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Wednesday, December 18, 2019 - 4:00pm

Informational Meeting for Summer Humanities for the Public Good Internships

Learn about the Summer 2020 Humanities for the Public Good Internship program. In addition to learning about the opportunities, expectations of participants, application process, you will also have...

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Wire artwork of people helping each other over a fence

Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 12:00pm

Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar: Publishing Workshop

As part of the Mellon Sawyer Seminar, Professor Sujey Vega of Arizone State University will run a workshop with graduate students and faculty on preparing a book manuscript/proposal for submission...

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Friday, January 31, 2020 (All day)

Imagining the Latina/o/x Midwest (Sawyer Seminar Symposium)

In this one-day symposium -- part of our yearlong Mellon Foundation-funded Sawyer Seminar on “Imagining Latinidades: Articulations of National Belonging” -- three speakers will examine the potentials...

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Friday, January 31, 2020 - 4:00pm

Summer 2020 Humanities for the Public Good Internships informational session

In this session, you will learn about the Summer 2020 internship program, including more about the specific opportunities and work sites and expectations of the participants. There will also be...

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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 - 4:00pm

ICE Enforcement: Impacts on Community Health and Well-Being

With attention drawn to events at the border, it can be easy to overlook the population of immigrants who live in fear of being deported or having family members deported. The effects of raids and...

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cartoon-style poster showing Young Lords protest in the streets

Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 5:30pm

Film Screening, Q&A with Educator & Latina Activist Iris Morales

The Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar film series will screen !Palante, Siempre Palante! . A Q&A with the filmmaker and former Young Lord, Iris Morales, will follow the screening. !Palante, Siempre...

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Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 3:45pm

A Conversation on Media Making with Iris Morales

Join activist and educator Iris Morales on Tuesday, December 3, as she lectures as part of the Communication Studies departmental seminar series. Iris Morales is an activist and educator. An...

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color photo of Sarah Cahill in a chair in a garden, wearing yellow dress and flowers in her hair

Monday, November 18, 2019 - 2:00pm

The Future Is Female: Sarah Cahill in Concert

" The Future is Female " is an installation/performance and communal feminist immersive listening experience featuring more than 60 compositions by women around the globe, ranging from the 18th...

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Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 4:00pm

Domestic Stories—An Obermann Conversation

How have relationships between domestic workers and employees changed over time, including around issues of race and gender? What are issues of pay injustice that have been true in the past and how...

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Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - 5:00pm

AN INFORMAL FACULTY SEMINAR - Fascisms and Populisms for Today: dis/continuities?

Dr. Geoff Eley of the University of Michigan will lead an informal faculty seminar. The event is hosted by the Obermann Circulating Cultures Working Group. Contact Elke Heckner for more information...

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