORY and MUSIC conference is accepting papers for their upcoming conference "Feminism and Black Critical Praxis in an Age of Scarcity" to take place from August 5-9th, 2015 to be hosted at UW-Madison. The committee welcomes submissions about urban identities, the African diaspora, feminism, gender among others. Click here for more information.
Legal History Seminar, "Dependency and Its Discontents: The Fractious Politics of Federal Welfare Grants, 1948-1953"
THE LAW SCHOOL is presenting the Legal History Seminar titled "Dependency and Its Discontents: The Fractious Politics of Federal Welfare Grants, 1948-1953" on Friday, January 30th from 10:10-12:10 pm in Mondale Hall room 473. Click here for more information.
Center for Art visiting artist Lecture Trevor Paglen
INFLUX REGIS CENTER FOR ART (EAST) is hosting a visiting artist lecture by Trevor Paglen. Trevor's work blurs lines between science, contemporary art, journalism, and other disciplines to interpret the world. Click here for more information.
Department of Geography, Environment, and Society Talk, John Archer
THE DEPARTMENT of GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, and SOCIETY is hosting a talk titled "Politics of the American Dream" by John Archer in Blegen Hall 445 beginning at 3:30 on Friday, January 30th. Click here for more information.
The Center for Jewish Studies Lecture Series: Can One Laugh at Everything? Satire and Free Speech After Charlie
THE CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST AND JEWISH STUDIES is hosting a series of lectures with the theme "Can One Laugh at Everything? Satire and Free Speech After Charlie on January 29th, 2015 at 4 pm in Anderson Hall 230. Click here for more information.
ICGC LectureA (Re)Cartography of Desire: Imagining Decolonial Queerness and the Myth of "Mexican" Homosexuality" by Jesus Estrada-Perez
AMERICAN STUDIES PH.D. CANDIDATE JESUS ESTRADA-PEREZ is giving a lecture with the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change titled "A (Re)Cartography of Desire: Imagining Decolonial Queerness and the Myth of "Mexican" Homosexuality" Friday, January 30th at 12:00pm in 537 Heller Hall. Click here for more information.
Mario Obando Published in Cinephile:The University of British Columbia's Film Journal.
PH.D. STUDENT MARIO OBANDO'S article "Queerness as Conviviality: Race, Sexuality and Risk in Instructions Not Included" was recently published by Cinephile: The University of British Columbia's Film Journal. It appears in the Volume 10, no. 2, "New Queer Theory in Film," Winter 2015 issue.
Matthew Schneider-Mayerson Accepts Assistant Professorship
MATTHEW SCHNEIDER-MAYERSON (PhD 2013) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Yale-NUS College, in Singapore.
ICGC Lecture A (Re)Cartography of Desire: Imagining Decolonial Queerness and the Myth of "Mexican" Homosexuality" by Jesus Estrada-Perez
AMERICAN STUDIES PH.D. CANDIDATE JESUS ESTRADA-PEREZ is giving a lecture with the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change titled "A (Re)Cartography of Desire: Imagining Decolonial Queerness and the Myth of "Mexican" Homosexuality" Friday, January 30th at 12:00pm in 537 Heller Hall. Click here for more information.
The Center for Jewish Studies Lecture Series: Can One Laugh at Everything? Satire and Free Speech After Charlie
THE CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST AND JEWISH STUDIES is hosting a series of lectures with the theme "Can One Laugh at Everything? Satire and Free Speech After Charlie on January 29th, 2015 at 4 pm in Anderson Hall 230. Click here for more information.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Clemson University Call for Papers
ASAP/7 invites proposals from scholars and artists on the relations between the public--broadly conceived - and contemporary visual, literary, performing, musical, and media arts. From parks, schools, and museums to monuments, performances, and protests, the public encompasses less a specific domain than a varying set of political institutions, community spaces, and cultural objects. Whether construed as virtual or bureaucratic, as utopian or ecological, the public can be both a catalyst for artistic production and an object of cultural critique. Although we gladly accept outstanding proposals on any topic relating to the contemporary arts, we encourage participants to think inventively about the intersections between and among the public, its manifestations and conceptualizations, and the arts of the present.
