This talk will now only be presented on Zoom. Register for the Zoom webinar: https://myumi.ch/e6Ven In the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Americans everywhere are strategizing and mobilizing to protest and challenge the abolishment of the right to abortion care. These actions are necessary and important, though it is often forgotten that even … Read more
J. Logan Smilges, Assistant Professor of English Language and Literatures, University of British Columbia M. Remi Yergeau, Associate Professor of Digital Studies and English, University of Michigan David Adelman, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Digital Accessible Futures Lab, University of Michigan The value of visibility is contingent on a variable, embodyminded social currency. Being seen tends to benefit most … Read more
ABOUT THE TALK—from the speaker: Too often our work in higher education institutions – including our diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice efforts – are driven by and driven to meet externally focused outcomes. We use benchmark data to measure up to aspirational peers. We devise strategic plans with goals informed by consultants and, sometimes, … Read more
– Emilia Yang, Assistant Professor of Art and Design, Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. She serves as the Director of “AMA y No Olvida, Memory Museum Against Impunity” that explores participatory forms of art and design for remembering and demanding justice for the victims of state violence in her home country Nicaragua. – Luciana Chamorro, Nicaraguan feminist, … Read more
Please join the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures for their annual MLK Junior Lecture delivered by Professor N. Michelle Murray. N. Michelle Murray’s research and teaching focus on contemporary Spanish literature and film. Her first book Home Away from Home Immigrant Narratives, Domesticity, and Coloniality in Contemporary Spanish Culture (UNC Press for North Carolina … Read more