Brent Hayes Edwards Spotlighted for “Quarantine Collages”
The New York Times art critic listed Professor Edwards’s Instagram as one of five art accounts to follow.
A New York Times art critic listed Professor Brent Hayes Edwards’s Instagram account as one of five to follow for his indispensable “quarantine collages.” Read the full article here.
Edwards teaches English and comparative literature at Columbia, and was a member of CSSD’s former working groups The Digital Black Atlantic and The Rural-Urban Interface: Gender and Poverty in Ghana and Kenya, Statistics and Stories.
Co-director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity interviewed by US News
Executive Committee member Karl Jacoby spoke about the legal battle between the Apache Tribal members and US Forest Service.
Historian Karl Jacoby, co-director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and member of the CSSD Executive Committee, was interviewed in US News about a legal challenge brought by Apache tribal members against the US Forest Service to prevent a parcel of land from becoming a copper mine. Professor Jacoby also wrote in Public Books on the United States' 19th-century frontier wars and more recent imperialist conflicts.
Anupama Rao will be moderating a discussion on the Dalit Panthers and Literary Insurgence
This talk is a part of the Understanding Systemic Racism: Art and Politics series hosted by the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University.
Anupama Rao, co-director of the Geographies of Injustice working group, will be moderating a discussion on The Dalit Panthers and Literary Insurgence as part of the “Understanding Systemic Racism: Art and Politics” series hosted by the Institute of Comparative Literature and Society. Featured guest speakers include Suraj Yengde (Harvard University) and Yogesh Maitreya (Panther’s Paw Publication).
To learn more about Professor Anupama Rao’s work at CSSD visit the Gender & the Global Slum and Reframing Gendered Violence working group pages.
Queer Aqui Working group fellow featured in the Hawai’i Contemporary Art Summit
Elizabeth Povinelli and the Karrabing Film Collective screened a visual essay for the conference
Anthropologist Elizabeth Povinelli, Queer Aqui, Liberalism's Others, and Borders and Boundaries working group fellow and collaborators the Karrabing Film Collective were among the featured artists who participated in the 2021 Hawai'i Contemporary Art Summit. The program explored the theme for Hawai‘i Triennial 2022, Pacific Century – E Ho‘omau no Moananuiākea. On February 11th, Professor Povinelli and the Karrabing Film collective shared a visual essay on toxic sovereignties, reclamation, and the stakes of staying connected to ancestral places, titled: The Jealous One (2017).
Farah Jasmine Griffin to Deliver Virtual Lecture at Hollins University
The co-director of the Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women working group will discuss the singer and activist Billie Holiday
Farah Jasmine Griffin, co-director of the Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women working group, will deliver the virtual lecture "Returning to Lady: A Reflection 'In Search of Billie Holiday,'" as part of the Hollins University Dee Hull Everist Visiting Speaker Series. This online event will take place Thursday, February 25th at 7:30 PM.
To connect to the event you must reach out by 3:00 pm EST the day of the event, email the event name, your name, phone number, and, if different, the name on your Zoom account to creative.writing@hollins.edu.
Engendering the Archive Working Group Fellow was a guest on The Dean's Table
Mabel O. Wilson spoke with Fredrick Harris, Columbia University Dean of the Division of Social Science.
Mabel O. Wilson, Engendering the Archive Working and Reframing Gendered Violence working group fellow, spoke with Columbia University Dean of Social Science Fredrick Harris on his podcast, The Dean's Table. Professor Wilson spoke about how she decided on becoming an architect, reflected on her work which explores the history of Black exhibitions and museums, and shared insights into scholarship and practices of race, space, and culture.
Mabel O. Wilson interviewed by Washington Post
Engendering the Archive Working Group Fellow spoke to the Post about the Capitol riots and racial injustice in the police responses to protesting.
Mabel O. Wilson, Engendering the Archive Working and Reframing Gendered Violence working group fellow was interviewed by The Washington Post. She spoke about the racial injustice of rioters attacking the US Capitol without consequence, while Black Americans peacefully protesting police violence have been regularly met with outsized force.
