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

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

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

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

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

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

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 … Read More

Screening of “Wakanda Forever” and Discussion

Engelhard 202 190 University Avenue, Newark

Screening of Wakanda Forever and Discussion (4:00-6:45 pm) Screening (6:45-8:00 pm) Discussion/panel facilitated by Eun Jin (Keish) Kim, ISGRJ Postdoctoral Associate in American Studies, Rutgers University, Newark, and Honors College students Aisha Siddiqui, Atiyah Hack-Russell, and Shalom Jimoh

Black Citizenship

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

This seminar explores the relationship between Black communities, both native-born and immigrant, and the question of American citizenship. It explores this relationship in various contexts: through political ideologies, religious communities, and shared cultural heritage. Wednesday, March 8, 2023 (10:00-10:15 am) Welcome Address by Dean Jacqueline Mattis (10:15-11:45 am) A Conversation between Salamishah Tillet and Claudia Rankine … Read More

Welcome Address by Dean Jacqueline Mattis

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

Jacqueline Mattis, Dean, School of Arts & Sciences-Newark, Rutgers University, Newark

A Conversation between Salamishah Tillet and Claudia Rankine

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

A Conversation between Salamishah Tillet and Claudia Rankine Salamishah Tillet, Henry Rutgers Professor, Africana Studies and Creative Writing, Rutgers University, Newark Claudia Rankine, Professor, Creative Writing Program, New York University