Winter Has Come Back to Haunt Us Update-Welcome to SMarch
Events
- ICGC's Special Event: Film Screening of Memories of a Penitent Heart
- 9th Annual Minnesota Cuban Film Festival
- Cinema Human Rights and Advocacy workshops and summer school 2018
- Indigenous Women & Women of Color Student Summit
- "Horror Vacui", 5th Annual International Graduate Conference
- 11th Annual Doctoral Research Showcase
- Trans Theory Conference
- "Africa, Still Remains" Lecture
- ICGC Event Schedule Link
- Spring 2018 Power and Privilege Series
- Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
- 7 Warrior Women
- Body Positive: My Personal Journey to Finding Self-Love and Acceptance as a Trans Woman of Color.
- Career and Networking Event in Non-Profit Education
- Networking with Women of Color in STEM
- Career & Leadership Diversity Summit
- Embodied Reckonings
- TIPOC Conference
- May Term Dissertation Writing Retreat
- Global Health Day
- National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education
- LATIS Workshop- Introduction to R
- Grand Challenges Research Expo
- ICGC Talk- "Marital Transgressions: Infidelity, Divorce, and Polygyny in a Swahili Muslim Community in Coastal Tanzania".
Call for Papers/Applications
- Conference on "Refugee Politics in International Relations"
- Call for Book Proposals
- CFP- Northwestern University African Seminar
- Philadelphia Trans Health Conference
- Grand Challenges Initiative Phase 3
- CFP- Global Health Seed Grants
Scholarship/Fellowship/Job Opportunities
- Dunn Peach Research Scholarship
- University of South Florida Tampa- Full-Time Instructor Position
- Instructional Assistant Professor- Illinois State
- Women's Center Awards, Grants and Scholarships Due June 1
- Bazdin Fellowship Extension
- Homework Starts with Minn-LInKFellowship Program
Miscellaneous
- NEH Fellowship Information
- NWSA PAD Institutional Student Memberships
- New Graduate Seminar- Resistance in Queer/Feminist Theatre and Theory (FRIT 8320)
- Call For Participants- Summer School For Sexualities, Cultures and Politics
Events
- ICGC's Special Event: Film Screening of Memories of a Penitent Heart
ICGC's film screening of "Memories of a Penitent Heart" and discussion with the filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo who is a UMN alumna. You can also find the Facebook event here.
- 9th Annual Minnesota Cuban Film Festival
Sun, 02/25/2018 - 7:00pm to Sat, 03/31/2018 - 7:00pm
St. Anthony Main Theatre Minneapolis
The Minnesota Cuba Committee, in partnership with the Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul and the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), presents the 7th edition of the Minnesota Cuban Film Festival, screening on six consecutive Thursdays at the St. Anthony Main Theater in Minneapolis beginning on February 25 and closing on March 31.
- Cinema Human Rights and Advocacy workshops and summer school 2018
- Indigenous Women $ Women of Color Student Summit
- "Horror Vacui", 5th Annual International Graduate Conference
3/30-31/18
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
11th Annual Doctoral Research Showcase
April 3, 2018 from 12-2 p.m. in the Great Hall, Coffman Memorial Union
Featuring ICGC's 2017-18 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow, Tim Frye, Dept of Spanish & Portuguese
"In the Shadows of Megaprojects: Infrastructure and the Environment in Panama, Nicaragua and Brazil"
- Trans Theory Conference
> 2nd Biennial Conference of the Trans Philosophy Project
> October 5-6, 2018
> American University, Washington D.C.
> CFP link: https://philevents.org/event/show/41846
> 500-750 word abstract submissions due April 15, 2018 to
> transphilosophyproject@gmail.com
- "Africa, Still Remains" Lecture "Africa, Still Remains: Jacques Derrida"--a lecture by Grant Farred (Africana Studies, Cornell University), at 4:30 on Thursday, March 22nd, in 135 Nicholson Hall. This event is co-sponsored by the Departments of African American and African Studies, of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, and of French and Italian. For more information, see the flier attached.
- ICGC Event Schedule Link Here.
- Spring 2018 Power and Privilege Series The Office of Multicultural Student Engagement, in partnership with Chicano/Latino Studies, La Raza, and Student Unions & Activities, is hosting a viewing of the award-winning documentary Dolores. 4 p.m., Coffman Theater.
- Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Help create and improve Wikipedia pages during this national campaign devoted to improving the coverage of cis and transgender women, feminism, and the arts on Wikipedia. 1-5 p.m., Wilson Library, Research Collaboration Studio.