Maya Sabatello featured in the Research Ethics & Compliance – Film Discussions series
The Director of the Precision Medicine Working Group will be discussing the science fiction film “Gattaca, on March 8th from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm.
Maya Sabatello, Director of the Precision Medicine Working Group, will be featured in the Research Ethics & Compliance – Film Discussions series. Professor Sabatello, Arthur Caplan, and moderator Shawna Benston will be discussing “Gattaca,” a science fiction film concerning genetics, eugenics, reproductive technologies, and genetic discrimination. This event is co-sponsored by The Precision Medicine: Ethics, Politics, and Culture Project. This event will be held online via Zoom. Register here.
Queer Aqui Co-Director Authors New Book
Jack Halberstam’s Wild Things: The Disorder of Desire (2020) is published by Duke University Press.
Jack Halberstam, co-director of the Queer Aqui working group, recently published the new book Wild Things: The Disorder of Desire (2020). In the book, Professor Halberstam offers an alternative history of sexuality by tracing the ways in which wildness has been associated with queerness and queer bodies throughout the twentieth century.
Premilla Nadasen Named the Winner of the 2020 Ann Snitow Prize
The Transnational Black Feminisms co-director is the inaugural recipient of this award recognizing a feminist of outstanding vision, originality, generosity, and effectiveness, whose work combines intellectual and/or artistic pursuits with feminist and social justice activism.
Premilla Nadasen, co-director of the Transnational Black Feminisms and Social Justice After the Welfare State working groups, was awarded the 2020 Ann Snitow Prize for her extraordinary work as a feminist intellectual and activist. Professor Nadasen is the inaugural winner of the annual award, which recognizes a feminist of outstanding vision, originality, generosity, and effectiveness, whose work combines intellectual and/or artistic pursuits with feminist and social justice activism. After a short award ceremony, Dr. Nadasen was joined by Dr. Barbara Ransby for a conversation, The Politics of Care: Feminism, Race, and Grassroots Organizing.
Pacific Climate Circuits Co-Director Kevin Fellezs Moderates Symposium on Racial Equity
A recording of the full discussion on "Asian American Musicians Advocating for Social Justice and Racial Equity" can be found online.
Kevin Fellezs, former co-director of the Pacific Climate Circuits working group, moderated the recent symposium, "Asian American Musicians Advocating for Social Justice and Racial Equity," sponsored by Kul-Arts and the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center. The discussion featured Francis Wong, Jon Jang, Jen Shyu, Karl Evangelista, Erika Oba, and Vijay Iyer and focused on connections between these artists' work and their political advocacy as Asian Americans in the face of rising anti-Asian racism.
Women Mobilizing Memory Working Group Co-Director Interviewed by the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM)
The conversation with Marianne Hirsch appears in the Observing Memories Magazine.
Marianne Hirsch, former Director of the Center for the Study of Social Difference and co-director of past working groups including Women Mobilizing Memory, Reframing Gendered Violence, and Engendering the Archive was interviewed by the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM) in their Observing Memories Magazine. In the interview, Professor Hirsch spoke about the transmission of trauma across generations, the role of memory in social movements, and memory’s ability to strengthen democracy.
The Menstrual Health and Gender Justice Working Group Officially Launches the Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies
Lead handbook editor Chris Bobel and co-editors Breanne Fahs, Tomi-Ann Roberts, Katie-Ann Hasson, Elizabeth Arveda Kissling, and Inga Winkler unveiled the Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies during a virtual event on October 8th, 2020
Fellows of the Menstrual Health and Gender Justice working group officially launched the Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies at a virtual event on October 8th, 2020. Lead handbook editor Chris Bobel and co-editors Breanne Fahs, Tomi-Ann Roberts, Katie-Ann Hasson, Elizabeth Arveda Kissling, and Inga Winkler, introduced the 1000+ page handbook and hosted a live Q&A session on handbook’s accessibility and potential to create change around the conversation on menstruation.