POSSIBLE TOPICS INCLUDE:
"Outsider," Self-taught, and DIY Art
Social Protest and the Arts
Monuments and Anti-monuments
Private and Civic Life
Land Art
Art Squats and Artist-run Collectives
Pedagogy and Art Education
Media Ecologies
Political Aesthetics
Neoliberalism and Late Capitalism
The Commons
Urban Planning, Bureaucracy, and Built Environments
Regional/Transnational Geographies
Landscapes, Cityscapes, Soundscapes
Gender, Sexuality, Spectacle
Spaces of Race, Ethnicity, Migration
Temporality, Commemoration, Futurity
Design, Architecture, and Infrastructure
The program committee will consider papers on these or any other topic relating to the contemporary arts. In keeping with our mission, we are especially interested in sessions that feature more than one artistic medium and more than one national tradition. The program committee will give preference to panels and roundtables that feature papers by scholars and artists working across and between disciplines.
SESSION FORMATS:
We welcome and encourage creative and alternative presentational styles, alongside traditional papers and panels. Seminars, workshops, panel debates, artist discussions, films, installations, visual displays, and PechaKucha sessions will all be considered. Seminar leaders are asked to propose topics by the deadline and to submit the full roster of participants by 3.15.2015. Seminars normally meet for a single session, and papers are circulated among participants in advance of the conference.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Abstracts and session submissions should include the following information:
1. Title of paper or session
2. Author(s): name and contact information (including email address)
3. Format and style of presentation
4. Abstract or session description:
• 300-word abstracts for individual papers; or
• 700-word abstracts for:
Panels (3-4 participants)
Roundtables (5-9 participants)
Seminars (8-10 participants)
Other formats
5. Brief descriptions (up to 150 words) of work and publications for each participant
6. Optional: up to two jpeg images, each under 2MB, to complement your proposal
Proposed sessions should include speakers from more than one institution. We welcome submissions from a wide range of disciplines, academic ranks, and institutional positions, as well as from practicing artists in any medium.
PLEASE SEND PROPOSALS TO:asap7.greenville@gmail.com
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 02.15.2015
For more information, see:
ASAP/7 Conference: www.clemson.edu/asap7
ASAP home page: www.artsofthepresent.org
POSSIBLE TOPICS INCLUDE:
"Outsider," Self-taught, and DIY Art
Social Protest and the Arts
Monuments and Anti-monuments
Private and Civic Life
Land Art
Art Squats and Artist-run Collectives
Pedagogy and Art Education
Media Ecologies
Political Aesthetics
Neoliberalism and Late Capitalism
The Commons
Urban Planning, Bureaucracy, and Built Environments
Regional/Transnational Geographies
Landscapes, Cityscapes, Soundscapes
Gender, Sexuality, Spectacle
Spaces of Race, Ethnicity, Migration
Temporality, Commemoration, Futurity
Design, Architecture, and Infrastructure
The program committee will consider papers on these or any other topic relating to the contemporary arts. In keeping with our mission, we are especially interested in sessions that feature more than one artistic medium and more than one national tradition. The program committee will give preference to panels and roundtables that feature papers by scholars and artists working across and between disciplines.
