Events
1. AFRO|50 Teach-In 303: Afro-Infinity Student Symposium (11.22)
2. Native American Artists Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon (11.09)
3. A History of Xenophobia (12.03)
4. Critical Disability Studies Collective Final Reading Group (12.06)
5. The Great Replacement: Conspiracy Theories and Far-right Mass Violence in the Trump Era (11.13)
Events
1. AFRO|50 Teach-In 303: Afro-Infinity Student Symposium (11.22)
2. Native American Artists Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon (11.09)
3. A History of Xenophobia (12.03)
4. Critical Disability Studies Collective Final Reading Group (12.06)
5. The Great Replacement: Conspiracy Theories and Far-right Mass Violence in the Trump Era (11.13)
2. Native American Artists Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon (11.09)
3. A History of Xenophobia (12.03)
4. Critical Disability Studies Collective Final Reading Group (12.06)
5. The Great Replacement: Conspiracy Theories and Far-right Mass Violence in the Trump Era (11.13)
Scholarships/Fellowships/Job Opportunities
Scholarships/Fellowships/Job Opportunities
1. SMC Internships
2. Mayoral Fellowship Program
3. Assistant Professor - Social Work and Women's and Gender Studies Program
4. Chicano and Latino Studies - FT Instructor
5. Fellowship - Critical Black Studies - University of Minnesota’s American Studies PhD Program
2. Mayoral Fellowship Program
3. Assistant Professor - Social Work and Women's and Gender Studies Program
4. Chicano and Latino Studies - FT Instructor
5. Fellowship - Critical Black Studies - University of Minnesota’s American Studies PhD Program
Call for Papers/Proposals
Call for Papers/Proposals
1. 2020 Cultural Studies Association (CSA) Conference
Recognitions/Awards
1. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - New SheDecides Champions and the Beijing 25x25
Recognitions/Awards
1. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - New SheDecides Champions and the Beijing 25x25
Miscellaneous
1. Study Abroad Spring Break in Costa Rica studying Environmental Communication
2. Premodern Courses being offered in Spring 2020
3. Grad Student Thesis Research Travel Grants
4. AAS Spring Courses
5. BTHX Spring 2020 Course
Miscellaneous
2. Premodern Courses being offered in Spring 2020
3. Grad Student Thesis Research Travel Grants
4. AAS Spring Courses
5. BTHX Spring 2020 Course
Events
1. AFRO|50 Teach-In 303: Afro-Infinity Student Symposium
We have shared a powerful journey of commemorating 50 years of Black Studies at the University of Minnesota. The Department was born through creative resistance. On November 22nd we will imagine the next 50 years and beyond, share student research, and engage with communities for solidarity and change.
RSVP using this link.
2. Native American Artists Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Join us in honoring Native American artists whose work is represented in Mia’s collections by writing or enhancing Wikipedia articles. In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, this event is a great way to make new friends, have fun, and learn something new, while adding content about Native American artists to Wikipedia, the world’s largest online encyclopedia.
No Wikipedia experience necessary. Social hour with refreshments begins at 11 a.m., edit-a-thon at noon. Brief training session at 12:20 p.m. for newcomers. Library resources will be on hand. Bring your laptop, power cord, and ideas.
Presented by the Library Affinity Group.
Free, tickets available October 1. Click here to register.
Events
1. AFRO|50 Teach-In 303: Afro-Infinity Student Symposium
We have shared a powerful journey of commemorating 50 years of Black Studies at the University of Minnesota. The Department was born through creative resistance. On November 22nd we will imagine the next 50 years and beyond, share student research, and engage with communities for solidarity and change.
RSVP using this link.
2. Native American Artists Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Join us in honoring Native American artists whose work is represented in Mia’s collections by writing or enhancing Wikipedia articles. In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, this event is a great way to make new friends, have fun, and learn something new, while adding content about Native American artists to Wikipedia, the world’s largest online encyclopedia.
No Wikipedia experience necessary. Social hour with refreshments begins at 11 a.m., edit-a-thon at noon. Brief training session at 12:20 p.m. for newcomers. Library resources will be on hand. Bring your laptop, power cord, and ideas.
Presented by the Library Affinity Group.
