Saturday, May 17
2:00p.m.
CSPS SOKOL Hall
383 Michigan St., St. Paul
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Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Politics of Nationalism and Violence Challenging Europe
A talk by Matthias Falter
Saturday, May 17
2:00p.m.
CSPS SOKOL Hall
383 Michigan St., St. Paul
Saturday, May 17
2:00p.m.
CSPS SOKOL Hall
383 Michigan St., St. Paul
Monday, May 5, 2014
Exhumations, Memory, and the Return of Civil War Ghosts in Spain
Francisco Ferrandiz, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Reframing Mass Violence: Human Rights and Social Memory in Latin America and Southern Europe.
Thursday, May 8
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
1-109 Herbert M Hanson, Jr Hall
Since 2000, the exhumation of mass graves from the Spanish Civil War and the Post-War years, mostly involving the largely abandoned graves of civilians killed in the Francoist rearguard by paramilitary groups, has become a central element in contemporary social and political debates in the country about the nature of the armed conflict and the dictatorial regime following it. Although exhumations have become a crucial tool for symbolic reparation and have triggered claims for justice for the crimes committed and now unearthed, the social process unleashed by their opening is way larger, and relates to the emergence of a fragmented and heterogeneous political culture focused on the memory of the defeated in the war.
In this talk, the complexity and dynamism of this process is analyzed, including from political and legal initiatives of great social and media impact to local actions on the ground, at times failed, ephemeral or almost imperceptible, but no less crucial. Regional differences, associated to uneven public memory policies, will also be considered.
Organized by the IAS Reframing Mass Violence Research Collaborative. Cosponsored by the Human Rights Program,the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the European Studies Consortium.
Reframing Mass Violence: Human Rights and Social Memory in Latin America and Southern Europe.
Thursday, May 8
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
1-109 Herbert M Hanson, Jr Hall
Since 2000, the exhumation of mass graves from the Spanish Civil War and the Post-War years, mostly involving the largely abandoned graves of civilians killed in the Francoist rearguard by paramilitary groups, has become a central element in contemporary social and political debates in the country about the nature of the armed conflict and the dictatorial regime following it. Although exhumations have become a crucial tool for symbolic reparation and have triggered claims for justice for the crimes committed and now unearthed, the social process unleashed by their opening is way larger, and relates to the emergence of a fragmented and heterogeneous political culture focused on the memory of the defeated in the war.
In this talk, the complexity and dynamism of this process is analyzed, including from political and legal initiatives of great social and media impact to local actions on the ground, at times failed, ephemeral or almost imperceptible, but no less crucial. Regional differences, associated to uneven public memory policies, will also be considered.
Organized by the IAS Reframing Mass Violence Research Collaborative. Cosponsored by the Human Rights Program,the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the European Studies Consortium.
Monday, April 28, 2014
"Folklore and Culture in Modern Romania"
A lecture by Romanian Composer, Sorin Lerescu
Wednesday, April 30
4:00p.m.
Room 614 Social Sciences
Please join the Institute for Global Studies, Modern Greek Studies Program and the European Studies Consortium for a lecture entitled "Folklore and Culture in Modern Romania" presented by Sorin Lerescu.
Sorin Lerescu was born in Craiova, Romania, on November 14, 1953. He studied composition at the National University of Music in Bucharest with Tiberiu Olah and Anatol Vieru. He earned his Ph.D. at the "Gheorghe Dima" Academy of Music in Cluj-Napoca in 1999 with Ede Terényi.
Lescu's work includes: five symphonies, five concertos, two cantatas, instrumental and vocal-instrumental music, electronic music and opera URMUZICA.
He currently teaches counterpoint and composition at the Faculty of Arts of the Spiru Haret University in Bucharest.
Wednesday, April 30
4:00p.m.
Room 614 Social Sciences
Please join the Institute for Global Studies, Modern Greek Studies Program and the European Studies Consortium for a lecture entitled "Folklore and Culture in Modern Romania" presented by Sorin Lerescu.
Sorin Lerescu was born in Craiova, Romania, on November 14, 1953. He studied composition at the National University of Music in Bucharest with Tiberiu Olah and Anatol Vieru. He earned his Ph.D. at the "Gheorghe Dima" Academy of Music in Cluj-Napoca in 1999 with Ede Terényi.
