Suren Pillay: Equality, Citizenship and Difference: Becoming Post Apartheid

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This paper takes up the contemporary debate on the pasts and futures of "non-racialism". I am interested in non-racialism as both a form of political thinking and a mode of political practice directed towards equality imagined within the nation. I offer a critical appreciation of political thinking on non- racialism not to answer the question … Continue reading "Suren Pillay: Equality, Citizenship and Difference: Becoming Post Apartheid"

Patrick Simon: Lighter than blood: ethnic enumeration in the era of equality policies

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Collecting ethnic and racial statistics is a contentious issue in a large number of countries around the world. For decades, ethnic and racial classifications have been conceived and used to segregate, build hierarchies and nurture racial and ethnic stratifications and inequalities. Moreover, ethnic and racial statistics have not only been used for evil purposes, their … Continue reading "Patrick Simon: Lighter than blood: ethnic enumeration in the era of equality policies"

Patrik Svensson: From Lab to Lounge: Liminal Spaces for Learning

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Patrik Svensson Umeå University Patrik Svensson is a Professor of Humanities and Information Technology at HUMlab, Umeå University, and the former Director of HUMlab (2000-2014). His current work can be loosely organized under two themes: Digital Humanities and Conditions for Knowledge Production. The first theme includes research and practice in relation to the intersection of … Continue reading "Patrik Svensson: From Lab to Lounge: Liminal Spaces for Learning"

Amy Chazkel: The Nocturnal Lives of a Nineteenth-Century Brazilian City

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Amy Chazkel Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center Amy Chazkel is an Associate Professor of History at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center. As a historian of Latin America with a specialization in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Brazil, her work has focused on the intersection of the study of the law and the humanities. … Continue reading "Amy Chazkel: The Nocturnal Lives of a Nineteenth-Century Brazilian City"

Luisa Martín Rojo: “Non-native” Subjectivities: Exploring the Impact of Linguistic Ideologies on Subjects’ Struggles for Legitimacy

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Luisa Martín Rojo Universidad Autónoma Luisa Martín Rojo is Professor in Linguistics at the Universidad Autónoma (Madrid, Spain), and Member of the International Pragmatic Association Consultation Board (2006-2011; re-elected for the period 2012-2017). Through her research trajectory, she has conducted research in the fields of discourse analysis, sociolinguistics and communication, mainly focused on immigration and … Continue reading "Luisa Martín Rojo: “Non-native” Subjectivities: Exploring the Impact of Linguistic Ideologies on Subjects’ Struggles for Legitimacy"

Marcella Bencivenni: American Anticommunism and Espionage: The Case of Carl Marzani

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This paper examines the case of Carl Marzani, one of the first political victims of the Cold War. A former employee of the Office of Strategic Services (wartime precursor to the CIA), Marzani was charged with hiding his past communist affiliations to keep his government job and was sentenced to three years in jail. His … Continue reading "Marcella Bencivenni: American Anticommunism and Espionage: The Case of Carl Marzani"

Christine Hélot: Children’s Literature Sans Frontières: Tomi Ungerer: Wanderer, Weltburger, and Polyglot

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Tomi Ungerer, world famous author and illustrator of children’s books, was born in Alsace in 1931. He came to New York when he was 25 and in ten years published over 80 books for children. In 1971, he left NY for Nova Scotia then later moved to Ireland where he lives today. In the eighties, … Continue reading "Christine Hélot: Children’s Literature Sans Frontières: Tomi Ungerer: Wanderer, Weltburger, and Polyglot"

Veronica Benet-Martinez: The Psychology of Multicultural Experiences and Identities: Social, Personality, and Cultural Perspectives

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Cultural contact due to factors such as migration, globalization, and travel (among others) has made cultural diversity experiences an everyday phenomenon and led to unprecedented numbers of individuals who consider themselves bicultural or multicultural. What are the psychological consequences of these acculturative and identity processes? Using a framework that integrates acculturation, social-identity theory, and individual … Continue reading "Veronica Benet-Martinez: The Psychology of Multicultural Experiences and Identities: Social, Personality, and Cultural Perspectives"

Kim Potowski: Maximizing Latino Spanish proficiency through dual language education

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ARC Seminar: Kim Potowski: Maximizing Latino Spanish proficiency through dual language education Public school programs called dual language use Spanish between 50% to 90% of the school day with the goal of promoting bilingualism and biliteracy. In this project, I examine the Spanish speaking, reading, writing, and listening comprehension of two groups of bilingual Latino … Continue reading "Kim Potowski: Maximizing Latino Spanish proficiency through dual language education"

Patrick Simon: ‘The Asymmetrical Integration: Ethnic Minorities and French Conformity’

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ARC Seminar: Patrick Simon: The Asymmetrical Integration: Ethnic Minorities and French Conformity The French model of integration claims that immigrants will become full member of the national community when they will get assimilated into the mainstream. In compensation to their loss of any ethno-cultural distinctiveness, immigrants, and more probably their children, will be granted equality … Continue reading "Patrick Simon: ‘The Asymmetrical Integration: Ethnic Minorities and French Conformity’"