- 7 Warrior Women the upcoming show of Kristi Abbott. “7 Warrior Women” features a woman from each of the seven continents. Kristi’s fine art paper collages capture the essence of each region with hidden imagery, tatoo art, and costume. The show at Gamut Gallery in Minneapolis opens March 31st and extends to April 20. We would love for you to join us.
- Body Positive: My Personal Journey to Finding Self-Love and Acceptance as a Trans Woman of Color. Body Positive: My Personal Journey to Finding Self-Love and Acceptance as a Trans Woman of Color
A QueerX event featuring Ikal Avila
Friday, March 23rd | 12pm-1pm | Appleby Hall 103
Ikal Avila will discuss her journey as a young trans woman of color navigating systems of oppression and how she came to love her body and live authentically.
Queer X is an educational initiative of the GSC, which will deliver critically important topics and conversations that impact the LGBTQIA Community. This is one of many the many engaging events and discussions that we offer.
Career and Networking Event in Non-Profit Education Thursday, March 22
12:00pm-1:30pm
401 Walter Library
Cost: FREE
At this career panel and networking event, learn about many opportunities in the area of non-profit education from professionals in the field. Lunch will be provided. Please RVSP here: z.umn.edu/dicareers
Networking with Women of Color in STEM
Tuesday, March 27
5:00pm-7:00pm
101 Walter Library
Cost: FREE
Meet and network with women of color in a variety of STEM professions and organizations. Drop in anytime to learn more about their career pathways and experiences in their field. Dinner is provided. More information about this event can be found on
Facebook.
Career & Leadership Diversity Summit
Wednesday, March 28
2:00pm-9:00pm
Coffman Union
Cost: FREE
At this career readiness event, you will, receive headshots for your LinkedIn profile, receive personalized business cards, have access to mock interviews with corporate volunteers, have access to resume review from corporate volunteers, attend workshops from industry leaders of color, attend a networking dinner, and meet one-on-one with recruiters.
Register here. Questions? Contact
caleb@umn.edu.
For more information, search the 'Career Fairs/Events' section on GoldPASS, Event ID #3615.
- Embodied Reckonings-More information here.
- TIPOC Conference Mission: The 4th Annual Upper Midwest Queer and Trans Indigenous People and People of Color (QTIPOC) Conference seeks to mobilize our communities’ deep commitment to centering the expertise, identities, vulnerabilities, lived experiences, and leadership of those most impacted by the social, political, economical, and structural injustices against our communities. Our mission is to create a revolutionary loving and learning space where we can celebrate our struggles, rediscover our magic, and thrive together.
Purpose: To cultivate knowledge exchange, best practices and education through our radical presence and existence, arts, discussions, personal narratives, workshops, keynote speakers and ensure vital space is held for us to build community and uplift one another during these critical times we live in.
Vision: To build a brave world of self determination and deep commitment to each other and the land, where we are liberated, heard, and fruitfully supported to get what we want, when we want, and where we want.
May Term Dissertation Writing Retreat
Applications due: April 6, 2018 | 5 p.m.
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National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education Discounts are available when registering for the 31st annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education, to be held in New Orleans. Those planning to attend all or part of the conference can receive a 10 percent discount and may sign up to attend a May 31 dinner with the Office for Equity and Diversity and other U of M colleagues.
LATIS Workshop- Introduction to R- LATIS offers a workshop series free to all faculty and graduate students on wide array of topics.
The next workshop is Introduction to R, a popular tool for statistical computing. Participants will learn how to get started using R for social science data, including how to read data into R, what to consider when prepping your data for R, basic data cleaning (renaming, re-coding, and converting variables), basic data exploration, and how to save files manipulated in R. Register online for the workshop on Friday, March 23, 2018; 930a-1200p in 131A Bruininks Hall.
The workshop after next is Data Management in Transition, which will help graduate students navigate questions of if and how they can take their data and materials with them when they leave. Participants will learn about University policies that guide data ownership, access changes that happen upon graduation, as well as resources, tips, and advice for planning to manage their own data and materials after they leave. Register online for the workshop on Friday, March 30, 2018; 930a-1200p in 131A Bruininks Hall.
Grand Challenges Research Expo The Provost's Grand Challenges Research Initiative invites participation in the Grand Challenges Research Expo Inspiring Ideas, Creating Change. Small incentive awards will be offered to faculty who identify one or more new partners during the Expo and submit an idea that meets pre-proposal idea criteria for The Provost's Grand Challenges Research Initiative phase 3. April 18, 2018, Coffman Memorial Union.
