Marching Dykes, Liberated Sluts, and Concerned Mothers: Women Transforming Public Space
Submitted by heidiab on Wed, 12/13/2017 - 11:34amBook talk by Elizabeth Currans (EMU) on how today's women have redefined political and cultural protest
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“The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Europe: A History” by Rita Chin
Submitted by heidiab on Fri, 12/08/2017 - 11:40amPanel of U-M faculty discuss Rita Chin's history of modern European cultural pluralism, its current crisis, and its uncertain future.
Raised Right: Fatherhood in Modern American Conservatism
Submitted by heidiab on Thu, 11/09/2017 - 2:42pmHow has the modern conservative movement thrived in spite of the lack of harmony among its constituent members? What, and who, holds together its large corporate interests, small-government libertarians, social and racial traditionalists, and evangelical Christians?
Race, Poverty, and Housing in American Cities: What do we do now?
Submitted by heidiab on Mon, 02/20/2017 - 11:16amMatthew Desmond and Alex Kotlowitz will engage in a conversation surrounding the theme of race and poverty, followed by Q & A.
Vaccine Court: The Law and Politics of Injury
Submitted by heidiab on Thu, 01/19/2017 - 3:46pmBook launch and panel discussion of Anna Kirkland's recent book Vaccine Court: The Law and Politics of Injury (NYU Press, 2016)
Finding Women in the State: A Socialist Feminist Revolution in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1964
Submitted by heidiab on Wed, 11/30/2016 - 12:59pmPanel discussion of Wang Zheng's recent book Finding Women in the State: A Socialist Feminist Revolution in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1964 (University of California Press, 2016).
Queering Families: The Postmodern Partnerships of Cisgender Women and Transgender Men
Submitted by heidiab on Fri, 09/30/2016 - 3:42pmBook talk by Carla A. Pfeffer (Sociology and Women’s Studies, University of South Carolina) on partnerships of cisgender women and transgender men.
"Shapeshifters: Black Girls and the Choreography of Citizenship"
Submitted by mariasv on Mon, 01/12/2015 - 5:36pmA book talk and signing with U-M graduate, Aimee Meredith Cox, Ph.D. In her book, Shapeshifters, Dr. Cox explores how young Black women in a Detroit homeless shelter contest stereotypes, critique their status as partial citizens, and negotiate poverty, racism, and gender violence to create and imagine lives for themselves.