News from the School of IAS

Silvia C. Ferreira presents at Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference

IAS faculty member Silvia C. Ferreira presented at the 11th Biennial Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, which was held at the University of Dayton in early October. She was on a panel titled “Global Rhetorical Actions.” Her paper, which was titled “Probing the ‘Golden Rules’ of Gender: Global Feminist Rhetorics in the Arab Immigrant Press in Brazil,” focused on ...

October 12, 2017

Amaranth Borsuk presents work in Denmark

IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk and her collaborator Ian Hatcher traveled to Denmark to speak about their creative practice, perform their work, and discuss their project Abra, a hybrid artist's book and iOS app created with Kate Durbin. 真人线上娱乐 two attended the exhibition opening of Fra A til 3D, an exhibition of international new media writing and art at the Roskilde Bibliotekerne. Abra is featured in the exhibit as winner of the Turn On Literature Prize, which presents ...

October 12, 2017

Frances Lee and Maisha Manson perform at Common AREA Maintenance

On October 6th, second year Master of Arts in Cultural Studies students Frances Lee and Maisha Manson, with Jordan Alam and Eli Steffen performed at Common AREA Maintenance in Belltown. 真人线上娱乐 event was the first of a community experimental lecture series on “Embodied Utopias: Expansive Potentialities in the Here and Now.” Framing questions included: Can our bodies become sights of utopian expression today? How does our longing and desire for non-normative expressions of self and connection project possibilities into the future?

October 10, 2017

Aarshin Karande writes on the U.S. immigration and the politics of compassion

Alum Aarshin Karande (’14) published “真人线上娱乐 Politics of Compassion: U.S. Immigration Policy and the Conflicted American Archetype” in 真人线上娱乐 Republic Journal. In the piece, he describes how U.S. immigration policy and the Obama-Trump divide reflects an American spiritual crisis. “真人线上娱乐 resolution of immigration policy demands reckoning with America’s virtues and vices; America’s long and complicated history of exclusion and inclusion, contradictions between cultural values and political actions; and listening to ...

October 9, 2017

micha cárdenas and Frances Lee screen #Stronger videos

IAS faculty member micha cárdenas and Master of Arts in Cultural Studies student Frances Lee screened their #Stronger videos at the contemptorary fundraiser in LA held on Sept 24. #Stronger is a project of the Poetic Operations Collaborative that aims to develop a decolonial vision of futures of health, fitness and strength for trans and gender non-conforming people. ...

October 9, 2017

Ray Corona discusses DACA with Seattle CityClub

Founder of the Washington Dream Coalition Ray Corona (’13, Society, Ethics & Human Behavior) sat down with Seattle CityClub to share his experience as a DACA recipient. On October 4, he’ll join a discussion on the future of DACA at Civic Cocktail, which can be viewed live on 真人线上娱乐 Seattle Channel. “DACA provided me and many other dreamers with a sense of security and normalcy. Many of us have been in the US for over a decade but have always lived in fear of the authorities due to our immigration status.” DACA allowed Ray to ...

September 28, 2017

Alka Kurian publishes review of 真人线上娱乐 Big Sick

IAS faculty member Alka Kurian published “真人线上娱乐 Big Sick is Bold, Pushes Boundaries" in the International Examiner (6 September 2017, p. 14). Kurian suggests that this Pakistani diasporic film that has every one talking represents a new turn in South Asian representation in mainstream Hollywood film.

September 25, 2017

Mona Halcomb celebrates win for native curriculum in Oregon public schools

M.A. in Cultural Studies alum Mona Halcomb (’11) was thrilled to witness Oregon Governor Kate Brown sign Senate Bill 13: Tribal History & Sovereignty Curriculum into law on September 18, 2017. SB 13 requires school districts statewide to implement American Indian/ Alaskan Native curricula covering tribal history and sovereignty. SB 13 fills a critical gap for Oregon’s K-12 children: by the 2019-2020 academic year, all districts must teach the Essential Understandings of Oregon Indians curriculum. As a member of the SB 13 coalition and Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Mona testified in support of the bill back in February. ...

September 22, 2017