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Oct
4
Wed
2023
Scholar Colloquium: Congo Crafted: Histories of Making, 1880s–1980s @ SAR Dobkin Boardroom & on Zoom
Oct 4 @ 1:00 pm

Sarah Van Beurden

Weatherhead Fellow

Associate Professor, African-American and African Studies
Ohio State University

Dr. Sarah Van Beurden studies the lives and afterlives of three disappeared and forgotten colonial craft genres in Congo: ivory carving, Congolese lace-making, and Christian arts.

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In 2023–2024, SAR has seven scholar fellows joining us, five on campus and two working remotely who will make visits to SAR. In the fall, the fellows will present their research to the public in a series of Scholar Colloquia, which will take place in SAR’s historic Dobkin Boardroom to an in-person audience and also live streamed on Zoom. (One exception: Carl Elliott’s December 18 presentation will be presented exclusively online.

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Oct
18
Wed
2023
Scholar Colloquium: Anti-Haitianism in Paradise: Marginalization, Stigma and Antiblackness in the Bahamas @ SAR Dobkin Boardroom & on Zoom
Oct 18 @ 1:00 pm

Bertin M. Louis, Jr.

Wenner-Gren Fellow

Associate Professor, Anthropology
University of Kentucky

In his co-authored book project with Dr. Charmane Perry, Dr. Louis presents a study about the historical foundation and the contemporary realities of discrimination, stigma, and xenophobia
against Haitians in the Bahamas.

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In 2023–2024, SAR has seven scholar fellows joining us, five on campus and two working remotely who will make visits to SAR. In the fall, the fellows will present their research to the public in a series of Scholar Colloquia, which will take place in SAR’s historic Dobkin Boardroom to an in-person audience and also live streamed on Zoom. (One exception: Carl Elliott’s December 18 presentation will be presented exclusively online.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Nov
1
Wed
2023
Scholar Colloquium: Pan American City: Work and Community in Ciudad Juárez, 1945–1994 @ SAR Dobkin Boardroom & on Zoom
Nov 1 @ 1:00 pm

Alberto Wilson, III

Mellon Fellow

Assistant Professor, History
Texas Christian University

Dr. Alberto Wilson explores the lives of Ciudad Juárez’s working residents during the late twentieth century with the arrival and consolidation of the maquiladora (duty-free border-zone factory) along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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In 2023–2024, SAR has seven scholar fellows joining us, five on campus and two working remotely who will make visits to SAR. In the fall, the fellows will present their research to the public in a series of Scholar Colloquia, which will take place in SAR’s historic Dobkin Boardroom to an in-person audience and also live streamed on Zoom. (One exception: Carl Elliott’s December 18 presentation will be presented exclusively online.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Nov
8
Wed
2023
Scholar Colloquium: A Study of Jewishness and Jewish-Muslim Relations in Tunisia @ SAR Dobkin Boardroom & on Zoom
Nov 8 @ 1:00 pm

Margaux Fitoussi

Paloheimo and Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellow

Ph.D. candidate, Anthropology
Columbia University

Building on interdisciplinary scholarship on historical memory and on belonging, Margaux Fitoussi rethinks relations between Jews and Muslims, and the ethical and political possibilities for Judaism in the Arab world today.

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In 2023–2024, SAR has seven scholar fellows joining us, five on campus and two working remotely who will make visits to SAR. In the fall, the fellows will present their research to the public in a series of Scholar Colloquia, which will take place in SAR’s historic Dobkin Boardroom to an in-person audience and also live streamed on Zoom. (One exception: Carl Elliott’s December 18 presentation will be presented exclusively online.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Nov
29
Wed
2023
Scholar Colloquium: The Borders of Knowledge: Voicing Educational Activism at the Colegio Jacinto Treviño, 1969–1976 @ SAR Dobkin Boardroom & on Zoom
Nov 29 @ 1:00 pm

Derek Garcia

Mellon Fellow

Ph.D. candidate, History
Concordia University

Derek Garcia explores memories about the Colegio Jacinto Treviño, the first accredited Mexican-American institution of higher education. The lived experiences of former founders, students, and community members trace the afterlife of Chicanx educational activism to the present day.

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In 2023–2024, SAR has seven scholar fellows joining us, five on campus and two working remotely who will make visits to SAR. In the fall, the fellows will present their research to the public in a series of Scholar Colloquia, which will take place in SAR’s historic Dobkin Boardroom to an in-person audience and also live streamed on Zoom. (One exception: Carl Elliott’s December 18 presentation will be presented exclusively online.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Dec
13
Wed
2023
Scholar Colloquium: Degradation @ Zoom
Dec 13 @ 1:00 pm

Carl Elliott

Weatherhead Fellow

Professor, Department of Philosophy
University of Minnesota

Degradation and its variants are unseen forces that shape the modern world, yet degradation is hard to think clearly about. Carl Elliott combines philosophical exploration with journalistic investigation to shed light on what we value and where we get our self-respect.

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In 2023–2024, SAR has seven scholar fellows joining us, five on campus and two working remotely who will make visits to SAR. In the fall, the fellows will present their research to the public in a series of Scholar Colloquia, which will take place in SAR’s historic Dobkin Boardroom to an in-person audience and also live streamed on Zoom. (One exception: Carl Elliott’s December 18 presentation will be presented exclusively online.

Thank you to our sponsors: