AMERICAN INDIAN and INDIGENOUS STUDIES WORKSHOP

AMERICAN INDIAN and INDIGENOUS STUDIES WORKSHOP will be holding a welcome back and planning meeting on Friday, September 9^th at 3:30 in Heller Hall 1210B. If you have any questions please email Sam Majhor and Amber Annis at aiisworkshopumn@gmail.com

ASA MINORITY and INDIGENOUS GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT

ASA MINORITY and INDIGENOUS GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT is pleased to announce applications are open for an ASA convention travel grant. This award $500 travel grant will provided to advanced graduate students who are a member of the ASA and have plans to attend the 2016 convention in order to present a paper related to critical ethnic and/or indigenous studies.

ASA and Graduate students who have no support for convention attendance and are members of an under-represented group are particularly encouraged to apply.

 Applications are due Wednesday, September 14^th. See below for application details. 

The application should have two parts:  (1) a cover letter of no more than two pages that includes a brief autobiographical description, the title of the applicant’s paper and the session to which it belongs, and confirmation that the applicant will not receive any other financial support from his/her/their institution; and (2) a curriculum vitae.  Please send your application to Ralina Joseph, chair of the critical ethnic studies committee, atrljoseph@uw.edu.

THE AMERICAN STUDIES COMMITTEE on CRITICAL ETHNIC STUDIES

THE AMERICAN STUDIES COMMITTEE on CRITICAL ETHNIC STUDIES is pleased to announce applications are open for the 2016 Critical Ethnic Studies Prize.  This prize will be awarded to a participant in the annual meeting of the ASA and any paper given at the meeting eligible, provided it does not exceed 15 page including notes. The author of the winning paper will receive $500 award. The paper should be a work-in-progress.  The author of the winning paper will receive the award at the annual meeting to be held on November 17-20 in Denver, Colorado. 

Relevant submissions will contrast or connect the process of race-making or the experiences of racialized communities with similar processes or experiences inside or outside the United States. All essays must focus on the power of race/ethnicity to shape the lives of diverse groups of people.

Papers should be submitted electronically by Wednesday, September 14 to Ralina Joseph, chair of the comm ittee, at: rljoseph@uw.edu.  Late submissions will not be accepted.

THE ART HISTORY GRADUATE COMMITTEE for VISITING SCHOLARS

THE ART HISTORY GRADUATE COMMITTEE for VISITING SCHOLARS presents this year’s Donald R. Torbert Lecture in Architectural History, DR. LOUIS P. NELSON. Dr. Nelson will present his lecture, “Architectures of West African Enslavement,” on Tuesday, October 4^th, 2016 at 5:00PM in 1210 Heller Hall.

  

Dr. Nelson is a Professor of Architectural History and Associate Dean in the University of Virginia's School of Architecture, where specializes in the built environments of the early modern Atlantic world. His current research engages in areas of enslavement in West Africa and in the Americas and works to document and interpret buildings and landscapes that shaped the trans- Atlantic slave trade. 

The GENDER, CULTURE & CAPITALISM READING GROUP and SPEAKER SERIES presents AIMEE BAHNG’s lecture.

The GENDER, CULTURE & CAPITALISM READING GROUP and SPEAKER SERIES presents AIMEE BAHNG’s lecture on “Specters of the Pacific: Transpacific Ecologies in the Era of Global Finance Capitalism” on Friday, September 23, 2016 from 1:30- PM at 125 Nolte Center. This event is made possible by the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department, The Imagine Fund, and the Winton Chair in the Liberal Arts. See below for more in-depth description of the event.