May 06, 2008
I. CSRPC Events
CSRPC Lectureships in Race and Ethnic Studies
Teaching Internships for Colonizations
Beyond Choice: Exploring Reproductive Justice from Scholarship to Activism
II. Other On-Campus Events
Community Revitalization without Gentrification
Nawal El Saadawi /Unveiling the Mind About Arabs and Islam
Beatriz Sarlo/ Memory and Social Change: The Case of Buenos Aires
Like a Virgin screening at Judd Hall
Humanities in Difficult Circumstances Darfur/Sudan Conference
Golden Age of Mexican Cinema at DOC Films
III. Off-Campus Events
Black Is, Black Ain’t Workshops
Con Safos (With Respect): Contemporary Chicano Art from the Joe A. Diaz Collection
Campaign Trailblazers film screenings at Chicago Freedom School
Arnaldo Roche: Brotherhood / Hermandad
The Ballad of Emmett Till
East Meets the Rest: Tatsu Aoki’s Miyumi Project
OMSA Partnership for Refugee Rights Events
Decolonizing the Nation, (Re) Imagining the City
Kenan Heise at Blackstone Library
Kuumba Lynx Spring show at Steppenwolf
Reinventing Race, Reinventing Racism
IV. Call for Papers
African Intellectuals and Decolonization
Round Table on African American Education
V. Job, Fellowship, and Grant Opportunities
CSRPC Lectureships in Race and Ethnic Studies
Chicago Freedom School Fellowships
University of Illinois at Chicago Instructor for African American Literature
The United States Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG)
Bethel-Imani Children's Defense Fund Freedom School Servant-Leader Internship
Chicago Freedom School Summer Staff Position
University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies Annual Grants and Fellowships
I. CSRPC EVENTS
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CSRPC LECTURESHIPS IN RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES
Call for proposals for 2008-09 courses
The College and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture will sponsor a number of undergraduate courses for academic year 2008-09 on topics related to race and ethnic studies. Courses in any related topic or thematic may be proposed. The Center is especially interested in courses that posit race and processes of racialization in comparative and transnational frameworks; highlight the intersection of race and ethnicity with other identities (gender, class, sexuality and nationality); and/or interrogate social and identity cleavages within racialized communities.
Advanced graduate students in any discipline at the University of Chicago are encouraged to apply with a proposal for a course. Applications should include:
€ Course description
€ Proposed syllabus
€ Curriculum Vitae
€ Course evaluations from previous teaching experience, if any
€ One letter of recommendation from a faculty advisor
Applications should be sent or delivered to Theresa Mah, Assistant Director
for Curriculum and Learning, CSRPC, 5733 S. University, Room 206, Chicago,
IL 60637.
DEADLINE: Applications must be received by 5:00 pm Wednesday, April 30,
2008.
FAXED OR EMAILED APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
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TEACHING INTERNSHIPS FOR COLONIZATIONS, 2008-09
Teaching internships are available for ³Colonizations,² a three-quarter sequence offered in the College Civilizations Core curriculum (see course description below). Teaching interns will assist faculty with various aspects of instruction as preparation for teaching their own section in the year(s) following. Six positions are available during the 2008-2009 academic year: two in Colonizations I in the fall; two in Colonizations I and one in Colonizations II in winter; and one in Colonizations III during spring quarter.
Qualifications: Graduate students in good standing who have finished their
course work, from any of the departments in Humanities and Social Sciences.
To apply: Send letter of interest, c.v., and one letter of recommendation
from a member of the faculty. State preference, if any, for section (Col. I,
II, or III) and quarter you can or wish to work.
DEADLINE: Application materials must be received by 5:00 pm on Friday, April
25, 2008.
DO NOT FAX OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS. FAXED OR EMAILED APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Send or deliver applications to:
Theresa Mah
CSRPC
5733 S. University, room 206
Chicago, IL 60637
Course description:
CRPC 24001-24002-24003. Colonizations I, II, III. (=HIST 18301-18302-18303,
ANTH/SOSC 24001-24002-24003) Colonizations I, II, III must be taken in
sequence. Two quarters (Col I and II) meet the general education requirement
in civilization studies. This three-quarter sequence approaches the concept
of "civilization" from an emphasis on cross-cultural/societal connection and
exchange. We explore the dynamics of conquest, slavery, colonialism, and
their reciprocal relationships with concepts such as resistance, freedom,
and independence, with an eye toward understanding their interlocking role
in the making of the modern world. Themes of slavery, colonization, and the
making of the Atlantic world are covered in the first quarter. Modern
European and Japanese colonialism in Asia and the Pacific is the theme of
the second quarter. The third quarter considers the processes and
consequences of decolonization both in the newly independent nations and the
former colonial powers.
