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Art History Faculty Statement on Recent Events at Hamline University

Academe Blog

BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TENURE-STREAM ART HISTORY FACULTY The statement was issued on January 13 on the website of the UMN Department of Art History with the note, “No images other than the painting of Jonah and the Whale appear in this story.”

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Celebrating Black History Month 2023

Liaison International

February 1st marks the beginning of African-American History Month , a chance for us to memorialize the many achievements and contributions that African Americans have had, and continue to have, on our history and culture. Celebrations and Education African-American history is American history.

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Internationalizing Black American History

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma. How we view the past is always colored by our present-day vantage point, but long before the recent surge in Black migration from sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, African American history and culture had an international dimension. Who is a Black American?

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Lessons From Florida: Event Announcement

Academe Blog

The governor’s “Anti-Wokeness” campaign threatens to eviscerate honest teaching of United States history and force people of color and the trans and LGBTQ+ communities to…

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Honouring Black History Month in higher education

Kortext University Leaders' Blog

Although we’re living in a more progressive society, racial discrimination and inequality can be felt by people of colour in the UK to this very day, emphasising the importance of honouring Black History Month. . So, what is Black History Month and why should you care about it? . The importance of Black History Month.

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Friday News and Events, March 17, 2023

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Events ◾THINC Lab welcomes Dr. Lai-Tze Fan of The University of Waterloo for a Digicafé talk titled “Gendered by Design: Uncovering a Material History of Women in Technocapitalism” Date: Thursday, March 23rd Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Location: THINC Lab, McLaughlin Library, 2nd Floor All are welcome. Very March out there.

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We celebrate Black history, and acknowledge the pain of persistent inequity

UW Presidential Blog

Part of what makes Black history such a compelling lens is the bravery and tenacity with which Black Americans have persevered to overcome staggering obstacles and oppression that were — and are — built into our nation’s systems and structures from its founding and continue to be a source of systemic inequity today.

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