SESSION FORMATS:
We welcome and encourage creative and alternative presentational styles, alongside traditional papers and panels. Seminars, workshops, panel debates, artist discussions, films, installations, visual displays, and PechaKucha sessions will all be considered. Seminar leaders are asked to propose topics by the deadline and to submit the full roster of participants by 3.15.2015. Seminars normally meet for a single session, and papers are circulated among participants in advance of the conference.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Abstracts and session submissions should include the following information:
1. Title of paper or session
2. Author(s): name and contact information (including email address)
3. Format and style of presentation
4. Abstract or session description:
• 300-word abstracts for individual papers; or
• 700-word abstracts for:
Panels (3-4 participants)
Roundtables (5-9 participants)
Seminars (8-10 participants)
Other formats
5. Brief descriptions (up to 150 words) of work and publications for each participant
6. Optional: up to two jpeg images, each under 2MB, to complement your proposal
Proposed sessions should include speakers from more than one institution. We welcome submissions from a wide range of disciplines, academic ranks, and institutional positions, as well as from practicing artists in any medium.
PLEASE SEND PROPOSALS TO:asap7.greenville@gmail.com
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 02.15.2015
For more information, see:
ASAP/7 Conference: www.clemson.edu/asap7
ASAP home page: www.artsofthepresent.org
Department of Art History Conference "The Culture Wars: Then and Now"
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The Culture Wars: Then and Now Graduate Symposium
Friday, March 27, 2015
Keynote Speaker
Amelia Jones, Robert A. Day Professor of Art and Design and Vice Dean of Critical Studies, University of Southern California
Extended Deadline
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
In 1994, queer performance artist Ron Athey presented excerpts of his performance Four Scenes in a Harsh Life at the then-underground performance venue Patrick's Cabaret, under the aegis of the Walker Art Center. Athey's infamous performance sparked a national debate around art and censorship and ultimately led to the slashing of the budget for the National Endowment for the Arts, nearly eliminated grants to individual artists, and had a powerful, chilling effect on controversial artwork.
Twenty years later, The Culture Wars: Then and Now asks: how does this controversy reverberate in the current local and national cultural landscape? This symposium reconsiders Athey's performance and its legacies for queer performance both in the Twin Cities and on the national level. What effect has Athey's performance had on the practice of local artists? How did the controversy surrounding Athey's performance in Minneapolis affect the local community, and how has it been written into (or occluded from) local and national histories? In what ways do we discuss Athey's performance in performance studies, queer studies, queer history, and art history?
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
Contemporary queer and feminist performance and artistic practice regionally or nationally
Histories of queer and feminist artistic practice regionally or nationally
Issues of archiving performance
Difficulty and vulnerability in art, theatre, and performance
Abjection, disgust, destruction, and repulsion
Theorizations of flesh, the body, marking, and scarring
Journalism and ethics in reporting on queer events and issues, especially art, theatre, and performance
The legacies of the Culture Wars
We strongly encourage proposals from across disciplines. Please submit a proposal title, abstract for a 20-minute presentation of no more than 300 words, and CV to CultureWars.UMNsymposium@gmail.com by Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Selected participants will be notified by email soon after the application date.
The symposium's organizers are Lauren DeLand, PhD (Department of Art History, Macalester College, delan104@umn.edu) and Aron M. Lorber (PhD candidate, Department of Art History, UMN, lorbe012@umn.edu).
The Culture Wars: Then and Now (March 26-28, 2015) is a weekend of events that revisits and reconsiders Athey's performance in multiple contexts and formats. Scheduled events include:
A conversation between Ron Athey and Jennifer Doyle (Professor, Department of English, UC Riverside) on Thursday, March 26, at the Walker Art Center;
Graduate presentations and community panels on Friday, March 27, at the University of Minnesota); and,
Multidisciplinary performances on the evenings of Friday, March 27, and Saturday, March 28, at Patrick's Cabaret.
The Culture Wars: Then and Now is sponsored by the University of Minnesota, Patrick's Cabaret, and the Walker Art Center. The graduate symposium is sponsored by the Departments of Art History; Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature; English; Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies; History; Political Science; and Theatre Arts and Dance; as well as the Schochet Endowment for GLBT Studies.
