October 2023

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Anthropology at Sea: Boas Seminar 10/11, Jatin Dua

Anthropology at Sea: Boas Seminar 10/11, Jatin Dua

October 11, 2023
2:10-4:10 PM

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963 Schermerhorn Extension

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 Dr. Jatin Dua will give a Boas lecture on: "Anthropology at Sea: Displacement as Ethnographic Praxis". A light reception will follow in 465 Schermerhorn Extension. 

Dr. Jatin Dua (he/him) is an associate professor of Anthropology and Director of the
Interdepartmental Program in Anthropology and History at the University of Michigan. He also
directs the Oceans Lab at the University of Michigan dedicated to collaborative and multimodal
ways of engaging oceans as anthropological interlocutors. His research explores maritime
mobility, and its perils and possibilities, in the Indian Ocean, focusing on processes and projects
of governance, law, and economy. His book, Captured at Sea: Piracy and Protection in the
Indian Ocean, published with the University of California Press (December 2019) and winner of
the 2020 Elliot P. Skinner Book Award, is a multi-sited ethnographic and archival engagement
with Somali piracy and contestations over legitimate and illegitimate commerce in the Western
Indian Ocean. In addition, he has published a number of articles on maritime anthropology,
captivity, political economy, and sovereignty and is the incoming editor of the journal
Comparative Studies in Society and History.

 

Please email disability@columbia.edu to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.

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The Assault on History and Public Education

The Assault on History and Public Education

October 26, 2023
5-6:30pm

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Buell Hall, 515 W. 116 Street

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The Assault on History and Public Education

Eliza Byard 

Thursday, Oct. 26, 5-6:30 PM

Followed by a reception 

Buell Hall, 515 W. 116 Street

RSVP recommended

 

In the last two years, 16 states passed laws prohibiting the teaching of “divisive concepts” like “CRT” or “gender ideology.”  Last school year, there were 3,362 cases of school library books being banned or challenged, up from 345 in 2019. Millions of American K-12 students now attend school in districts where their access to books and information is constrained, and where educators face fines or firing for how they teach history or for supporting LGBTQ+ students.  The assault on history and public education reflects the priorities of several distinct political movements, not educators.  It has huge stakes not only for teaching and learning at all levels, but for the future of our democracy.  

Longtime education advocate Eliza Byard will survey what is happening across the country, discuss how we got here, and take a look ahead.

Eliza Byard is the co-founder and Senior Advisor to The Campaign for Our Shared Future (COSF), a non-partisan group that monitors and responds to local, state, and federal legislative, policy, and regulatory developments threatening equity in publicly funded K-12 education in the US.  From 2008-2021, she was the Executive Director of GLSEN, a pioneering non-profit that developed a powerful national network of students, educators, and other school stakeholders to advocate for LGBTQ+ students and issues in education.  She holds a PhD in History from Columbia University.

Sponsored by the Columbia University Department of History.  history@columbia.edu

 
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