Free, tickets available October 1. Click here to register.
3. A History of Xenophobia
"AMERICA FOR AMERICANS: A HISTORY OF XENOPHOBIA IN THE UNITED STATES"
Congratulations to Dr. Erika Lee on her super buzzed about book! You are invited to the Book Launch on December 3rd! Also, please take a look at some of the articles (and lists!) that's highlighted her book:
BOOK LAUNCH
The book launch of #AmericaForAmericans and a symposium on xenophobia in the US today with two amazing policymakers and activists will be on Tuesday, December 3 from 6:00-8:30pm at the Cowles Auditorium (Humphrey, West Bank). Find out more and rsvp at: z.umn.edu/icwmigration-fall19
ARTICLES
4. Critical Disability Studies Collective Final Reading Group
Date: Friday December 6th
Time: 12pm - 2pm
Light refreshments will be provided (feel free to bring your lunch).
We'll be discussing "Skin, Tooth, and Bone: The Basis of Movement is our People" a Disability Justice Primer written by Patricia Berne and Sins Invalid.
https://www.sinsinvalid.org/
Please RSVP by Dec 4th. Readings will be provided upon RSVP!
RSVP: https://forms.gle/
Access requests can be made through the RSVP link.
We welcome all access requests! Please submit requests as early as possible, ideally a week in advance so that we have time to make arrangements. Interpreting and captioning requests may take up to two weeks to arrange. We welcome requests even if you are not sure if you'll attend!
Access information:
There are elevators on the East and West ends of the Northrup building and power door openers on the ground floor. There are single use, accessible restrooms on the ground floor and right next to our room, the Crosby room.
Parking information for Northrup here.
To generate direction or transit options, use this Google Maps link.
5. "The Great Replacement": Conspiracy Theories and Far-right Mass Violence in the Trump Era
Wednesday, November 13, 4:00pm, 1210 Heller Hall
"'The Great Replacement': Conspiracy Theories and Far-right Mass Violence in the Trump Era" panel discussion with UMN faculty Riv-Ellen Prell, American studies, Bruno Chaouat, French and Italian, Joseph Gerteis, sociology, and Malinda Linquist, history and African American studies.
Description:
The election of Donald Trump could be described as both a symptom and cause of an uninhibited public discourse based on cultural/nationalist racism at best, biological racism at worst. In a world and age in which borders are collapsing --due to the market economy, the Internet, the Climate Crisis, demographic mutations, and mass migration -- racist, antisemitic and xenophobic rhetoric bears witness to a collective identity crisis that has historically led to mass violence. Presenters will discuss white supremacism and the so-called “great replacement” theory from an interdisciplinary and transnational perspective. Panel Discussion with Riv-Ellen Prell (Professor Emerita, American Studies), Bruno Chaouat (Dept. of French and Italian), Joseph Gerteis (Dept. of Sociology), Malinda Linquist (Dept. of History and African American Studies).
3. A History of Xenophobia
"AMERICA FOR AMERICANS: A HISTORY OF XENOPHOBIA IN THE UNITED STATES"
Congratulations to Dr. Erika Lee on her super buzzed about book! You are invited to the Book Launch on December 3rd! Also, please take a look at some of the articles (and lists!) that's highlighted her book:
Congratulations to Dr. Erika Lee on her super buzzed about book! You are invited to the Book Launch on December 3rd! Also, please take a look at some of the articles (and lists!) that's highlighted her book:
BOOK LAUNCH
The book launch of #AmericaForAmericans and a symposium on xenophobia in the US today with two amazing policymakers and activists will be on Tuesday, December 3 from 6:00-8:30pm at the Cowles Auditorium (Humphrey, West Bank). Find out more and rsvp at: z.umn.edu/icwmigration-fall19
ARTICLES
4. Critical Disability Studies Collective Final Reading Group
Date: Friday December 6th
Time: 12pm - 2pm
Light refreshments will be provided (feel free to bring your lunch).
We'll be discussing "Skin, Tooth, and Bone: The Basis of Movement is our People" a Disability Justice Primer written by Patricia Berne and Sins Invalid.
https://www.sinsinvalid.org/
Please RSVP by Dec 4th. Readings will be provided upon RSVP!