Lescu's work includes: five symphonies, five concertos, two cantatas, instrumental and vocal-instrumental music, electronic music and opera URMUZICA.
He currently teaches counterpoint and composition at the Faculty of Arts of the Spiru Haret University in Bucharest.
Monday, April 14, 2014
European Parliamentary Elections: Why We Need to Pay Attention
Wednesday, April 23
6:00p.m.
American Swedish Institute
2600 Park Ave.
Free. Registration recommended; call 612-871-4907
Join European experts and policy makers at the American Swedish Institute to discuss the 2014 European Union Parliament elections, the current status of the EU, the role of the parliament in the EU, and key European and national issues facing voters across the pond. The evening is part lecture, part expert round table, and part Q&A, so come prepared to participate.
European Parliamentary Election Panelists:
Panelists include;
Jean-Luc Robert of the European Parliament Liaison Office with the US Congress will speak about the parliament's role in EU decision-making and about the main issues in the May elections.
Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Fellow at Johns Hopkins' Center for Transatlantic Relations will examine the role of the radical right in the elections.
Mary T Curtin, the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Policy Diplomat in Residence, will offer an American perspective on the EU and the Parliament.
Sponsored by the Finlandia Foundation-Twin Cities, the Institute for Global Studies and European Studies Consortium at the University of Minnesota and The Minnesota International Center .
6:00p.m.
American Swedish Institute
2600 Park Ave.
Free. Registration recommended; call 612-871-4907
Join European experts and policy makers at the American Swedish Institute to discuss the 2014 European Union Parliament elections, the current status of the EU, the role of the parliament in the EU, and key European and national issues facing voters across the pond. The evening is part lecture, part expert round table, and part Q&A, so come prepared to participate.
European Parliamentary Election Panelists:
Panelists include;
Jean-Luc Robert of the European Parliament Liaison Office with the US Congress will speak about the parliament's role in EU decision-making and about the main issues in the May elections.
Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Fellow at Johns Hopkins' Center for Transatlantic Relations will examine the role of the radical right in the elections.
Mary T Curtin, the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Policy Diplomat in Residence, will offer an American perspective on the EU and the Parliament.
Sponsored by the Finlandia Foundation-Twin Cities, the Institute for Global Studies and European Studies Consortium at the University of Minnesota and The Minnesota International Center .
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Twin Cities Film Premier Aftermath & The Last of the Unjust
Aftermath
Thursday, April 10
7:00p.m.
St, Anthony Main Theatre
Part of The Film Society of Mpls/St. Paul International Film Festival
Introduction by Alejandro Baer, Director CHGS
For tickets and information please click here.
Inspired by real events that haunt Poland's past, Wladyslaw Pasikowski (who wrote the screenplay for Andrzej Wajda's Katyn) turns in a hard-hitting allegory on the anti-Semitism that still raises its ugly head in his home country. Franek and Jozek are brothers who are reunited after 20 years in order to take care of the family farm. Franek, recently returned from the US, discovers that Jozek has been ostracized from the community for threatening to uncover a dark secret. As Franek and Jozek struggle to rebuild their relationship, they are drawn into a horrifying gothic tale. Upon its release in Poland, Aftermath received acclaim, but also generated intense controversy.
The Last of the Unjust
Sunday, April 13
1 p.m.
St Anthony Main Theatre
Part of The Film Society of Mpls/St. Paul International Film Festival
Introduction by Bruno Chaoaut, Chair, Department of French & Italian, former director CHGS.
For tickets and information please click here.
Claude Lanzmann returns to a series of interviews he made in 1975 with Benjamin Murmelstein, the last President of the Jewish Council in the Theresienstadt ghetto. Murmelstein was largely demonized after the war, accused of collaborating with the Nazis, with his survival being the proof. These interviews, however, tell a different story--one of a pragmatic man who fought not only for his own survival but also the survival of every Jew he could possibly help. A powerful addendum to Lanzmann's masterpiece Shoah, The Last of the Unjust employs an unadorned style for an incredibly complicated historical narrative that continues to be defined today.
Sponsored by the European Studies Consortium, Institute for Global Studies, Center for Austrian Studies, The Center for Jewish Studies, the Department of French & Italian, and The Film Society of Mpls/St. Paul.
