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  • Questions Without Borders: Why Future Research and Teaching Will Be Interdisciplinary

    Questions Without Borders: Why Future Research and Teaching Will Be Interdisciplinary - Forum led by Myron Gutmann, National Science Foundation

    Monday, February 13, 2012
    3:30pm-5:00pm
    Coffman Memorial Union Theatre

    Led by Myron Gutmann, Assistant Director, National Science Foundation, this forum will discuss why large research universities need to do more to offer interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate education.

    Following Gutmann's opening remarks, there will be responses and comment by David L. Fox, Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science and Engineering; J. B. Shank, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts; and Dominique Tobbell, Program in the History of Medicine, Medical School. Gary Cohen, Department of History, will host the event.

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     February 1st, 2012

  • Entrepreneur Scott Litman, B.A. '90, Raises Funds for Combat Veterans

    1990 History B.A., Imaginet, Minnesota Cup, and Magnet 360 co-founder, and one of 200 Minnesotans You Should Know, Scott Litman "speaks about his volunteer efforts with a non-profit venture he helped launch and sustain: the Minnesota Military Appreciation Fund, which raises money for troops returning from overseas combat zones."

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     January 30th, 2012

  • IZUN/MIZAN: A Film and Dialogue Series

    New Film and Dialogue Series Launches in Twin Cities

    New series "IZUN/MIZAN: A Film and Dialogue Series" will be launched in the Twin Cities (*"Balance" in Hebrew & Arabic) this February, focusing on films that explore complexity of Palestinian/Israeli conflict coupled with post-film dialogue that deepens community connections

    Designed for interfaith communities as well as college campuses, IZUN/MIZAN will feature award-winning films that portray the complexity of the Israeli/Palestinian conundrum, followed by an in-depth, respectful dialogue guided by trained facilitators about the issues raised in the film and the conflict itself.

    The series brings together a variety of organizations and academic departments and will be held initially within three different communities. Events are free of charge but donations will gladly be accepted at the door.

    In cooperation with Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, The Islamic Center of Minnesota, Mount Zion Temple, and the Saint Paul Interfaith Network, Izun/Mizan presents:

    • My So Called Enemy, (http://mysocalledenemy.com/) Saturday, Feb 25, 2012, 7-9:30 p.m., at the Islamic Center of Minnesota, 1401 Gardenia Ave. NE, Fridley, MN 55432;
    • Precious Life, (http://www.preciouslifemovie.com/ ), Saturday, March 3, 2012, 7-9:30 p.m., Mount Zion Temple, 1300 Summit Ave. (at Hamline Ave.), St. Paul, MN 55105.

    Refreshments will be served at the above two events.

    Sponsored by the University of Minnesota's Departments of History, German, Scandinavian and Dutch, Gender and Women's Studies and housed under the Center for Jewish Studies, Izun/Mizan will feature the two films listed above plus one other on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis at Nicholson Hall, Room #135 (216 Pillsbury Dr SE, Mpls, MN 55455)

    • My So Called Enemy (http://mysocalledenemy.com/), Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, 5:30-8 p.m
    • City of Borders (http://cityofborders.com/), Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 5:30-8 p.m.
    • Precious Life (http://www.preciouslifemovie.com/ ), Thursday, April 19, 2012, 5:30-8 p.m.

    Dinner will be provided at the University of Minnesota Series.

    There will also be a series planned at Macalester College later this Spring.

    Izun/Mizan is available to come to other institutions of higher learning, congregations, groups, and other organizations.

    Izun/Mizan is funded, in part, by the Minnesota State Arts Board through the arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, and with the support of Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, an initiative of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation, the sponsoring agencies and departments at the University of Minnesota.

    More information about IZUN/MIZAN: A Film and Dialogue Series can be found online at http://www.razoo.com/story/Izun-Mizan-A-Film-And-Dialogue-Series-1

     January 18th, 2012

  • David Chang, Finalist for ASA Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize

    AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION AWARDS CEREMONY (2011)

    The Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize was established in 2002
    and is awarded annually for the best-published first book in American
    Studies that highlights the intersections of race with gender, class,
    sexuality and/or nation.

    The 2011 prizewinner is Cynthia M. Blair, I've Got to Make My Livin':
    Black Women's Sex Work in Turn-of-the-Century Chicago (University of
    Chicago Press, 2010).

    Finalist mentions go to:

    David Chang, The Color of the Land: Race, Nation, and the Politics
    of Landownership in Oklahoma, 1832-1929     (University of North Carolina
    Press, 2010)

    Kelly Lytle Hernández, Migra! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol.
    (University of California Press. 2010)

     December 19th, 2011

  • Evan Roberts Takes Freshmen to 19th Century Chicago

    Students in Evan Roberts freshman seminar are immersing themselves in a different time and place -- 19th century Chicago.

    Continue reading MN Daily: Students go back in time to 19th century Chicago

     December 16th, 2011

  • Caughey Western History Prize to Erika Lee

    Western History Association has awarded the Caughey Western History Prize to Erika Lee for her book, Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America.

     December 8th, 2011