PeggySue Imihy, AmSt undergraduate, received a summer UROP for her project: "The Black Predator: Misrepresentations of African Americans in Post WWII America." This research project looks at the development and consolidation of the "black predator" trope in American culture, specifically in the post WWII era. Long-standing cultural discourses in American society frame African-Americans as inherently risky and dangerous, and in fact predatory on broader American society, particularly against white Americans. This research project explores this trope since 1945, through the Cold War, Vietnam era, and to the present. It draws on cultural and media studies and will look at primary and secondary sources related to the representation of African Americans as "predatory." Examples include the "black welfare queen" (predatory on taxpayers, who are coded as 'white society') trope which emerged in the Reagan era, and the "superpredator" black male (coined by criminologists, and purportedly described a new class of lawless, immoral, hyper-violent and predatory young black male criminals) which emerged in the Clinton era. Though both representations have been soundly dismissed as wildly inaccurate racial depictions, they remain resonant and connect a long pattern of representing blacks as predatory upon society, particularly white Americans.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Professor Lorena Muñoz Talk "Sidewalks of Emotional Labor: Nostalgia, Entrepreneurship and Immigrant Latina Food Vendors in Los Angeles"
Dr. Lorena Muñoz will present a lecture "Sidewalks of Emotional Labor:Nostalgia, Entrepreneurship and Immigrant Latina Food Vendors in Los Angeles" on Monday, April 27 at 3:30 p.m. in 125 Nolte. Click LorenaMunozFlyer.docx for more information.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
College of Continuing Education Accepting Applications for OLLI Classes
The College of Continuing Education is accepting applications to teach classes in the OLLI Scholar program. The program is an opportunity for PhD and professional school students to design and deliver a full course to OLLI members. Payment is $1,000 per course. Their terms are 8 weeks fall, 6 weeks winter and 7 weeks spring. The application deadline is June 5th, 2015. Click here for more information
AMST Seniors Research Presentation
8 AMST seniors will share their research from the AMST 2-semester Senior Seminar course (taught by Professor Kale B. Fajardo). Students will share key findings and their analyses and a faculty member and/or grad student will respond and facilitate the Q+A on Thursday, April 30th from 3:30-4:45pm and 5-6:15pm in 105 Scott Hall. Click here for more information.
Graduate Research Internships
THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA is accepting applications for the Graduate School
Graduate Research Internship for Summer 2015. This internship is a pilot program to support summer research-based internship opportunities in 2015. The summer stipend is $4,000. The deadline is May 6th, 2015. Click here for more information and to apply.
Graduate Research Internship for Summer 2015. This internship is a pilot program to support summer research-based internship opportunities in 2015. The summer stipend is $4,000. The deadline is May 6th, 2015. Click here for more information and to apply.
AMST Ph.D. Student Waleed Mahdi selected as an NEH Summer
Waleed Mahdi, American Studies Ph.D. Student, has been selected as an NEH Summer Scholar supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has received a travel grant to participate in an institute titled "American Muslims: History, Culture, and Politics," a three-week program to be held at The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
CSCL Student Association Research Symposium
THE CSCL STUDENT ASSOCIATION is hosting an undergraduate symposium on Friday April 27th in Nicholson hall room 35. Food will be served at 4:30 and the presentations start at 5:00pm. American Studies Student worker, Jasmine Lane will be sharing her research with the title "Fanon, Césaire, and Hartman: Reclaiming and Reconstructing a Theory of Blackness ".
The line up as it stands now will be:
Georgia Lucas:
The Chthonic Feminine in Lars von Trier's Latest Trilogy
Nicholas Kouhi:
"Money Always Matters": Capitalism, Race, and Patriarchy in Shaft
Jasmine Lane:
​Fanon, Césaire, and Hartman​: ​Reclaiming and Rec​onstructing ​a​​Theory of​ ​B​lackness
Mark Mahoney:
"Jazz Critics and the Expectations of Black
Improvisation: Reassessing the Reception History of Ornette Coleman's
"Free Jazz"
Megan Goeke:
"She Can Cook as Well as Look!": Women's Competitions and the American Domestic Ideal, 1945-1960
Mary Scott:
Portuguese Translations
The line up as it stands now will be:
Georgia Lucas:
The Chthonic Feminine in Lars von Trier's Latest Trilogy
Nicholas Kouhi:
"Money Always Matters": Capitalism, Race, and Patriarchy in Shaft
Jasmine Lane:
​Fanon, Césaire, and Hartman​: ​Reclaiming and Rec​onstructing ​a​​Theory of​ ​B​lackness
Mark Mahoney:
"Jazz Critics and the Expectations of Black
Improvisation: Reassessing the Reception History of Ornette Coleman's
"Free Jazz"
Megan Goeke:
"She Can Cook as Well as Look!": Women's Competitions and the American Domestic Ideal, 1945-1960
Mary Scott:
Portuguese Translations
GWSS Course Offering: GWSS 3290 Politics of Reproduction
The Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality studies is offering a new course for fall 2015. GWSS 3290: Politics of Reproduction. The course will be taught by Professor Siri Suh and will meet Tuesdays & Thursdays from 2:30 - 3:45pm. Click Flyer for Politics of Reproduction.pdf for more information.
CSCL Colloquium Event
the department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature is hosting a colloquium event on place, race, and historical imagination in close readings of literature and sculpture on Friday April 24, 2:30. Room 35, Nicholson Hall.
Abstracts:
Bad Infinity (Brendan McGillicuddy)
Bad Infinity uses the motif of perpetual travel and movement - voyages both external and internal - as a basis for the comparative exploration of two texts distant in time and space: Thomas de Quincey's Diary of an Opium Eater (1821) and Roberto Bolaño's 2666 (2004.) The organization of geographic structures within this text is used a basis to put into relief themes of trauma and addiction, of gendered violence, of capital and power, and of racial fantasy as they are inscribed within two very different historical imaginaries.   Rather than tracing a linear path of influence, this piece of experimental criticism imagines these two texts in dialogue, each in turn asked to expand and elaborate on the themes of its counterpart.