Thursday, April 10
7:00p.m.
St, Anthony Main Theatre
Part of The Film Society of Mpls/St. Paul International Film Festival
Introduction by Alejandro Baer, Director CHGS
For tickets and information please click here.
Inspired by real events that haunt Poland's past, Wladyslaw Pasikowski (who wrote the screenplay for Andrzej Wajda's Katyn) turns in a hard-hitting allegory on the anti-Semitism that still raises its ugly head in his home country. Franek and Jozek are brothers who are reunited after 20 years in order to take care of the family farm. Franek, recently returned from the US, discovers that Jozek has been ostracized from the community for threatening to uncover a dark secret. As Franek and Jozek struggle to rebuild their relationship, they are drawn into a horrifying gothic tale. Upon its release in Poland, Aftermath received acclaim, but also generated intense controversy.
The Last of the Unjust
Sunday, April 13
1 p.m.
St Anthony Main Theatre
Part of The Film Society of Mpls/St. Paul International Film Festival
Introduction by Bruno Chaoaut, Chair, Department of French & Italian, former director CHGS.
For tickets and information please click here.
Claude Lanzmann returns to a series of interviews he made in 1975 with Benjamin Murmelstein, the last President of the Jewish Council in the Theresienstadt ghetto. Murmelstein was largely demonized after the war, accused of collaborating with the Nazis, with his survival being the proof. These interviews, however, tell a different story--one of a pragmatic man who fought not only for his own survival but also the survival of every Jew he could possibly help. A powerful addendum to Lanzmann's masterpiece Shoah, The Last of the Unjust employs an unadorned style for an incredibly complicated historical narrative that continues to be defined today.
Sponsored by the European Studies Consortium, Institute for Global Studies, Center for Austrian Studies, The Center for Jewish Studies, the Department of French & Italian, and The Film Society of Mpls/St. Paul.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Beyond Iberian Colonialism: One Day Conference
"Beyond Iberian Colonialisms: Spanish Arabs and the Fate of the Western Sahara"
Conference
Friday, April 4
9:00 a.m. - 4:00p.m.
Nolte 125
For more info please click here.
Key note speaker: Aminatou Haidar, "Saharawi Women and Peaceful Resistance"
2:15-3:15
Nolte 125
Film Screening of Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony (Hijos de las nubes, la última colonia)(2012)
6:15 p.m.
St. Anthony Main Theater
As part of the Mpls/ST. Paul Film Society's International Film Fest
For tickets and more information click here.
K-16 Educator Workshop
Saturday, April 5
9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
125 Nolte
For more information please click here.
This conference will illuminate and draw together the histories of Iberian colonialisms with the present realities of African immigration and cultural production. International scholars, poets and speakers will explore why contemporary poets from the Western Sahara write poetry in Spanish, what the conflict between contemporary Moroccan policy and human rights of Saharans has to do with Spain's colonial past, and why contemporary Iberian and American artists have rallied behind the Saharan cause.
Key note speaker Aminatou Haidar is a Saharawi human rights activist, an advocate of the independence of Western Sahara, and president of the Collective of Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA). Known as "Saharawi Gandhi" for her nonviolent protests, she was imprisoned from 1987 to 1991 and from 2005 to 2006 on charges related to her independence advocacy. In 2009, she attracted international attention when she staged a hunger strike after being denied re-entry into Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara. Haidar has won several international human rights awards for her work, including the 2008 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award and the 2009 Civil Courage Prize. In 2012 she was nominated to the Nobel Peace Prize.
Sponsored by: Iberian Studies, the Institute for Global Studies, European Studies Consortium, The Imagine Grant Special Events Fund, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, African Studies Initiative, The Human Rights Program, Gender Women Sexuality Studies.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Funds Still Available Faculty Travel Grants in European Studies
New deadline for applications April 15, 2014
Funds still available!
The European Studies Consortium is able to provide funds for travel to University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus faculty. These grants are for projects that further development of new curricular content or the building of partnerships in Western, Central or Eastern Europe. Grants will be made on a competitive basis. Successful applications will receive up to $1000 in travel support. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of the competition by email.
Applications will be judged on the following criteria:
Projects that internationalize or expand opportunities to integrate foreign languages into the curriculum. Funding to be used for the collection of materials to update courses on Europe or European cultures, or for the collection of curricular resources that would allow students to utilize their foreign language skills in area studies courses.
