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the quote. Instead, O’Leary illustrated the entire quote and the pair decided to sell 44 copies in honor of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama. The piece sold out very quickly; the process was repeated with another quote, and the Dead Feminists letterpress poster series was born. Fast track to today, and in the year where the American presidential ballot featured its first female candidate for a major party, Spring and O’Leary have penned a book on feminist history, featuring

Hegemony and Cultural Revitalization: Approaches to Resilience in Local Tribal Communities (Scandinavian Cultural Center) Dr. Charlotte Coté, Associate Professor, University of Washington, Department of American Indian Studies 7:30pm — Seeds of Freedom, Gardens of Hope (Karen Hille Phillips Center for Performing Arts) Dr. Vandana Shiva, Founder, Navdanya

recently been accepted for publication.  In December, we read a draft of a new essay by Prof. Adela Ramos that analyzed the invocation of the myth of Coatlicue as a means of imagining environmental renewal in Homero Aridjis’ novel La leyenda de los soles.  In February we returned from J-term to discuss a version of Prof. Jenny James’ article-in-progress entitled “Adjacent Pasts and Multidirectional Perspective in Susan Choi’s American Woman.” In March, we came together over lunch to discuss Prof. Nancy

have a hard time with. I really empathized with her story as a child of immigrants myself—the constant feeling of betrayal that comes with leaving behind your parents and your culture as you move into the realm of American teenage awkwardness and adulthood.” Our class devoted a month to studying and drawing literary inspiration from Daisy Hernández’s award-winning memoir, A Cup of Water Under My Bed (Beacon Press, 2014). Hernández spoke with our evening class until it was late at night in Ohio

In the following text, Dr. Carmiña Palerm, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Director of the International Honors Program, considers how a Humanistic approach can inform the design and implementation of a study-away course. In this particular case study, Dr. Palerm describes a class titled “American Genesis: Indigenous Texts and their Resonance” that she offered as part of the Wang Center’s Gateway Semester Program in Oaxaca, Mexico in Fall of 2012.I had two goals in designing this

been concerned with what is usual. She's concerned with bringing people together to solve problems. Franklin, the first African-American woman to serve as…read more

. After working as a nurse in the greater Tacoma area for several years, she decided to try out for the first season of the American Idol-esque BET reality TV show Sunday Best in 2007. She was the inaugural winner— awarded a 2008 Toyota Camry, a record contract with Zomba Gospel (now RCA Inspiration) and a Tide “Loads of Hope” community prize package. “I didn’t grow up knowing this is what I wanted to do, but I love singing and I love seeing God get the glory,” Aikin said in an October 2008 interview

, and other issues. The library has an additional 383 e-books and open access online books with subjects about women that were published from 2018 to 2023. We celebrate Women’s History Month by “commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.” (https://www.womenshistorymonth.gov/). See the online version of this exhibit. Exhibit supported: The Center for Gender Equity and Gender, Race, and Sexuality Studies Curator: Holly Senn

understand Antisemitism to be racist. Thus, while German Catholics opposed Nazi racism, they continued to endorse or at least tolerate Nazi Antisemitism. “Radical Catholic Traditionalists, the Holocaust and American Politics” – Mark Weitzman The radical Catholic traditionalist movement in the US reflects the movements broad issues with antisemitism and religious freedom. I will trace their thought on those issues, as well as their attempts to influence American politics which have recently come under

grandfather attended church; his father dressed as an altar boy and his grandfather as a priest.  While in hiding, John Heller was asked to join the Belgium resistance. To this day, John recalls helping American soldiers find their way through the forest, during the pivotal Battle of the Bulge. Georgette and John Heller, both survivors, found each other, after the liberation in late 1945.  They were married in 1948. They came to the United States to start a new life. They settled down in New York, which