The Repeating Toussaint (Courtney Gildersleeve)
In 2005, the Republic of Haiti presented a bust of revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture to the city of Bordeaux, once France’s second largest slave-trading port, and a city recognized by UNESCO for its history of humanist and enlightenment thought. Following the sculpture’s unveiling, a blog called “Invisible Bordeaux†suggested that the sculpture could play a role in “helping Bordeaux come to terms with its slave trade past.†My paper examines the stakes of this claim, while taking the statement as a provocation. Through a reading of C.L.R. James’ characterization of Toussaint in The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution, I attempt a close reading of the sculpture, remarking on how it operates deictically, on the significance of its placement within the city of Bordeaux, and on the various elements of the city’s history that this sculpture calls forth, while also trying to problematize the often metonymic function that Toussaint occupies in discussions of the Haitian Revolution. While I attempt to draw out what I see as salient elements of Toussaint’s revolutionary and enlightenment commitments, I also try to open up other potential frameworks through which Toussaintâ€"who continues to reappear, even today, in many sites across the Atlanticâ€"might be remembered and reconsidered.
Abstracts:
Bad Infinity (Brendan McGillicuddy)
Bad Infinity uses the motif of perpetual travel and movement - voyages both external and internal - as a basis for the comparative exploration of two texts distant in time and space: Thomas de Quincey's Diary of an Opium Eater (1821) and Roberto Bolaño's 2666 (2004.) The organization of geographic structures within this text is used a basis to put into relief themes of trauma and addiction, of gendered violence, of capital and power, and of racial fantasy as they are inscribed within two very different historical imaginaries.   Rather than tracing a linear path of influence, this piece of experimental criticism imagines these two texts in dialogue, each in turn asked to expand and elaborate on the themes of its counterpart.
The Repeating Toussaint (Courtney Gildersleeve)
In 2005, the Republic of Haiti presented a bust of revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture to the city of Bordeaux, once France’s second largest slave-trading port, and a city recognized by UNESCO for its history of humanist and enlightenment thought. Following the sculpture’s unveiling, a blog called “Invisible Bordeaux†suggested that the sculpture could play a role in “helping Bordeaux come to terms with its slave trade past.†My paper examines the stakes of this claim, while taking the statement as a provocation. Through a reading of C.L.R. James’ characterization of Toussaint in The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution, I attempt a close reading of the sculpture, remarking on how it operates deictically, on the significance of its placement within the city of Bordeaux, and on the various elements of the city’s history that this sculpture calls forth, while also trying to problematize the often metonymic function that Toussaint occupies in discussions of the Haitian Revolution. While I attempt to draw out what I see as salient elements of Toussaint’s revolutionary and enlightenment commitments, I also try to open up other potential frameworks through which Toussaintâ€"who continues to reappear, even today, in many sites across the Atlanticâ€"might be remembered and reconsidered.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
OIT Graduate Student Position: Digital Content Library
The College of Liberal Arts Office of Information Technology is accepting applications from CLA departments for graduate students to submit their résumés/CVs and a cover letter for a Graduate Assistantship position in the Digital Content Library. The deadline to apply is April 30th. Click here for more information.
Department of Geography, Environment and Society Coffee Hour
The department of geography, environment, and society is hosting a coffee hour with professor John Hart on his work Old Haunts Revisited. This talk will take place Friday, April 17th in Blegen Hall 10 beginning at 3:30pm. Click here for more information.
Erickson Graduate Fellowship in Law and History
The Program in Law and History at the University of Minnesota is pleased to invite applications for the Erickson Graduate Fellowship in Law and History for the summer of 2015. The Fellowship provides a summer stipend of $4,000 and up to $500 for research expenses. The application deadline is Friday, May 1st.
The Program in Law and History
Call for Applications
The Program in Law and History at the University of Minnesota is pleased to invite applications for the Erickson Graduate Fellowship in Law and History for the Summer of 2015.
Description: The Program in Law and History is an interdisciplinary collaborative of faculty and law and graduate students interested in questions that address law in historical perspective. The Program includes a yearlong workshop/colloquium, an annual distinguished lecture, a range of courses cross-listed in Law and History, and the fellowship announced here to support summer research by a law or graduate student currently enrolled at the University of Minnesota.
The Erickson Graduate Fellowship in Law and History is made possible by a generous gift from Kristine S. Erickson (Law, class of 1972) and Ronald A. Erickson (Law, class of 1960). The Fellowship for 2015 will support summer research in legal history by a University of Minnesota law student or graduate student in History or a related field. The Fellow will be expected to present from his/her summer research at the Legal History Workshop in Spring 2016 and to participate in the activities of the Program in Law and History for the 2015-16 academic year. The Fellowship provides a summer stipend of $4,000 and up to $500 for research expenses.
Eligibility: Applicants must be currently enrolled in either the Law School or a graduate program in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. Students receiving other University of Minnesota fellowships during the period are ineligible, as are students holding summer teaching appointments.
Application Procedure and Requirements:
1) 1-2 page research proposal (single-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman), including a specific description of the project's significance for legal history, the work the student will accomplish for the summer, and the expected outcome of the summer's work (e.g., conference paper, scholarly article, dissertation chapter, etc.);
2) a curriculum vitae;
3) a University of Minnesota law/graduate transcript; and
4) a one-page confidential letter of recommendation from advisor or other faculty member familiar with your research.
Application/Submission Deadline: All materials should be submitted electronically to Angela Tanner (angelat@umn.edu) no later thannoon, Friday, May 1, 2015. Items 1-3 should be submitted via email by the student in one email. Item 4 should be submitted separately via email by the faculty recommender. All materials should include the subject line: "Erickson Graduate Fellowship in Law and History Summer 2015"
Selection Criteria:
- the quality and significance of the scholarship for the field of legal history;
- demonstrated interest in legal history and the program in law and history;
- evidence that the student is making timely progress toward degree.
