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Posted Thresholds: Impunity, Gender, and Testimonio in Argentina to ICGC Blog
ICGC Brown Bag Presented by Ana Forcinto, Associate Professor, U of M Department of Spanish and ICGC Affiliated Faculty Friday, November 18, 12pm 537 Heller Hall Former detainees have a central place in the Argentine redemocratization process that started in...
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Posted Deceptive words: The nuances of re-naming the Arab revolutions to ICGC Blog
**ROOM CHANGE** Special ICGC Brown Bag Tuesday, November 15 12pm, 1210 Heller Hall Lunch provided Imed Labidi, Ph.D., media scholar and lecturer Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature Gayla Marty, M.F.A., editor and media relations manager College of Education...
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Posted *The Inland Sea*: World premiere at Macalester to ICGC Blog
Dear University of Minnesota Friends: Attached is the Final Poster for the Macalester production of Naomi Wallace's *The Inland Sea,* opening November 11. This production is the U.S. Premiere of a work by one of the most eloquent and radical...
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Posted Feminist Studies Colloquium Series - November 18, 2011 to ICGC Blog
"Abbey Lincoln's Japan: Slave Art in the Creation of 1973 Albums." Yuichiro Onishi Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies, University of Minnesota November 18, 2011, 2:00 p.m. 400 Ford Hall *Light refreshments will be served This project...
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Posted The Minnesota Political Theory Colloquium this Friday 11/11/2011 to ICGC Blog
This Friday 11/11/2001, Professor David Blaney from the Department of Political Science at Macalester College will present at the Political Theory Colloquium his paper (coauthored with Naeem Inayatullah) "The Relative Virtues of Adam Smith's Theodicy". Dr. Blaney's research interests are...
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Posted Tomorrow Lunch & Freeman Workshop talk: Rashmi Singh on The National Mission for the Empowerment of Women to ICGC Blog
Rashmi Singh on The National Mission for the Empowerment of Women November 1, 2011 11:30--12:30 Lunch and Informal Discussion 12:45--2 A Global Policy Workshop Lecture Room 180, Humphrey Center Lunch Provided: RSVP finne006@umn.edu Rashmi Singh was one of Delhi's first...
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Posted 11/1 Women of War Event to ICGC Blog
WOMEN OF WAR: THE STRUGGLE OF AFGHAN AND IRAQI WOMEN FOR DEMOCRACY Tuesday, November 1 5:30-8:00 PM 125 Willey Hall University of Minnesota West Bank Recognizing the importance of women's situations in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Human Rights Program and...
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Posted Nov. 10th: "Art in Revolution: A panel discussion on the role of art in the Arab uprisings" to ICGC Blog
In conjunction with 7th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, Mizna and the Feminist Studies Graduate Student Association present: Art in Revolution A panel discussion on the role of art in the Arab uprisings Thursday, November 10th, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Anderson Hall,...
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Posted Fall Speaker's Tour with Indigenous Rights Activist Maria Choc - Nov. 17 @ Macalester to ICGC Blog
Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA . . . Working for human rights in Guatemala since 1982 This November, GHRC is proud to present our Fall 2011 Speaker's Tour with Maria Cuc Choc, a Mayan activist and community leader from Guatemala. Maria...
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Posted Reconsidering Development Call for Submissions to ICGC Blog
We are pleased to announce the third call for submissions for Reconsidering Development, an interdisciplinary E-journal based at the University of Minnesota. The journal is theme-based but contributors are encouraged to be creative in integrating themes of each issue into...
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Posted An Evening with Dean Eric Schwartz from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs to ICGC Blog
Tuesday October 18, 2011...
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Posted The Changing Arctic: International Cooperation and Development to ICGC Blog
October 27, 2011 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Cowles Auditorium 301 -- 19th Ave South, Minneapolis MN 55454 [Map It] [REGISTER TODAY] Who owns the vast resources beneath the Arctic Ocean? What's...
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Posted [ISDPA] Call for Papers - Sports in Africa to ICGC Blog
Friends and Colleagues, Here is the call for papers for the 8th Sports in Africa Conference. This year conference is early April and incorporates the Global South. If you have any question, suggestion or comment please send me an email...
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Posted Privately-Funded Fellowship Competitions for 2012-13 to ICGC Blog
October 10, 2011 TO: Directors of Graduate Studies Assistants to the Directors of Graduate Studies FROM: Alison Skoberg, Associate Director, Graduate Fellowship Office RE: Announcement of Privately-Funded Fellowship Competitions for 2012-13 I am pleased to announce the privately-funded fellowship competitions...
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Posted CGES speaker Glenn Penny on "German Responses to the 'American Genocide,'" Tuesday 10/11, noon-1:15 to ICGC Blog
The DAAD Center for German & European Studies and the departments of History, Anthropology, and GSD cordially invite faculty and students to a presentation by historian Glenn Penny (U of Iowa) on the complex relationship between Germans and Native Americans....
