Can social capital help immigrant families overcome food insecurity? A case study of refugee households in the Midwest
Event Time: Fri, 02/22/2019 - 12:00pmPresented by: Harshada Karnik, Department of Applied Economics
...Afro|50 Black Studies and Protest at the U of M and Beyond
Event Time: Mon, 02/25/2019 - 9:00amJoin the Department of African American & African Studies (AA&AS) in celebrating its 50th anniversary, AFRO|50 Black Studies and Protest at the University of Minnesota and Beyond. We will kick-off this year-long series of teach-ins...
The right hand knows what the left hand just did
Event Time: Fri, 03/01/2019 - 12:00pmEmma Minkley, University of the Western Cape
Abstract forthcoming
Indigenous Women Have Always Been Leaders
Event Time: Fri, 03/08/2019 - 8:30am“Native women have been leading our communities since time immemorial,” Peggy Flanagan, Lt Governor of Minnesota, the nation's highest ranking Indigenous woman in executive office.
Every year on March 8 (International Women...
"'Existence is Resistance': Carceral Capitalism in/and Palestine."
Event Time: Wed, 03/13/2019 - 6:00pmPresented by: Jasbir Puar, Rutgers University
Abstract: "In this lecture I examine the production of mobility obstacles and restrictions in Palestine through the linked frames of disaster and carceral capitalism, highlighting the...
Soccer Dreams and Migrant Narratives in French Graphic Novels
Event Time: Fri, 03/29/2019 - 12:00pmAgnes Schaffauser, Department of French & Italian
Abstract forthcoming
The Queer Time of Death: Temporality, Refugee Rights, and the Politics of Commiseration
Event Time: Fri, 04/05/2019 - 12:00pmDr.Sima Shakhsari
Abstract forthcoming
Art and Affect: encounters with objects of power in South African museums and archives
Event Time: Fri, 04/12/2019 - 12:00pmKristy Stone, University of the Western Cape
Abstract forthcoming
Ayanda Nombila
Event Time: Fri, 04/19/2019 - 12:00pmDr. Ayanda Nombila, University of the Western Cape
Abstract forthcoming
Practicing Feminism: the Transnational Travels of Consciousness Raising
Event Time: Fri, 04/26/2019 - 12:00pmDr. Elizabeth Jay Friedman, University of San Francisco
Abstract forthcoming