Announcement of the Award will be made by May 8.
Questions? Contact Susanna Blumenthal blume047@umn.edu
The Program in Law and History
Call for Applications
The Program in Law and History at the University of Minnesota is pleased to invite applications for the Erickson Graduate Fellowship in Law and History for the Summer of 2015.
Description: The Program in Law and History is an interdisciplinary collaborative of faculty and law and graduate students interested in questions that address law in historical perspective. The Program includes a yearlong workshop/colloquium, an annual distinguished lecture, a range of courses cross-listed in Law and History, and the fellowship announced here to support summer research by a law or graduate student currently enrolled at the University of Minnesota.
The Erickson Graduate Fellowship in Law and History is made possible by a generous gift from Kristine S. Erickson (Law, class of 1972) and Ronald A. Erickson (Law, class of 1960). The Fellowship for 2015 will support summer research in legal history by a University of Minnesota law student or graduate student in History or a related field. The Fellow will be expected to present from his/her summer research at the Legal History Workshop in Spring 2016 and to participate in the activities of the Program in Law and History for the 2015-16 academic year. The Fellowship provides a summer stipend of $4,000 and up to $500 for research expenses.
Eligibility: Applicants must be currently enrolled in either the Law School or a graduate program in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. Students receiving other University of Minnesota fellowships during the period are ineligible, as are students holding summer teaching appointments.
Application Procedure and Requirements:
1) 1-2 page research proposal (single-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman), including a specific description of the project's significance for legal history, the work the student will accomplish for the summer, and the expected outcome of the summer's work (e.g., conference paper, scholarly article, dissertation chapter, etc.);
2) a curriculum vitae;
3) a University of Minnesota law/graduate transcript; and
4) a one-page confidential letter of recommendation from advisor or other faculty member familiar with your research.
Application/Submission Deadline: All materials should be submitted electronically to Angela Tanner (angelat@umn.edu) no later thannoon, Friday, May 1, 2015. Items 1-3 should be submitted via email by the student in one email. Item 4 should be submitted separately via email by the faculty recommender. All materials should include the subject line: "Erickson Graduate Fellowship in Law and History Summer 2015"
Selection Criteria:
- the quality and significance of the scholarship for the field of legal history;
- demonstrated interest in legal history and the program in law and history;
- evidence that the student is making timely progress toward degree.
Announcement of the Award will be made by May 8.
Questions? Contact Susanna Blumenthal blume047@umn.edu
GWSS Talk: "Innocent, innocent, Not even not guilty": The State-Sanctioned Violence of (white) Self-Defense"
The GWSS department is hosting a talk titled "Innocent, innocent, Not even not guilty": The State-Sanctioned Violence of (white) Self-Defense" by Lisa Cacho of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Friday, April 17th from 10:30 am - 12:00 pm in Cowles Auditorium at the Hubert Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Click here for more information.
ICGC Lecture, "The Challenge of Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and Militarism in Media"
The ICGC is hosting a talk by Mary Vavrus, Associate Professor in Communication Studies on Friday, April 17th at 12:00pm in 537 Heller Hall titled "The Challenge of Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and Militarism in Media". Click here for more information.
Interdisciplinary Commons Workshop "Articulating Your Interdisciplinary Research Interests - in Writing and Speaking"
The interdisciplinary commons is hosting a two-part workshop to take place on April 17th and May 1 from 1-3pm in 140 Nolte Center around the theme "Articulating Your Interdisciplinary Research Interests - in Writing and Speaking". Click here for more information.
Tiya Miles (PhD 2000) Recieves Dorothy Schwieder Prize
Dr. Tiya Miles (PhD 2000) has received the Dorothy Schwieder Prize for the best article authored on Midwestern history titled "'Shall Woman's Voice Be Hushed?': Laura Smith Haviland in Abolitionist Women's History".
AmSt Student Soham Patel Awarded Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship in Asian Studies
AMERICAN STUDIES Ph.D. student Soham Patel was awarded a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship in Asian Studies for the summer 2015. On this program, Patel will enroll in an intensive language program to study Hindi-Urdu.
American Studies Co-Sponsored Event: Experiencing Mass Images, a two-day conference
The Department of Art History's Graduate Planning Committee is hosting Experiencing Mass Images, a two-day conference to be held this April 16-17, 2015 at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities of which American Studies is a Co-Sponsor. The event will focus on providing interdisciplinary approaches to investigating the impact of mass images on American experience in recent history. Click here for more information.
University Libraries "Data Sharing in the Social Sciences: What are my options?"
THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES are presenting "Data Sharing in the Social Sciences: What are my options?" on Monday, April 27th from 10:00-11:30am in S30A Wilson Library. Click here for more information.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
The Graduate Interdisciplinary Group in Sexuality Studies Queer Faculty of Color Panel
Queer Faculty of Color Panel
Thursday, April 23rd
11am-1pm
Coffman Memorial Union Room 303
Lunch served
The Graduate Interdisciplinary Group in Sexuality Studies will host professors Elliot Powell, Malinda Lindquist, and J.B. Mayo in a conversation about their experiences as queer scholars of color at the University of Minnesota. They will discuss how their identities have impacted their interactions with students and job advancement.
Join us for conversation, lunch and a prize drawing for these scholars' favorite books!
Thursday, April 23rd
11am-1pm
Coffman Memorial Union Room 303
Lunch served
The Graduate Interdisciplinary Group in Sexuality Studies will host professors Elliot Powell, Malinda Lindquist, and J.B. Mayo in a conversation about their experiences as queer scholars of color at the University of Minnesota. They will discuss how their identities have impacted their interactions with students and job advancement.
Join us for conversation, lunch and a prize drawing for these scholars' favorite books!
Augsburg College Looking for Adjunct for Fall 2015
AUGSBURG COLLEGE is looking for an adjunct to teach two classes next year (WST 201: Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and WST 250: Global Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality). Interested individuals should email their CVs (and/or questions) to brownad@augsburg.edu.
