Northern Spark - American Indian Culture Corridor Volunteers

NORTHERN SPARK is recruiting volunteers to assist with their annual late-night arts festival on June 14-15 taking place on the American Indian Cultural Corridor (AICC), The Commons, and the Rondo neighborhood. Students in the Department of American Indian Studies are invited to volunteer in the AICC. Please sign up by Monday, May 20. For more information, click here. To volunteer, click here.

Minnesota Urban Debate League - Spanish Debate Judges

THE MINNESOTA URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE is looking for Spanish debate judges for Wednesday, May 8 from 3:30 PM – 7:00 PM at Highland Park Senior HS. Judges must be fluent in Spanish, but no experience in debate or judging is required. For more information and to sign up to judge, click here.

Universities and the Politics of Memory: A Roundtable Conversation

THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT are hosting Universities and the Politics of Memory: A Roundtable Conversation on Wednesday, May 8 from 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM in Heller Hall, Room 1210. For more information, click here.

Cherríe Moraga

RAIN TAXI is hosting Cherríe Moraga on Thursday, May 2 at 7:00 PM in the Mission Room at The Hook & Ladder Theater. For more information, click here.

"Colonial Debts, Imperial Insolvencies, and Extractive Nostalgias" - Max Haiven / "Desperate Holdings Real Estate & Landmind Spa"

THE RIGS INITIATIVE is hosting a 2-part series on Debt, Indebtedness, Inequality, and Resistance on

May 1-2. Max Haiven will present “Colonial Debts, Imperial Insolvencies, and Extractive Nostalgias” on

Wednesday, May 1 from 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM in the Carlson School of Management, Room L114. For

more information, click here. There will be an artist talk with Cassie Thorton on “Desperate Holdings Real

Estate & Landmind Spa” on Thursday, May 2 from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM in Walter Library, Room 402. For more information, click here.

Scott Hall Research Day

Scott Hall research day is on Wednesday, May 8 from 9:30 AM – 3:05 PM in Scott Hall 105. For more information, click here.

RIGS Spring Celebration

THE RIGS INITIATIVE is hosting their Spring Celebration for their graduating students, the end of the spring semester, and Karen Ho for her two years as Director on Friday, May 3 from 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Wilkins Room 215. For more information, click here. To RSVP, click here.

Leslie Schwartz - The Lost Chapters: Finding Recovery and Renewal One Book at a Time

THE HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY is hosting Leslie Schwartz on Wednesday, April 24 from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM at the Minneapolis Central Library, Pohlad Hall, 2^ndFloor for discussion on her book “The Lost Chapters: Finding Recovery and Renewal One Book at a Time.” For more information on this event and others, see below.

Hennepin County Library is offering a series of free programs that focus on addiction, criminal justice, and incarceration.

Upcoming programs at the Minneapolis Central Library, Pohlad Hall, 2nd floor, include:

Wednesday, April 24, 7 – 8:30 p.m.

Leslie Schwartz, author of The Lost Chapters: Finding Recovery and Renewal One Book at a Time

Register online at https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/events/5c5c7d5853f3b32000161e17

We also will be offering a criminal justice film series in the fall.

Thursday, October 3, 7-9 p.m.

True Conviction film screening and conversation with Jamie Meltzier and Christopher Scott

Thursday, October 10, 7-9 p.m.

The Stairs film screening and conversation with Hugh Gibson

Thursday, October 17 , 7-9 p.m.

Milwaukee 53206 film screening and conversation with Keith McQuirter and Dennis Walton

Thursday, October 24, 7-9 p.m.

Tribal Justice film screening and conversation with Anne Makepeace and judges Claudette White and Abby Abinanti

Registration for the film series will begin on the library’s website - www.hclib.org - in September.

AFRO 50 - Teach-In 201: Critical Black Feminisms, Black Lives, Black Studies in Resistance

Gaye Theresa Johnson - "The Future of Radical History: Democracy, Love and the Metaphor of Two Worlds"

The Department of American Studies would like to invite you to join us for The Annual David Noble Lecture.

David Noble was an American studies professor at the University of Minnesota who retired in 2009 after 50 years of teaching. Noble made substantial contributions to American studies. Each spring, we present the annual David Noble Lecture in his honor, which features a groundbreaking scholar of American studies who offer fresh perspectives on our history and culture.

Our guest speaker this year is University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Alumna, Dr. Gaye Theresa Johnson, presenting "The Future of Radical History: Democracy, Love and the Metaphor of Two Worlds."

Assistant Professor Gaye Theresa Johnson, Ph.D. writes and teaches on race and racism, cultural history, spatial politics, and political economy at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Her first book, "Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity: Music, Race, and Spatial Entitlement in Los Angeles" (University of California Press) is a history of civil rights and spatial struggles among Black and Brown freedom seekers and cultural workers in LA. Johnson’s current work includes an edited volume on "The Futures of Black Radicalism," co-edited with Alex Lubin, and a single-authored book currently titled "These Walls Will Fall: Protest at the Intersection of Immigrant Detention and Mass Incarceration." In it, she demonstrates how visual and aural protest art constitutes one of the most significant discourses of resistance to 20th and 21st century anti-immigrant and pro-carceral policy and practices, revealing how expressive cultures enact an alternative narrative history about migration, race, and power.  

Johnson has also contributed journal articles and book chapters to historical, cultural studies, and ethnic studies volumes. She has been a visiting researcher at Stanford University’s Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, as well as at the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa.  She is active with the Los Angeles Community Action Network’s struggle for housing and civil rights on LA’s skid row and is the 2013 recipient of the Freedom Now! Award for her efforts.  She is a member of the board of directors for the Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) and an advisory board member for the Rosenberg Fund for Children.

