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Join us to learn about opportunities for undergraduate students with the Einaudi Center for International Studies! This session will discuss how to successfully apply for programs like Global Internships and Laidlaw Scholars, and how to discover or strengthen global interests, including academic minors, weekly seminars, and language study.
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"Linguistic Production and Perception in Heritage Language"
Gláucia Silva
Professor of Portuguese, UMass Dartmouth
Heritage language (HL) speakers tend to assess their linguistic competence in binary terms, such as "good" and "bad," and to consider that they speak "slang" or a "broken" language (Byram et al., 2021). However…
This presentation summarizes a new book analyzing the history of food security and agricultural development initiatives in post-colonial Africa and outlining a vision for future prosperity. The basic argument has three parts. First, development organizations and governments will only begin to seriously address food insecurity in Africa when they more fully question the assumption that…
“Un Movimiento Caminando/A Movement in Motion”
This talk is based on a seven-year visual ethnography of the Los Angeles Street Vending Campaign (LASVC). This multi-racial movement has resisted carceral systems from 2008 to the present. In confronting the state, there are two approaches to justice work: progressivism and abolitionism. The LASVC forges another path forward–un movimiento…
Fashion sustainability operates within frameworks shaped by colonial histories, such as capitalism, racism, sexism, and specisism. This talk explores the decolonization of sustainable fashion through the lenses of ecofeminism and ecowomanism, which emphasizes the interconnectedness of environmental justice, gender equity, and cultural reclamation.
Drawing on both theory and practice, I…
Calling all current international employees including J1 interns: join International Services (part of the Office of Global Learning) for a casual meet and greet/coffee hour on the final Friday of each month. Coffee and snacks will be provided. Locations vary each month and will be announced via the international scholar listserv.
Black women and their histories are often overlooked and excluded from conventional museums, study collections, and archives. This research explores ways Black women in Harlem, NYC challenge conventions of documentation and preservation by both reclaiming conventional and producing unconventional fashion archives through curating, collecting, making, and wearing. Through these declarations,…
"Dyslexia, ADHD, Autism: Encouraging and Supporting All L2 Learners"
Sara Lee
Associate Teaching Professor of German, Arizona State University
Up to 20% of people in the U.S. have dyslexia, which means that about 4-6 students in every classroom struggle with reading and writing, spelling, and executive functions. How does this manifest in second language…