Ameican Studies Co-Sponsoring Steven Salaita Lecture"Uncivil Rites: Palestine, Indigenous Peoples, & Academic Freedom"
THE AMERICAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT is co-sponsoring the Steven Salaita Lecture titled "Uncivil Rites: Palestine, Indigenous Peoples, & Academic Freedom" on Monday, April 20th from 3:30 - 5:00pm in 5 Blegen Hall. Click here to find out more.
The Graduate School Fellowship Office Fulbright Information Sessions
The Graduate School Fellowship Office is pleased to announce four
Fulbright Information Sessions for students who are interested in
conducting research abroad during the 2016-17 academic year.
Excellent opportunities are available to over 140 countries.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens. The UM campus application deadline
is Wednesday, September 2, 2015.
Please forward this message to students in your program.
Meetings are scheduled as follows:
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
101 Walter Library
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
9:00 am - 10:30 am
101 Walter Library
Thursday, May 14, 2015
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
101 Walter Library
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
101 Walter Library
Fulbright Information Sessions for students who are interested in
conducting research abroad during the 2016-17 academic year.
Excellent opportunities are available to over 140 countries.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens. The UM campus application deadline
is Wednesday, September 2, 2015.
Please forward this message to students in your program.
Meetings are scheduled as follows:
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
101 Walter Library
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
9:00 am - 10:30 am
101 Walter Library
Thursday, May 14, 2015
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
101 Walter Library
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
101 Walter Library
Department of Geography, Environment and Society Coffee Hour
Please join us Friday, April 10th for the Department of Geography, Environment and Society Coffee Hour in Blegen Hall 445 beginning at 3:30. Complimentary refreshments and coffee will be served starting at 3:15. This week, there will be two talks from GES graduate students. Following are the talk details:
"They're treating us like Indians":
Land, autochthony, and political myth in the Keystone XL struggle
Kai A. Bosworth
Dept. of Geography, Environment, and Society, University of Minnesota
Geographers and political ecologists have recently turned to materialist accounts of land, energy, and infrastructure to offer accounts of how the properties and features of infrastructure can generate political controversy. Yet the political formation of these 'material publics' also spins out to affect and create political myths of belonging, property, and identity in American environmentalism. How does 'protecting the land' become a foundational myth for political controversies and contestations? In this talk, I provide an account of the Keystone XL struggle that situates 'land' not as a pre-existing foundation, but instead a set of dynamic relations (re)generated by infrastructure controversy in western South Dakota. I examine how 'land' - as a signifier, discourse, and a social practice of relating with the Earth - is generated anew and thus reworks the foundational myths of North American settler colonialism. I use the classical Greek concept of 'autochthony' - the feeling of belonging to or being borne from the Earth - to help navigate the ways in which the political mythology of 'land' is created by sociotechnical infrastructure projects and sedimented through liberal narratives of multiculturalism, property rights, and public political participation. Understanding 'land' in such a fashion has wide ranging implications for how we conceptualize rural identities, American environmentalism, and the political actions of material publics in the Anthropocene.
Matching Flight Departure Patterns with Daily Residential Experience: A Fine-Grained Spatiotemporal Analysis
Dudley Bonsal
Dept. of Geography, Environment, and Society, University of Minnesota
Residential accounts of experiencing airport noise often address how the noise corresponds to and disrupts day-to-day activity. Federal regulation of the noise, however, operates at broader spatial and temporal scales. To give greater consideration to the correspondence between noise and daily life, I adopt a fine-grained GIS approach to analyzing flight departures from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, specifically focusing on times of day and week, frequency of flights, and altitude. Through analysis of large volumes of flight pattern data, I provide a representation of airport noise that highlights the spatial and temporal varieties of residential experience.
"They're treating us like Indians":
Land, autochthony, and political myth in the Keystone XL struggle
Kai A. Bosworth
Dept. of Geography, Environment, and Society, University of Minnesota
Geographers and political ecologists have recently turned to materialist accounts of land, energy, and infrastructure to offer accounts of how the properties and features of infrastructure can generate political controversy. Yet the political formation of these 'material publics' also spins out to affect and create political myths of belonging, property, and identity in American environmentalism. How does 'protecting the land' become a foundational myth for political controversies and contestations? In this talk, I provide an account of the Keystone XL struggle that situates 'land' not as a pre-existing foundation, but instead a set of dynamic relations (re)generated by infrastructure controversy in western South Dakota. I examine how 'land' - as a signifier, discourse, and a social practice of relating with the Earth - is generated anew and thus reworks the foundational myths of North American settler colonialism. I use the classical Greek concept of 'autochthony' - the feeling of belonging to or being borne from the Earth - to help navigate the ways in which the political mythology of 'land' is created by sociotechnical infrastructure projects and sedimented through liberal narratives of multiculturalism, property rights, and public political participation. Understanding 'land' in such a fashion has wide ranging implications for how we conceptualize rural identities, American environmentalism, and the political actions of material publics in the Anthropocene.
Matching Flight Departure Patterns with Daily Residential Experience: A Fine-Grained Spatiotemporal Analysis
Dudley Bonsal
Dept. of Geography, Environment, and Society, University of Minnesota
Residential accounts of experiencing airport noise often address how the noise corresponds to and disrupts day-to-day activity. Federal regulation of the noise, however, operates at broader spatial and temporal scales. To give greater consideration to the correspondence between noise and daily life, I adopt a fine-grained GIS approach to analyzing flight departures from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, specifically focusing on times of day and week, frequency of flights, and altitude. Through analysis of large volumes of flight pattern data, I provide a representation of airport noise that highlights the spatial and temporal varieties of residential experience.
Minnesota Historical Society Internships
The Minnesota Historical Society is offering summer and Fall internships for 2015. Students from diverse backgrounds and across a range of disciplines are encouraged to apply. Limited internships include stipends. The application deadline is Sunday, April 19th, 2015. Click here for more information.
