| Description | Teaching American & Ethnic Studies in Slovenia
Dr. Jed Murr, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences - 2021 Fulbright US Scholar
As a Fulbright Scholar in Slovenia, I worked closely with students and scholars in the Faculty of Arts / Filozofska Fakulteta at the University of Ljubljana. My talk will address some of the pedagogical challenges and possibilities of engaging in collaborative “translation” of Ethnic Studies and American Studies approaches to race and racialization, whiteness, migration, xenophobia, and the Black Radical Tradition in a Slovenian and Balkans context and in a teaching and learning environment radically different from UWB. In the process, I will discuss some of difficulties of international exchange in relation to Covid, war, and bureaucracy, as well as strategies for sustaining international partnerships. Trains, cabs, and conversations, a Sojourn to remember
Dr. Alka Kurian, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences - 2021 Fulbright US Scholar
As a Fulbright scholar in Morocco from July-November 2021 the focus of my research project was on digital feminist activism, or fourth wave feminism, in Morocco. This feminist wave first emerged in the country the shape of the 2011 Arab Spring-inspired February 20th (M20) movement which signaled a major break from previous modes of feminist activism. Over time, while the M20 movement petered out, it created the conditions for fourth wave feminism to break out, passing on the baton to other stakeholders in the country (e.g., Marokkiates, and Moroccan Outlaws, etc.) fighting for gender rights in Morocco.
In addition to being affiliated with the Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdella, Fez, the university and the city where I carried out this project through interviews and participant observations, I was also invited to give talks, panel presentations, and seminars in a number of universities across in the country.
One of the most abiding memories of Morocco, then, is my travels in the country, as I literary zigzagged across its varied terrain, hopping from cabs to trains to university lecture theaters to community organizations, being welcomed at every step of the way to engage in conversations with students, faculty, activists, artists, and more. Event is free, please register in advance: washington.zoom.us… For more information about the Husky Highlights Seminars visit www.uwb.edu… |
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