News & Events
October 15, 2019
André Borges: Right-wing populism and party system change in Brazil: A subnational perspective, Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m., Charles E. Merrill Lounge
July 5, 2019
André Borges (University of Brasília) will discuss how the growth of the far right is not only unprecedented in Brazil’s democratic history, but how it also represents a breakdown in the bipolar pattern that predominated in the six previous consecutive elections.
Dr. Marian Schlotterbeck: How to Build a Revolution from the Bottom Up: Lessons from Allende's Chile, Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 1:30 – 2:45 p.m., Charles E. Merrill Lounge
July 4, 2019
Join us to welcome Dr. Marian Schlotterbeck (Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Davis) for a presentation about her recently published book Beyond the Vanguard: Everyday Revolutionaries in Allende’s Chile (University of California Press, 2018).
Breakfast with Scholar: Dr. Christine Vega, co-editor of The Chicana Motherwork Anthology, Monday, November 18, 2019, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m., Charles E. Merrill Lounge
July 3, 2019
Scholars from this anthology center the framework of motherwork, a feminist concept that recognizes, validates, and centers the too often unseen and unrecognized forms of labor done by Chicana and Women of Color mother-scholars. Merging the Chicana/Latina tradition of testimonios, this anthology aims to imagine and realize the ability to thrive in and outside of academia. Breakfast will be served, please RSVP.
Marisa Duarte: Connective Engagement: Indigenous Consciousness-Raising through Digital Infrastructures, Thursday, January 30, 2020, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m., Humanities 1, Room 210
July 2, 2019
Join us to welcome Marisa Duarte (Assistant Professor of justice and social inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University) to learn about her research with focuses on Native American and Indigenous peoples approaches to information and communication technologies, specifically for the purpose of advancing sovereignty and resisting colonialism.
Advance Movie Screening: Islas prometidas (Promised Islands) with filmmaker Juan C. Dávila Santiago and activist Marisel Robles Gutiérrez, Date, Location, and Time TBD
July 1, 2019
"Islas prometidas" is a feature-length documentary film. It explores how Puerto Rican activists organized against a new set of colonial measures, which were imposed by the US Government in 2016. The film focuses on three aspects of the struggle: street protests, student strikes, and self-sustaining projects.