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The Section of Family Planning and Contraceptive Research at the University of Chicago presents its
3rd Annual Commemorative Roe vs. Wade Event:
BEYOND CHOICE: EXPLORING REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FROM SCHOLARSHIP TO ACTIVISM
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Assembly Hall, International House
University of Chicago
Speakers Include:
Dorothy Roberts, Professor of Law, Northwestern University
Toni Bond, Co-founder and CEO of African-American Women Evolving
Gaylon Alcaraz, Executive Director of the Chicago Abortion Fund
Lisa Harris, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan
Christine Stansell, Professor of United States History, University of Chicago
Lorie Chaiten, Director of the ACLU Reproductive Rights Project
Faith Pennick, Filmmaker, Silent Choices
Cassing Hammond, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University
Elena Gutirez, Assistant Professor in Gender and Women's Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
Event Co-Sponsored by CSRPC
II. OTHER ON-CAMPUS EVENTS
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COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION WITHOUT GENTRIFICATION
As Chicago’s neighborhoods undergo dramatic redevelopment, the debate goes on:
Does urban revitalization always lead to displacement of long-time residents?
Do we all mean the same thing when we talk about “gentrification?”
Join us for a solutions-centered Symposium hosted by SSA’s McCormick Tribune Fellows:
Wednesday, May 7th , 2008
5:30- 9:00 pm
School of Social Service Administration
969 East 60th Street
Remarks by SSA Faculty William Sites & Virginia Parks
Discussion Sessions and Community Case Studies with expert resource people and community stakeholders on:
Gentrification & Education
Community Organizations’ Roles in Local Development
Social Services: Developing People to Develop Communities
City & Government Interventions
Registration opens at 5 pm. Symposium begins at 5:30 pm
Arrive early to sign in and view an exhibit on Chicago’s Changing Neighborhoods.
Please RSVP by May 1st to: hmay@uchicago.edu
(A buffet dinner will be served.)
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NAWAL EL SAADAWI
"Unveiling the Mind About Arabs and Islam"
May 8, 2008
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Social Sciences Research 122
Carl Nash
773.702.7423
Egyptian feminist novelist, essayist and psychiatrist, Nawal El Saadawi
has published controversial works credited with extending the boundaries
of the Arab novel. Her themes focus on the oppression of women in Islam,
paying particular attention to the practice of female genital mutilation
in her society. Dr. El Saadawi is the founder and president of the Arab
Women's Solidarity Association and the co-founder of the Arab
Association for Human rights. (Reception to precede lecture)
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BEATRIZ SARLO
Spring Tinker Visiting Professor
Memory and Social Change: The Case of Buenos Aires
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
6:00 pm
Classics 10
1010 East 59th Street
Beatriz Sarlo is a major figure in contemporary Latin America literary criticism and theory, and one of the most acute analysts of twentieth-century Argentinean culture. During the period of military dictatorship, Professor Sarlo was one of the most significant public intellectuals in Argentina. She is Founder, Editor and current Director of the influential journal /Punto de Vista/, one of the main forums for the defense of public culture during the Junta years and key to the political debates that took place during the transition to democracy. Professor Sarlo was a pioneer in developing the sociological approaches to the study of Latin American literature that have proved richly productive for generations of critics since the early 1980s, and one of the main contributors to the development of a theoretical framework concerned with the specific dynamics of Latin American cultural modernity and post-modernity. In recent years, Professor Sarlo has shifted her attention to issues of historical memory and the post-dictatorial cultural imagination.
Event free and Open to the Public
For more information, please contact CLAS at: 773-702-8420 or at clas@uchicago.edu
Persons with disabilities may request assistance in advance by calling the Center for Latin American Studies at: 773-702-8420
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FREE Movie Screening
LIKE A VIRGIN
Friday May 16,
12:40pm
Judd Hall, Room 302
5835 S. Kimbark
Join the Center for East Asian Studies for the screening of “Like a Virgin,” a 2006 release from South Korea. Chubby high school student and Madonna-devotee Oh Dong-ku believes himself to be a woman trapped in a man's body. Living with his abusive, alcoholic father, Dong-ku works part-time and saves his money for the sex change surgery he craves. Despite being told that he has the perfect physique for ssireum < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssireum > (Korean wrestling), Dong-ku has no interest in taking up sports, but when he finds out about an upcoming wrestling tournament with a large cash prize going to the winner, he changes his mind and signs up for the team.
The screening is free and open to all UC students, staff, and faculty. Viewers are encouraged to bring their lunch to enjoy while watching on our big screen TV.
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The Humanities in Difficult Circumstances
A conference featuring faculty from
Darfur/Sudan Clemente Course in the Humanities
join us for a unique opportunity to learn about the conditions of cultural life in Darfur/Sudan!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
1:30 4:30pm
Franke Institute for the Humanities,
University of Chicago Regenstein Library S102,
1100 E. 57th St.
Please join us for a unique opportunity to learn about the conditions of cultural life in Darfur/Sudan from some of the leading representatives of the humanities in that region. This conference will feature members of the faculty from the Darfur/Sudan Clemente Course in the Humanities, which is offering free humanities courses to persons displaced by the conflict in Darfur. These distinguished guests will engage in a dialogue about the role of the humanities in difficult circumstances with members of the faculty teaching in the Clemente Course/Odyssey Project on the south side of Chicago. Members of the University community and the larger south side community are encouraged to join the conversation!
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Bart Schultz at rschultz@uchicago.edu
< mailto:rschultz@uchicago.edu <mailto:rschultz@uchicago.edu> > or 773/834-3929.