University Library Hiring Peer Research Consultants
We currently have 2 Peer Research Consultant Positions available. Please share with students who may be interested. This posting will only be available until April 17, 2015.
1 position available for -- University Libraries' LEAD Peer Research Consultant
Requisition Number: 197530
Starting Date is Summer 2015 for up to 20 hours per week during the summer and up to 10 hours per week during the semester.
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1 position available for --University Libraries' Peer Research Consultant
Requisition Number: 197529
Starting Date is Fall 2015 for up to 10 hours per week
1 position available for -- University Libraries' LEAD Peer Research Consultant
Requisition Number: 197530
Starting Date is Summer 2015 for up to 20 hours per week during the summer and up to 10 hours per week during the semester.
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1 position available for --University Libraries' Peer Research Consultant
Requisition Number: 197529
Starting Date is Fall 2015 for up to 10 hours per week
The Graduate Workshop in Modern History"Athletic Culture and the Making of the "New Japanese People"
Please join us Friday, April 10 at 1:30 PM for the next meeting of the Graduate Workshop in Modern History. We will be meeting in Heller Hall 1229.
Blair Williams of the History Department will present his paper, "Athletic Culture and the Making of the "New Japanese People" in Occupied Japan" with a comment from History PhD Candidate Sharon Park. We will serve a late lunch, so please wait to eat with us!
Hard copies of the paper will be available in the history department main office in Heller Hall, and an electronic version is also available at the GWMH Moodle site (see below).
We look forward to seeing you there, and at our full slate of remaining workshops this semester. Unless otherwise noted, workshops begin at 1:30 and take place in Heller Hall 1229:
Friday, April 17: Elizabeth Dillenburg (History) with faculty comment by Deborah Levison (Humphrey School of Public Affairs)
Friday, May 1: Kan Li (History) with faculty comment by Chris Isett
Friday, May 8: Ketaki Jaywant (History) with faculty comment by Anna Clark (11:45 start time)
TO ACCESS THE WORKSHOP WEBSITE:
Option 1: If you have a Moodle account and are logged in, go to https://moodle2.umn.edu/course/view.php?id=13717 and enter the one-time enrollment key (password: modhist) when prompted.
Option 2: If you prefer to access the site anonymously, go to http://moodle2.umn.edu and scroll down on the left-hand side to click on "Read-only access." Next, go to https://moodle2.umn.edu/course/view.php?id=13717 (or search for "Graduate Workshopin Modern History") and enter the enrollment key (password: modhist) when prompted.
Blair Williams of the History Department will present his paper, "Athletic Culture and the Making of the "New Japanese People" in Occupied Japan" with a comment from History PhD Candidate Sharon Park. We will serve a late lunch, so please wait to eat with us!
Hard copies of the paper will be available in the history department main office in Heller Hall, and an electronic version is also available at the GWMH Moodle site (see below).
We look forward to seeing you there, and at our full slate of remaining workshops this semester. Unless otherwise noted, workshops begin at 1:30 and take place in Heller Hall 1229:
Friday, April 17: Elizabeth Dillenburg (History) with faculty comment by Deborah Levison (Humphrey School of Public Affairs)
Friday, May 1: Kan Li (History) with faculty comment by Chris Isett
Friday, May 8: Ketaki Jaywant (History) with faculty comment by Anna Clark (11:45 start time)
TO ACCESS THE WORKSHOP WEBSITE:
Option 1: If you have a Moodle account and are logged in, go to https://moodle2.umn.edu/course/view.php?id=13717 and enter the one-time enrollment key (password: modhist) when prompted.
Option 2: If you prefer to access the site anonymously, go to http://moodle2.umn.edu and scroll down on the left-hand side to click on "Read-only access." Next, go to https://moodle2.umn.edu/course/view.php?id=13717 (or search for "Graduate Workshopin Modern History") and enter the enrollment key (password: modhist) when prompted.
Department of American Indian Studies Lecture
The Department of American Indian Studies is hosting a talk by Professor Christine Taitano DeLisle (Chamorro) of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Thursday, April 9th, at 3:30-5:00 in 125 Nolte. Click here for more information.
The Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Talk "Organizing the Home Workplace: Making Women Through Global Labor Standards"
The Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies is hosting a talk by Professor Eileen Boris of UC- Santa Barbara on "Organizing the Home Workplace: Making Women Through Global Labor Standards" on Friday, April 10th, 2015 from 1"15-3:00pm in 614 Social Sciences. Click Organizing the Home Workplace.pdf for more information.
Eli Vitulli (PhD 2014) New Lecturer Position
Eli Vitulli (PhD 2014) has accepted a position as Visiting Lecturer in Gender Studies at Mt. Holyoke College.
Forner AMST Grad Karla Erickson Named Associate Dean at Grinnell College
Former AMST Phd Student. Karla Erickson, will become an Associate Dean at Grinnell College starting July 2015.
Former AMST Grad Chia Youyee Vang Chosen for Wisconsin Women Making History website
Former PH.D. student Chia Youyee Vang, associate professor of history at UW-Milwaukee, is among the first 50 women chosen for the new Wisconsin Women Making History website (womeninwisconsin.org).
Myrl Beam accepts Tenure-Track Position at Virginia Commonwealth University
Myrl Beam has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies GRPP Fellowship Applications due April 12 at 4:00 p.m.
Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies GRPP Summer 2015 Fellowship
The Departments of African and African American Studies, American
Indian Studies, American Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano and
Latino Studies, and Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies are pleased to
announce that there will be two Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies
Summer GRPP Fellowships in 2015. The CLA Ethnic Studies Summer
Fellowship is a $4000 award that will be paid over five pay periods
during the summer.
Focus:
This program seeks to foster an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural
community of faculty and graduate students committed to studying and
teaching various subject in ethnic studies. The Ethnic Studies
Fellowships, like the CLA Graduate Research Partnering Program (GRPP),
are intended to support the research of graduate students in CLA who
seek to work with faculty mentors in African and African American
Studies, American Indian Studies, American Studies, Asian American
Studies, Chicano and Latino Studies, and Gender, Women and Sexuality
Studies.
