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Hurston@125: Engaging with the Work and Legacy of Zora Neale Hurston
Deborah Thomas, Tami Navarro & more
ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE REGISTER CONFERENCE SCHEDULE & PROGRAM SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE Zora Neale Hurston, a graduate of Barnard College and Columbia University, has received great acclaim for her literary work, particularly the highly influential novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. In honor of the 125th anniversary of Hurston’s birth, BCRW celebrates Hurston’s […]
Read MoreA Feminist Approach to the Anthropocene: Earth Stalked by Man
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
ABOUT THE EVENT To take seriously the concept of the Anthropocene—the idea that we have entered a new epoch defined by humans’ impact on Earth’s ecosystems—requires engagement with global history. Using feminist anthropology, this lecture explores the awkward relations between what one might call “machines of replication”—those simplified ecologies, such as plantations, in which life […]
Read MoreWhat’s on Your Plate? The History and Politics of Food
Hilary Callahan, Kim F. Hall, Deborah Valenze, and Paige West
How much do you know about the food you eat? Food production and the politics surrounding it have an enormous impact on our environment and economy. In recent years, scientists and activists have raised concerns about the sustainability and security of our food systems here in the US and around the world, but food has […]
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Panel discussion featuring Hilary Callahan, Kim F. Hall, Deborah Valenze and Paige West. Moderated by Elizabeth Castelli.
Read MoreWhat’s On Your Plate? The History and Politics of Food
Recorded Nov 1, 2011
How much do you know about the food you eat? Food production and the politics surrounding it have an enormous impact on our environment and economy. In recent years, scientists and activists have raised concerns about the sustainability and security of our food systems here in the US and around the world, but food has always been a driving force in international and domestic policy. Barnard faculty members Kim F. Hall, Deborah Valenze, Paige West, and Hilary Callahan engage in an interdisciplinary conversation about the past and present social, geopolitical, rhetorical, and environmental factors that influence how food—including items as seemingly ordinary as sugar, coffee, milk, and corn—shapes culture and politics in this discussion moderated by Elizabeth Castelli.
ListenMesoamerican Biodiversity, Green Imperialism, and Indigenous Women’s Leadership in Defense of Territory
The overlap between bio-diverse and indigenous geographical areas of the world has led to a new wave of territorial dispossession. This conference will explore new forms of indigenous feminism and feminist agency being forged in the current round of struggles for the protection of territory and autonomy in Mexico and other parts of the world. […]
Read MoreThe Descent of Men
Nadia Abu El-Haj
How is race configured in the practices of genetic anthropology? What, more specifically, are the continuities and discontinuities between the practices of genetic anthropologists today and those of race scientists of old? Professor Nadia Abu El-Haj will analyze the evidentiary logic of research into male-Jewish origins within the broader context of genetic anthropological research into […]
Read MoreRuth Behar: Impossible Homecomings
Recorded Apr 10, 2008
Ruth Behar, Jewish Cuban American anthropologist, writer, and noted feminist, reflects on the recent literature being produced by diasporic women ethnographers, journalists, and writers, addressing their contradictory and often pained relationships to their home countries. Focusing on the work of Latin American and Caribbean women, she includes an account of her own return to Cuba and her complicated search for home. This Rennert Forum on Women lecture, entitled "Impossible Homecomings: Women Ethnographers and the Places They Left Behind," took place on April 10, 2008 at Barnard College.
ListenImpossible Homecomings: Women Ethnographers and the Places They Left Behind
Ruth Behar
In this year’s Rennert Forum on Women in Judaism, Ruth Behar, Jewish Cuban American anthropologist, writer, and noted feminist, will reflect on the recent literature being produced by diasporic women ethnographers, journalists, and writers, addressing their contradictory and often pained relationships to their home countries. Focusing on the work of Latin American and Caribbean women, […]
Read MoreShifting the Terrain for Diaspora Studies: Democracy, the Rule of Law, and the ‘New’ Souls of Black Folk
Kamari M. Clarke
This lecture is part of the Virginia C. Gildersleeve lecture series Race, Gender, Community & Rights: Celebrating 15 Years of Africana Studies at Barnard. Professor Clarke is Associate Professor of Anthropology, Yale University. She has degrees in Political Science, Anthropology, and International law. Her research interests in religious and legal movements and the related production […]
Read MoreJumpin’ at the Sun: Reassessing the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston
Monica L. Miller
Contributors include Esinam Bediako, Valerie Boyd, Peter A. Campbell, Elvita Dominique, Ann duCille, Danielle Evans, Sheen Gordon, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, David J. Johns, Carla Kaplan, Leah King, Anthea Kraut, David Krasner, Bendita C. Malakia, Monica L. Miller, Marlysha Myrthil, Alice Walker, Cheryl A. Wall, Nikole Williams, and Alexandria Wright.
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