The Culture Wars: Then and Now Graduate Symposium
Friday, March 27, 2015
Keynote Speaker
Amelia Jones, Robert A. Day Professor of Art and Design and Vice Dean of Critical Studies, University of Southern California
Extended Deadline
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
In 1994, queer performance artist Ron Athey presented excerpts of his performance Four Scenes in a Harsh Life at the then-underground performance venue Patrick's Cabaret, under the aegis of the Walker Art Center. Athey's infamous performance sparked a national debate around art and censorship and ultimately led to the slashing of the budget for the National Endowment for the Arts, nearly eliminated grants to individual artists, and had a powerful, chilling effect on controversial artwork.
Twenty years later, The Culture Wars: Then and Now asks: how does this controversy reverberate in the current local and national cultural landscape? This symposium reconsiders Athey's performance and its legacies for queer performance both in the Twin Cities and on the national level. What effect has Athey's performance had on the practice of local artists? How did the controversy surrounding Athey's performance in Minneapolis affect the local community, and how has it been written into (or occluded from) local and national histories? In what ways do we discuss Athey's performance in performance studies, queer studies, queer history, and art history?
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
Contemporary queer and feminist performance and artistic practice regionally or nationally
Histories of queer and feminist artistic practice regionally or nationally
Issues of archiving performance
Difficulty and vulnerability in art, theatre, and performance
Abjection, disgust, destruction, and repulsion
Theorizations of flesh, the body, marking, and scarring
Journalism and ethics in reporting on queer events and issues, especially art, theatre, and performance
The legacies of the Culture Wars
We strongly encourage proposals from across disciplines. Please submit a proposal title, abstract for a 20-minute presentation of no more than 300 words, and CV to CultureWars.UMNsymposium@gmail.com by Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Selected participants will be notified by email soon after the application date.
The symposium's organizers are Lauren DeLand, PhD (Department of Art History, Macalester College, delan104@umn.edu) and Aron M. Lorber (PhD candidate, Department of Art History, UMN, lorbe012@umn.edu).
The Culture Wars: Then and Now (March 26-28, 2015) is a weekend of events that revisits and reconsiders Athey's performance in multiple contexts and formats. Scheduled events include:
A conversation between Ron Athey and Jennifer Doyle (Professor, Department of English, UC Riverside) on Thursday, March 26, at the Walker Art Center;
Graduate presentations and community panels on Friday, March 27, at the University of Minnesota); and,
Multidisciplinary performances on the evenings of Friday, March 27, and Saturday, March 28, at Patrick's Cabaret.
The Culture Wars: Then and Now is sponsored by the University of Minnesota, Patrick's Cabaret, and the Walker Art Center. The graduate symposium is sponsored by the Departments of Art History; Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature; English; Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies; History; Political Science; and Theatre Arts and Dance; as well as the Schochet Endowment for GLBT Studies.
Queer Studies Instructor Needed for Two courses at Oberlin
OBERLIN is in need of an instructor to teach two queer studies classes this semester starting February 1st. One course in an introductory course with an enrollment of 30 and the second is an advanced seminar on queer theory with 17 students.
Comparative American Studies is looking for someone to teach two courses in LGBT studies, one in an introductory course with an enrollment of 30 and the second, an advanced seminar on queer theory with 17 students. No books have been ordered and there aren't pre-established syllabi so faculty have flexibility to design the courses according to their interests. We are looking for someone who could teach one or both courses.
CAST 211 - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Identities (enrollment limit 30)
Meets MWF 1:30-2:20
This course examines the production of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer identities in the United States as they intersect with important social markers such as race, class, gender, and nation. Situating specific case studies in historical, social, and comparative context, we explore issues such as the intersection of racial and sexual sciences, processes of community formation, the politics of embodiment, social justice movements and queer cultural productions.
CAST 447 - Queer Positions (enrollment limit 17)
Meets W 7pm-8:50pm
When queer is a verb, what does it mean? This course explores key issues in the field of queer theory, including the relationship of sex, gender, race, class, and ability; critiques of liberalism and multiculturalism; normativity and resistance; representation and cultural production; and the politics of time and space. We will pay particular attention to the relationship between theory and practice in order to explore different approaches to social change.
