Introduction by Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bridget McCormack Dr. Patrick Barnes, Professor of Pediatric Neuroradiology, Stanford University Medical Center Richard Leo, Hamill Family Chair Professor of Law and Social Psychology, University of San Francisco Keith Maddox Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Social Cognition Lab, Tufts University Sam Sommers, Associate Professor of Psychology … Read more
Gaiutra Bahadur is an award-winning American journalist who writes frequently about migration, literature and gender. Her reporting, criticism and essays have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Dissent, History Today, Washington Post Book World, The Nation, Foreign Policy Magazine, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The (London) Observer and Ms., among other publications. Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture is her first book. It was shortlisted for the 2014 … Read more
This lecture is part of the Penny Stamps Speaker Series, with support from the Institute for the Humanities, Institute for Research on Women & Gender (IRWG), Department of Theatre & Drama 100th Anniversary, and the Lesbian-Gay-Queer Research Initiative (LGQRI). Karen Finley is a New York-based performance artist, musician and poet, whose raw and transgressive work on sexuality … Read more
This cosponsored event features a film screening of Sugar Cane Alley led by Mbala Nkanga (Associate Professor of Theatre at U-M) and a performance by Nadine George of “Annie Palmer.” Nadine George is Professor of Theater and Dance at the University of California, San Diego and president of the Congress on Research in Dance (CORD). Her work is … Read more
4:00 pm Panel Presentation: “Sugar, Diabetes and People of Color” Alfreda Rooks, Jocelyn Stitt, and Nesha Haniff, moderated by Jocelyn Stitt 5:00 pm Reception 6:00 pm Keynote presentation: “Postcards From Empire” Gaiutra Bahadur is an award-winning American journalist who writes frequently about migration, literature and gender. Her reporting,criticism and essays have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Dissent, History Today, Washington Post … Read more
Featuring Lola Von Miramar and performance of a new piece developed during the symposium “Carnivale”. 6:30 pm Lola Von Miramar Rocks the House 7:30 pm “Carnivale” Guest Artist/Faculty/Student Group performance 8:30 pm Reflection and Celebration This performance event is part of the weeklong symposium, “Conjuring the Caribbean: How Sweet It Is.” See more information at globaltheatremichigan.wordpress.com. Join artists, scholars, and students in … Read more
Featuring Silvia Pedraza “Sugar: Before and After the Revolution in Cuba”, Mbala Nkanga “Performative Reading of Aime Cesaire Writing”, and performance of a new piece developed during the symposium “Revolutions”. 6:30 pm Tableaus and Provocations 7:00 pm Silvia Pedraza “Sugar: Before and After the Revolution in Cuba” 7:30 pm Mbala Nkanga “Performative Reading of Aime Cesaire Writing” 8:00 pm “Revolutions” Guest Artist/Faculty … Read more
6:30 pm Tableaus and Provocations 7:30 pm “Why Speak Your Language” Multi-Lingual Poetry Jam 8:30 pm Awilda Rodriguez Lora “La Mujer Maravilla – INDIA$ deluxe edition” This performance event is part of the weeklong symposium, “Conjuring the Caribbean: How Sweet It Is.” See more information at globaltheatremichigan.wordpress.com. Join artists, scholars, and students in a five day exploration of Caribbean tourism, histories … Read more
Aliyah Khan, Larry La Fountain-Stokes, Alfreda Rooks, moderated by Sandra Gunning Panelists include: Aliyah Khan, Larry La Fountain-Stokes, Alfreda Rooks, moderated by Sandra Gunning This event is part of the weeklong symposium, “Conjuring the Caribbean: How Sweet It Is.” See more information at globaltheatremichigan.wordpress.com. Join artists, scholars, and students in a five day exploration of Caribbean tourism, … Read more
Pete Brook, Curator and Writer, prisonphotography.org Amanda Alexander (Law) Reuben Miller (Social Work) Carol Jacobsen (Art, Women’s Studies) Ruby Tapia (Women’s Studies, English) Heather Ann Thompson (Afroamerican and African Studies, Residential College) This symposium will feature remarks by Prison Obscura curator Pete Brook, and a roundtable discussion with U-M faculty members. PRISON OBSCURA SHEDS LIGHT … Read more
Jennifer Monson, choreographer & performer, interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art, Nature & Dance (iLAND), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Elliott Maltby, urban and landscape designer, iLAND board member, principal, threadcollective Jennifer Monson and Elliott Maltby discuss questions about the intersection of choreographic practice and landscape design as they relate to urban development and share iLAND’s research process … Read more
A photographer and self-proclaimed visual activist, Zanele Muholi explores black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex identities and politics in contemporary South Africa. For her series “Faces and Phases” (2006-11), Muholi created more than 200 portraits of South Africa’s lesbian community. The images challenge the stigma surrounding gays and lesbians in South Africa, debunk the … Read more