Travel to develop collaborative research and (or) curriculum for sustainable partnerships with European institutions or colleagues.
For application and complete details please click here.
Funds still available!
The European Studies Consortium is able to provide funds for travel to University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus faculty. These grants are for projects that further development of new curricular content or the building of partnerships in Western, Central or Eastern Europe. Grants will be made on a competitive basis. Successful applications will receive up to $1000 in travel support. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of the competition by email.
Applications will be judged on the following criteria:
Projects that internationalize or expand opportunities to integrate foreign languages into the curriculum. Funding to be used for the collection of materials to update courses on Europe or European cultures, or for the collection of curricular resources that would allow students to utilize their foreign language skills in area studies courses.
Travel to develop collaborative research and (or) curriculum for sustainable partnerships with European institutions or colleagues.
For application and complete details please click here.
From Social to Communicative Construction: Transatlantic Developments in Interpretative Sociology
A lecture by Bernt Schnettler
Professor and Chair for Sociology of Culture and Religion, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Tuesday, March 25
12:00p.m.-1:30p.m.
Room 710 Social Sciences
Lunch provided by reservation
In the late 1960s, the 'new' sociology of knowledge opened up a path of stimulating academic collaboration between European and American currents of thought. Roughly half a century later, the 'New' Sociology of Knowledge has evolved in different directions. Professor Schnettler will focus on the vibrant debate in Europe. Special attention will be paid to the recent development of three cognate approaches: The Theory of Communicative Genres, the Social Constructionist Approach to Discourse Analysis (SKAD) and Sociological Hermeneutics, now jointly developing a research program under the programmatic title "Communicative Constructionism."
To reserve lunch email marydrew@umn.edu
Sponsored by: The European Studies Consortium and the Department of Sociology
Professor and Chair for Sociology of Culture and Religion, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Tuesday, March 25
12:00p.m.-1:30p.m.
Room 710 Social Sciences
Lunch provided by reservation
In the late 1960s, the 'new' sociology of knowledge opened up a path of stimulating academic collaboration between European and American currents of thought. Roughly half a century later, the 'New' Sociology of Knowledge has evolved in different directions. Professor Schnettler will focus on the vibrant debate in Europe. Special attention will be paid to the recent development of three cognate approaches: The Theory of Communicative Genres, the Social Constructionist Approach to Discourse Analysis (SKAD) and Sociological Hermeneutics, now jointly developing a research program under the programmatic title "Communicative Constructionism."
To reserve lunch email marydrew@umn.edu
Sponsored by: The European Studies Consortium and the Department of Sociology
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Europe in the News
The European Studies Consortium was founded to promote and support inquiry into Europe related issues, engaging scholars and students across disciplinary and collegiate borders. Based on this inquiry we have established a Europe in the News page on our website. This page will give links to articles from credible international media resources on current events affecting Europe today. From the UK to the Ukraine and all points in between we will be monitoring and posting the latest news on a weekly basis. The page also has links to European news sources to track events by country.
Currently we are watching the situation in the Ukraine very closely and will be featuring articles as events unfold.
To access the page please click here.
Currently we are watching the situation in the Ukraine very closely and will be featuring articles as events unfold.
To access the page please click here.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
FLAS Nomination Form now Available Online
The new FLAS nomination form is now available to all designated department personnel to upload student-required information to compete in the 2014-2015 FLAS competition.
The new system eliminates duplicate paperwork and makes the process flow easier between the nominators and the FLAS coordinator.
The form is available by clicking here or by utilizing this link http://z.umn.edu/zumneduflas.
Quick Tips:
It is best to collect all of the information before uploading the information.
Uploaded documents (unofficial transcripts, student's 1-2 page statements, letter of recommendation, department nomination letter) can be in a word document or PDF.
Important: Where it states to put in the UMN Internet ID that you do not put in the full email address. This will stall the nomination form.
Students no longer need to get a statement from a LCTL instructor. They need only provide the instructor's name, Internet ID (x500) and email address. If the LCTL instructor does not have a University Internet ID please use the Non-University LCTL Instructor form provided by clicking FLAS Non-University LCTL Form.pdf. Once completed it can be uploaded with the other documents.