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GOLDEN AGE OF MEXICAN CINEMA AT DOC FILMS
Thursday evenings at 7:00 from April 3 to June 5, DOC brings Mexican cinema of the 1930s and ‘40s to the big screen. The films range from expressionistic, religiously-tinged horror movies to Soviet-influenced art films and many other treats. None have been screened in Chicago before all of Doc’s prints will be imported from the Cineteca Nacional in Mexico City. The series is sponsored by the Mexican Consulate at Chicago, the Katz Center for Mexican Studies, and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago.
For more details about the calendar, please visit: http://docfilms.uchicago.edu/calendar/thursday1.shtml or refer to the attached document
WHERE:
Max Palevsky Cinema in Ida Noyes Hall
1212 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637The
Tel: (773) 702 8574
Doc Website: docfilms.uchicago.edu
III. OFF CAMPUS EVENTS
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The National Museum of Mexican Art presents:
CON SAFOS (With Respect)
Contemporary Chicano Art from
THE JOE A. DIAZ COLLECTION
Main Gallery
March 20 June 15, 2008
1852 W. 19th Street
Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 20, 2008 6:00 - 8:30 pm
For more information, please call 312-738-1503
Considered the largest private collection of contemporary Chicano art in the nation, the paintings, installations, sculptures, and photographs selected for the Con Safos (With Respect) exhibition were created over the last four decades in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Among the artists in this exhibition are Connie Arismendi, Gloria Osuna Perez, Alejandro Díaz, Ana Laura de la Garza, John Hernández, Benito Huerta, Luis Jiménez, Cesar Martínez, Chuck Ramirez, Alex Rubio, John Valadez, Vincent Valdez, Alfred J. Quiroz and Kathy Vargas. The participating artists represent the scope of Mexican-American art from the Chicano Movement of the late 60s, through the present.
This collection has been displayed in previous exhibitions in California, New Mexico and Texas and debuts for the first time in Chicago. Join us for the free opening on Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 6 pm to 8:30 pm for a chance to meet some of the participating artists.
To view the brochure, please visit http://nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/pages/consafos.html .
Free Public Tours:
Saturday, March 29, April 26, & May 24, 2008
12 pm English, 1 pm Spanish
FREE
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BLACK IS, BLACK AIN’T
April 20 June 08, 2008
Terry Adkins | Edgar Arceneaux | Elizabeth Axtman | Jonathan Calm | Paul D'Amato | Deborah Grant | Todd Gray | Shannon Jackson | Thomas Johnson | Jason Lazarus | David Levinthal | Glenn Ligon | David McKenzie | Rodney McMillian | Jerome Mosley | Virginia Nimarkoh | Demetrius Oliver | Sze Lin Pang | Carl Pope | William Pope.L | Robert A. Pruitt | Randy Regier | Daniel Roth | Joanna Rytel | Andres Serrano | Hank Willis Thomas | Mickalene Thomas
Taking its title from Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, this exhibition will explore a shift in the rhetoric of race from an earlier emphasis on inclusion to a present moment where racial identity is being simultaneously rejected and retained. The exhibition will bring together works by 26 black and non-black artists whose work together examines a moment where the cultural production of so-called “blackness” is concurrent with efforts to make race socially and politically irrelevant.
http://www.renaissancesociety.org/site/Exhibitions/Intro.595.0.0.0.0.html
<http://www.renaissancesociety.org/site/Exhibitions/Intro.595.0.0.0.0.html> All Related Events are co-sponsored with The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at The University of Chicago.
Sunday, April 20, 4pm
Opening Reception
Location: The Renaissance Society
Admission: free
There will be a talk with the artists, moderated by exhibition curator Hamza Walker, from 5 - 6 pm.
Saturday, April 26, 5pm
Conversation
Frank Sirmans and Hamza Walker
Location: The Renaissance Society
Admission: free
Race is ever-shifting terrain, as is the landscape of contemporary art. Combine the two and who knows where the discussion will go. Find out as Art Chicago and The Renaissance Society co-host a conversation between two dynamic curatorial voices.
Frank Sirmans is Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Menil Collection, Houston. Hamza Walker is Associate Curator and Director of Education at The Renaissance Society, and curator of this exhibition.
This event will take place in Kent Hall room 120. Kent Hall, 1020 E. 58th St., is on the main quadrangle of the University. FREE
Tuesday, May 6, 6pm
Lecture
Race: Effects and Intents
Jeffrey Grogger
Location: Swift Hall, Room 106, University of Chicago
Admission: free
In the social sciences race is a statistical entity inextricably linked to studies in poverty. Grogger’s work on welfare reform, immigration, crime, and racial profiling gives him a very complex picture of the forces which produce race in effects often removed from discrimination.
Jeffrey Grogger is the Irving Harris Professor in Urban Policy in the Harris School of Public Policy, The University of Chicago
This event will take place in Swift Hall, Room 106. Swift is the building directly east of Cobb Hall. FREE
Friday May 16, 6 pm
Panel Discussion
Roots Revival
Saidiya Hartman, Rick Kittle, moderated by Hamza Walker
Location: The Renaissance Society
Admission: free
To describe scholarship in African-American studies as robust is an understatement. Coming from diverse fields, these two outstanding scholars will give voice to the current vogue of African-American genealogical research from a scientific and a humanist perspective.