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Posted "From the Frying-Pan to the Floodplain: Negotiating Land and Water in Chennai's Development" to ICGC Blog
GEOGRAPHY COFFEE HOUR, CO-HOSTED WITH AND ORGANIZED BY THE QUADRANT PROGRAM'S GLOBAL CULTURES GROUP - FRI. 14 OCTOBER 2011 - JSA Rm (Blegen 445), Coffee & Cookies 3:15 pm, Talk 3:30 pm "From the Frying-Pan to the Floodplain: Negotiating Land...
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Posted GSPP Colloquium Reminder- October 14th! to ICGC Blog
The Gender, Sexuality, Power, and Politics Colloquium will kick-off its inaugural season Friday, October 14th, 12:15pm in 319 Coffman Memorial Union. The Colloquium is an exciting collaborative initiative of the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies and Political Science Departments. It...
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Posted Lecture with Fábio Durão, "Back to Adorno and the Interpretation of Culture," Tues. Oct. 11 - Univ. of MN to ICGC Blog
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies is pleased to present Fábio Durão "Back to Adorno and the Interpretation of Culture" Tuesday, October 11, 2011 3:30-5:00 p.m., 12 Folwell Hall Fabio Akcelrud Durão is Professor of Critical and Literary Theory...
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Posted Global REM Events in October to ICGC Blog
October 17--5 p.m., 135 Nolte Center for Continuing Education, 315 Pillsbury Drive SE, Julia Clancy-Smith, University of Arizona, "Muslim Princes and Catholic Sisters: Missionaries as Migrants in 19th-Century North Africa." Co-sponsored by Institute for Advanced Study. October 18--12-1:30 p.m., 308...
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Posted Ye Olde Workshoppe announcement - Friday, Oct. 7 @ 10 a.m. to ICGC Blog
The Medieval and Early Modern Interdisciplinary Graduate Workshop (ie Ye Olde Workshoppe) eagerly announces its inaugural meeting for the 2011-12 school year. This Friday at 10am in Heller 1024 we will be discussing Katie Sisneros's (English) dissertation chapter "Tories and...
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Posted REMINDER: Seed Award Deadline October 10 to ICGC Blog
Graduate and Professional SEED Awards The Graduate and Professional Scholarly Excellence in Equity and Diversity (SEED) Awards honor graduate and professional students at the University of Minnesota whose research and scholarly interest are focused on issues of equity, diversity, and/or...
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Posted Subscription process to UThink Developer's Corner
Hello. As people subscribe to my blog, they receive the following information in an email: ...so please click the following link to activate your subscription immediately: http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailconfirm?k=Pv3u-JKp172EaC-ii3iCSJz1ssU (If the link above does not appear clickable or does not open a...
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Posted Challenges of Race for the Cuban Revolution: The Perspectives of Two Afro-Cubans to ICGC Blog
Saturday, June 25, 2011 1:00 p.m. Pillsbury House 3501 Chicago Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55407 Free Scholar Esteban Morales is Professor of Political Econ-omy, University of Havana and Cuba's leading authority on race; his most recent book, La Problemática Racial...
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Posted UWC receives landmark donation of African Studies material to ICGC Blog
On Friday 13 May towards 4pm, a large truck arrived at the back entrance of the UWC Main Library. It was bearing 60 boxes of books - boxes marked "Books for Africa". The marking on the boxes is significant as...
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Posted Beyond Peacocks & Paisleys: Handmade Textiles of India and its Neighbors to ICGC Blog
Please note that this Friday the exhibition of textiles from Don Johnson's collection opens at the Goldstein Museum. Beyond Peacocks & Paisleys: Handmade Textiles of India and its Neighbors June 11 - September 25, 2011 Opening Reception: June 10, 2011,...
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Posted Ada Comstock Distinguished Women Scholar for Fall 2011 is Professor Sally Gregory Kohlstedt! to ICGC Blog
The Women's Center, Office of Academic Affairs, the Graduate School, and University Libraries are pleased to announce that *Professor Sally Gregory Kohlstedt from the Program of History of Science of Technology* has been selected as the Ada Comstock Distinguished Women...
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Posted Islam and the West: A Conversation with Islamic Scholar and Former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Badawi to ICGC Blog
Monday, May 23rd, 2011 4:00-5:15 p.m. Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School of Public Affairs 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2003-2009. As Prime Minister, Tun Abdullah Badawi introduced the concept of Islam...
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Posted Getting to Majority Rule in Presidential Elections to ICGC Blog
Monday, May 16th, 2011 12-1:15 p.m. Humphrey Forum, Humphrey School of Public Affairs 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis American presidents are elected by winning a majority in the Electoral College and not by winning majorities. This has produced presidents who...
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Posted Political Theory Colloquium - (4/29); Banu Bargu (New School) to ICGC Blog
Please join as at the Political Theory Colloquium this Friday (4/29), for a talk by Banu Bargu (Assistant Professor of Political Science, New School), followed by a discussion. Professor Bargu will present her work "From the Margins: Materialism of the...
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