Application and deadline:
A completed application (form attached) and proposal must be submitted
to gwss@umn.edu by 4pm April 12th.
Selection Process:
A committee of faculty from the host departments will review
applications and determine awards based on eligibility and merit of
the submitted proposals.
Eligibility:
Recipients of the CLA Ethnic Summer Fellowships are not eligible for
other internal fellowships during summer 2015 (e.g. CLA GRPP
Fellowships, CLA DOVE Summer Fellowships, Graduate School Dissertation
Fellowships, department fellowships). As a condition of the award,
recipients may not register for courses during the summer term and may
only hold up to a 25% appointment during the summer.
Reporting Requirements:
Each Ethnic Studies Fellowship recipient must submit a 1-3 page
progress report to CLA that includes the current status of the project
and plans for conference presentations, publications, or exhibits that
may result from the partnership by August 27, 2015. This report should
be submitted to gwss@umn.edu and the CLA Office of Graduate Programs.
Application form here: CLA Ethnic Studies GRPP Application.doc
The Departments of African and African American Studies, American
Indian Studies, American Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano and
Latino Studies, and Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies are pleased to
announce that there will be two Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies
Summer GRPP Fellowships in 2015. The CLA Ethnic Studies Summer
Fellowship is a $4000 award that will be paid over five pay periods
during the summer.
Focus:
This program seeks to foster an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural
community of faculty and graduate students committed to studying and
teaching various subject in ethnic studies. The Ethnic Studies
Fellowships, like the CLA Graduate Research Partnering Program (GRPP),
are intended to support the research of graduate students in CLA who
seek to work with faculty mentors in African and African American
Studies, American Indian Studies, American Studies, Asian American
Studies, Chicano and Latino Studies, and Gender, Women and Sexuality
Studies.
Application and deadline:
A completed application (form attached) and proposal must be submitted
to gwss@umn.edu by 4pm April 12th.
Selection Process:
A committee of faculty from the host departments will review
applications and determine awards based on eligibility and merit of
the submitted proposals.
Eligibility:
Recipients of the CLA Ethnic Summer Fellowships are not eligible for
other internal fellowships during summer 2015 (e.g. CLA GRPP
Fellowships, CLA DOVE Summer Fellowships, Graduate School Dissertation
Fellowships, department fellowships). As a condition of the award,
recipients may not register for courses during the summer term and may
only hold up to a 25% appointment during the summer.
Reporting Requirements:
Each Ethnic Studies Fellowship recipient must submit a 1-3 page
progress report to CLA that includes the current status of the project
and plans for conference presentations, publications, or exhibits that
may result from the partnership by August 27, 2015. This report should
be submitted to gwss@umn.edu and the CLA Office of Graduate Programs.
Application form here: CLA Ethnic Studies GRPP Application.doc
Ph.D. Candidate Aaron Eddens awarded the Graduate School's Thesis Research Travel Grant.
AMERICAN STUDIES Ph.D. Candidate Aaron Eddens was awarded the Graduate School's Thesis Research Travel Grant. On the grant, Eddens will be conducting interview-based research at several international agricultural development organizations for his dissertation project, "Climate Smart' Seeds: Science, Property, and the Changing Landscape of International Agriculture".
Brenda Child recieves National American Indian Book Award
Brenda Child received the National American Indian Book Award presented by the Labriola Center at Arizona State University for her book My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation (2014).
Graduate Student Soham Patel and Professors Kevin Murphy and Jigna Desai Event, Hip Hop and Islam and its significance for politics and art today
Graduate Student Soham Patel and Professors Kevin Murphy and Jigna Desai are organizing an event on Monday, April 6th at 6:30 at Intermedia Arts around Hip Hop and Islam and its significance for politics and art today. Hip-Hop Artist Brother Ali (Rhymesayers) will be in conversation with Sohail Daulatzai (Razor Step), curator of the exhibit Return of the Mecca: The Art of Islam and Hip-Hop. Click here for more information.
Robyn Autry Talk, "A Usable Body: Coaxing the Body Into and Out of Captivity at Black History Museums."
Robyn Autry (Wesleyan College) will be giving a talk on Friday, April 10th at 12:15 p.m. in 1114 Social Sciences entitled: "A Usable Body: Coaxing the Body Into and Out of Captivity at Black History Museums." This talk is being co-sponsored by the Department of American Studies. Since lunch will be served, please RSVP to Mary Drew (marydrew@umn.edu) if you plan to attend. Click here for more information.
Jean O'Brien awarded McKnight Distinguished Faculty Award
Our associate faculty member Jean O'Brien was just awarded the McKnight Distinguished Faculty Award for her work on Indigenous Sovereignty and the State. The program recognizes outstanding faculty members who have recently achieved full professor status.
ICGC Panel"Water Access, Equity and Governance in the Global South"
THE ICGC is hosting a panel and discussion on "Water Access, Equity and Governance in the Global South" on Friday, April 3rd from 12:00-1:00p, I Carlson School of Management room 1-143. Click here for more information.
Guy Stanton Ford Lecture, Bryan Stevenson
The Office of the Provost is hosting the Guy Stanton Ford Lecture with attorney, human rights activist, and recent author of Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson. The lecture will take place on Tuesday, April 7th at 2:00pm in Northrop auditorium. Click here for more information.
Congressional Black Caucus foundation Scholarships, deadline in May 2015
The Congressional Black Caucus foundation is offering a number of scholarship opportunities for 2015 with stipends ranging from $2500-$8000 with application deadlines in May 2015. Click here for more information.
Arts as White Property book, submission deadline April 15th, 2015
A call for submissions to a book titled "The Arts as White Property: Interrogating Racism within Arts in Education" is being organized by professors from the University of North Texas, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and Pennsylvania State University. The contributions to the book should build on and extend knowledge of the arts as white property. The submission deadline is April 15th, 2015. Click here for more information.