If you have any questions about the nomination process please visit the FLAS website by clicking here or contact Jodi Elowitz, FLAS Coordinator at 612-624-6527 or elow001@umn.edu.
The new system eliminates duplicate paperwork and makes the process flow easier between the nominators and the FLAS coordinator.
The form is available by clicking here or by utilizing this link http://z.umn.edu/zumneduflas.
Quick Tips:
It is best to collect all of the information before uploading the information.
Uploaded documents (unofficial transcripts, student's 1-2 page statements, letter of recommendation, department nomination letter) can be in a word document or PDF.
Important: Where it states to put in the UMN Internet ID that you do not put in the full email address. This will stall the nomination form.
Students no longer need to get a statement from a LCTL instructor. They need only provide the instructor's name, Internet ID (x500) and email address. If the LCTL instructor does not have a University Internet ID please use the Non-University LCTL Instructor form provided by clicking FLAS Non-University LCTL Form.pdf. Once completed it can be uploaded with the other documents.
If you have any questions about the nomination process please visit the FLAS website by clicking here or contact Jodi Elowitz, FLAS Coordinator at 612-624-6527 or elow001@umn.edu.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
2014 Summer Research Grants in Austrian/Central European Studies for UMN Graduate Students
The Center of Austrian Studies is able to offer four Summer 2014 Research Grants of $4,000. Applications are welcome from all disciplines with connection to Austrian/Central European Studies
Students should email the following as Word documents to Klaas van der Sanden (vande001@umn.edu) by 4:30 p.m., February 28, 2014.
1. A two-page proposal describing the scholarly work to be undertaken during the summer. The work must be related directly to your progress towards degree completion.
2. A statement of academic progress, listing:
a. Year of entrance into the graduate program
b. Actual or projected dates of Ph.D. prelims, prospectus meeting, and Ph.D. defense, as appropriate;
c. Remaining degree requirements to be completed with a schedule for completion
3. Transcript
4. Letter of Recommendation by the Applicant's advisor
For More Information, contact:
Klaas van der Sanden
Center for Austrian Studies
Email: vande001@umn.edu
For selection criteria and eligibility please visit cas.umn.edu
Students should email the following as Word documents to Klaas van der Sanden (vande001@umn.edu) by 4:30 p.m., February 28, 2014.
1. A two-page proposal describing the scholarly work to be undertaken during the summer. The work must be related directly to your progress towards degree completion.
2. A statement of academic progress, listing:
a. Year of entrance into the graduate program
b. Actual or projected dates of Ph.D. prelims, prospectus meeting, and Ph.D. defense, as appropriate;
c. Remaining degree requirements to be completed with a schedule for completion
3. Transcript
4. Letter of Recommendation by the Applicant's advisor
For More Information, contact:
Klaas van der Sanden
Center for Austrian Studies
Email: vande001@umn.edu
For selection criteria and eligibility please visit cas.umn.edu
Monday, November 11, 2013
Office Hours for Information on 2014-2015 Fellowships in European and International Studies (FLAS) Beginning Thursday, November 14, 2013.
Office hours have been established to aid students and department personnel in navigating the nominating procedures for FLAS. Beginning Thursday, November 14, hours will be available between 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Walk-ins are welcome; appointments are encouraged. Please email Jodi Elowitz at elow0001@umn.edu to set up an appointment. Hours will take place in room 248 Social Sciences Building.
2014-2015 Fellowship in European and International Studies, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) competition is open to undergraduate, graduate and professional students to promote the study of modern foreign languages and in particular less-commonly-taught languages in European and International studies.
Summer Fellowships provide a $2500 living stipend and $5000 towards tuitions and fees for undergrads, graduate and professional students. Academic Year Fellowships provide undergraduates with a $5000 living stipend and $10,000 towards tuition and fees. A $15,000 living stipend and $18,000 towards tuition and fees is available for graduate and professional students.
Eligibility, information and complete details for both international and European competitions are available online by clicking here.
A new online procedure for handling nominations is being put into place and will be announced soon. 2014-2015 Academic Year FLAS awards will be contingent on available funding from the U.S. Department of Education.
2014-2015 Fellowship in European and International Studies, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) competition is open to undergraduate, graduate and professional students to promote the study of modern foreign languages and in particular less-commonly-taught languages in European and International studies.