RSVP: https://forms.gle/
Access requests can be made through the RSVP link.
We welcome all access requests! Please submit requests as early as possible, ideally a week in advance so that we have time to make arrangements. Interpreting and captioning requests may take up to two weeks to arrange. We welcome requests even if you are not sure if you'll attend!
Access information:
There are elevators on the East and West ends of the Northrup building and power door openers on the ground floor. There are single use, accessible restrooms on the ground floor and right next to our room, the Crosby room.
Parking information for Northrup here.
To generate direction or transit options, use this Google Maps link.
To generate direction or transit options, use this Google Maps link.
5. "The Great Replacement": Conspiracy Theories and Far-right Mass Violence in the Trump Era
Wednesday, November 13, 4:00pm, 1210 Heller Hall
"'The Great Replacement': Conspiracy Theories and Far-right Mass Violence in the Trump Era" panel discussion with UMN faculty Riv-Ellen Prell, American studies, Bruno Chaouat, French and Italian, Joseph Gerteis, sociology, and Malinda Linquist, history and African American studies.
Description:
The election of Donald Trump could be described as both a symptom and cause of an uninhibited public discourse based on cultural/nationalist racism at best, biological racism at worst. In a world and age in which borders are collapsing --due to the market economy, the Internet, the Climate Crisis, demographic mutations, and mass migration -- racist, antisemitic and xenophobic rhetoric bears witness to a collective identity crisis that has historically led to mass violence. Presenters will discuss white supremacism and the so-called “great replacement” theory from an interdisciplinary and transnational perspective. Panel Discussion with Riv-Ellen Prell (Professor Emerita, American Studies), Bruno Chaouat (Dept. of French and Italian), Joseph Gerteis (Dept. of Sociology), Malinda Linquist (Dept. of History and African American Studies).
Scholarships/Fellowships/Job Opportunities
Scholarships/Fellowships/Job Opportunities
1. SMC Internships
Microsoft Research New England (MSRNE) is looking for advanced PhD students to join the Social Media Collective (SMC) for its 12-week Internship program. The Social Media Collective (SMC), a network of social science and humanistic researchers, spans several Microsoft Research labs. The SMC PhD interns work in the MSRNE Lab located in Cambridge, MA, with Nancy Baym, Tarleton Gillespie, Mary L. Gray, and current postdoc Elena Maris. Learn more about us here.
The Social Media Collective (SMC) includes full-time researchers, postdocs, interns, current and alum visitors, and research assistants. Our primary purpose is to provide a rich, contextual understanding of the social and cultural dynamics that underpin social media technologies. Our work spans several disciplines: anthropology, communication, economics, information, law, media studies, women’s studies, science & technology studies, and sociology.
Current projects in New England include:
- How do social media platforms, digital assistants, bots, and datafication affect personal and professional relationships? (Nancy Baym)
- How do social media platforms, through algorithmic design and content policies, shape public discourse? (Tarleton Gillespie)
- What are the cultural, political, ethical, and economic implications of on-demand, cloud computing as ecosystems of information, labor, and social exchange? (Mary L. Gray)
- How do media/tech industries and users try to know and influence each other? What are the roles of technology and identity in these interactions? (Elena Maris)
For more information about the Social Media Collective, and a list of past interns, visit the About page of our blog. For a complete list of all permanent researchers and current postdocs based at the New England lab, see: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/labs/newengland/people/bios.aspx
2. Mayoral Fellowship Program
Are you interested in becoming a Mayoral Fellow within Mayor Jacob Frey’s Office? We offer a robust Fellowship program over the course of three times a year. Part-time paid fellowships are available (8 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. or 11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) with a minimum of 15 hours a week. Available for undergraduate and graduate students.
- Winter (January – April)
- Summer (May – August)
- Fall (September – December)
If you are interested in a future career in politics, journalism, public relations, or similar then a Mayoral Fellowship may be for you!
Interested candidates should submit a 500 word essay, a resume, available hours (part time), and three references.