Center for Integrative Leadership Oral History Position
The Center for Integrative Leadership is accepting applications for the summer-fall 2015 appointment to work with the Minnesota historical society's senior curator and current CIL executive leadership fellow Pat Colena. The position is 15-25 hours of work over several months and will be in charge of conducting first-person, substantive oral history of Minnesota governors. The application deadline is Friday, April 17th. Click hGovernor Project Flyer- for Students - Mark Dayton.pdf for more information.
Sibley -Kwiat Graduate Fellowship for Summer Research Support Applications due April 17, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. NOON
The American Studies department announces the Mulford Q. Sibley - Joseph J. Kwiat Graduate Fellowship for Summer Research Support. This is a $3,000 fellowship and up to two (2) fellowships may be awarded. Eligible applicants are pre-ABD students who are in their first or second year who are in good standing and pursuing a Ph.D. in American Studies. Applicants will be notified of results in late April.
Criteria:
Funds will be awarded to the graduate student who does not have other summer fellowship support and who best does the following:
1) Clearly establish significance of the research (e.g. archive to investigate materials; explore an important historical or cultural site; develop preliminary interviews),
2) Submit a sensible schedule for project work
How to Apply:
Submit a 1-2 page essay describing the research project you will be pursuing this summer. In the description, also answer the following questions:
What is your research topic and what is its significance?
How will you spend your time on the project over the summer?
Recipients of the Sibley -Kwiat Graduate Fellowship are required to submit a report summarizing their research activities and outcomes by August 24, 2015.
Submit your application to Melanie at stein196@umn.edu by the April 17, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. NOON deadline.
Criteria:
Funds will be awarded to the graduate student who does not have other summer fellowship support and who best does the following:
1) Clearly establish significance of the research (e.g. archive to investigate materials; explore an important historical or cultural site; develop preliminary interviews),
2) Submit a sensible schedule for project work
How to Apply:
Submit a 1-2 page essay describing the research project you will be pursuing this summer. In the description, also answer the following questions:
What is your research topic and what is its significance?
How will you spend your time on the project over the summer?
Recipients of the Sibley -Kwiat Graduate Fellowship are required to submit a report summarizing their research activities and outcomes by August 24, 2015.
Submit your application to Melanie at stein196@umn.edu by the April 17, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. NOON deadline.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library Unpaid Cataloging Internship
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library is accepting applications for an unpaid, summer graduate internship opportunity in cataloging. Internships are full-time, four days per week Monday-Thursday, in addition to Friday seminars
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library seeks a graduate student for an unpaid internship opportunity in cataloging.
This semester, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library will be offering one (1) current MLS student or recent graduate an opportunity to gain experience in cataloging and a greater understanding to the multi-faceted workings of a small museum library. Summer internships are full-time, four days per week Monday-Thursday, in addition to Friday seminars.
Responsibilities:
· Perform general library maintenance, including book processing, shelving cataloged materials, and retrieving library materials from the stacks in response to reference requests from staff, volunteers or other interns.
· Copy cataloging, which includes searching, editing, and importing MARC records into the library catalog.
· Assist in the cataloging of the library's backlog of new and older uncataloged materials.
For experienced applicants, we offer an opportunity to focus the internship on advanced cataloging practices.
Responsibilities:
· Assist in creating/editing bibliographic records for rare or unique books in our special collections.
· Create original cataloging records for older uncataloged materials.
· Identify items that will need repair or preservation.
Requirements:
· Course work in original and copy cataloging required. Experience in original and/or copy cataloging preferred.
· Knowledge of Library of Congress classification, subject headings, and authorities.
· Familiarity with AACR2, RDA and current cataloging practices.
· Knowledge of modern and contemporary art.
· Ability to take direction and to work independently.
Established in 1959 with the opening of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Library contains published resources that reflect and inform museum collections and exhibitions. The Library's mission is to support research endeavors. The collection consists of literature focused on modern and contemporary art, architecture, and design, with emphasis on the museum's international collections and exhibitions. Materials are collected in English and Western-European languages with limited selections made among other languages. Collection development methods include purchase, exchanges, gifts, and acquisitions of both newly-published and out-of-print materials.
If interested, please send a resume, cover letter, three (3) references to Jillian Suarez, Assistant Librarian at libraryandarchives@guggenheim.org.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library seeks a graduate student for an unpaid internship opportunity in cataloging.
This semester, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library will be offering one (1) current MLS student or recent graduate an opportunity to gain experience in cataloging and a greater understanding to the multi-faceted workings of a small museum library. Summer internships are full-time, four days per week Monday-Thursday, in addition to Friday seminars.
Responsibilities:
· Perform general library maintenance, including book processing, shelving cataloged materials, and retrieving library materials from the stacks in response to reference requests from staff, volunteers or other interns.
· Copy cataloging, which includes searching, editing, and importing MARC records into the library catalog.
· Assist in the cataloging of the library's backlog of new and older uncataloged materials.
For experienced applicants, we offer an opportunity to focus the internship on advanced cataloging practices.
Responsibilities:
· Assist in creating/editing bibliographic records for rare or unique books in our special collections.
· Create original cataloging records for older uncataloged materials.
· Identify items that will need repair or preservation.
Requirements:
· Course work in original and copy cataloging required. Experience in original and/or copy cataloging preferred.
· Knowledge of Library of Congress classification, subject headings, and authorities.
· Familiarity with AACR2, RDA and current cataloging practices.
· Knowledge of modern and contemporary art.
· Ability to take direction and to work independently.
Established in 1959 with the opening of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Library contains published resources that reflect and inform museum collections and exhibitions. The Library's mission is to support research endeavors. The collection consists of literature focused on modern and contemporary art, architecture, and design, with emphasis on the museum's international collections and exhibitions. Materials are collected in English and Western-European languages with limited selections made among other languages. Collection development methods include purchase, exchanges, gifts, and acquisitions of both newly-published and out-of-print materials.
If interested, please send a resume, cover letter, three (3) references to Jillian Suarez, Assistant Librarian at libraryandarchives@guggenheim.org.