Summer Fellowships provide a $2500 living stipend and $5000 towards tuitions and fees for undergrads, graduate and professional students. Academic Year Fellowships provide undergraduates with a $5000 living stipend and $10,000 towards tuition and fees. A $15,000 living stipend and $18,000 towards tuition and fees is available for graduate and professional students.
Eligibility, information and complete details for both international and European competitions are available online by clicking here.
A new online procedure for handling nominations is being put into place and will be announced soon. 2014-2015 Academic Year FLAS awards will be contingent on available funding from the U.S. Department of Education.
Monday, November 4, 2013
Finalists for director at Center for Austrian Studies to present
Three finalists for the position of permanent director for the Center for Austrian Studies will be making presentations on the University of Minnesota campus in November.
Howard Louthan, history, University of Florida. "Erasmus, Poland, and the Reformation." Thursday, November 7, 1:30-3:00 p.m., 1210 Heller Hall. "A Vision for the Future of CAS," Friday, November 8, 12:00-1:15 p.m., 614 Social Sciences Building.
Daniel Unowsky, history, University of Memphis. "Local Violence and State Crisis: The 1898 Anti-Jewish Riots in Habsburg Galicia." Tuesday, November 19, 3:30-5:00 p.m., 1210 Heller Hall. "A Vision for the Future of CAS," Wednesday, November 20, 12:00-1:15 p.m., 614 Social Sciences Building.
Egbert Klautke, cultural history, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College, London. "A Vision for the Future of CAS," Thursday, November 21, 12:00-1:15 p.m., 614 Social Sciences Building. for "The Descent of Freud: On the Reception and Popularization of Freudianism in Europe and America, c. 1930-1990." Friday, November 22, 2:00-3:30, 1210 Heller Hall.
Howard Louthan, history, University of Florida. "Erasmus, Poland, and the Reformation." Thursday, November 7, 1:30-3:00 p.m., 1210 Heller Hall. "A Vision for the Future of CAS," Friday, November 8, 12:00-1:15 p.m., 614 Social Sciences Building.
Daniel Unowsky, history, University of Memphis. "Local Violence and State Crisis: The 1898 Anti-Jewish Riots in Habsburg Galicia." Tuesday, November 19, 3:30-5:00 p.m., 1210 Heller Hall. "A Vision for the Future of CAS," Wednesday, November 20, 12:00-1:15 p.m., 614 Social Sciences Building.
Egbert Klautke, cultural history, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College, London. "A Vision for the Future of CAS," Thursday, November 21, 12:00-1:15 p.m., 614 Social Sciences Building. for "The Descent of Freud: On the Reception and Popularization of Freudianism in Europe and America, c. 1930-1990." Friday, November 22, 2:00-3:30, 1210 Heller Hall.
Monday, October 7, 2013
The Book that Changed Europe
Picart and Bernard's Religious Ceremonies of the World, with author Wijnand Mijnhardt
Center for Early Modern History Book Discussion
Friday, October 18
12:15 p.m.
James Ford Bell Library Wilson Library
Wijnand Mijnhardt, of the Descartes Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Sciences and Humanities at Utrecht University, will lead a discussion of his book The Book that Changed Europe: Picart and Bernard's Religious Ceremonies of the World.
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Early Modern History, the James Ford Bell Library, the Program in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, and the European Studies Consortium.
Center for Early Modern History Book Discussion
Friday, October 18
12:15 p.m.
James Ford Bell Library Wilson Library
Wijnand Mijnhardt, of the Descartes Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Sciences and Humanities at Utrecht University, will lead a discussion of his book The Book that Changed Europe: Picart and Bernard's Religious Ceremonies of the World.
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Early Modern History, the James Ford Bell Library, the Program in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, and the European Studies Consortium.
Muddle in the Med: the euro crisis and beyond
Friday, October 18
9:00 a.m.
100 Murphy Hall
Free and open to the public, to reserve a space please click here.
John Hooper, the Southern Europe Editor of the Guardian and Italy Correspondent of the Economist, asks whether the euro crisis is really over -- and looks at some of the other issues arising in what Europeans till recently thought of as their playground.
This event will be hosted by Giovanna Dell'Orto, assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communication. On September 26, 2013 her new book Reporting at the Southern Borders: Journalism and Public Debates on Immigration in the U.S. and the E.U. will be published and includes a chapter written by Hooper.