Comparative American Studies is looking for someone to teach two courses in LGBT studies, one in an introductory course with an enrollment of 30 and the second, an advanced seminar on queer theory with 17 students. No books have been ordered and there aren't pre-established syllabi so faculty have flexibility to design the courses according to their interests. We are looking for someone who could teach one or both courses.
CAST 211 - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Identities (enrollment limit 30)
Meets MWF 1:30-2:20
This course examines the production of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer identities in the United States as they intersect with important social markers such as race, class, gender, and nation. Situating specific case studies in historical, social, and comparative context, we explore issues such as the intersection of racial and sexual sciences, processes of community formation, the politics of embodiment, social justice movements and queer cultural productions.
CAST 447 - Queer Positions (enrollment limit 17)
Meets W 7pm-8:50pm
When queer is a verb, what does it mean? This course explores key issues in the field of queer theory, including the relationship of sex, gender, race, class, and ability; critiques of liberalism and multiculturalism; normativity and resistance; representation and cultural production; and the politics of time and space. We will pay particular attention to the relationship between theory and practice in order to explore different approaches to social change.
ACLS Public Fellows 5th Annual Competition
ACLS has opened the fifth annual Public Fellows competition. In 2015, the program will place 22 recent humanities PhDs in two-year positions at partnering nonprofits and government agencies and fellows will receive a stipend of $65,000 per year. The application deadline is March 17th, 2015. Click here for more information.
Graduate Assistant Editor Position at Notches International Blog
Notches notchesblog.com an international blog on the history of sexuality is seeking 1-2 graduate student assistant editors. Notches is supported by the Raphael Samuel History Centre, and we echo its mission of making history accessible to the widest public. With a viewership of over 100,000 and more than 3,500 subscribers, Notches provides a critical space for those within and outside of academia to learn about the most exciting new work in the field of the history of sexuality. Notches also encourages a global focus, not only in terms of the content of posts, but also in the conferences and special events in the history of sexuality that we cover. Participating in Notches will provide you with an opportunity to gain experience in digital and public history, to develop your professional network, and to introduce your own research to a broader audience.
We seek assistant editors who can help with the following tasks: soliciting new contributions, researching conferences and events for our Dispatches feature, researching images and acquisition, updating Notches' Facebook page and Twitter feed, compiling book lists and ordering book copies for our Author Interviews and Reviews feature, and assisting in the upkeep of the blog.
We are looking for someone with strong communication skills, an interest in digital humanities and public history, and is eager to be part of a successful international blog. Applicants should be graduate students working in the history of sexuality and may work from any location. We are looking for someone who can contribute a maximum of 5 hours of work per week. A minimum commitment of one year is required. This position, like all editorial roles at Notches, is unpaid.
To apply, please send a 1 page cover letter and CV to Dr. Lauren Gutterman at ljg300@gmail.com.
We seek assistant editors who can help with the following tasks: soliciting new contributions, researching conferences and events for our Dispatches feature, researching images and acquisition, updating Notches' Facebook page and Twitter feed, compiling book lists and ordering book copies for our Author Interviews and Reviews feature, and assisting in the upkeep of the blog.
We are looking for someone with strong communication skills, an interest in digital humanities and public history, and is eager to be part of a successful international blog. Applicants should be graduate students working in the history of sexuality and may work from any location. We are looking for someone who can contribute a maximum of 5 hours of work per week. A minimum commitment of one year is required. This position, like all editorial roles at Notches, is unpaid.
To apply, please send a 1 page cover letter and CV to Dr. Lauren Gutterman at ljg300@gmail.com.
University-Required Form for Students Registered for AMST 8444
Full blog entry:
Students Registered for AMST 8444: The University requires that all who are registered for 8444 complete their form, the "application for advanced doctoral status". This form is to be kept on file with the department each semester that you register for AMST 8444.
