Ashna Ali (CUNY) Christopher Ian Foster (Jackson State) Gaiutra Bahadur (Journalist and author of Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture) Madeleine Dobie (Columbia) Adélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́ (Ohio State) While the interdisciplinary history of migration studies makes it an ideal topic for research and scholarship across departments and programs, this workshop will focus on how literary and cultural … Read more
October 16 | 9 – 5PM October 17 | 9 – 1PM The symposium will investigate the concept, history and institutional implications of the discourse and practice of “diversity” as an emerging globalized form of inclusion. To what extent does “diversity’’ sustain the status quo and to what extend does it transform it? How should … Read more
October 16 | 9 – 5PM October 17 | 9 – 1PM The symposium will investigate the concept, history and institutional implications of the discourse and practice of “diversity” as an emerging globalized form of inclusion. To what extent does “diversity’’ sustain the status quo and to what extend does it transform it? How should … Read more
Students from the American Culture 103 First Year Seminar on “Drag in America” will perform with visiting Puerto Rican interdisciplinary performance artist Mickey Negrón. Free and open to the public. Pizza will be served. For more information contact Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes (lawrlafo@umich.edu). Artist Bio: Mickey Negrón is a San Juan-based, interdisciplinary actor/creator, performance artist, dancer, … Read more
In this bilingual (English/Spanish) performative talk, Mickey Negrón will discuss his transition from theatre to performance, or how a queer fairy assumes scenic (performative) and politically empowering positions. He will focus on three of his performances, La Reinita (which translates as “little queen” but is also an endemic Puerto Rican bird known as Adelaide’s warbler), Ritual de Pluma … Read more
Tim Retzloff received his BA with highest honors in history from the University of Michigan in 2006 and earned his PhD in history from Yale in 2014. Prior to graduate school, he worked for seventeen years in various U-M libraries, first on the Flint campus, then in Ann Arbor. His engagement with U-M’s LGBTQ past … Read more
REGISTER NOW The symposium, hosted by the Center for the Education of Women, includes presentations by local and national advocacy experts who have taken varied approaches to advocacy in ways that best leverage their current context (power, privilege, and identity). Training sessions will feature capacity-building workshops on a range of topics from community organizing to bystander intervention to running for … Read more
Join us in welcoming Z Nicolazzo (pronouns: ze/hir) to campus. Ze will join us for Transgender Awareness Week on Monday, November 13th. Ze is an assistant professor in the Adult and Higher Education program, and a faculty associate in the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, both at Northern Illinois University. Hir … Read more
This interdisciplinary, mini-conference will focus on racial inequality as it manifests in relation to the lived experiences of black Americans. Throughout the day, panelists will discuss the criminal justice system and state violence against black people, economic inequality and immobility, inequities in healthcare and education, and issues pertaining to race and the environment. For more information and to register for the event please visit: myumi.ch/6wXPv Graduate … Read more
Drawing from her recent book, Andrea Ritchie examines how Black women, Indigenous women, and women of color experience racial profiling, police brutality, and immigration enforcement. Placing stories of individual women—such as Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, Dajerria Becton, Monica Jones, and Mya Hall—in the broader context of the twin epidemics of police violence and mass incarceration, … Read more
Beth Glover Reed, Associate Professor of Social Work & Women’s Studies Charlotte Karem Abrecht, Assistant Professor in American Culture Elizabeth Armstrong, Professor of Sociology & Organizational Studies Elizabeth Cole, Associate Dean for Social Sciences and Professor of Women’s Studies, Psychology, & Afroamerican and African Studies Larry Gant, Professor of Social Work & Art and Design … Read more
As of Jan 31, this event has been canceled.