This event is co-sponsored by the European Studies Consortium and the Department of Spanish/Portuguese.
9:00 a.m.
100 Murphy Hall
Free and open to the public, to reserve a space please click here.
John Hooper, the Southern Europe Editor of the Guardian and Italy Correspondent of the Economist, asks whether the euro crisis is really over -- and looks at some of the other issues arising in what Europeans till recently thought of as their playground.
This event will be hosted by Giovanna Dell'Orto, assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communication. On September 26, 2013 her new book Reporting at the Southern Borders: Journalism and Public Debates on Immigration in the U.S. and the E.U. will be published and includes a chapter written by Hooper.
This event is co-sponsored by the European Studies Consortium and the Department of Spanish/Portuguese.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Special Screening of The Sami
The Sami
Thursday, August 29
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
All My Relations Art Gallery
1414 East Franklin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55404
This event is free and open to the public.
Being Sami no longer means making a living by herding reindeer in the far northern reaches of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. In a Finnish documentary, The Sami (Sapmelas) many Sami who have followed work to the big cities of northern Europe reflect on changes they have experienced within their lifetimes, as they have become musicians, store clerks, a film director, a school kid, an artist, a young mother, and, as a counterpoint, a couple engaged in traditional reindeer-herding.
Co-directors Anastasia Lapsui (a radio journalist in Salekhard, and part of a Nenets language program) and Markku Lehmuskallio (Seven Songs from the Tundra, 1999, Mothers of Life, 2001, and A Bride of the Seventh Heaven, 2004) explore the Sami diaspora, ask if the change of life-style and surroundings has transformed the uniquely Sami way of looking at the world. Sami speak candidly of what "being Sami" means to them, in ways that show the adaptiveness of tradition despite the hardships
The film will be screened in Sami, Finnish and Swedish with English subtitles.
After the film we will have discussion and Q&A with two leading Sami scholars from Finland. Professor Veli-Pekka Lehtola (University of Oulu) has authored 12 books and about 70 scientific articles on the history of the Sami and Lapland and on contemporary Sami art. Dr. Irja Seurujärvi-Kari is a lecturer and the director of multidisciplinary Sami studies program at the University of Helsinki. In addition to her academic career, Seurujärvi-Kari has been a member of the Sami Parliament.
Sponsored by: The Institute for Global Studies, All My Relations Art Gallery, The American Swedish Institute, Government of Finland/David and Nancy Speer Visiting Professorship in Finnish Studies, European Studies Consortium
Thursday, August 29
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
All My Relations Art Gallery
1414 East Franklin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55404
This event is free and open to the public.
Being Sami no longer means making a living by herding reindeer in the far northern reaches of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. In a Finnish documentary, The Sami (Sapmelas) many Sami who have followed work to the big cities of northern Europe reflect on changes they have experienced within their lifetimes, as they have become musicians, store clerks, a film director, a school kid, an artist, a young mother, and, as a counterpoint, a couple engaged in traditional reindeer-herding.
Co-directors Anastasia Lapsui (a radio journalist in Salekhard, and part of a Nenets language program) and Markku Lehmuskallio (Seven Songs from the Tundra, 1999, Mothers of Life, 2001, and A Bride of the Seventh Heaven, 2004) explore the Sami diaspora, ask if the change of life-style and surroundings has transformed the uniquely Sami way of looking at the world. Sami speak candidly of what "being Sami" means to them, in ways that show the adaptiveness of tradition despite the hardships
The film will be screened in Sami, Finnish and Swedish with English subtitles.
After the film we will have discussion and Q&A with two leading Sami scholars from Finland. Professor Veli-Pekka Lehtola (University of Oulu) has authored 12 books and about 70 scientific articles on the history of the Sami and Lapland and on contemporary Sami art. Dr. Irja Seurujärvi-Kari is a lecturer and the director of multidisciplinary Sami studies program at the University of Helsinki. In addition to her academic career, Seurujärvi-Kari has been a member of the Sami Parliament.
Sponsored by: The Institute for Global Studies, All My Relations Art Gallery, The American Swedish Institute, Government of Finland/David and Nancy Speer Visiting Professorship in Finnish Studies, European Studies Consortium
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Workshop and Lectures with Jacques Rancière
Click here for full schedule.
