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Ruby Tapia: "Everything Human Has Been Scraped Off These"
On Friday, November 2nd, former Comparative Studies faculty member, Ruby Tapia gave a talk titled, "'Everything Human Has Been Scraped Off These': Migratory Flesh and Cross-Border…
Nina Berman: Land, Charity, and Romance: Transnational Dynamics of German Migration to Kenya
I am working on an interdisciplinary study that will be based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, archival research, statistical data collection, and analyses of cultural representations and public…
Hugh Urban Interview: "The Church of Scientology"
Steve Paulson's interview with Comparative Studies Professor Hugh Urban will air on September 30. Professor Urban has recently published The Church of Scientology: A History of a New…
joshua j. kurz, Visiting Scholar with the Mobilities, Borders, and Identity Research Group and the Department of Geography at the University of Oulu, Finland
joshua j. kurz spent the summer conducting research and writing as a Visiting Scholar as part of the Mobilities, Borders, and Identity Research Group at the University of Oulu. joshua…
Lindsay Bernhagen's Dissertation Project, “Sounding Bodies: Music, Gender, and Intimacy”
Lindsay’s dissertation is a multi-sited ethnography that explores the ways people use music in action to construct social worlds. It centers on the role of musical experience in the…
Lilia Fernández's Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago
Lilia Fernández is an affiliated associate faculty member. Her book, Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago (University of Chicago Press, forthcoming November…
Theresa Delgadillo's Spiritual Mestizaje: Religion, Gender, Race, and Nation in Contemporary Chicana Narrative
Theresa Delgadillo’s Spiritual Mestizaje: Religion, Gender, Race, and Nation in Contemporary Chicana Narrative (Duke University Press 2011) reveals spiritual mestizaje as central to the queer…
Professor Theresa Delgadillo Appointed MALCS Chair
MALCS is an association of Chicana, Latina, and indigenous women. Professor Delgadillo was elected in 2011 for a three-year term in the national leadership that includes 2011-2012 as chair…
Job Opening in Religion and Culture
The Department of Comparative Studies announces an open rank, tenure track position in Religion and Culture. Candidates applying at the level of assistant, associate, or full professor are welcome…