Click here to link to the form: http://www.policy.umn.edu/forms/otr/otr195.pdf Or, if you prefer to have a hard copy printed for you, let Melanie know. Please obtain your adviser's signature and submit to Melanie as soon as possible. You do not need to obtain the DGS signature as Melanie will do so.
Students Registered for AMST 8444: The University requires that all who are registered for 8444 complete their form, the "application for advanced doctoral status". This form is to be kept on file with the department each semester that you register for AMST 8444.
Click here to link to the form: http://www.policy.umn.edu/forms/otr/otr195.pdf Or, if you prefer to have a hard copy printed for you, let Melanie know. Please obtain your adviser's signature and submit to Melanie as soon as possible. You do not need to obtain the DGS signature as Melanie will do so.
Kate Beane received PhD
KATE BEANE has received her PhD with her dissertation entitled,"Woyakapi Kin Ahdipi "Bringing the Story Home": A History Within the Wakpa Ipaksan Dakota Oyate." Brenda Child and Jean O'Brien, advisers.
University Job Fair at Minneapolis Convention Center
Greetings U of M Students!
Need a job or internship now or in the future? Wondering what employers are looking for YOU?
Come to the biggest student career fair in Minnesota, the University of Minnesota Job and Internship Fair! More than 250 companies and organizations will be there recruiting for hundreds of jobs and internships.
Join us Friday, February 20, 2015, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Minneapolis Convention Center in downtown Minneapolis. Visit www.jobfair.umn.edu for registration instructions, prep tips, and information about the employers attending. Free transportation to and from campus is provided!
The Fair is open to all students and recent alumni of the U of M. Cost is $10 if you register online by February 17, 2015, or $25 at the door on the day of the event. A limited number of need-based fee waivers are available--please apply by January 22 (early bird deadline) or Feb 12 (final deadline). Visit the Registration page to learn more.
Job and Internship Fair registration also gets you a FREE professional headshot photo for your use on LinkedIn and other social media platforms! Photographers will be onsite at the Fair during the entire event.
NEW for 2015 - we're on Guidebook! After you register for the Fair, download the free Guidebook app to your mobile device and search for "University of Minnesota Job and Internship Fair." You'll be able to plan your day with a personalized schedule and browse exhibitors, maps, and general event information.
Disability accommodations are available upon request. Please make your request at least 2 weeks prior to the event. Contact the Career Services Center at 612-624-7577.
The U of M Job and Internship Fair happens just once a year! Register NOW!
Questions? Comments? Let us know at jobfair@umn.edu or 612-624-7577.
For the latest updates:
Visit www.jobfair.umn.edu
Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter
Need a job or internship now or in the future? Wondering what employers are looking for YOU?
Come to the biggest student career fair in Minnesota, the University of Minnesota Job and Internship Fair! More than 250 companies and organizations will be there recruiting for hundreds of jobs and internships.
Join us Friday, February 20, 2015, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Minneapolis Convention Center in downtown Minneapolis. Visit www.jobfair.umn.edu for registration instructions, prep tips, and information about the employers attending. Free transportation to and from campus is provided!
The Fair is open to all students and recent alumni of the U of M. Cost is $10 if you register online by February 17, 2015, or $25 at the door on the day of the event. A limited number of need-based fee waivers are available--please apply by January 22 (early bird deadline) or Feb 12 (final deadline). Visit the Registration page to learn more.
Job and Internship Fair registration also gets you a FREE professional headshot photo for your use on LinkedIn and other social media platforms! Photographers will be onsite at the Fair during the entire event.
NEW for 2015 - we're on Guidebook! After you register for the Fair, download the free Guidebook app to your mobile device and search for "University of Minnesota Job and Internship Fair." You'll be able to plan your day with a personalized schedule and browse exhibitors, maps, and general event information.
Disability accommodations are available upon request. Please make your request at least 2 weeks prior to the event. Contact the Career Services Center at 612-624-7577.
