News from the School of IAS
Category: Diversity
Dan Berger gives talks on Captive Nation and “Prisons, Slavery, and Abolition”
IAS faculty member Dan Berger gave two lectures in Florida. At the University of Tampa's Honors Program Symposia, Berger spoke about his book Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era to highlight the origins of mass incarceration in response to prisoner activism in the 1960s and 1970s. Berger also delivered a talk entitled “Prisons, Slavery, and Abolition” at ...
February 26, 2018
Karam Dana publishes two articles and lectures at UW School of Law
IAS faculty member Karam Dana published two co-authored articles. The first, in the Journal of Politics and Religion titled “Veiled Politics: Experiences with Discrimination among American Muslim Women,” uses public opinion data, the article sheds light at gendered forms of discrimination and argues that Muslim women in the US who wear the hijab tend to experience the higher levels of discrimination when compared to Muslim women who do not wear the hijab. Overall, Muslim women, whether hijab-wearing or not, experience much higher discrimination than Muslim men. The second ...
February 26, 2018
Camille Walsh publishes Racial Taxation: Schools, Segregation, and Taxpayer Citizenship, 1869-1973
IAS faculty member Camille Walsh published Racial Taxation: Schools, Segregation, and Taxpayer Citizenship, 1869-1973 with the University of North Carolina Press. The book explores the history of the concept of “taxpayer citizenship”—the idea that, as taxpayers, we deserve access to certain social services like a public education. It shows how tax policy and taxpayer identity were built on the foundations of white supremacy and intertwined with ideas of whiteness. From the origins of unequal public school funding ...
February 21, 2018
Solicitor General Purcell discusses president’s travel ban
Washington State Solicitor General Noah Purcell visited campus on February 8 to discuss the state’s successful challenge of the president’s travel ban. Purcell was hosted by UW Bothell’s American Muslim Research Institute, which is headed by IAS faculty member Karam Dana, who moderated the Q&A session.
February 15, 2018
Talena Lachelle Queen becomes first African American Poet Laureate of Paterson, NJ
For the first time, since the city was founded by Alexander Hamilton 225 years ago, Paterson, NJ has named Talena Lachelle Queen as their first “African American Poet Laureate.” A ceremony honoring Queen will take place on February 3 at the historic Paterson Public Library. Queen (’14) is a poet and graduate of UW Bothell’s inaugural MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics program ...
February 2, 2018
Alka Kurian publishes “MeToo is riding a new wave of feminism in India”
IAS faculty member Alka Kurian published a new article, "MeToo is riding a new wave of feminism in India," in The Conversation. In this article Kurian argues that a social media-led anti-sexism movement began in India long before the present-day feminist resurgence in the US.
February 1, 2018
Frances Lee wins the 2017 Survival Guide Award at the Gender Justice Awards
2nd year MA in Cultural Studies student Frances Lee was presented the 2017 Survival Guide Award at the Gender Justice Awards on December 14, 2017. Gender Justice League, a prominent advocacy group for transgender, genderqueer, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals in Washington state, awards community members who have gone above and beyond in their creativity and impact in creating change. Frances was chosen ...
January 17, 2018
Raissa DeSmet teaches “Visual Cultures of Southeast Asia and its Diaspora” at the Burke Museum
IAS faculty member Raissa DeSmet worked with the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture as part of her fall course on “Visual Cultures of Southeast Asia and its Diaspora.” Students work with staff members at the Burke as they catalogued a collection of more than 50,000 objects embodying various traditions and cultures through time. As part of an ongoing project called “Decolonizing Collections” ...
January 5, 2018
Zarefah Baroud – “United States and Israel: Re-evaluating a Toxic Relationship”
Recently both teleSUR and CounterPunch published “United States and Israel: Re-evaluating a Toxic Relationship”, an op-ed by IAS student Zarefah Baroud. Baroud, who is a junior in Media & Communication Studies with a minor in Human Rights, has published previously on CounterPunch, while this is the first time her work has been picked up by teleSUR. The article explores movements for Palestinian liberation, movements for Black lives and police accountability, and movements actively working against destructive immigration policy ...
January 2, 2018
Anida Yoeu Ali exhibits and speaks at the National Art Gallery Malaysia
IAS faculty member Anida Yoeu Ali’s artwork is exhibited in the inaugural Kuala Lumpur Biennale currently on view at the National Art Gallery until March 30, 2018. Featuring a celebrated line-up of artists from Southeast Asia, China, South Korea, Japan and India, the KL Biennale is anticipated by Malaysians and visitors as a highlight on the city’s cultural calendar. The biennale is poised to attract more than 250,000 visitors over the five month period with public programs that include outreach to local schools and community centers. At the event’s opening celebration held on November 23, 2017, Ali performed live as The Red Chador to an audience of thousands including ...
December 12, 2017