ICGC Talk- "Marital Transgressions: Infidelity, Divorce, and Polygyny in a Swahili Muslim Community in Coastal Tanzania". Link here.
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Call for Papers/Applications
- Conference on "Refugee Politics in International Relations"
- Call for Book Proposals Routledge Research in Gender, Sexuality, and Media
An established book series edited by Mary Celeste Kearney
The aim of this series is to publish original research in the areas of feminist and queer media studies, with a particular but not exclusive focus on gender and sexuality. In doing so, this series brings to the market cutting-edge critical work that refreshes, reshapes, and redirects scholarship in these related fields while contributing to a better global understanding of how gender and sexual politics operate within historical and current mediascapes.
Affirming the integrated, multiperspectival approach associated with Cultural Studies, the series publishes richly contextualized research that explores gender and sexual politics not only in media texts but also in the practices of media production and consumption. Media are defined broadly in this series, as the books within it expand beyond these fields' historical focus on film and television to engage with other forms of media, including video games, popular music, and digital media. Books in the series centering on current media culture also explore the complexly transmedial, convergent, and participatory nature of popular culture today. Gender is configured broadly in this series also, and a key contribution is a further complicating of how multiple, intersecting modes of identity impact media representation, as well as the creation, distribution, publicity, and consumption of mediated texts.
We welcome book proposals accompanied by at least one sample chapter.
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- Grand Challenges Initiative Phase 3 The Provost's Grand Challenges Research Initiative calls for proposals from interdisciplinary teams and a new non-competitive credit-bearing seminar series for graduate and professional students. Interdisciplinary team proposals will focus on three spotlighted Grand Challenges areas: Advancing Health through Tailored Solutions, Feeding the World Sustainably, and Enhancing Individual and Community Capacity for a Changing World. Pre-proposals due June 6, 2018.
- CFP- Global Health Seed Grants The Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility requests proposals for new international health research projects in locations where the U's Academic Health Center maintains hubs of innovation or is actively exploring opportunities to advance new research and educational opportunities: East Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America/Caribbean. Proposals due April 7, 2018.
Scholarship/Fellowship/Job Opportunities
- Dunn Peach Research Scholarship
- University of South Florida Tampa- Full-Time Instructor Position The salary for this position is negotiable. To apply, please visit http://employment.usf.edu. Position is open until filled, review of applications begins on March 16, 2018.
A completed application file will include:
- A letter of application
- Curriculum vita
- Three letters of recommendation
- Documentation of high-quality teaching
- Documentation of any administrative experience, if applicable
- Instructional Assistant Professor- Illinois State Instructional Assistant Professor
Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Position Summary:
The Women and Gender Studies Program invites applicants for their new non-tenure-track teaching position. As an instructor, the successful applicant will instruct three courses each semester (six for the entire 9 month contract; including sections WGS120: Gender, Sex and Power, and/or one course in the candidate's area of expertise. The contract also includes .25 service and programing duties.
Required Qualifications:
1. Doctorate (or equivalent terminal degree in the candidate's field) is strongly preferred at the time of hire, but ABDs will be considered.
2. Candidate should have at least one year of teaching experience.
3. If this position is Security Sensitive or if you are subject to a criminal background investigation based on University policy, employment is contingent upon you passing a satisfactory criminal background investigation. You may not begin work until the criminal background investigation results have been received and cleared by Human Resources.
4. For teaching positions, state law mandates demonstrable oral proficiency in the English language as a requirement for this position.
Application Process:
All application materials must be submitted online at https://www.jobs.ilstu.edu. Please prepare in advance separate documents representing a cover letter, CV, three Letters of Recommendation, and Evidence of Teaching Quality. To ensure full consideration, apply by April 9, 2018.
Women's Center Awards, Grants and Scholarships Due June 1 It is our pleasure to announce the call for nominations for the 2018-2019 Women’s Center awards, grants, and scholarships, with a deadline of Friday, June 1, at 4:30 p.m. Each of these awards honor the engagement, contributions, and leadership of University faculty, staff, or students. Unless otherwise noted, awards are open to students, staff, and faculty system-wide. Awardees are recognized at the annual Celebrating Changemakers Awards program held on campus each fall.
Bazdin Fellowship Extension We are writing from the UMN Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies to announce an extension to the Badzin Fellowship for the 2018-2019 calendar year. Applications will be accepted through Saturday, March 31, 2018.