The Steven J. Schochet Endowment for GLBT Studies Application due April 17th, 2015 at 5:00pm
The Steven J. Schochet Endowment for GLBT Studies is offering a position as a graduate intern for 2015-2016. Duties include coordinating the Steven J. Schochet Lecture series, student awards, and research showcase among others. The pay is hourly with about $10,500 for the academic year in total. To apply, submit a cover letter, resume and the name and contact of 2 references to swilench@umn.edu by Friday, April 17th, 2015 at 5pm. See below for details.
About the Position:
· Coordinate and organize the annual Steven J. Schochet Lecture Series. Tasks include securing speakers facilities, and food; developing and implementing publicity; creating literature and materials.
· Coordinate the Steven J. Schochet Student Awards. Tasks include developing and implementing publicity; organizing Schochet Award Committees; creating literature and materials.
· Coordinate the Steven J. Schochet Research Showcase. Tasks include reaching out to students, faculty and staff doing research on LGBTQIA and related topics, securing a keynote presenter, and other work as required.
· Work closely with faculty from the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies and all faculty involved with the GLBT Minor on duties related to promoting and publicizing the GLBT undergraduate minor and developing the GLBT graduate minor.
· Work with Director to build a network of alumni interested in LGBTQIA studies who are leaders in their fields and who are available to mentor and/or speak with students.
· Assist the director with day-to-day operations and programming.
· Other responsibilities as assigned by Director and the Schochet Advisory Board.
Work Hours: Position will work both set and flexible hours. Position must attend all staff meetings and trainings. This is an academic year position (approximately early September 2015 - early May 2016), approx. 10-15 hours a week with time off during campus breaks and finals.
Benefits include:
· Gaining experience with understanding and working with social justice and LGBTQIA related issues, community building, communication, public speaking, organizing and a variety of job-specific skills.
· This is an ideal position for someone who is interested in a career path of working in an LGBTQIA campus center or other academic administrative positions. There will be mentoring and exposure to how administrative positions work with managing budgets, grant writing, programming, building an alumni network, and providing services.
· Pay rate: Hourly, $10,500 total for the academic year (Sept - May).
Application Process:
Please submit a cover letter, resume and the name and contact of 2 references to swilench@umn.edu by Friday, April 17th, 2015 at 5pm.
About the Steven J. Schochet Endowment
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Steven J. Schochet was a student at the University of Minnesota in the late 1950's. As an openly gay man, he received harassment from students, faculty, and staff members. Steven was threatened with expulsion from the University due to his sexual orientation and, in order to continue his education, was required to begin psychotherapy in order to "turn him straight." During his time here, Steven was not accepted nor affirmed by his campus community
After achieving success in the computer industry, Steven bestowed a generous endowment to the University of Minnesota GLBTA Programs Office in 1996. He called this endowment a "gift of accountability." By this Steven did not mean to reward the University, rather hold the University accountable for its actions. The goal of this endowment was and is to improve campus climate for all LGBTQ-identified students and to ensure that no future students at the University would ever receive the same, poor treatment that Steven received as a student here.
The Steven J. Schochet Endowment for GLBT Studies and Campus Life is managed by the GLBTA Programs Office and is overseen by the seven members of the Schochet Board.
About the Position:
· Coordinate and organize the annual Steven J. Schochet Lecture Series. Tasks include securing speakers facilities, and food; developing and implementing publicity; creating literature and materials.
· Coordinate the Steven J. Schochet Student Awards. Tasks include developing and implementing publicity; organizing Schochet Award Committees; creating literature and materials.
· Coordinate the Steven J. Schochet Research Showcase. Tasks include reaching out to students, faculty and staff doing research on LGBTQIA and related topics, securing a keynote presenter, and other work as required.
· Work closely with faculty from the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies and all faculty involved with the GLBT Minor on duties related to promoting and publicizing the GLBT undergraduate minor and developing the GLBT graduate minor.
· Work with Director to build a network of alumni interested in LGBTQIA studies who are leaders in their fields and who are available to mentor and/or speak with students.
· Assist the director with day-to-day operations and programming.
· Other responsibilities as assigned by Director and the Schochet Advisory Board.
Work Hours: Position will work both set and flexible hours. Position must attend all staff meetings and trainings. This is an academic year position (approximately early September 2015 - early May 2016), approx. 10-15 hours a week with time off during campus breaks and finals.
Benefits include:
· Gaining experience with understanding and working with social justice and LGBTQIA related issues, community building, communication, public speaking, organizing and a variety of job-specific skills.
· This is an ideal position for someone who is interested in a career path of working in an LGBTQIA campus center or other academic administrative positions. There will be mentoring and exposure to how administrative positions work with managing budgets, grant writing, programming, building an alumni network, and providing services.
· Pay rate: Hourly, $10,500 total for the academic year (Sept - May).
Application Process:
Please submit a cover letter, resume and the name and contact of 2 references to swilench@umn.edu by Friday, April 17th, 2015 at 5pm.
About the Steven J. Schochet Endowment
‚Äã:‚Äã
Steven J. Schochet was a student at the University of Minnesota in the late 1950's. As an openly gay man, he received harassment from students, faculty, and staff members. Steven was threatened with expulsion from the University due to his sexual orientation and, in order to continue his education, was required to begin psychotherapy in order to "turn him straight." During his time here, Steven was not accepted nor affirmed by his campus community
After achieving success in the computer industry, Steven bestowed a generous endowment to the University of Minnesota GLBTA Programs Office in 1996. He called this endowment a "gift of accountability." By this Steven did not mean to reward the University, rather hold the University accountable for its actions. The goal of this endowment was and is to improve campus climate for all LGBTQ-identified students and to ensure that no future students at the University would ever receive the same, poor treatment that Steven received as a student here.
The Steven J. Schochet Endowment for GLBT Studies and Campus Life is managed by the GLBTA Programs Office and is overseen by the seven members of the Schochet Board.
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