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Honduras Human Rights Delegation Report: Observations from the National Primary Elections of Nov. 18, 2012
Katey Borland and Allison Fish discussed the current political situation in Honduras given the upcoming elections. The focus of their research is on primary elections held on November 18, 2012, in…
Teaching Learning Conversation - Philosophy of Pedagogy
This event was a roundtable discussion on the purpose and power of education led by PhD student, Seth Josephson. We had conversations inspired by Freire, hooks, and others. We also discussed…
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 Fiction in a Case…
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 Religion …
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 is currently…
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 production and…
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 2012),…