Saidiya Hartman, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, is most recently the author of Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route (2007). Rick Kittles, Associate Professor of Medicine at The University of Chicago, is founder of African Ancestry, Inc., the first business venture to offer dna-based genealogical mapping.
This event will take place in Swift Hall, Room 310 (3rd floor lecture hall). Swift is the building directly east of Cobb Hall. FREE
Sunday, May 18, 2pm
Poetry Reading
Tyehimba Jess
Location: Little Black Pearl, 1060 E. 47ths St.
Admission: free
Jess Tyehimba cut his teeth on the slam circuit, a mark he wears proudly. On the page, leadbelly, his first book, is daunting; spoken it is a tour de force. leadbelly (Verse Press, 2005), is a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series. Tyehimba also won the 2001 Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Poetry Award, an Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship in Poetry for 20002001, and the 2001 Chicago Sun-Times Poetry Award.
Tyehimba is Associate Professor of Creative Writing, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
This event will take place at: Little Black Pearl 1060 E. 47th St. (47th and Greenwood) Co-sponsored with The Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center. FREE
Wednesday 21, 6pm
Lecture
The Black Eclectic...Revisited
Travis Jackson
Location: The Renaissance Society
Admission: free
This talk is an examination of the contradictory relationship a selection of black musicians have had with the recording industry, the media, and audiences as their creative choices have gone against an unconscious conflation of racial, ethnic and class categories with musical styles and genres.
Travis Jackson is Associate Professor, Music and the Humanities, The University of Chicago.
This event will take place in Cobb Hall,
Room 403, down the hall from the gallery.
FREE
Thursday, May 29, 8pm
Staged Reading
Orenthal Maarten van Hinte, writer, Ron Parsons, director
Location: Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone
Admission: free
Orenthal, a one act, one man play, portrays the rise and fall of O.J, an All-American superstar, versus Shakespeare’s Othello. It’s a monologue with cuts and scratches back and forth between Shakespeare, mainstream USA, and the streets that feed America’s dreams and nightmares.
Orenthal is written by Maarten van Hinte and directed by Ron Parson, artist in residence at Court Theater. FREE
Sunday, June 1, 2pm
Panel Discussion
Post Black: There and Back Again
Darby English, Kerry James Marshall, Kym Pinder, and Greg Foster Rice
Location: Kent Hall, Room 120, University of Chicago
Admission: free
Never mind transcending race, will we ever get beyond “post-black?” That is the question. Featuring a local roster of art historians and artist laureate Kerry James Marshall this panel will feature a series of presentations, each a distinct take.
Darby English, art historian, The University of Chicago Kerry James Marshall, artist Kym Pinder, art historian, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Greg Foster Rice, art historian, Columbia College
This event is co-sponsored with the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, Columbia College Chicago.
This event will take place in Kent Hall, Room 120. Kent Hall, 1020 E. 58th St., is on the main quadrangle of the University. FREE
Thursday, June 5, 6pm
Lecture
An all new CHA?
Janet Smith
Location: The Renaissance Society
Admission: free
The most significant transformation to Chicago’s skyline has been the dismantling of the federal housing projects. Smith has conducted a process study of relocating Chicago Housing Authority tenants. She will discuss both the internal and external dynamics of the CHA as it has undergone extensive overhauling within the past decade.
Janet Smith is Associate Professor, Urban Planning and Policy Program, The University of Illinois at Chicago
This event will take place in Cobb Hall, Room 403, down the hall from the gallery. FREE
Sunday, June 8,
2pm
Lecture
From the Moynihan Report to Obama's Candidacy
Camille Charles and Lawrence Bobo
Location: Swift Hall, Room 310, University of Chicago
Admission: free
Any discussion of race inevitably ends with a glass-half-full-or-half-empty type of question. This sweeping summary, a fitting close to the exhibition, will be delivered by two of the most lauded scholars in their field.
Camille Charles is Associate Professor of Sociology, Faculty Associate Director, Center for Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania. Lawrence Bobo is W.E.B. Dubois Professor of Sociology at Harvard.
This event is cosponsored with the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, Columbia College Chicago.
This event will take place in Swift Hall, Room 310 (3rd floor lecture hall). Swift is the building directly east of Cobb Hall. FREE
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CHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOL
LIVING HISTORY FILMS PRESENTS…
CAMPAIGN TRAILBLAZERS
Shirley Chisholm
The first African-American woman elected to Congress and the first black person and woman to run a serious, high-profile campaign in the U.S. presidential primary.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
5:30-7:00 pm
Film Screening:
“Shirley Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed”
7:00-8:00 pm
Discussion with youth and adults
Harvey Milk
The first openly gay member of San Francisco’s city council; ran a successful grassroots campaign, but his term in office comes to a tragic end.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
5:30-7:00 pm
Film Screening: “The Times of Harvey Milk”
7:00-8:00 pm
Discussion with youth and adults
Chicago Freedom School Center for Social Change
719 S. State St., Ste. 3N
Refreshments Served
RSVP: rsvp@chicagofreedomschool.org
312.435.1201
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ARNALDO ROCHE: BROTHERHOOD/ HERMNADAD
April 26 - June 22, 2008
Chicago Cultural Center, Exhibit Hall
78 E. Washington Street
FREE
Opening Reception is Friday, April 25, 2008, 6pm to 8pm.