Details are provided on our website and the application deadlineis Friday, November 29:
3. Assistant Professor - Social Work and Women's and Gender Studies Program
We are seeking candidates with a well-developed research agenda in one or more of the following broadly defined areas: Research and/or practice focus in areas of health disparities related to gender or sexuality; indigenous women’s health and/or services; indigenous and/or feminist epistemologies and health research practices; maternal and family health policy; health issues among indigenous or global gender nonconforming, queer, and trans populations.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong potential for high level achievement in scholarship, teaching and related community engagement; a commitment to social justice and demonstrated capacity mentoring undergraduate and graduate-level students. A successful candidate will bring a strong interdisciplinary approach to integrate gender and feminist theories with their application in social work, health research, policy, and practice. They may have experience working in indigenous or global health fields related to gender and sexuality, such as domestic violence, sexual assault prevention and counseling, family services, and LGBTQIA services and advocacy. Candidates are expected to have the capacity to contribute teaching to the core curricula in social work and women’s and gender studies.
The Northern Arizona University Social Work Department offers a CSWE-accredited BSW degree and has a MSW program in candidacy. The Women’s and Gender Studies Program offers a bachelor’s degree, two minors in WGS and Queer Studies, and graduate certificate. This is a nine (9) month position that includes teaching social work and women’s and gender studies, and potentially interdisciplinary health courses; student mentoring in both social work and women’s and gender studies, as well as in the Interdisciplinary Health PhD Program. This position is tenure eligible, at the rank of Assistant Professor. For more information: click here.
4. Chicano and Latino Studies - FT Instructor
The Department of Chicano and Latino Studies at the University of Minnesota is hiring a Full-Time Instructor for the 2020-21 Academic Year; we are looking for concentrations in Latinx Studies, particularly US Central Americans and Carribean Americans and experience teaching Latinx literatures. We have started taking applications and will begin reviewing them in February of 2020. For more information, please visit our website at: https://z.umn.edu/clshire
5. Fellowship - Critical Black Studies - University of Minnesota’s American Studies PhD Program
The Ph.D. program in American Studies at the University of Minnesota along with its partners the Department of African American and African Studies and the Race, Indigeneity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (RIGS) Initiative received six graduate fellowships through the Creating Inclusive Cohorts (CIC) Training Program in the area of Critical Black Studies. These fellowships provide a stipend of $25,000 plus tuition in the first year of graduate school followed by four additional years of funding. We encourage students interested in critical black studies to apply to the American Studies PhD program. The deadline for graduate admission is December 1st, 2019. For details about admission, go to:
If you have questions, please direct them to bran0487@umn.edu
Call for Papers/Proposals
1. 2020 Cultural Studies Association (CSA) Conference
Call for Papers/Proposals
Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association (USA)
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
May 28-May 30, 2020
Final Deadline for Submissions: Monday, Dec 9, 2019
SUBMIT A PROPOSAL
Proposals are submitted through EasyChair. For best results, sign into EasyChair before clicking submit above.
This Year's Theme: Bodily Sovereignty and Collective Action
The Cultural Studies Association (CSA) invites proposals for participation in its eighteenth annual meeting. Proposals on all topics relevant to cultural studies will be considered, with priority given to proposals that engage this year's theme of Bodily Sovereignty and Collective Action. Membership of the CSA is not required to submit a proposal for this year’s conference, but membership is required in order to present at the conference.
The notion of sovereignty is up for serious epistemological debate. We encourage proposals that investigate and consider how the framework of sovereignty informs the re-mappings, re-zonings, and regressions of the current conjuncture, and how ideas of sovereignty inform cultural productions and resistance to these changes. At the same time, we invite critical perspectives on sovereignty’s appropriations and strategic deployments in contemporary and historical contexts. We take inspiration, in particular, from the conference’s location in the city of Chicago, which has a long history of resistance to violence and has been a key site in the fight for bodily sovereignty, whether in the significance of the Haymarket riot in the struggle for global labor rights, the legendary Jane Collective’s work restoring women’s bodily sovereignty before Roe v. Wade, the ongoing collective resistance to police brutality, and the still countercultural notion that Black Lives Matter. We encourage proposals that draw on these legacies and illuminate paths in which they prefigure sovereign futures.