The U of M Job and Internship Fair happens just once a year! Register NOW!
Questions? Comments? Let us know at jobfair@umn.edu or 612-624-7577.
For the latest updates:
Visit www.jobfair.umn.edu
Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter
Immigration History Research Center Job Opportunity
THE IMMIGRATION HISTORY RESEARCH CENTER ARCHIVES is pleased to offer the opportunity to join them in their work in collecting, preserving, and providing access to historical sources. Students with exhibit preparation skills or skills in languages other than English are encouraged to apply. Click here for more information and to apply.
Graduate Student Connections Meeting
FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD YEAR COHORTS the second Connections meeting of the year will be Monday, January 26th from 3:30 - 5:00 pm. We look forward to seeing you all there!
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Impact is hiring
IMPACT is recruiting graduating seniors to as campaign organizers and current students to work as interns. Click here to learn more and apply.
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) Internal Deadline: February 12, 2015 at 12:00 NOON
The Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF), which includes a $23,000
stipend, is intended to give the University's most accomplished Ph.D.
candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding
research project by providing time to finalize and write a
dissertation during the 2015-2016 fellowship year. It is expected
that Fellows will graduate no later than December 2016. To be
considered for nomination by the department, submit your application
materials to Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) by the department's internal
deadline of February 12, 2015 at 12:00 NOON.
Please note: If, in 2015-16, you will be entering your sixth year or
later, please include with your application a note with a statement of
explanation for being outside the general guidelines of eligiblity.
Click here for the Graduate School's complete program and eligibility
information and instructions:
http://www.grad.umn.edu/funding-tuition-fellowships-grants/ddf
stipend, is intended to give the University's most accomplished Ph.D.
candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding
research project by providing time to finalize and write a
dissertation during the 2015-2016 fellowship year. It is expected
that Fellows will graduate no later than December 2016. To be
considered for nomination by the department, submit your application
materials to Melanie (stein196@umn.edu) by the department's internal
deadline of February 12, 2015 at 12:00 NOON.
Please note: If, in 2015-16, you will be entering your sixth year or
later, please include with your application a note with a statement of
explanation for being outside the general guidelines of eligiblity.
Click here for the Graduate School's complete program and eligibility
information and instructions:
http://www.grad.umn.edu/funding-tuition-fellowships-grants/ddf
Spring '15 Syllabi & Office Hours
Spring '15 Instructors and TAs please submit a copy of your course syllabus electronically to Zac at rakke001@umn.edu by Noon, Friday, January 23rd. Please also include the time(s) and day(s) you will be holding office hours for the upcoming semester.
The Mask You Live in Screening
GLBTA PROGRAMS OFFICE and WOMEN'S CENTER will be hosting the premiere screening of The Mask You Live In on Monday February 23rd from 6:00 - 9:00pm in the Mayo Auditorium. This new documentary from the creators of Miss Representation asks, "As a society, how are we failing our boys?"
RSVP here
Click here to watch the trailer.
Mask_flyer_FINAL.pdf
RSVP here
Click here to watch the trailer.
Mask_flyer_FINAL.pdf
CHIC 3752: Chicanas and Chicanos in Contemporary Society
CHICANO STUDIES is offering Chic 3752: Chicanas and Chicanos in Contemporary Society. The course will be taught by Daniel Topete on Tuesday/Thursday 1:00 - 2:15pm. Attached is a flyer with more information.CHIC 3752 Flyer.pdf
Aikau PhD '05 Appointed General Education Director at UH Mānoa
HOKULANI AIKAU PhD '05 has just been appointed General Education Director at the Univeristy of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Click here to read more.
