America, the Jew is the title of my next research project. I have been fascinated by the association, maintained by many Europeans, of both the political left and the political right, of the United States with Jews and Judaism. This connection, like a chameleon, constantly changes its shape and colors. At time it is the … Continue reading "Moshe Sluhovsky: “America, the Jew”"
Building on the highly influential book by Richard Alba and Victor Nee Remaking the American Mainstream, Duyvendak asks himself in this presentation, in what ways 'the mainstream' is changed by (the incorporation of) minorities. He looks therefore at the strategies of various disadvantaged groups -- not just ethnic ones, but also groups discriminated against based … Continue reading "Jan Willem Duyvendak: “What Does Remaking the Mainstream Exactly Mean?”"
Maurice Crul is a Professor of Sociology at the Free University of Amsterdam and at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. His most recent books in English include The Changing Face of World Cities (2012), co-authored with John Mollenkopf; and The Second Generation Compared: Does the Integration Context Matter? (2011), co-edited with Jens Schneider and Frans … Continue reading "Maurice Crul: “Pathways to Success. Successful Second Generation Turks in Sweden, Germany, France and the Netherlands”"
The promise of the digital archive is one of infinite access and endless accumulation—a democratization of knowledge. But the shape of the archive has always been determined by relations of power. Foucault, for instance, defines the archive as the site of the “law of what can be said, the system that governs the appearance of … Continue reading "Elizabeth Maddock Dillon: “Radical Archival Practices and the Digital Humanities: The Early Caribbean Digital Archive”"
Please join us for the weekly ARC Research Praxis Seminar Speaker Series Patricia TovarProfessor of Anthropology, John Jay College of Criminal JusticePatricia Tovar's research interests have focused on the study of gender and war, widowhood, forced displacement, violence, sexual and reproductive health, and gender and science. She has written extensively on the consequences of armed … Continue reading "Patricia Tovar: Chronicles of Illustrious Women of the New World — 1492-1524"
A quarter century ago, the UCLA 1989 report "The Widening Divide: Income Inequality and Poverty in Los Angeles" generated considerable public and media attention on the growing disparity in the region, resulting in an editorial call for a new development policy that was then embraced by re-elected Mayor Tom Bradley. Despite being a pivotal political moment, the local policy shift at best only attenuated the long-term and persistent increase in the unequal distribution of income and wealth, a trajectory national and global in scale, but very much manifested and experienced locally.
The ARC Research Praxis Seminar Series Presents Ismael Garcia-Colon: "How to Pick Apples - Colonialism, Race, and Citizenship in the Formation of the Puerto Rican Migrant Farm Labor Force in the United States"
The ARC Research Praxis Seminar Series Presents Joshua Freeman: "Behemoth - Giant Factories and Discourses of Modernity"
The ARC Research Praxis Seminar Series Presents Sharon Zukin: New York's Creative Ecosystem: 'Imperial Project' or Lively Arts?
The ARC Research Praxis Seminar Series Presents Yuri Kazepov: "From Citizenship to Cit(y)zenship: Changing borders of social inclusion in Urban Europe"
