CLAS is in Session

Graduate Student Position:
Black Studies across the Americas

CLAS is seeking an OSU graduate student, from any department or discipline, with interest in Black Studies and Latin America to collaborate virtually with faculty and students at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) and with Latin American partner institutions in Argentina, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic.

Black Studies Across the Americas, funded by BMCC’s President’s Fund for Excellence and Innovation, is a collaboration between the Department of Ethnic and Race Studies (DERS) and the Office of Internships and Experiential Learning, with support from OSU CLAS. The goal of this program is to enhance Black Studies in DERS courses, as well as fields where Ethnic and Race Studies are not typically represented.

The program will take place in Spring 2022. Applications are now being accepted, with a deadline of Monday, November 29 at 5pm and expected announcement of a decision in early December. The graduate student selected will be appointed as a Graduate Research Associate in CLAS, working approximately 5 hours per week (12.5% FTE appointment) over 10 weeks.

Learn more about the program, GRA position, and application process here.

For questions about the Black Studies Across the Americas collaboration, contact BMCC Professor of Ethnic and Race Studies Judith Anderson (juanderson@bmcc.cuny.edu). For questions related to the GRA appointment, contact CLAS Assistant Director Mark Hoff (hoff.96@osu.edu).

FLAS Information Sessions

Information sessions for the Summer 2022 and Academic Year 2022-2023 FLAS competitions are being held throughout November and early December:

Thursday, November 18, 2021, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 4-5 p.m.
Friday, December 3, 2021, 12-1 p.m.

Each session includes a presentation on the fellowship and application process and an opportunity to ask questions. Learn more and register for a session here.

Contact Mark Hoff (hoff.96@osu.edu) with any questions.

Lectures on literature and film
in Portugal and Brazil

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Instituto Camões, and CLAS are co-sponsoring a series of lectures embedded in the course PORT 5530: Mídias Ninja, Príncipes Reais, ao deus-dará? Os brasis de Portugal e os portugais do Brasil, 1995-2021.

Tuesday, November 16, 3:55-5:15pm: Portuguese writer and journalist Alexandra Lucas Coelho, "Aula Aberta: Uma conversa sobre Deus-Dará"
Tuesday, November 23, 3:55-5:15pm: Brazilian musician Luca Argel, talk title TBA

All talks will be given in Portuguese. Register to receive the Zoom links and stay tuned for updates about remaining talks in the series.

Spring 2022 Field School:
"Border Issues & Activism in Ohio"

Drs. Katherine Borland (Comparative Studies) and Stephanie Aubry (Spanish & Portuguese) will lead a field school in Spring 2022 called “Border Issues and Activism in Ohio” (Comp Studies 4193, 1 cr.). View a flyer for the field school here.

The field school will: introduce students to sites of immigration enforcement and immigrant rights activism; encourage them to think critically about how the border is present in the United States and Ohio; and include visits to learning sites and engagement with community partners working in immigrant support and defense.

The field school will include two weekend visits (Jan. 22-23, Cincinnati area; March 4-6, Cleveland area), where students will meet with partners engaged in grassroots activism in support of Central American individuals and families that have migrated to the U.S.

Contact aubry.6@osu.edu or borland.19@osu.edu with any questions.

Spring 2022 Course on
Cosmopolitan Citizenship

In Spring 2022, Dr. Katherine Borland (Comparative Studies) is teaching a new course entitled COMPSTD 3501, Humanitarianism: Ideals & Realities in the Contemporary World. The course will meet in person on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:55-5:15pm.

The course will explore the history, dominant discourses, and practices of aid to Central America and examine why some humanitarian projects flourish whereas other, equally well-intended ones do not.

View a flyer for the course here and contact borland.19@osu.edu with any questions.

Fall 2021 Whitten Andean & Amazonian Studies Scholarship Recipients

Each semester the exceptional work and research that student curators undertake with the newly renamed Kawsay Ukhunchay: Andean & Amazonian Indigenous Art & Cultural Artifacts Collection is recognized by way of the Whitten Andean & Amazonian Studies Scholarship. This scholarship is made possible by a generous private donation from Dr. Norm Whitten.

This semester, eight outstanding students from diverse academic backgrounds received the scholarship. Read more about the student curators, their work, and their personal experiences engaging with the collection here.

Learn more about the collection here, and read more here about the broader scope of scholarship pursued by the K'acha Willaykuna: Andean & Amazonian Indigenous Arts & Humanities Collaboration.

For further questions or to schedule a group visit to the collection, contact Professor Michelle Wibbelsman (wibbelsman.1@osu.edu).

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