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The Recent Work of Dr. Nancy Reame from the Motherhood and Technology Working Group
CSSD Welcomes Professor Shana Redmond as our New Faculty Director
Members of the Afro-Nordic Feminisms WG Participate in Panel at the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies Conference in Seattle (May 9-12, 2024)
Geographies of Injustice WG Organized and Participated in "Iberian Seascapes" Conference at the University of Lisbon: (May 23-4, 2024)
READ NOW! Ana Paulina Lee Interviewed for NYT Article on Music Exposing Religious Intolerance in Brazil
Seeds of Diaspora Hosts Prof. Eric Verdeil for a Talk Titled "From Earth to Art: Seeing, Acquiescing, and Contesting the Anthropocene" on 4/24/24
Nana Osei-Kofi's New Book: AfroSwedish Places in Belonging (Northwestern University Press 2024) is Expected in June
Afro-Nordic Feminisms WG Members Jasmine Kelekay, Lena Sawyer, and Nana Osei-Kofi Authored Chapters in the Newly Published Anthology Antirasismer och Antirasister
Afro-Nordic Feminisms Co-Directors Monica L. Miller and Nana Osei-Kofi co-authored the introduction to I Talk about It All the Time by Camara Lundestad Joof
Nana Osei-Kofi & Lena Sawyer co-authored, “Counter Archiving as a Decolonial Pedagogy of Collective Care,” published in Decolonising Social Work in Finland: Racialisation and Practices of Care
Tess Skadegård Thorsen from Afro-Nordic Feminisms WG Co-Authored a Chapter in the New Book: (Farve)blinde vinkler – om racialisering, ulighed og andetgørelse i pædagogisk praksis
Jack Halberstam, Director of Past CSSD WG Queer Aquí & ISSG Faculty Director, Announced as 2024 Guggenheim Fellow
Mana Kia, Director of the New CSSD WG Alternative Modes of Being, Receives Award for Community Building & Engagement at Humanities Faculty Recognition Awards
Afro-Nordic Feminisms WG Member Tess Skadegård Thorsen Joins Danish Delegation to Brussels in April
Extractive Media to Co-Sponsor Event with the South Asia Institute at Columbia
CSSD Call for Applications for Two Business Office Positions: Communications Coordinator & Events Coordinator
Seeds of Diaspora WG Director Lynnette Widder to Co-Sponsor April 10 Event, Titled "The Great Padma: The Epic River that Made the Bengal Delta"
Premilla Nadasen, Co-Director of the Transnational Black Feminisms WG, to Lead Two Events this April on Care
Read Now! New Blog Post on the Prison Education & Social Justice Working Group: "Tranforming Prison Education from the Inside"