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Spring Events Announced, including Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates, plus New Research Funding Opportunities

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The Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism is pleased to announce an exciting line-up of events for the spring semester, as well as new funding opportunities.

Events

Our spring launch event will be a panel discussion followed by a reception to celebrate Critical Diaspora Studies, on Thurs., Feb. 6, 5pm, in Hodson 110. “From the Borderlands to Baltimore: Meeting the Challenges for Migrants and Refugees Today” will feature three speakers working at the grassroots in collaboration with migrants.  

In collaboration with Morgan State University’s Program for the Study of the Middle East & North Africa, we are exceptionally excited to be sponsoring a conversation between acclaimed author and Baltimore native Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Chloe Center’s own Nathan Connolly and Morgan State faculty Sara Rahnama, on Tues., Feb. 11, at 7pm at Morgan State’s Murphy Fine Arts Center. Full details here for what promises to be our biggest event ever!

Our highly successful series of Methods Workshops will continue this semester, with the first one scheduled for Wed., Feb. 26, at 12pm, featuring Renee Hudson (Assistant Professor of English and Director, Latinx and Latin American Studies Program, Chapman University), who will be speaking about “Comparative Colonialisms, Genre, and Aesthetics.” Lunch will be available to attendees who RSVP.

We are launching a new speaker series called New Books in Critical Diaspora Studies, designed to help undergraduate and graduate students learn about cutting-edge and interdisciplinary literature on racism, immigration, and colonialism. One panel in this series will be on Friday, March 7, 11:30am. It will feature Juliet Nebolon (Trinity) and Sam Klug (Loyola), presenting their new books Settler Militarism and The Internal Colony. Full details soon.

Additional events will be announced in the coming weeks!

Opportunities

The Chloe Center is pleased to announce a new two-year postdoctoral fellowship. Review of applications will begin on March 1.

For graduate students, we will be continuing our annual research and travel awards program. Current, early-stage JHU graduate students are eligible for these grants, and the applications will be due March 31. More information soon!

For undergraduate students, we will also be continuing our annual summer research awards program. Undergraduates interested in completing summer research on themes related to the four tracks of the Critical Diaspora Studies major are invited to apply (Migration and Borders; Global Indigeneities; Empires, Wars, and Carceralities; Solidarities, Social Movements, and Citizenship). Applications will be due March 31. More information soon!

Finally, we are launching a new Critical Diaspora Studies Rapid Research Grant for students who wish to conduct research during the spring semester that requires travel outside of Baltimore. Three grants of up to $500 are available. Applications are due Feb. 24 via e-mail to [email protected]. Applications should include a one-page description of the research to be conducted, justifying necessary travel, based on the research topic and course, plus a brief estimated budget on a separate page. Include a résumé with the application. To be eligible, students must be enrolled in a Critical Diaspora Studies course or cross-listed course or be engaged in writing a thesis or other project related to core themes of Critical Diaspora Studies..