For more information, please call 312-744-6630 or visit www.chicagoculturalcenter.org
<http://www.chicagoculturalcenter.org> Arnaldo Roche is the pre-eminent expressionist painter in Puerto Rico. His vibrant and impassioned canvases, usually realized on a very large scale, are created by using live models and a wide range of objects for his typically frottage technique of rubbing shapes as a starting point for most of his pictures. This exhibition of approximately 20 works is Roche's first major solo exhibition in Chicago since an early survey of his drawings and paintings was presented at the Chicago Cultural Center in 1987. In the past two decades, Roche has achieved increasing prominence and has had major group exhibitions around the United States, as well as solo exhibitions and monographic catalogs in Puerto Rico and Mexico. Organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, Chicago, and the National Museum of Mexican Art.
Conversation with Arnaldo Roche
Date: Saturday, April 26, 2 pm
Location: Chicago Cultural Center, Exhibit Hall
Robert Hobbs, a New York based curator, writer and featured essayist in the Arnaldo Roche catalog, will guide visitors through the exhibition Arnaldo Roche: Brotherhood / Hermandad as he interviews the artist and discusses his work.
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THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL
By IFA BAYEZA
Directed by OZ SCOTT
World Premiere
April 26, 2008
The shocking story of Emmett Till is believed by many to be the start of the modern civil rights movement of the 1950s and remains one of the most pivotal incidents in a monumental era. This world premiere, part history and part ghost story, is a jazz integration of past and present, the living and dead, factual accounts and creative interpolation. Chicago author Ifa Bayeza captures the powerful truths at the heart of the story, creating a soaring work of music, vibrant poetry and theatricality.
Tickets on Sale Now!
The Goodman Theatre, GoodmanTheatre.org, 312.443.3800
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Steppenwolf Traffic presents…
East Meets the Rest:
TATSU AOKI’S MIYUMI PROJECT
May 9, 2008
7:30 pm
Downstairs Theatre
Experience the Miyumi Project’s avant-garde jaxx fused with traditional taiko drumming in an energetic musical performance by Tatsu Aoki and his featured ensemble. Celebrating a long history of collaboration between African-American and Asian-American jazz artitsts, the Miyumi Project will showcase the mulit-generational talents of some of Chicago’s leading musicians and youth performers from the Japanese American Service Committee’s drum ensemble in this not to be missed performance!
For tickets call 312.335.1650
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DECOLONIZING THE NATION, (RE) IMAGINING THE CITY”
Indigenous Peoples Mapping New Terrain
Northwestern University
May 8-9, 2008
McCormick Tribune Auditorium
1870 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Thusday, May 9
Panel 1: A Look Toward the East and West: Construction New Conflicts
5 pm
Sinclair Thomson, New York University
Waskari Ari, University of Nebraska
Michelle Bigenho, Hampshire College
Robert Albro, George Washington University
Discussant: Andrew Orta, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaing
Welcome Reception
Friday, May 9, 2008
Panel 2: Territorializing Rights: Natural Resources, Politics of Race and Place
9 am
Bret Gustafson, Washington University
Joshua Kirshner, Cornell University
Douglass Hertzler, Eastern Mennonite University
Nicole Fabricant, Northwestern University
Discussant: Daniel Goldstein, Rutgers University
Panel 3: Neighborhood Organizations and Horizontal Politics in the Evo Era
1:30 pm
Carlos Javier Revilla, UNITAS, Universidad de San Andres
Juan Arbona, Bryn Mawr University
Kathryn Hicks, Northwestern University
Julieta Paredes, Jujeres Creando
Discussant: Stephan Scott, University of Chicago
Panel 4: The Aesthetics of Mestizaje: Ambivalence, Hybridity, and Anarchy in Bolivian Material Culture
4:15 pm
Tara Daly, University of California, Berkley
Estelle Tarica, University of California, Berkely
Elizabeth Monasterios, University of Pittsburgh
Raquel, Alfaro, University of Pittsburgh
Discussant: Jorge Coranado, Northwestern University
This conference is supported by the Buffet Center for International and Comparative Studies, the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, The Graduate School, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
This Program is open to the public. For logistical details on driving directions and parking, visit http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/lacs/conference
<http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/lacs/conference> For more information, email mappingbolivia@northwestern.edu
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Partnership for the Advancement of Refugee Rights invites you to…
SERIES 1- "WHO" are refugees?
COME AND SHARE THE VOICE AND STORIES OF KEYNOTE SPEAKERS,
THE LOST BOYS OF SUDAN
Monday, May 12, 2008 @ 6 PM
OMSA Community Lounge
5710 S. Woodlawn Ave
FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED!
SERIES 2 - "WHERE" are refugees?
Come and experience firsthand the lives and livelihoods of global refugees.