Philosopher Jacques Rancière is among the preeminent contemporary thinkers of the intersection between politics and aesthetics, including questions of social history, political participation, education, cinema, literature, modernity and human rights. Among his latest of more than fifteen books to be translated into English are Aisthesis: Scenes from the Aesthetic Regime of Art (Verso, 2013), and Béla Tarr: The Time After (Univocal, 2013). His books also include The Future of the Image (Verso, 2007) and Film Fables (Berg, 2006).
Philosopher Jacques Rancière is among the preeminent contemporary thinkers of the intersection between politics and aesthetics, including questions of social history, political participation, education, cinema, literature, modernity and human rights. Among his latest of more than fifteen books to be translated into English are Aisthesis: Scenes from the Aesthetic Regime of Art (Verso, 2013), and Béla Tarr: The Time After (Univocal, 2013). His books also include The Future of the Image (Verso, 2007) and Film Fables (Berg, 2006).
The Discovery of the "New World" and Traditions of Othering
A lecture by Pedro Martínez García
September 20, 2013
Room 1210 Heller Hall
12:15 p.m.
The arrival of the Castilian caravels in 1492 on the coast and islands which at first sight were identified as the Orient and the resulting encounters with the first natives oddly coincides with the end of the so called "coexistence of the three cultures" in the kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. Contemporary Christian Castilians set aside their Jewish and their Morisco others to engage with "new others" in unchartered territories, where concepts like conversion, conquista and cohabitation evolved and were adapted to new contexts. This moment is often considered a symbolic turning point between the Middle Ages and Modernity.
In his talk, Dr. Martinez will focus on the traditions of othering in the early modern Iberian Atlantic World, paying special attention to the European perceptions of the natives of the "New World" through chronicles and travel narratives.
Pedro Martínez García is a lecturer in the Chair of Early modern History, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
Since 2008, he has been writing his dissertation entitled "Face to Face with the Other: Travel Narratives and Alterity from the Late Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period"
at the University of Valladolid (Spain) and the University of Bayreuth (Germany).
Sponsored by: Center for Holocaust and Genocides Studies, Center for Early Modern History, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, European Studies Consortium.
September 20, 2013
Room 1210 Heller Hall
12:15 p.m.
The arrival of the Castilian caravels in 1492 on the coast and islands which at first sight were identified as the Orient and the resulting encounters with the first natives oddly coincides with the end of the so called "coexistence of the three cultures" in the kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. Contemporary Christian Castilians set aside their Jewish and their Morisco others to engage with "new others" in unchartered territories, where concepts like conversion, conquista and cohabitation evolved and were adapted to new contexts. This moment is often considered a symbolic turning point between the Middle Ages and Modernity.
In his talk, Dr. Martinez will focus on the traditions of othering in the early modern Iberian Atlantic World, paying special attention to the European perceptions of the natives of the "New World" through chronicles and travel narratives.
Pedro Martínez García is a lecturer in the Chair of Early modern History, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
Since 2008, he has been writing his dissertation entitled "Face to Face with the Other: Travel Narratives and Alterity from the Late Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period"
at the University of Valladolid (Spain) and the University of Bayreuth (Germany).
Sponsored by: Center for Holocaust and Genocides Studies, Center for Early Modern History, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, European Studies Consortium.
Barbara Fuchs: "Genre and Empire in the Mediterranean"
CEMH Work-in-Progress Seminar
Friday, September 13
12:15 p.m.
East Bank (TBD)
Barbara Fuchs, of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Department of English at UCLA, will share her work "Genre and Empire in the Mediterranean" in a Center for Early Modern History work-in-progress seminar. A copy of the paper for this seminar will circulate in advance and will be available from the Center for Early Modern History website.
Sponsored by: Center for Early Modern History, European Studies Consortium, Department of English, Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
Friday, September 13
12:15 p.m.
East Bank (TBD)
Barbara Fuchs, of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Department of English at UCLA, will share her work "Genre and Empire in the Mediterranean" in a Center for Early Modern History work-in-progress seminar. A copy of the paper for this seminar will circulate in advance and will be available from the Center for Early Modern History website.
Sponsored by: Center for Early Modern History, European Studies Consortium, Department of English, Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
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