The event is on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, from 7-9 PM in Walter Library Room 402 and will be live streamed at https://umn.zoom.us/j/878908342.

PARKING:

Weisman Art Museum Garage

333 East River Road

Minneapolis, MN, 55455

East River Road Garage

385 East River Parkway

Minneapolis, MN, 55455

Church Street Garage

80 Church Street SE

Minneapolis, MN, 55455

ACCESSIBILITY:

Exterior access via power door west side, and entrance on first floor.

Tunnel access via northeast side in basement connected to Johnston, and southeast side in basement connected to Smith.

Elevator.

Adapted restrooms.

For more information please email American Studies at amstdy@umn.edu

The Indian System - Film Screening

THE DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES is hosting a film screening of The Indian System followed by a conversation with the producer Sheldon Wolfchild on Thursday, March 28 at 5:30 PM in Rapson Hall Room 100. For more information, click here.

Critical Conversation Series: "Critical Latinx Indigeneities: Understanding Emerging Frameworks of Indigenous Futurity within Latinized Entanglements"

THE DEPARTMENT OF CHICANO AND LATINO STUDIES are hosting Critical Conversation Series: “Critical Latinx Indigeneities: Understanding Emerging Frameworks of Indigenous Futurity within Latinized Entanglements” with Dr. Luis Urrieta on Monday, March 11 from 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM in Walter Library Room 402. For more information, click here.

Careers in Law Fair

STUDENT LEGAL SERVICES BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CLA CAREER SERVICES are hosting the Careers in Law Fair on Wednesday, March 6 from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM in the Wiley Hall Atrium. For more information, click hereor here.

AFRO 50 Teach-In 101: Understanding Our Legacy

THE AFRICAN AMERICAN & AFRICAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT is hosting AFRO 50 Black Studies and Protest at the University of Minnesota and Beyond. The year-long reception of this milestone starts with Teach-In 101: Understanding Our Legacy with Dr. Horace Huntley on Monday, February 25 from 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM in the Great Hall of Coffman Memorial Union. For more information, click here.

"No human being is illegal": Polarized Theatre of the Oppressed with Asylum Seekers and Israeli Citizens

THE CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDIES is hosting “’No human being is illegal”: Polarized Theatre of the Oppressed with Asylum Seekers and Israeli Citizens on Friday, February 22 from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM in Northrop Auditorium Room 240 (Ellie and Tom Crosby Seminar Room). For more information, click here.

Critical Conversation Series: "Latina Immigrant Youth Fighting for their Education in Times of Deportation"

THE DEPARTMENT OF CHICANO AND LATINO STUDIES AND EL COLEGIO HIGH SCHOOL are hosting Critical Conversation Series: “Latina Immigrant Youth Fighting for their Education in Times of Deportation” on Tuesday, February 19 from 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM in Bruininks Hall Room 117. For more information, click here.

Political Theory Colloquium - Anne Phillips and Adom Getachew Articles Discussion

THE MINNESOTA POLITICAL THEORY COLLOQUIUM is hosting a group discussion on Political Theory articles by Anne Phillips and Adom Getachew on Friday, February 15 from 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM in Lippincott, Social Sciences Building Room 1314. For access to the articles, click hereand here.

Narrative Health: Utilizing Story in Healthcare and Health Professionals Education

THE DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE STUDIES is hosting Narrative Health: Utilizing Story in Healthcare and Health Professionals Education on Wednesday, February 13 from 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM in Folwell Hall Room 108. For more information, click here.

AFRO 50 Teach-In 101: Understanding Our Legacy

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NEW DATE!!!   NEW DATE!!!   NEW DATE!!! Teach-In 101: Understanding Our Legacy Featuring visiting scholar, Dr. Horace Huntley, University of Alabama MONDAY FEBRUARY 25TH | 9AM - 3:30PM Great Hall - Coffman Memorial Union, University of Minnesota 300 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis To attend, REGISTER online at: https://afro50-teach-in101.eventbrite.com This event is free and open to the public

Join the Department of African American & African Studies (AA&AS) in celebrating its 50th anniversary the past, present and future of Black protest, activism and community uplift. We will kick-off our year-long series of teach-ins with a symposium featuring Dr. Horace Huntley, the catalyst behind the 1969 Morrill Hall Takeover at the University of Minnesota. Together with past and present student and scholar activists, we will deepen the understanding of this legacy, as well as the emergence and impact of Black studies and student activism on university and college campuses across the nation.         Dr. Horace Huntley, Morrill Hall Leader PROGRAM Featured Speaker: Dr. Horace Huntley, Morrill Hall Leader (9AM) Remembrance of Rosemary Freeman Massey, Morrill Hall Leader (10:30AM) To Build A Department (11AM) Lunch on your own (12PM - 1PM) Solidarity and Community in the Morrill Hall Takeover (1PM) African American, African Studies, African Diaspora Studies: Scholarship & Teaching (1:30PM) Black Internationalism (2:15PM) Sponsored by: Department of African American & African Studies, Asian American Studies Program, The Black Midwest Initiative, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, Department of History, Department of Philosophy, Department of Political Science, Department of Sociology, Human Rights Center, Immigration History Research Center, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, Office of Equity and Diversity, Minnesota Historical Society, Race, Indigeneity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Border Checkpoint Assemblages: Interior Checkpoints as Multidimensional White Settler Governance

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

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