Furthermore, we welcome proposals that consider who can lay claim to sovereignty, as well as the formations of power, knowledge, and capital that circumscribe such claims. Proposals might, for example, question which bodies--human and non-human--“count” as sovereign, and at which historical, political, socio-ecological, and cultural points. We invite theoretical interventions that situate these emergent questions around self-determination with respect to critiques of (racial) capitalism, biopolitics, hetero-patriarchy, and white supremacy. https://easychair.org/my/
Recognitions/Awards
Recognitions/Awards
1. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - New SheDecides Champions and the Beijing 25x25
To mark the next exciting phase of the Movement’s growth, SheDecides is looking for bold and dynamic change makers to join the ranks of SheDecides Champions. Could you be one of them?
The nomination process is open to the public, and individuals can nominate themselves, or anyone else that they believe has what it takes to become a SheDecides Champion.
Please click here for more information on the nomination process and share this call widely amongst your networks!
Nominations of young people are particularly encouraged, as are nominations of people working in the following regions: Eastern and Southern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, The Middle East and North Africa as well as South East Asia and Asia Pacific. We are looking for Champions from diverse contexts, including those working in fragile, or conflict affected situations, refugees and internally displaced persons, and individuals living with disabilities.
Note: the deadline for Champion nominations is Monday 25 November.
1. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - New SheDecides Champions and the Beijing 25x25
To mark the next exciting phase of the Movement’s growth, SheDecides is looking for bold and dynamic change makers to join the ranks of SheDecides Champions. Could you be one of them?
The nomination process is open to the public, and individuals can nominate themselves, or anyone else that they believe has what it takes to become a SheDecides Champion.
Please click here for more information on the nomination process and share this call widely amongst your networks!
Nominations of young people are particularly encouraged, as are nominations of people working in the following regions: Eastern and Southern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, The Middle East and North Africa as well as South East Asia and Asia Pacific. We are looking for Champions from diverse contexts, including those working in fragile, or conflict affected situations, refugees and internally displaced persons, and individuals living with disabilities.
Note: the deadline for Champion nominations is Monday 25 November.
The nomination process is open to the public, and individuals can nominate themselves, or anyone else that they believe has what it takes to become a SheDecides Champion.
Please click here for more information on the nomination process and share this call widely amongst your networks!
Nominations of young people are particularly encouraged, as are nominations of people working in the following regions: Eastern and Southern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, The Middle East and North Africa as well as South East Asia and Asia Pacific. We are looking for Champions from diverse contexts, including those working in fragile, or conflict affected situations, refugees and internally displaced persons, and individuals living with disabilities.
Note: the deadline for Champion nominations is Monday 25 November.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
1. Study Abroad Spring Break in Costa Rica studying Environmental Communication
Looking for an exciting COMM course where you can tailor the course project to your personal and career interests? Consider COMM 4250, Section 2. After meeting for the first 8 weeks on campus, we will fly to Costa Rica for spring break to study environmental communication.
The course ends at the end of spring break and there is no language requirement. Interested in learning more? Visit the Learning Abroad Center to learn how to submit your application and watch https://vimeo.com/
2. Premodern Courses being offered in Spring 2020
3. Grad Student Thesis Research Travel Grants
Here is some information on the Grad Student Thesis Research Travel Grants offered by the U:
4. AAS Spring 2020 Courses
AAS 1101 -- Imagining Asian America
AAS 1930 -- Democracy under Threat in Times of Populism and Racial Nationalism
AAS 3211W -- Race & Racism in the U.S.
AAS 3251W -- Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender
AAS 3271 -- Learning in the Asian American Community
AAS 3301 -- Asian America Through Arts and Culture
AAS 3341 -- Asian American Images
AAS 3409W -- Asian American Women's Cultural Production
AAS 3486 -- Hmong Refugees from the Secret War: Becoming Americans
AAS 3503 -- Asian American Identities, Families, & Communities
Learn more about the AAS Minor here: https://cla.umn.edu/
5. BTHX Spring 2020 Course
The Center for Bioethics is offering the following course Spring 2020 that maybe of interest to you. For a complete description, visit our website.
This Week's Grad School Memes....
(ft. Ross Geller)
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