Category Archives: ACS events

Screening of new documentary, Trapped

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Black Issues Conference

Don’t miss this wonderful event at BGSU! http://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/cultural-and-critical-studies/news-events/black-issues-conference.html

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Surviving the Academic Job Interview

Don’t forget tomorrow is the Professional Development Series on how to survive the academic job interview! Surviving the Academic Job Interview Workshop facilitated by Dr. Susana Peña, Director of the School of Cultural and Critical Studies, Monday, November 17th, 4:00 – 5:20 … Continue reading

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Talk today: Dr. Isabel Ayala on colorblind racism

Color-blind Racism and the Rationalization of College Attainment among Latinas(os) http://sociology.msu.edu/faculty/profile/ayala-isabel/ Isabel Ayala Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Maria Isabel Ayala, (Ph.D., Texas A&M) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Chicano/Latino Studies Program at Michigan … Continue reading

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Lunch with ACS Ph.D Joyce Barry: Standing Our Ground

Come and have lunch next Tuesday, April 21 with Joyce Barry. Lunch will be provided by ACS, and if you can only come for part of that time, that’s fine. Joyce Barry earned her Ph.D. in American Culture Studies at … Continue reading

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Getting Started with Digital Scholarly Publishing, Theses, and Dissertations: Scalar Workshop

SCALAR Workshops Two one-day workshops at the Center for Faculty Excellence, 202 University Hall: Monday, May 11 10:00AM-12:00PM and 1:00PM-4:00PM or Tuesday, May 12 10:00AM-12:00PM and 1:00PM-3:30PM This workshop will serve as an introduction to SCALAR, a free, open-source authoring … Continue reading

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BGSU Conference: Electric Guitar in Popular Culture, March 27-28

The electric guitar will be the rock star at the “Electric Guitar in Popular Culture” conference at BGSU March 27-28.

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Information Landscapes: Data as Architecture, with Dr. Karen Lewis

LECTURE: Information Landscapes: Data as Architecture Dr. Karen Lewis, The Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University Friday,​ March 6, 2015, 3:00-4:15 PM, 121 West Hall

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Professional Development Series: Writing Academic Job Letters

The next installment in the CCS Professional Development series Writing Academic Job Letters Monday, March 2nd 2:30 – 4:30 pm BTSU 316 Panel presentation: Professors from a range of Humanities and Social Science disciplinary and interdisciplinary backgrounds will discuss academic … Continue reading

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Fruitvale Station and Rev. Wanda Johnson

Fruitvale Station Tuesdays at the Gish Film Series: 2014-2015  Tuesday, February 24, 7:30 pm (2013), U.S., 85 minutes, Director: Ryan Coogler **Featuring a Q&A with Rev. Wanda Johnson, mother of Oscar Grant** Introduction and Facilitation by Clitha Mason, American Culture … Continue reading

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Rebecca Solnit, February 23

BGSU and ICS are pleased to welcome award-winning independent writer, cultural historian, art critic, public intellectual, and political activist Rebecca Solnit to campus on Monday, February 23. On that morning, she will offer a workshop, Art and Activism, from 11:00 am to … Continue reading

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Tara McPherson: Designing for Difference, Scalar Workshop

How did a feminist film scholar trained in post-structuralist and critical race theory end up running a software lab? In answering that question, this talk engages various histories in the development of computational systems in order to argue that we need … Continue reading

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Professional Development: Surviving the Academic Job Interview

The next workshop in our professional development series: Surviving the Academic Job Interview Workshop facilitated by Dr. Susana Peña, Director of the School of Cultural and Critical Studies Monday, November 17th, 4:00 – 5:20 pm, 107 Hanna Hall, Women’s Center, BGSU

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ACS Ph.D student JoAnna Murphy: “Be Ashamed, Be Very Ashamed: Responses to Fat Shaming”

Brown Bag Series at the BGSU Women’s Center “Be Ashamed, Be Very Ashamed: Responses to Fat Shaming,” featuring JoAnna Murphy, doctoral student in American Culture Studies. This presentation will be held from 12-1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29 in 107 Hanna Hall. … Continue reading

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Professional Development: Your Thesis/Dissertation Committee: Strategies for Success

Workshop facilitated by Dr. Jolie Sheffer, Associate Professor of English and American Culture Studies Monday, November 10th 4:00 – 5:20 pm Where: 314 BTSU

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Erin Labbie on the Medieval Remainder

ACS-affiliated faculty member Dr. Erin Felicia Labbie will be giving her ICS lecture: Dr. Erin Felicia Labbie Wednesday, October 29, 11:30 – 1:00, 207 BTSU Labbie Medieval Remainder2.1 The Medieval Remainder attends to traces of medieval systems of belief as … Continue reading

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BGSU Latino Issues Conference: Moises Serrano

The 21st BGSU Latino Issues Conference taking place on Thursday, October 23, 2014. This Fall, the keynote speaker will be the Latino Immigration & LGBT Activist, Moises Serrano. Moises will speak first-hand about his journey as an undocumented student as … Continue reading

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Artist Wayne Wilson: Navajo Philosophy and Ceremonial Teachings

Navajo artist Wayne Wilson will be at BGSU tonight: Olscamp 229 6:00-7:15 PM

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Fire & Light – Reporting in from the 2014 National Storytelling Conference (10/24, 1PM)

Please come join us on Friday, Oct. 24 at 1PM in 103 East Hall for Fire & Light – Reporting in from the 2014 National Storytelling Conference Csenge Zalka (ACS Ph.D student) Through receiving the Alma Payne Summer Scholarship, Csenga … Continue reading

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Professional Development: Creating a Teaching Portfolio

The next installment of our graduate professional development series: Creating a Teaching Portfolio Workshop facilitated by Dr. Sarah Smith Rainey, Assistant Professor in the School of Cultural and Critical Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program Monday, October 27th, 2:30 … Continue reading

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