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John Low To Speak At Notre Dame
On Wednesday, March 16th from 5:00 to 6:00 PM in 108A Riley Hall at University of Notre Dame, John Low will give a reading & discussion from his recently released book…

Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez Wins Award
Ashley Hope Pérez recently won the 2016 Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book Award. Out of Darkness won the distinguished award in the Works for Older Readers Category.
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Lisa Nakamura Visit
Friday, March 25, 2016
Seminar
“Radical Digital Pedagogy and Woman of Color Feminism”
11:00-1:00, Room 110A, Frank W. Hale Jr., Black Cultural Center, 154 W. 12th Ave
Lecture…

Ashley Hope Pérez Interviewed by HuffingtonPost
Recently, Ashley Hope Pérez was interviewed by on the HuffPost Latino Voices Blog. The interview, entitled Black and Brown Bodies in Public Spaces: An Interview with Novelist, Ashley…

MSU Press Releases John Low's "Imprints The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the City of Chicago"
Faculty Member John Low's most recent book was officially released by Michigan State University Press on February 1st, 2016. The title of the book is Imprints The Pokagon Band of…

Cristina Benedetti Receives Democracy Studies Grant
Cristina Benedetti recently received a seed grant from the OSU Democracy Studies Program to help fund her dissertation fieldwork on the logistics of public gatherings on the…

Comparative Studies Undergraduate Colloquium Call for Papers
The Department of Comparative Studies invites its undergraduate majors to present and discuss their work with peers and faculty members in a colloquium, which will be held on Friday April 1, 2016…

Katey Borland elected to the Executive Board of the American Folklore Society
Congratulations to Katey Borland who was recently elected to the Executive Board of the American Folklore Society for a three year term, beginning this spring. The field is very lucky to…

Redbird Books To Prisoners
Recently, Comparative Studies donated a thousand copies of books and zines produced through Redbird Books-to-Prisoners, thanks to our graduate student, Gabriel Piser, who organized and distributed…