American Studies Now presents Book Talk Series for Spring 2021 Feb 3 2021 - 3:30pm to Mar 31 2021 - 3:30pm

Book covers for three books and three portraits of each book's author

Aleshea Harris and Harrison David Rivers: "Black Arts and Activism" Mar 11 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Politics in Higher Education Apr 15 2021 - 3:30pm

Upcoming Events

February 3, 2021 to March 31, 2021

American Studies Now presents Book Talk Series for Spring 2021

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This spring, the Department of American Studies presents American Studies Now, a book-talk series featuring authors Tiffany Lethabo King, Gayatri Gopinath, Joshua Chambers-Letson.

February 8, 2021 to May 16, 2021

¡Presente!: 50 Years of Chicano & Latino Studies

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¡Presente!: 50 Years of Chicano & Latino Studies documents through art and archival materials the department’s five decades of scholarship and community engagement.

March 4, 2021

What is the Role of Yiddish in Holocaust Education?

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Meyer Weinshel will provide some examples, and speak to the challenges of answering this question. Weinshel is a PhD candidate in Germanic studies, the education coordinator and research...

March 5, 2021

We Don’t Have To Be A Raggedy Revolutionary: Radical Self-Care As A Resistance...

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This session is a gift of time and space for us to take a big deep breath together in community. Dr. Joi Lewis is a visionary community healer and facilitator of Black liberation and its...

March 5, 2021

Trauma and Truth: A Law and Neuroscience Perspective on Episodic Memory,...

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public lecture by Prof. Francis X. Shen - CLA Interdisciplinary Collaborative Workshop on Memory, Trauma, and Human Rights at the Crossroads of Art and Science

March 5, 2021

Nikky Finney: "The Insurgent Sensualist: Truth and Beauty in Social Change"

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March 11, 2021

Aleshea Harris and Harrison David Rivers: "Black Arts and Activism"

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A conversation with playwrights Aleshea Harris and Harrison David Rivers on Black arts, writing, activism, and performance. Moderated by English Professor Douglas Kearney. Presented by the...

March 15, 2021

A Czernowitzer Challah: Jews and the Austro-Hungarian Empire around 1900

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April 6, 2021

Dreams of Spain: Memory, History, Politics

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April 12, 2021

Celebration of Douglas Kearney’s Sho

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The Department of English and the English EDI Graduate Workshops present a celebration of Assistant Professor Kearney’s new poetry collection, Sho (Wave Books).

April 15, 2021

Politics in Higher Education

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April 15, 2021

Politics in Higher Education

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University of Minnesota faculty members whose research focuses on the Spotlight Series topic for this season will present a response discussion in which they reflect on the first five...

April 20, 2021

The Spanish Civil War’s Persistent Images: On the Migration of Two Icons of...

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public lecture by Vicente Sánchez-Biosca - CLA Interdisciplinary Collaborative Workshop on Memory, Trauma, and Human Rights at the Crossroads of Art and Science

April 21, 2021

Spanish Studies Minor Declaration Session

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All Spanish Studies Minor Declaration Sessions will be held virtually over Zoom for the remainder of the semester. To register for a session, please follow the link below: https://docs...

April 23, 2021