Join the Southeast Asian Diaspora (SEAD) Project for these upcoming special events commemorating the 50th anniversary of southeast Asian refugees in Minnesota.
www.theseadproject.org/mekongjourne...
A remarkable feature with one of our brilliant graduate students, Selena Moon, a second year American Studies PhD student:
Congratulations, Professor Ahmad!
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Lavender promotional poster with a black and white portrait of Dr. Kareem Khubchandani holding a white folding fan and looking toward the camera, wearing a patterned shirt. Magenta and black text reads: “April 9, 2026, 6:00PM–7:30PM, Cowles Auditorium & Zoom. Dr. Kareem Khubchandani, 2026 David Noble Lecture.”
Lavender event poster with magenta and black text titled “Queer Aesthetics and South Asian Aunties.” Description explains the cultural figure of the South Asian aunty and how the lecture uses queer studies to explore gender, sexuality, and normativity. Event details read: “April 9, 2026, 6:00pm–7:30pm, Cowles Auditorium & Zoom.”
✨ONE WEEK AWAY! Join the Department of American Studies for the 2026 David Noble Lecture, titled “Auntologies: Queer Aesthetics and South Asian Aunties” by Dr. Kareem Khubchandani. ✨
📅 Thursday, April 9
⏰ 6:00pm-7:30pm
📍 Cowles Auditorium, University of Minnesota & Zoom
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Next week!! The 2026 Noble Lecture with Dr. Kareem Khubchandani. Auntologies: Queer aesthetics & South Asian Aunties
Thurs. April 9 at 6pm. Lecture followed by book signing & reception.
cla.umn.edu/american-stu...
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Join us Wed. April 22 for Students of Diaspora and the Fight for Justice. This webinar will bring together experts to examine how international, immigrant, and migrant students in the U.S. have organized against repression and restrictions. z.umn.edu/IHRC_April22
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Attention UMN students studying migration: Applications for IHRC Summer and Academic Year Fellowships are due March 31st. More info at cla.umn.edu/ihrc/fellows...
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Monday, April 20, 4-6pm. Dr. JC Salyer of Barnard College and the Arab American Family Support Center to speak on the difficulties disabled immigrants face when attempting to come to America.
cla.umn.edu/anthropology...
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Asst. Prof. Jessica Lopez Lyman's Book "Place-keepers" explores how Latina/x artists in the Twin Cities use their art as a form of activism to reclaim spaces.
Learn more: z.umn.edu/place-keepers
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We Had to Run: Liberian Journeys from War to Belonging. Join us for a book talk with UMN grad student author Darlington Sehgbean. Tues April14 at 12:30. cla.umn.edu/human-rights...
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Join the Asian American Studies Program for a fascinating conversation Unsettling Refugees: Vietnamese Refugees Fighting Displacement in America's suburbs with Dr. Jennifer Huynh on March 25 at 5 Central.
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Join the IHRC and our partners for another timely and important event.
Echoes of Home, Visions Ahead: 50 Years of Southeast Asian Community. March 20, 4-6pm. Appleby Hall 311. More info and rsvp: z.umn.edu/SEA50
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Join us Wed at 6 PM to hear Dina Gilio-Whitaker, author of "Who Gets to be Indian? Ethnic Fraud and Other Difficult Conversations about Native American Identity," in conversation with Audra Simpson, (Columbia University).
z.umn.edu/who-gets-to-be-indian
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Congratulations to Dr. Elliott Powell, Associate Professor of American Studies and Asian American Studies and Associate Director of RIDGS, on being named a recipient of the Arthur “Red” and Helene B. Motley Exemplary Teaching Award from @umncla.bsky.social!
cla.umn.edu/news-events/...
Less than one week to go for #HoldingOurGroundUMN, Mar 18-19 at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis campus. Register for in-person or online attendance at the link below. We welcome requests from community members for complimentary registrations. Instructions in the link below.
Join the @umnanth.bsky.social for April Kamp-Whittaker of CA State Univ Chico: Networks at Play: Sports and the Archaeology of Community in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center More info and rsvp: z.umn.edu/networks_at_play
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Join me today for a livestream interview on The Red Nation Podcast.
I'll be talking with my @umncla colleague, Professor Nick Estes about our upcoming March 18-19 hybrid symposium at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. #HoldingOurGroundUMN
Join the IHRC and our partners for another timely and important event.
Echoes of Home, Visions Ahead: 50 Years of Southeast Asian Community. March 20, 4-6pm. Appleby Hall 311. More info and rsvp: z.umn.edu/SEA50
@umnengagement.bsky.social @umnlawschool.bsky.social @umnpolisci.bsky.social
Join us for "Unsettling Refugees: Vietnamese Refugees Fighting Displacement in America's Suburbs" with Dr. Jennifer Huynh. March 25 from 5-6:15pm. More info and register z.umn.edu/JHuynh
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Networks at Play: Sports and the Archaeology of Community in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center with Prof April Kamp-Whittaker. Monday March 23, 4-6pm
More info and register z.umn.edu/networks_at_play
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Attn UMN Grad Students: you still have time to apply for an IHRC academic year or summer fellowship. Are you researching migration? Check out our fellowships at cla.umn.edu/ihrc/fellows... Applications due March 31
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You still have time to register for The Borders Crossed Us Too: Global Indigeneities, Migration, and World-Making with Dr. Khoi Nguyen. Wed from 4-5 Central. Join the IHRC to hear @umn-amst.bsky.social grad speak about his research on Southeast Asian refugees. @upenn.edu @umncla.bsky.social
NEXT TUESDAY March 3, 5-6:30pm. Kelly Lytle Hernández will discuss The Whites-Only Immigration Regime 1803 to Now. More info and rsvp: z.umn.edu/IHRC_Hernandez
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Univ of MN students, are you studying any aspect of migration? You still have time to apply for IHRC academic year and summer fellowships. More info at cla.umn.edu/ihrc/fellows...
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Featuring Dr. Khoi Nguyen (AMST Ph.D. '25)! Nguyen is currently the Panda Express Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania (@upenn.edu).
What are the strategies for addressing "self-Indigenization" in our institutions?
Join UMN American Indian Studies for Holding Our Ground, a hybrid symposium on Indigenous Ethnic Fraud. March 18-19, 2026.
Register: z.umn.edu/holding-our-ground
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Call for proposals: 2026–2027 Hub Residencies ✨
The Liberal Arts Engagement Hub is seeking collaborative, community-based projects in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Residencies run July 2026–June 2027 and include up to $15,000 in support.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/5PTk50YckST
