The Radical Victorian: Ida B. Wells and the Virtues of Fearless Speech
Event Time: Fri, 04/05/2019 - 1:30pm The Political Theory Colloquium is pleased to announce that next Friday, April 5th, Professor Desmond Jagmohan (Princeton University) joins us to present his work, “The Radical Victorian: Ida B. Wells and the Virtues of Fearless Speech."... Click here to read more6th Annual Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies International Graduate Conference "Taboo"
Event Time: Fri, 03/29/2019 - 8:00am to Sat, 03/30/2019 - 5:00pmThe graduate students of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies are excited to announce our 6th annual International Graduate Conference, which will take place March 29–30, 2019 on the University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus.
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Event Time: Thu, 03/28/2019 - 5:30pm In the Democratic Republic of Congo, as in many other parts of Africa, the national baccalaureate exam can make or break a high school student’s future. National Diploma (2014) follows a group of high school students in Kisangani – third... Click here to read more"'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...
Click here to read moreIndigenous 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...
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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...
Click here to read moreIs Democracy in Crisis? A Teach-In on Fascism and Racism
Event Time: Thu, 02/07/2019 - 3:30pm Click here to read moreItinerant Passage: Sexuality, Slavery, Historiography
Event Time: Fri, 01/25/2019 - 1:30pmThis talk engages a mislaid history of sexuality and slavery in Portuguese India to raise three vulgar questions: How do we call attention to the displacement of slave pasts within histories of sexuality that are themselves routinely displaced?...
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