ATTEND A SCREENING OF the GROUNDBREAKING DOCUMENTARY
"KARTEMQUIN"
A story about three refugee families and their experiences
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 @ 6 PM
OMSA Community Lounge
5710 S. Woodlawn Ave
FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED!
SERIES 3 - "CHANGE": TOGETHER, ONE STEP FORWARD
Why Should You Care? Why Now? How?
JOIN a PANEL OF EXPERTS who can help answer questions that address refugee rights, refugees and citizenship, displacement and current relief efforts
FEATURING:
Susan Gzesh, Director of Human Rights Program
Sara Daniels, Marjorie Kovler Center for the Treatment of Survivors of Torture
Shana Wills, Director of the Department of Refugee Resettlement, Heartland Alliance
Jessica Darrow, SSA AM/PhD Candidate - worked in refugee camps in Rwanda
Kumneger Emiru, UC Fourth Year - Interned at Heartland Alliance
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 @ 6 PM
OMSA Community Lounge
5710 S. Woodlawn Ave
FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED!
For more information or questions, please contact aruj@uchicago.edu OR tgurmu@uchicago.edu
CO-SPONSORED BY ACSA, FEMINIST MAJORITY, and STAND
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Friends of Blackstone Presents…
"Voices From Home: Local Authors Speak"
Featuring
KENAN HEISE
Thursday,May 22, 2007
7 pm
Blackstone Branch Library
4904 S. Lake Park Ave.
Our guest will be author Kenan Heise, author ofChicago Afternoons with Leon: 99-1/2 Years Old and Looking Forward with the subject of his book, former fifth ward alderman Leon M. Despres. They will share Despres’ views on Chicago, his thoughts on politics today and his intimate memories of Blackstone Library.
Kenan Heise was a journalist for more than thirty years at the Chicago Tribune. He has written several books about Chicago including contributing to Despres’ memoir, Challenging the Daley Machine: A Chicago Alderman's Memoir(1995). Leon M. Despres served as the alderman of Hyde Park from 1955-1975.
Join us for this informative discussion. A flyer is attached.
“Voices From Home: Local Authors Speak” is presented by Friends of Blackstone Branch Library. The series features authors from the Hyde Park community
Friends of the Blackstone Library is a community group dedicated to supporting the Blackstone Branch Library through advocacy and volunteerism.
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KUUMBA LYNX SPRING SHOW @ STEPPENWOLF
Educatin Energy! Is a fierce Hip-Hop Theatre production fusing literary and performance art explore the tools of oppression that keep us divided such as violence, patriarchy, and racisms. Presented by the 2008 Kuumba Lynx Performance Ensemble (KLPE) Educatin Energy! Intertwines personal narrative and social commentary, while urban griots Lil Bit, Baby Boo & Paw Paw Survive journey the audience through emotional portraits of today’s youth. Coupled with spoken word, astonishing street art and dance, this dynamic presentation of unyielding spirit seeks to resolve conflicts by equipping young people with knowledge of self, through history and contemporary culture.
Steppenwolf Theatre
Thursday may 22nd
10am & 7pm
The Kuumba Lynx Performance Ensemble (KLPE) is a selected group of intergenerational young and seasoned artists from various backgrounds that produce and present original Hip-Hop Theater work. Combining their love of performance art and commitment to social justice, KLPE has been bridging youth communities since 1996. Educatin Energy features the KL slam team, winners of “Louder Than A Bomb Teen Poetry Slam”, the largest poetry festival of its kind.
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The Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy & Institute of
Government and Public Affairs
REINVENTING RACE, REINVENTING RACISM:
The 40th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission
Thursday, June 5th
Panel,
“Forty Years Later: Race and Racism After the ‘68 Kerner Commission”
6 p.m. Location to be confirmed shortly.
RSVP required.
Friday, June 6th:
Forum
“Reinventing Race, Reinventing Racism”
8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
School of Public Health, University of Illinois,
1603 West Taylor.
RSVP highly recommended.
Luncheon Speaker:
Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
“The Sweet Enchantment of Color Blindness in Contemporary America: Is
Racial Inequality Likely to Decrease in Obamerica?”
Closing Plenary: “Priorities for a New Race Agenda” 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Please RSVP at irrppga08@yahoo.com or call (312) 996-6339 with questions.
We hope to see you there!
IV. CALL FOR PAPERS
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AFRICAN INTELLECTUALS AND DECOLONIZATION
This conference is the second in a series of academic conferences at Ohio University centered on the theme ?Perspectives on AfricanDecolonization,and focuses on African Intellectuals and Decolonization. In1958, Guinea, underAhmed Sekou Toure, chose political independence over continued associationwith France. The All-African Peoples Convention hosted by Kwame Nkrumah inGhana in the same year highlighted the links between and among Africansand peoples of African descent in the Diaspora. 2008 is also the sixtiethanniversary of the founding of the seminal journal Presence Africaine byAlioune Diop. Focusing on African intellectuals and decolonization willallow for an interrogation of all three concepts as well as an opportunityto examine the roles intellectuals have played and continue to play in contemporary African efforts at liberation from economic neo-colonialism.
