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Sociocultural Anthropology Seminar Series

George Paul Meiu, John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University presents: Queer Objects: Intimacy, Citizenship, and Rescue in Kenya.

In recent years, struggle over sexuality have involved incitements to moral rescue - calls to have intimacy from globalization. Rehabilitation efforts have focused on homosexuality, sex education, women's dress, sex work, and sex tourism. But they have also focused on other, unexpected objects, less readily recognizable as tied to intimacy as such. Plastics have played a dominant position among these objects. In northern Kenya, "plastic boys" are unemployed men whom others see as unattached, "useless paupers," who, not unlike plastic itself, have allegedly no capacity to grow roots and thrive. Analyzing this subject position in relation to objects and afflictions deemed "foreign" - of plastic - the presenter shows how different objectifications of plastic resonate with one another to produce new, less obvious forms of exclusion. Such "queer objects" reveal how intimate citizenship is not always tied to something readily recognizable as "sexuality," but works through the semiotics and sentiments of various objects of intimate struggle.

George Paul Mieu is John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences in the Department of Anthropology and the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. His research focuses on sexuality, ethnicity, and the political economy of postcolonial Africa.

Co-sponsored with the Africana Studies Institute and the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program

Colloquium Link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/meet/anthrodept

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans honors the contributions of immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States. Each year, the program invests in the graduate education of 30 New Americans—immigrants and children of immigrants—who are poised to make significant contributions to US society, culture or their academic field. Each Fellow receives up to $90,000 in financial support over two years, and they join a lifelong community of New American Fellows.

The P.D. Soros Foundation and UConn’s Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships will be hosting a virtual information session about this opportunity on Monday, October 5, at 5:00PM. The session will be hosted in Zoom. Representatives will be available to answer your questions. Join us to learn more about this amazing opportunity for New Americans.

Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_92fEduwaQv6f9oVvAyYoDQ.

To learn more about the program, eligibility requirements, and deadlines, visit https://www.pdsoros.org/.

If you require an accommodation to attend and participate in this virtual event, please contact ONSF at onsf@uconn.edu on or before Friday, October 2.

The Pan Asian Council (PAC) is made up of representatives from the Asian American student organizations affiliated with the Asian American Cultural Center, anyone is welcoming to attend from the community.

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Feeling anxious before midterms? Join the Women's Center as we make virtual vision boards to de-stress and stay motivated!

https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m45a5bff3c060388c462068e05eaeed1f

oin the Africana Studies Institute as our faculty discuss Ibram X. Kendi's latest book "How to be an Antiracist". We welcome you to a lively discussion!

October 6, 2020 12:00 pm

Discussants:

Dr. Melina Pappademos, Director and Associate Professor, Africana Studies and History

Dr. David Embrick, Associate Professor, Africana Studies and Sociology

Dr. Alexis Boylan, Acting Director of the Humanities Institute, Associate Professor, Africana Studies, Art and Art History

This will be an online event held on Webex. Please register for this event for the link to attend. (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-be-an-anti-racist-faculty-roundtable-book-disucssion-registration-121561163713?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing)

"How to be an Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi is available for online access through UConn Libraries.

For information about the event contact : Prof. Shawn Salvant shawn.salvant@uconn.edu or Amanda Cannada Amanda.cannada@uconn.edu

For more information, contact: Africana Studies Institute at africana@uconn.edu

“The Feminization of Transgender Women in Prisons for Men: How Prison as a Total Institution Shapes Gender”

Public Talk by Valerie Jenness, October 6, 1:30-2:30pm EST


Valerie Jenness is Acting Vice Provost, Academic Planning & Institutional Research and Distinguished Professor, Criminology, Law & Society, the Department of Sociology (by courtesy), and the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing (by courtesy) at the University of California, Irvine


Valerie Jenness’ research has focused on prostitution, hate crime, and prison violence and grievances to explore the links between deviance and social control, the politics of crime control, social movements and social change, and corrections and public policy. She is the author of four books, including: Appealing to Justice: Prisoner Grievances, Rights, and Carceral Logic (with Kitty Calavita); Making Hate a Crime: From Social Movement to Law Enforcement Practice (with Ryken Grattet); Hate Crimes: New Social Movements and the Politics of Violence (with Kendal Broad); and Making it Work: The Prostitutes’ Rights Movement in Perspective.


She is also the co-editor of Routing the Opposition: Social Movements, Public Policy, and Democracy (with David Meyer and Helen Ingram) and the author of many articles published in sociology, law & society, criminology, and gender journals (e.g., American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Social Problems, Criminology, Law & Society Review, and Gender & Society).