Hist 5900/8900 The History of Sexuality in Europe
Hist 5900/8900: The History of Sexuality in Europe will concern much more than sexuality and Modern Europe. This course will address key issues in historiography especially those inspired by Michel Foucault. It will also take on interdisciplinary methods and students in non-history departments are most welcome. The main subjects of the course will include 20th century Germany; imperialism in Latin America and India; and postmodern society. Participants will be able to choose between writing a historiography paper or a research paper (either can be on a non-European topic). For more information, please contact Anna Clark at clark106@umn.edu.
Book list:
Laura Doan, Disturbing Practices. University of Chicago Press, 2014
Pete Sigal, The Flower and the Scorpion: Sexuality and Ritual in Early Nahua Culture. Duke University Press Books, 2011.
Sharon Marcus, Between Women. Princeton University Press, 2007
Matt Houlbrook, Queer London. University of Chicago Press, 2005
Anjali Arondekar, For the Record: On Sexuality and the Colonial Archive in India. Duke University Press, 2009
Scott Spector, After the History of Sexuality: German Genealogies with and Beyond Foucault. Berghahn Books, 2012.
Edward Ross Dickinson, Sex, Freedom, and Power in Imperial Germany, 1880-1914. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Dagmar Herzog, Sex after Fascism. Princeton University Press, 2007
Elizabeth Bernstein, Temporarily Yours: Intimacy, Authenticity and the Commerce of Sex. University of Chicago Press, 2007
Book list:
Laura Doan, Disturbing Practices. University of Chicago Press, 2014
Pete Sigal, The Flower and the Scorpion: Sexuality and Ritual in Early Nahua Culture. Duke University Press Books, 2011.
Sharon Marcus, Between Women. Princeton University Press, 2007
Matt Houlbrook, Queer London. University of Chicago Press, 2005
Anjali Arondekar, For the Record: On Sexuality and the Colonial Archive in India. Duke University Press, 2009
Scott Spector, After the History of Sexuality: German Genealogies with and Beyond Foucault. Berghahn Books, 2012.
Edward Ross Dickinson, Sex, Freedom, and Power in Imperial Germany, 1880-1914. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Dagmar Herzog, Sex after Fascism. Princeton University Press, 2007
Elizabeth Bernstein, Temporarily Yours: Intimacy, Authenticity and the Commerce of Sex. University of Chicago Press, 2007
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Geography 8106: Gender, Labor, and Immigration
GEOGRAPHY 8106 is being offered this Spring Semester by affiliate faculty member, Lorena Munoz. The course is titled Gender, Labor, and Immigration and is being offered on Tuesdays from 2:30 - 5:30. See the flier below for a course description and more.
Gender, Labor and Immigration 2015.pdf
Gender, Labor and Immigration 2015.pdf
Thesis Research Travel Grants Spring Deadline: February 4, 2015 at 12:00 noon.
The Graduate School's spring deadline for thesis research travel
grants is February 4, 2015 at 12:00 noon.. The competition is open to
doctoral students who have passed the oral preliminary examination by
the application
deadline. Grants of up to $2,500 for domestic travel and up to $5000
for international travel are available to support thesis research.
NOTE: applications do not need to be approved by the department but,
please plan accordingly as the grad school's application process
includes a requirement for two letters of recommendation.
For complete application instructions, please click here:
https://www.grad.umn.edu/funding-tuition-fellowships-grants/thesis-research-travel-grant
grants is February 4, 2015 at 12:00 noon.. The competition is open to
doctoral students who have passed the oral preliminary examination by
the application
deadline. Grants of up to $2,500 for domestic travel and up to $5000
for international travel are available to support thesis research.
NOTE: applications do not need to be approved by the department but,
please plan accordingly as the grad school's application process
includes a requirement for two letters of recommendation.
For complete application instructions, please click here:
https://www.grad.umn.edu/funding-tuition-fellowships-grants/thesis-research-travel-grant
University Library Spring Semester Workshops
THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES have a plethora of workshops and classes this Spring Semester beginning January 12th. They offer workshops on data management, grant funding, archival materials, formatting your dissertation and many more things. Click here to see their full listings and to register.
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