Flyer attached, and more information here:
- Homework Starts with Minn-LInKFellowship Program Application deadline: April 18, 2018
The U of M Homework Starts with Home Grand Challenges project invites applications for the 2018 Homework Starts with Home Minn-LInK Fellowship Program. The Fellowship will focus on research to end student homelessness and its consequences for individuals, families, communities, and society. Fellowship information sessions will occur during the week of April 2. Contact Nicole Mickelson for information, and learn more about the Minn-Link Fellowship Program
Miscellaneous
- NEH Fellowship Information Frances Spaulding of Sponsored Projects Administration will hold a Workspace geared toward the NEH Fellowship on Tuesday, March 20 at 1 pm in Appleby 227. The room is a computer lab, so you'll be able to set up an account and look at the applications that make up the required grants.gov package.
Note that this is the only training directed toward the individual application process required for the NEH Fellowship.
Unfortunately, we weren't able to accommodate the schedules of all of you. Those of you who indicated availability for times other than the 1 pm slot should feel free to contact me for assistance with the online application process. Just don't leave it until the days right before the deadline.
I look forward to seeing you on March 20th.
NWSA PAD Institutional Student Memberships
This email includes instructions for using the 3 complimentary student memberships included with your current institutional membership (with an expiration date of 12/31/2018). If your institutional membership is not current, please complete this formand submit to renew. If you need a personalized invoice or assistance with renewal, please let me know!
HOW TO USE THE 3 COMPLIMENTARY STUDENT MEMBERSHIPS
Many institutions choose to use these 3 student memberships for students who are applying for NWSA awards and/or for accepted student presenters. Awards deadlines for students are approaching on March 31. Presenter notifications will be sent MAY 1.
To use the benefit:
· Institutional memberships must be current
1) Submit with a copy of student ID and no payment for the membership
2) If the student wishes to join a caucus which has a fee, please include payment for the caucus. Note that the undergraduate student caucus and the graduate caucus do not have a fee (but students must indicate that they wish to join the groups on the form)
Student members are then able to:
- Apply for NWSA Graduate Award
- Apply for the NWSA Women of Color Caucus-Frontiers Student Essay Award
Please see descriptions here
Deadlines for both awards are MARCH 31.
Student members will also be able to:
- Register for the conference at the reduced student member rate.
- Apply for Conference Travel Grants and Registration Scholarships
These will open in MAY.
New Graduate Seminar- Resistance in Queer/Feminist Theatre and Theory (FRIT 8320) Resistance in Queer/Feminist Theatre &Theory (FRIT 8230)
Prof. Jennifer Row
There is something “spectacular” about revolutions: the drama of barriers being broken, the emotion of the crowd. And for feminist and queer activism in particular, the nature of visibility, spectacle and protest has been integral to gains made by groups such as ACT UP! or the Combahee Women’s Collective. This course, however, moves beyond the relationship between social movements and theater to hone in on a critical theory of performance: why and how is theater so important to feminist and queer thought? From Judith Butler’s sense of “performatively” constructed gender to José Estaban Munoz’ theory of “disidentification” in queer of color critique, theatricality and performance studies have lent robust paradigms to queer and feminist theory. In other words, one aspect of this course will examine what theater and queer theory share: troubling the nature of representation, investigating mimesis and secondariness, spectacle and masochism. However, another aspect of this course will look at how queer and feminist thought can put pressure on the theater (and vice-versa); how do the theater’s exigencies of action (drama)
oppose theories of neutral or passive (minimal, bored) resistance? What type of spectatorship does queer and feminist theater elicit? Can the theater stand as realm of change, or is there a sense in which the “revolution can not be televised?”—that is to say, when the powerful sentiments of the disgruntled, disenfranchised, or dispossessed are captured in aesthetic form, does it give legibility or voice, or does it domesticate such affects? The course presents a genealogy of performativity and performance and its relationship to feminist theories and queer critique. Interweaving political philosophy, theater studies, and literary analysis, the course asks students to think speculatively and creatively about the poetics and politics of theatricality, sex, race, and gender.
Authors studied include: Butler, Sedgwick, Ross, Edelman, Cohen, Anzaldua; Puchner, Weber, Rancière, Boal, Deleuze
Theater texts by Genet, Mouawad, Anouilh, Moraga, Lori-Parks, Kaufman
- Call For Participants- Summer School For Sexualities, Cultures and Politics- Information to be found here.
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