Once again, Scott Laderman gets to the heart of the matter in explaining how censorship threatens life-saving research at the University of Minnesota.

Our University of Minnesota American Indian Studies department Dakota language instructor, Cante Maza sharing what Dakota people know, why "Minne" is part of so many place names in Minnesota.

IHRC summer fellow Khoi Nguyen's article "Beyond Kinh(ship): The Making of Vietnamese Settler Refugeeism Through Land and Dispossession" was published in the Journal of Transnational American Studies. Congrats Khoi! @migrationcollab.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social escholarship.org/uc/item/0fs7...

We invite you to join UMN at this year’s ASA conference to celebrate a year of accomplishments and collaborations at our reception on Saturday, November 22, at 6:30 pm. 📅: Saturday, November 22 🕑: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm 📍: Terrace & Ballroom Lobby, Puerto Rico Convention Center All are welcome.

This Saturday, Prof Emeritus John Wright and Curator of the Givens Collection Davu Underwood Seru will discuss their paths as interdisciplinary scholars working in academia and in off-campus communities--and within the broader Black Studies tradition:

Join us and the Katherine Nash Gallery for Becoming SotaRicans, a conversation with Puerto Rican community leaders discussing their contributions to the arts and culture of MN. Oct. 8 from 4-6 in Pillsbury Hall. More info at events.tc.umn.edu/event/24867-...

Join us Wed. Oct 1 for a discussion of Vichet Chhuon's new book Cambodian American Youth, Identity and Schooling with remarks by Peuo Tuy More info at z.umn.edu/chhuonbookevent @umnlawschool.bsky.social @umnenglish.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnpolisci.bsky.social

Co-signed and co-sponsored. Next Wed hear from the co-editors of the great anthology of essays, poems, and artwork from migrants, refugees, and Dreamers:

Farm Aid and the UMN Departments of History, American Studies & Anthropology Present Collective Power in the Countryside: A Conversation With Sarah Smarsh & Sarah Vogel, Moderated by Sonja Trom Eayrs Thu, Sep 18, 5:00pm Best Buy Theater, Northrup, UMN @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social

Join us for a special evening with Reyna Grande and Sonia Guinansaca Sept 24 at 6pm at Best Buy Theater, Northrop in Minneapolis. More info and registration at z.umn.edu/rosales2025 @umncla.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnenglish.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social

You still have time to register for our webinar on Birthright Citizenship on Sept 17 with @unlawfulentries.bsky.social @skantrow.bsky.social @cnacken1.bsky.social William Jones and Cecilia Marquez. z.umn.edu/BirthrightCitizen @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social

UMN Professor Jimmy Patino published this excellent piece drawing attention to historical parallels. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/before-aboli...

And... our final visiting writer event of this fall will be the author of There's Always This Year, Hanif Abdurraqib! (Winner of the @bookcritics.bsky.social 2025 award for criticism!) Free with registration. Join us Nov 17:

Another fall event: We're excited to bring Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, to Minneapolis October 23! Join us to hear from the MacArthur "Genius" Fellow and his latest novel The Emperor of Gladness. Free with registration: #umnproud

Join us Sept 17 for a timely webinar on Birthright Citizenship and learn from the experts @unlawfulentries.bsky.social @skantrow.bsky.social @cnacken1.bsky.social William Jones and Cecilia Marquez. Register z.umn.edu/BirthrightCitizen @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnlawschool.bsky.social

WHAT: 19th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival WHEN: Sept 24–28, 2025 WHERE: The Main Cinema, closing events at the Walker Art Center + special programs across the Twin Cities PASSES: Passes + 4-Packs available now at tcaff25.eventive.org Through Sep 1, passes are $10 off!

Dr. Rose Miron (Ph.D. '18) was featured on the University of Minnesota Press' podcast for her book *Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory.* Dr. Miron's book: www.upress.umn.edu/978151791271...

ACLS is pleased to announce our 2025-26 fellowship and grant competitions. We offer programs that support research across all fields of the humanities and social sciences: bit.ly/4lI8A3C #humanities #socialsciences #funding

ICYMI: Dr. Nick Estes (UMN American Indian Studies) interviewed Leonard Peltier in the @newyorker.com last week.

Congratulations to our Scott Hall Hub staff on receiving the CLA Outstanding Service Award (Work Group) for Academic Year 2024–25! We are grateful for the work you do to support our department! @umncla.bsky.social

We congratulate Akeem Anderson, third-year AMST PhD student, for their recent publication, "Jazzing Up the Method: Music Therapy, Past & Future," in the Graduate School's SPARK Journal. Read Akeem's publication here: sparkezine.com/2025/05/02/j...

Featuring Dr. Kale Fajardo, Dr. Melanie Abeygunawardana, Dr. Elliott Powell, Dr. Karen Ho, and Dr. Yuichiro Onishi: cla.umn.edu/asianamerica...

The AAUP has two new editorial opportunities for members who want to get more involved with our publications. Stipends are available, and the application deadline is June 1. Read more about each position below: 🧵

Cheers for English Prof Josephine Lee, recipient of Asian American Studies' Lifetime Achievement Award for her role in founding the 20-year-old program as well as for her outstanding academic career and service to the community #UMNProud More on the program's anniversary: cla.umn.edu/asianamerica...

