What Am I Thinking About Now Seminar Series

What I Am Thinking About Now: Emma Amador, "Organizing for Social Services: Labor Migration, Welfare Rights, and Women’s Activism in the Puerto Rican Diaspora after 1948"

CSREA, 96 Waterman Street, Providence RI

This presentation explores histories of organizing for social services and welfare rights within Puerto Rican diasporic communities in the United States. Emma Amador is an Assistant Professor of History and Latino/a, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.

"What I Am Thinking About Now" is an on-going informal workshop/seminar series to which faculty and graduate students are invited to present and discuss recently published work and work in progress.

What I Am Thinking About Now: Jasmine Johnson, "A Politics of Tenderness"

CSREA, 96 Waterman Street, Providence RI

Please join us on Thursday, November 30, at 12pm-1pm for a "What I Am Thinking About Now" presentation by Jasmine Elizabeth Johnson, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University, titled "A Politics of Tenderness."

What I Am Thinking About Now: Nicholas Laluk, "'Nígosdzán is a Living, Breathing Woman': Power, the Natural World, and Healing in Ndee (Apache) Institutions"

CSREA, 96 Waterman Street, Providence RI

Please join us on Tuesday, November 28, at 12pm-1pm for a "What I Am Thinking About Now" presentation by Nicholas Laluk, Postdoctoral Fellow with CSREA and the Department of Anthropology, titled "'Nígosdzán is a Living, Breathing Woman': Power, the Natural World, and Healing in Ndee (Apache) Institutions"

What I Am Thinking About Now: Laura López-Sanders: "From 'God Sent' to 'God Damned': Nativist Shocks and their Influence on Race Relations in New Immigrant Destinations"

CSREA, 96 Waterman Street, Providence RI

Please join us on Thursday, November 16, at 12pm-1pm for a "What I Am Thinking About Now" presentation by Laura López-Sanders, Assistant Professor of Sociology. Her talk is titled, "From 'God Sent' to 'God Damned': Nativist Shocks and their Influence on Race Relations in New Immigrant Destinations."

What I Am Thinking About Now: Zach Sell, "Capital through Slavery: U.S. Settler Slavery in the Making of the Global Economy"

Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA), Lippitt House

Please join us on Thursday, November 9, 12-1pm for a "What I Am Thinking About Now" presentation from Zach Sell, Ruth J. Simmons Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown University.

What I Am Thinking About Now: Stéphanie Larrieux, "The Future is Now: What Science Fiction Film Reveals About Ourselves"

CSREA, Lippitt House, 96 Waterman Street

Please join us on Tuesday, November 7, 12-1pm for a "What I Am Thinking About Now" presentation by CSREA Associate Director Stéphanie Larrieux, (Ph.D. American Studies, Brown ’08) entitled “The Future is Now: What Science Fiction Film Reveals About Ourselves.”

What I Am Thinking About Now: Colin Channer, “Wheel and come again: poems from a second collection—perhaps"

CSREA, Lippitt House, 96 Waterman Street

Please join us on Wednesday, October 25, 12-1pm for a "What I Am Thinking About Now" presentation from Colin Channer, Assistant Professor of Literary Arts at Brown University, titled "Wheel and come again: poems from a second collection—perhaps."

What I Am Thinking About Now: Andrea Flores, "The Descendant Bargain: Latina Youth Remaking Kinship and Generation through Sibling Caretaking in Nashville, Tennessee"

Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA), Lippitt House

Please join us on Tuesday, April 18, 12-1pm for a "What I Am Thinking About Now" presentation from Andrea Flores, Assistant Professor of Education at Brown University. Her talk is titled, "The Descendant Bargain: Latina Youth Remaking Kinship and Generation through Sibling Caretaking in Nashville, Tennessee."

RSVP to [email protected]. Snacks and caffeine will be provided.

What I Am Thinking About Now: Bathsheba Demuth, "Species of Transition: People, Dogs, and the Making of Hybrid Spaces in Gold Rush Alaska"

Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA), Lippitt House

Please join us on Tuesday, April 4, 12-1pm for a "What I Am Thinking About Now" presentation from Bathsheba Demuth, Assistant Professor of History at Brown University. Her talk is titled, "Species of Transition: People, Dogs, and the Making of Hybrid Spaces in Gold Rush Alaska."

RSVP to [email protected]. Snacks and caffeine will be provided.

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