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      Upcoming Events

      1. 10/1 AMP Time!

        AMP Time!

        Thursday, October 1st, 2020

        08:00 PM - 09:00 PM

        Storrs Campus
        Zoom

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

        ✰https://www.instagram.com/uconnpac
        ✰https://www.instagram.com/uconn_asacc
        ✰https://asacc.uconn.edu/

        Contact Information: asacc@uconn.edu

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      2. 10/2 AsACC Staff Meetings

        AsACC Staff Meetings

        Friday, October 2nd, 2020

        03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

        Other
        Internal

        Internal all staff meetings

        Contact Information: AsACC@uconn.edu

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      3. 10/5 Queer Objects: Intimacy, Citizenship, and Rescue in Kenya

        Queer Objects: Intimacy, Citizenship, and Rescue in Kenya

        Monday, October 5th, 2020

        12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

        Storrs Campus
        Webex virtual meeting

        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

        Contact Information: Andrea Booth andrea.booth@uconn.edu

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      4. 10/5 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans – Information Session

        Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans – Information Session

        Monday, October 5th, 2020

        05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

        Other, Other
        https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_92fEduwaQv6f9oVvAyYoDQ

        Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships For New Americans – Information Session
        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.

        Contact Information: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (onsf@uconn.edu)

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      5. 10/5 PAC Meetings

        PAC Meetings

        Monday, October 5th, 2020

        05:30 PM - 06:30 PM

        Storrs Campus
        Zoom

        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.

        Contact Information: pacasacc@gmail.com

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      6. 10/5 AMP Time!

        AMP Time!

        Monday, October 5th, 2020

        06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

        Other
        Zoom

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

        ✰https://www.instagram.com/uconnpac
        ✰https://www.instagram.com/uconn_asacc
        ✰https://asacc.uconn.edu/

        Contact Information: asacc@uconn.edu

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      7. 10/5 De-Stress Night

        De-Stress Night

        Monday, October 5th, 2020

        06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

        Other
        Webex

        De-Stress Night
        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

        Contact Information: Kathy Fischer at kathy.fischer@uconn.edu

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      8. 10/6 Faculty Discussion On How To Be An Anti- Racist

        Faculty Discussion On How To Be An Anti- Racist

        Tuesday, October 6th, 2020

        12:00 PM - 02:00 PM

        Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus
        WebEx

        Faculty Discussion On How To Be An Anti- Racist
        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

        Contact Information: amanda.cannada@uconn.edu

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      Email: diversity@uconn.edu

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      Storrs, CT 06269-1278

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