News from School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Category: Diversity
Kari Lerum analyzes “The White Lotus” for Ms. Magazine
IAS faculty member Kari Lerum’s essay, “The White Lotus: Lessons on Black Lives Matter, Reparations, and Queer Liberation” was recently published on the digital site for Ms. Magazine. In contrast to previous reviews which cast the popular TV mini-series, “The White Lotus,” as simply
December 1, 2021
Karam Dana on “Palestine: Resurgent and Emergent Solidarities”
IAS faculty member Karam Dana participated in the American Anthropological Association’s (AAA) annual meeting as a panelist on a virtual roundtable titled “Palestine: Resurgent and Emergent Solidarities.” Dana discussed how Palestinians have long sympathized with other colonized ...
November 23, 2021
Ching-In Chen joins editorial board of Hyphen Magazine
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen has joined the editorial board of Hyphen Magazine as a Visual Arts editor on the Arts and Culture team. Hyphen is a news and culture magazine, media outlet, and community partner that illuminates Asian America through ...
November 23, 2021
Berette S. Macaulay Exhibits at Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam
Berette S. Macaulay (Cultural Studies, '20) is a featured artist in the exhibition Back in the Day is our Future, part of the Melkweg Expo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, October 29 through December 5, 2021. Curated by Jessy Koeiman, Back in the Day is our Future amplifies Black voices who manifest resistance by ...
November 22, 2021
Dan Berger: “SNCC’s Unruly Internationalism”
Writing in Boston Review, IAS faculty member Dan Berger published an article on the global imagination of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The legendary civil rights organization formed in 1960 and recently had a 60th anniversary conference. Yet while many remember the organization's role in confronting Jim Crow ...
November 17, 2021
David Goldstein talks about pedagogies for DEI at Waseda University, Japan
IAS faculty member David Goldstein presented an invited seminar on critical pedagogies for diversity, equity, and inclusion for Waseda University in Japan as part of his Fulbright U.S. Scholar award. Headquartered in Tokyo, Goldstein is ...
November 16, 2021
Ching-In Chen and Lauren S. Berliner write for Viewpoints series at the Henry
IAS faculty members Ching-In Chen and Lauren S. Berliner were invited to write in response to the work of Dean Sameshima’s Torso (Black on Silver) and Anthony White’s BOYZ OF THE WILD as part of the Henry Art Gallery’s Viewpoints series. ...
November 15, 2021
Neil Simpkins in Nevada State College Writing Center Social Justice Speaker Series
IAS faculty member Neil Simpkins gave a talk for the Nevada State College Writing Center Social Justice Speaker Series on November 10, 2011. He shared a chapter from his book in progress, Accommodation Work: The Rhetorical Tactics of Disabled College Writers. He also ...
November 10, 2021
Anida Yoeu Ali: Red Chador rises again
A chador is a full-body gown worn by some Muslim women, but the Red Chador, created by IAS faculty member Anida Yoeu Ali, is more than just a garment. It is an artistic expression that depicts to the public what it means to be a Muslim, a woman and a performer in an age of heightened Islamophobia. ...
November 8, 2021
Alka Kurian speaks on feminism and conducts interview with feminist icon in Morocco
IAS faculty member Alka Kurian, currently on a Fulbright research trip to Morocco, gave a talk entitled “A New Protest Culture: Rise of Fourth Wave Feminism in Morocco” at the Al Akhwayn University, Ifrane. Kurian also attended the play Le Masque in Rabat. This play is ...
November 4, 2021