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Past Events from March 8, 2023 – September 20, 2023 – Sawyer Seminar Past Events from March 8, 2023 – September 20, 2023 – Sawyer Seminar

A Conversation between Mae Ngai and Cathy Park Hong

Express Newark 54 Halsey Street, 2nd floor, Room 213, Newark

Mae Ngai, Columbia University Cathy Park Hong, Rutgers University, Newark Moderated by Rose Cuison-Villazor, Rutgers Law School, Newark

Politics Across Borders: Immigration, Nativism, Activism and Trans-Border Political Sentiment

Express Newark 54 Halsey Street, 2nd floor, Room 213, Newark

In the context of the scapegoating of immigrants and intensified nativism in US politics, it is often taken for granted by scholars and journalists that members of immigrant communities in the US would automatically reject such politics. However, many immigrants hold seemingly contradictory political positions, informed by multi-national political and economic trends that complicate this … Read More

The Global Right Across Borders

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The Global Right Across Borders Hindu Supremacists in a White World Audrey Truschke, Rutgers University, Newark Bolsonaristas in the US: 2018 and 2022 Vânia Penha-Lopes, Bloomfield College The Anti-Democratic Wave in Brazil Isabela Kalil, University of São Paulo

Immigrant Communities and Global Politics

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Immigrant Communities and Global Politics Indian American Political Activism Prema Ann Kurien, Syracuse University Political Opinions of Brazilians living in the United States Gladys Mitchell-Walthour, North Carolina Central University The Construction of Hinduphobia in the UK Meena Dhanda, University of Wolverhampton

Roundtable: Transnational Solidarity Politics: Reflections by Organizers

Express Newark 54 Halsey Street, 2nd floor, Room 213, Newark

Roundtable: Transnational Solidarity Politics: Reflections by Organizers Eduardo Vianna, City University of New York and organizer, formerly with Defend Democracy in Brazil and BRADO Natalia de Campos, Performance artist and activist, Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee, NY In conversation with the panelists Moderator: Sean T. Mitchell, Rutgers University, Newark

Migration, Displacement, and the Arts

Express Newark 54 Halsey Street, 2nd floor, Room 213, Newark

Co-organizers: Kim DaCosta Holton, Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers University, Newark Tim Raphael, Professor, Arts, Culture, and Media, Rutgers University, Newark Mayte Green-Mercado, Associate Professor, History, Rutgers University, Newark Co-sponsored by Mediterranean Displacements Project, Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, and Center for Migration and the Global City Scholarship on migration and displacement … Read More

Migration, Displacement, and the Arts: Performances and Party

ODR Studios 89 Madison Street, Newark, NJ, United States

Co-organizers: Kim DaCosta Holton, Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers University, Newark Tim Raphael, Professor, Arts, Culture, and Media, Rutgers University, Newark Mayte Green-Mercado, Associate Professor, History, Rutgers University, Newark Co-sponsored by Mediterranean Displacements Project, Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, and Center for Migration and the Global City 6:00-11:00 pm Performances and party … Read More