Additionally, this conference will provide an opportunity to highlight thecutting edge work of contemporary African philosophers, the heritors ofthe intellectual traditions established by the generations who fought forthe liberation of Africa. The works of these scholars who are developingsystems of thought rooted in African vernacular concepts will havesignificant implications for the Arts and Humanities and interpretations thereof as well as the (Westernized) Academy more broadly.
Featured speakers include:
Oyeronke Oyewumi
Department of Sociology
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Elizabeth Schmidt
Department of History
Loyola College in Baltimore
Tsenay Serequeberhan
Department of Philosophy
Morgan State University
Conference planners invite the submission of abstracts for papers and panels
from scholars and graduate students in any academic discipline. Presentations that are interdisciplinary and/or transnational in scopewill be particularly welcome. Abstracts for individual papers should be250-300 words and accompanied by a brief CV (no more than two pages). Panel proposals should include abstracts and CVs for each presenter as
well as a 250-500 word overview of the panel.
Topics for discussion include but by no means are limited to:
Who is African?
Who is an intellectual?
What do we mean by decolonization?
Colonialism and decolonization in Africa
Neocolonialism and (neo)decolonization in Africa
Women and decolonization in Africa
Decolonizing the (Westernized) Academy
African philosophies and decolonization
African indigenous knowledge systems and decolonization
The Arts and African decolonization
African literatures and decolonization
The Sciences and decolonization in Africa
Conservation of natural resources in Africa and decolonization
As the conference will be held in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of
Guinea’s independence on October 2, 2008 we will particularly welcome
panels and papers concerning Ahmed Sekou Toure, Guinea, and
decolonization.
Selected papers will be published in an edited collection of essays to
commemorate these significant moments in African history and to reflect
upon the legacies of fifty years of ?independence? in Africa.
Please submit paper and panel proposals to: Acacia Nikoi, nikoi@ohio.edu
The deadline for submission of proposals is May 30, 2008. Limited travel
funding is available for graduate students. Please apply for a travel
stipend on the conference registration page by May 30.
A block of rooms is being held at the Ohio University Inn & Conference
Center, which offers complimentary parking, complimentary hi-speed
wireless internet, 24-hour business and fitness centers, Cutler?s
Restaurant, and Bunch of Grapes Tavern. The OUInn is less than five
minutes from the conference venue at the Baker University Center. The
special conference rate is $99.95 per room, per night plus applicable
taxes (currently 12.75%). Reservations may be made via the conference
registration page or by calling the hotel directly at (740) 593-6661
or accessing the link below.
https://reservations.ihotelier.com/crs/g_reservation.cfm?groupID=75492&hotelID=4598
<https://reservations.ihotelier.com/crs/g_reservation.cfm?groupID=75492&hotelID=4598> For additional information about The Inn, please visit their website at
www.ouinn.com <http://www.ouinn.com> .
For further information on the conference, please contact Dr. Nicholas
Creary,Department of History, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701,
creary@ohio.edu, 740-593-4334.
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The Institute for the Study of the African American Child (ISAAC)
ROUND TABLE ON AFRICAN AMERICAN EDUCATION
The Situation, The Solution, The Strategy
This meeting will combine the features of a lecture series, roundtable discussion and working conference. Come to hear some of the most creative thinkers in the African American community outline the situation that prevents African American children from reaching their potential. Come to contribute to the strategy for creating a solution. There will be opportunities for audience dialogue and meetings of Action Groups to design a plan for change.
Speakers:
Dr. V.P. Franklin, Presidential Professor, University of California Riverside, Editor Journal of African American History
Dr. William H. Watkins, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. James C. Young, Professor, Clark Atlanta University
Dr. Carol Brunson Day, President & CEO National Black Child Development Institute
Dr. Carol D. Lee, Professor, Northwestern University
Dr. Leslie Fenwick, Dean School of Education Howard University
July 19, 2008
8 am-5 pm
Wayne State University
McGregor Memorial Conference Center
Detroit, Michigan
5 pm- 8pm
Soul Food Jazz Buffet
Featuring Jerry Perry Plus Jazz Combo
On the evening before the conference, on Friday, July 18, 2008, there will be a "Throwdown in Motown," at the Marriott Renaissance Center in Detroit. This will be a fund raiser to benefit ISAAC. Tickets are $75.00 apiece.
Conference and housing registration forms available online at www.coe.wayne.edu/ISSAC <http://www.coe.wayne.edu/ISSAC> . Hotel rooms at the Marriott will be offered for $139 per night plus taxes. Housing on campus is available at The Towers Residential Suites -- a new facility with private bed and bathrooms for $35-$45 per night.
No Jazz Buffet tickets will be sold at the door. For more information, contact Saundra Sumner at ac6642@wayne.edu or 313.577.0991
V. JOB, FELLOWSHIP, AND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
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CHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP
CALLING ALL BUDDING YOUTH ACTIVISTS!!!
Applications for the 2008 Freedom Fellowship are now available!
The Freedom Fellowship is a one-year program that features a six-week summer leadership institute, monthly activism trainings from and support for the development of an action goal plan throughout the year.
The program is open to youth ages 14-16 as of June 1, 2008. Applicants must have completed the 8th grade.