Her research has been translated and reprinted in German, Greek, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish, presented at an array of professional conferences and universities in the U.S. and abroad (e.g., Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Columbia, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Mexico, and South Africa), as well as to the U.S. Congress, the National Academy of Sciences, judges and staff attorneys for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement. Her research has been discussed in media outlets, such as National Public Radio in the U.S. and Australia, the NYT, The New Yorker, the Washington Post, the LA Times,

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Meeting ID: 884 4171 8924; Passcode: 636278


For questions contact Professor Nancy Naples at nancy.naples@uconn.edu

The Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center proudly presents Eileen Michelle Galvez, M.Ed. as our Keynote Speaker in observance of the Latinx/a/o Heritage Month. Her talk titled: "Lost in Latinidad: Finding Place and Meaning as a U.S. Central American" will inspire our community. Please RSVP here https://tinyurl.com/LHMKeynote to receive a ZOOM invite.

El Voto Latino. Join Professor Charles Robert Venator and other panelists as they discussed the importance of el Voto Latino.
This event will be broadcasted on Facebook Live - https://fb.me./e/5OEN8HdrL

The University of Connecticut’s Leadership Legacy Experience is pleased to host Dr. Carol Anderson, for a livestream lecture about her research on voter suppression and racial discrimination in the United States and themes from her book: One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy.

Dr. Carol Anderson is a human and civil rights advocate, expert on African American history and 20th century politics, and professor of African American Studies at Emory University. She is the author of One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy and the critically acclaimed White Rage, published by Bloomsbury (2016). She is also the author of Eyes Off the Prize: The United Nations and the African-American Struggle for Human Rights, 1944-1955 (Cambridge University Press), which was awarded both the Gustavus Myers and Myrna Bernath Book Awards.

Admission to this event is free. All members of the UConn community are welcome to attend. The link for the livestream will be available one week prior to the event.

For accommodations, please contact Alexis Roach at studentleadership@uconn.edu

For information on the event and the Leadership Legacy Experience, visit http://leadershiplegacy.uconn.edu

The Ford Foundation offers fellowships to increase diversity at predoctoral (early years of Ph.D. program), dissertation, and postdoctoral levels. Applicants must be preparing for academic careers and must be U.S. citizens, nationals, permanent residents, or individuals with DACA status. The information session will cover the mission of the Foundation and how your application can address it, the details of the application process, and the services and resources that the Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships offers to UConn applicants. This is an outstanding opportunity to apply for a prestigious fellowship that will admit you to the community of Ford Scholars.

There will be a panel Ford Fellowship reviewers as well a Ford Fellow who will participate in the Q&A session.

For more information about this fellowship opportunity, please visit: https://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/index.htm

WebEx Information:

https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=md86e42a0b7415a812acb0d2aa0f930a5

Meeting numer: 120 531 9253

Meeting password: 2YJkSeKMw26

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In this three-part series, the University of Connecticut's Office of Global Affairs and University of Nottingham’s Institute for Policy and Engagement will be hosting three online panel discussions, each with a focus on decolonizing education. Speakers will examine the role that universities have had in cultivating racism and (settler) colonialism, the present challenges they face in disbanding unequal and oppressive narratives, as well as the future opportunities to contribute meaningfully to an anti-racist and anti-colonial agenda. Register via: https://global.uconn.edu/?p=4784

October 19th, marks LGBTQ+ Center Awareness Day. A day to celebrate the work, the services, and the activism of LGBTQ+ community centers everywhere. This year we will be doing an Instagram takeover. Our Instagram is @uconnrainbowctr.

The Pan Asian Council (PAC) is made up of representatives from the Asian American student organizations affiliated with the Asian American Cultural Center, anyone is welcoming to attend from the community.

Exploring how and why millions of 20th-century Americans mobilized for — and against — women’s suffrage, The Vote brings to life the unsung leaders of the movement and the deep controversies over gender roles and race that divided Americans then — and continue to dominate political discourse today.

*Please view the film prior to this discussion at https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/vote/#part01

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AMP Time, more information can be found in our social media accounts.

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Join us virtually for a night of bingo with some very special drag queens! We will be hosting this event via zoom. Please come have fun with us! Winner gets cool UConn swag.

Exploring how and why millions of 20th-century Americans mobilized for — and against — women’s suffrage, The Vote brings to life the unsung leaders of the movement and the deep controversies over gender roles and race that divided Americans then — and continue to dominate political discourse today.

*Please view the film prior to this discussion at https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/vote/#part02

Join at https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=mab824d1ed931cb81783ce6fd15744469

AMP Time, more information can be found in our social media accounts.

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✰https://asacc.uconn.edu/

The Rainbow Center is hosting its virtual Legally and Medically Trans event. Attendees can get information and tips on how to change one's gender/sex marker and name on Federal, State, and University documents, as well as how to medically transition on and off campus. There will be resources available on various documents and the opportunity to ask questions. All are welcome to come, no matter if you want help navigating the process or are interested in doing it in the future. Please register in advance at https://forms.gle/QeCTzjLS4FAkMiwi8

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