Read and download the complete open access handbook here.
Geographies of Injustice Media Fellow Publishes Article for VICE
Jessica Jacolbe’s piece is titled, Rio’s Favela Museum Organizes Community and Memorializes Its People.
Jessica Jacolbe, Geographies of Injustice working group Media Fellow, penned the piece, Rio’s Favela Museum Organizes Community and Memorializes Its People” featured in VICE Magazine. Jacolbe writes about the work of memorialization done by Antonio Firmino and the Sankofa Museum in Rocinha, the largest favela in Rio de Janeiro, as COVID-19 storms through Brazil.
To read the article, click here.
To learn more about the work of the Geographies of Injustice Working Group, read here.
NEW CSSD Podcast - Just Three
Listen now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!
Episodes, show notes, and transcripts can be found on the Just Three podcast page here.
The Center for the Study of Social Difference is proud to present our new podcast, Just Three, hosted by Catherine LaSota. Hear artists, activists, scholars, and others from around the world talking about how their work intersects with social justice, and how we can confront the biggest social justice challenges of our time.
Just Three can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Listen and subscribe!
Episodes, show notes, and transcripts can be found on the Just Three podcast page here.
Jennifer Dohrn to Speak on Upcoming Panel "Nurses on the COVID-19 Frontlines: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Wuhan, China and NYC"
This Columbia Global Centers | Bejing event will take place November 25th 8-9am ET.
Jennifer Dohrn, co-director of the On the Frontlines: Nursing Leadership in Pandemics working group, will be a panelist at the Columbia Global Centers | Bejing virtual event "Nurses on the COVID-19 Frontlines: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Wuhan, China and New York City, USA." The panel will address elements of an effective public health response, valuable lessons learned from being in the COVID-19 frontline, COVID-19 impact on nursing education, nursing training, and capacity building, and recommendations for improving nursing research.
Register for and learn more about the event here.
Fellows of the Menstrual Health and Gender Justice Working Group Author an Article on Evidence-Driven Policy and Practice for Menstrual Health
Inga T. Winkler, Chris Bobel, Lauren C. Houghton, Noémie Elhadad, Caitlin Gruer & Vanessa Paranjothy wrote a piece titled, The Politics, Promises, and Perils of Data: Evidence-Driven Policy and Practice for Menstrual Health.
Fellows of the Menstrual Health and Gender Justice working group, Inga T. Winkler, Chris Bobel, Lauren C. Houghton, Noémie Elhadad, Caitlin Gruer & Vanessa Paranjothy co-authored an article titled, The Politics, Promises, and Perils of Data: Evidence-Driven Policy and Practice for Menstrual Health. In their paper, which takes the form of a conversation, members of the Menstrual Health and Gender Justice working group discuss the promises and perils of data about menstruation and bring their various disciplinary backgrounds to bear.
Black Atlantic Ecologies Graduate Assistant featured in Columbia News for Co-Creation of New Podcast
Alyssa James and podcast co-creator Brendane Tynes discuss race, politics, and popular culture in Zora’s Daughters.
Alyssa James, graduate assistant of the Black Atlantic Ecologies working group, was featured in Columbia News in the Q&A, Anthropology Students’ Podcast Is a Response to Protests and the Pandemic, in which she and her co-host Brendane Tynes discuss the inspiration behind the creation of their new podcast, “Zora’s Daughters.”
To learn more about Zora’s Daughters read here.
To listen to the Zora’s Daughters podcast click here.
To learn more about Black Atlantic Ecologies, read here.
Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi to Speak on Insurgent Domesticities at Cooper Union
Watch the full lecture here.
Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi, Director of the new Insurgent Domesticities working group and Assistant Professor of Architecture at Barnard College, will be giving a lecture on Insurgent Domesticities at Cooper Union as a part of the Student Lecture Series. This online event will take place Thursday, November 5, 2020 from 6:30-8:30PM ET. Register in advance here.
Update
Watch the full lecture here.