You may download the application from the Chicago Freedom School
Website: www.chicagofreedomschool.org <http://www.chicagofreedomschool.org> . We are also happy to send hard copies to you by mail or fax.
Please contact Hilda Franco with any questions.
Email: hilda@chicagofreedomschool.org
Phone: 312.435.1201
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UIC INSTRUCTOR FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
UIC is looking for graduate students (ABD) who would be interested in adjuncting next fall. The African American studies department at UIC is looking for someone to teach its "Introduction to African American Literature 1760-1910" course and would welcome any qualified applicant. The course is primarily taken by freshman and generally has a maximum enrollment of 25.
For more information contact
Ainsworth A. Clarke
Assistant Professor
African American Studies & English (M/C 069)
University of Illinois at Chicago
email: ac57@uic.edu
Phone: 312-996-4789
Fax: 312-996-5799
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THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP(USPIRG)
Do you think that college should be affordable and accessible for everyone?
Do you want to help America kick its oil habit, and help stop global warming?
Do you want to get more students and young people involved in the elections, and make our democracy work?
Sound like a challenge? Of course it does. Society doesn’t change overnight. But when someone or more to the point, lots of someones speak up and take action, change can happen.
That’s where you come in.
USPIRG is a federation of state-based public interest advocacy groups. This year we are hiring 100 graduating college students to determine where this country is going: to solve our energy problems; to reform the campaign finance system; to safeguard individuals from identity theft; to fight hunger and homelessness; and make an impact on many other public interest issues.
If you are interested in applying, or just want more information, check out our website, and then contact John Brophy at: john@trainings.org.
www.uspirg.org/jobs <http://www.uspirg.org/jobs>
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SERVANT-LEADERSHIP INTERNSHIP
The Bethel-Imani Children's Defense Fund Freedom School (BIFS) program is currently looking for Servant Leader interns for the summer of 2008. The BIFS is located in the Englewood community of Chicago, Il.
We are seeking high energy, highly motivated, hard working college-age students to fill the position. Applicants must have a love of children of all circumstances. They must also be life-long learners, who want to make a difference in the lives of the youth they serve.
If you know of any young people, especially males, who fit these characteristics and may be interested in serving as interns please have them contact Brandon Corley at bcorley15@hotmail.com or 773-412-2695 to receive more information.
Qualifications:
19-30 years of age; One or more years of college or post secondary education with a
grade point average of not less than 2.5; Some experience being around, or working
with young children, and young adults.
Other Specifics:
Solid commitment to children’s advocacy
Enthusiasm for the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools program
Ability to motivate others
Interest in and ability to work as part of an intergenerational team
Strong appreciation and understanding of individual cultural history and the
willingness to be open and respectful of all cultures
Willingness to strive for excellence in all areas
Ability to think critically and analytically
Exhibit behavior and positive attitude; model a mature and professional demeanor
Excellent written and verbal skills
Strong interpersonal skills and commitment to the character, humility and servant
leadership ethics of Ella Baker
Current voter registration
Dependable
Self-starter
Must be available to participate in local and national training, implementation of the Freedom School Program, and local and/or national debriefing sessions (May-Aug.)
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CHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOL
SUMMER STAFF POSITION DESCRIPTION
Instructor
The Chicago Freedom School is seeking Instructors who will design and lead 14-hour courses for youth ages 14 - 16 enrolled in the 2008 Freedom Fellowship Summer Institute. Instructors will be comprised of people who are activists, teachers, community members, and/or professionals interested in working with young people. Instructors will design creative and engaging courses that emphasize the real life experience of young people as well as their achievements, identity, and collective status in the world. People of color, young people, people with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ community are strongly encouraged to apply.
It is important to us that you teach something you are passionate about, and that aligns with the CFS philosophy. Courses should make a strong connection to the CFS mission. Please thoroughly review the CFS mission and guiding principles before applying ( www.chicagofreedomschool.org <http://www.chicagofreedomschool.org> ).
All summer courses should be taught with a popular education approach. CFS defines popular education courses as those designed to raise the consciousness of the youth participants and allow them to become more aware of how their own personal experiences are connected to larger social issues. Participants are empowered to act to effect change on the problems that affect them. It empowers participants and acknowledges that the community is the source of knowledge. This approach should influence your class structure, reading materials, activities and projects. Within this context, we encourage nontraditional and experimental ways of teaching, and are willing to consider different possibilities.
www.chicagofreedomschool.org
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GRADUATE STUDENTS IN EAST ASIAN STUDIES
Announcement of four annual offerings from the Center for East Asian Studies.
(1) Dissertation Writing Fellowship
(2) The PRE-Dissertation Research Travel Grant (previously/sum.research)
(3) The Teaching Fellowship offered by the Committee on Japanese Studies (for all but dissertation graduate students)
(4) The Toyota Centennial Research Assistantship (for advanced graduate students in Japanese studies)
Hard copies of these will be sent to the history department administrators.
For more information please contact the Center for East Asian Studies:
tel: (773) 702-8647
fax: (773) 702-8260
The University of Chicago
Judd Hall 302, 5835 S. Kimbark Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60637-1515
eas@uchicago.edu
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