Summer enrollment for AMST 3214: "Queer Kinship: Undoing the American Family" is still open! This online asynchronous course meets the Arts/Humanities and Race, Power, and Justice in the U.S. LEs. Course info: umtc.catalog.prod.coursedog.com/courses/8253...

Congratulations to Richard Lim, a third year American Studies PhD student, for being named a 2025 Mellon/ACLS Innovation Fellow!

A recent New York Times' article celebrating 20 years of Youtube features Adam Nyerere Bahner (M.A. '08), on Youtube as TayZonday. Read the article here: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/t...

TODAY! A conversation with students at the UMN Disability Student Cultural Center.

Join us virtually this Friday, April 25 at 6:15 PM ET to hear from philosopher Judith Butler! Butler will deliver the 2025 Charles Homer Haskins Lecture, "A Life of Learning," at the #ACLS2025 Annual Meeting. Register here: eepurl.com/ja4_cY #philosophy #humanities

Professors Miranda Joseph and Erin Durban have a new publication about their interdisciplinary research project exploring racialized landownership and the UMN faculty neighborhood of University Grove in the groundbreaking anthology, The Disabled Anthropologist (Routledge). z.umn.edu/dis-anthro

Did you miss our webinar on Asian American Disability: History, Archives, Methods? Now you can watch the recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2o5... @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @jonathanhsy.bsky.social

Join the IHRC and @iehs.bsky.social for The Page Act of 1875: Rethinking its Significance 150 Years Later. Register at z.umn.edu/PageAct150 @migrationcollab.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnpolisci.bsky.social @umnlawschool.bsky.social

We stand by the @humanitiesall.bsky.social in their request to prevent funding cuts to this critical agency. We call on the administration and on Congress to uphold our nation’s historic commitment to these cherished values and activities in American communities. nhalliance.org/federal-fund...

Next Wed: MFA alum and poet Roy Guzmán will be reading for UMN Libraries' "Celebrating Bilingual Poetry" program! Register for this hybrid event: z.umn.edu/rgg25 #NationalPoetryMonth

Featuring Drs. Angela Carter, Erin Durban, Jessica Horvath Williams, and Jennie Row! Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

CALL FOR PAPERS!!! This special issue of American Studies will explore the intersections between Chicanx/Latinx Studies and Critical University Studies.

Please join us for “Celebrating Bilingual Poetry with Roy G. Guzmán.” Guzmán will be reading work that reflects on a racialized queer immigrant childhood, poverty and working class life, and more! Learn more and register at https://libnews.umn.edu/event/pankake-poetry-featuring-roy-guzman/

In anticipation of this year's Noble Lecture on April 3 with Dr. Mejdulene Shomali, we want to amplify some of the main concepts from her book, *Between Banat: Queer Arab Critique and Transnational Arab Archives* (@dukepress.bsky.social , 2023). Register here: z.umn.edu/Mejdulene-Sh... (1/2)

Join us for the launch of a new reading series during, a collaboration between Baba’s and Mizna. 4/4 at 7pm, Baba's Hummus House Ft. Mejdulene B. Shomali @sagirahs.bsky.social + Nikki Lewis mizna.org/event/aahm-2...

You still have time to register for our webinar: Asian American Disability: History, Archives, Methods on March 26 at 4pm Central on zoom. Register at z.umn.edu/AsianAmericanDisabilityHistory @illinoispress.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social @uofmhumanrights.bsky.social @oah.org

We are officially calling for papers!! 🔊 We are looking for articles for both the regular edition as well as for a special edition! See below for more info ⬇️ American Studies (AMSJ) is a quarterly interdisciplinary journal sponsored by the Mid-America American Studies Association

Luisa Gaona (she/her) is a senior double-majoring in American Studies and Chicano & Latino Studies. Visit the link to read our Q&A with Luisa, where she details her course recommendations, how she came to choose American Studies as a major, and more. z.umn.edu/Luisa

Join us Tues, April 1 @ 4:30pm for Awaiting Their Feast: A Conversation about Latinx Food Workers and Activism with Lori A Flores and José Luis Villaseñor. Register at z.umn.edu/AwaitingTheirFeast @umnlawschool.bsky.social @umnpolisci.bsky.social @umnchgs.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social

Another amazing webinar from the Asian American Studies Program. "Edging Aesthetics: Touching Elsewheres in Queer and Trans Undocumented Cinema" featuring Dr. stef torralba, Wed March 19 at 4pm. Register at z.umn.edu/stefrsvp2025

Next week, Insurgent Transmissions presents a screening of From Ground Zero. Join us on March 5, 2025 at 7pm at Bryant Lake Bowl. Tickets + more info: mizna.org/film/insurge...

Dr. Mejdulene Shomali (Williams College) will deliver the 2025 David Noble Lecture entitled, "Sahq, Dirt, Shaheed: Queer Poetics and Palestinian Resistance." 🗓️: April 3, 2025 ⏰: 4:00pm-5:30pm 📍: Best Buy Theater (Northrop) & Zoom More info: z.umn.edu/Noble2025