This talk draws attention the importance of Palestinian history and humanity, why both are central to an understanding of the modern Middle East and to contemporary aspirations for liberation and freedom, and why both have been consistently denied and removed from view in order to cohere modern Western liberalism. RSVP...
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In this lecture, Silky Shah frames US immigration policy and its relationship to mass incarceration. Incorporating historical and legal analyses of the last forty years, she shows how the prison-industrial complex and immigration enforcement are intertwined systems of repression. While...
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) is the largest funding agency for academic research in Japan. Fellowships are offered for Ph.D. students, post-doctorate scholars, researchers, and faculty members in all fields. If you are interested in researching in...
Dr. Susan McWilliams-Barndt (Pomona College) will be sharing her paper, titled "A Tale of Two Liberalisms: Desegregating American Political Thought." Abstract: What is the nature of America’s liberal inheritance? These days, prominent political thinkers—pro-liberals, anti-liberals, and post-liberals alike—seem to agree...
The Tateuchi East Asia Library (TEAL) is proud to present the 2025 TEAL Digital Scholarship Series, a dynamic program showcasing cutting-edge research by faculty in the fields of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese (CJKT) studies. This series highlights how innovative...
Drawing on her monograph, Becoming Global Asia: Contemporary Genres of Postcolonial Capitalism in Singapore (UC Press, 2023), and co-edited volume, Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Singapore (under contract, Duke UP), a subversive travel guide comprised of creative and critical contributions...
The Finns Party (Perussuomalaiset in Finnish -- the direct translation would be “Fundamental Finns” or “True Finns”) is one the most successful national populist parties in Europe. Currently it holds 46 out of 200 seats in the Finnish Parliament as...
From the beginnings of European new imperialism in Africa, officials diagnosed a particular “transport problem” on the continent. Confronted with massive spaces, low population densities, and existing systems of porterage and caravan travel that European officials struggled to comprehend and...
In this talk, Rana M. Jaleel considers Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization’s failure to require a rape or incest exception in states that would otherwise ban or restrict access to abortions. Situating the Dobbs decision within international criminal jurisprudence...