UNM American Studies Department

11/14/2023

UNM American Studies Department presents:

Alex Lubin (former department chair of UNM American Studies)
Professor of African American Studies at Penn State University

"An African-American Novel in Nigeria: Duse Mohamed Ali's Ere Roosevelt Came (1934) and the Making of Literary Pan-Africanism"

Monday, November 20th, 2-4 PM
Frank Waters Room, Zimmerman Library
The University of New Mexico - UNM

11/08/2023

UNM American Studies Department PhD student Nathan Leach speaking about his outstanding dissertation "The Social Matter of Opioids" as part of the Bilinski Dissertation Fellowship colloquium this afternoon.

10/26/2023

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The Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies is hosting an Open House (In-person) on Tuesday, October 31st, 2023. The event will be held from 1:00p.m. to 3:00p.m (MDT) in the Waters Room in Zimmerman Library on the UNM Albuquerque Main Campus.

The Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies is a cornerstone of Native and Indigenous research and education at UNM for both graduate students and faculty. Come to our open house to hear UNM-NCAIS fellows share their experiences with NCAIS workshops, summer institutions, and conferences and learn how you can become involved in this academic development opportunity.

This event is hosted by Samuel Truett, Associate Professor of History, and Jennifer Denetdale, Professor of American Studies.

Light refreshments will be provided.

For any questions, please contact us at [email protected]

10/11/2023

UNM American Studies Department Graduate Student Research Panel, Friday, October 20th @ 12noon

10/08/2023

The UNM American Studies Department presents

// States of Emergency: A Spatial History of the French Colonial Continuum //
A Talk by Léopold Lambert

Tuesday, October 17
5:30pm

Garcia Honda Auditorium
George Pearl Hall
2401 Central Ave SE
University of New Mexico

Léopold Lambert is a trained architect living in Paris. He is the editor-in-chief of The Funambulist and the author of four books examining architecture's violence and its participation in the implementation of settler colonialism and structural racism.

In this talk, Lambert will present his most recent book (soon to be translated into English) entitled States of Emergency: A Spatial History of the French Colonial Continuum (2021). Through the examination of three space-time of anticolonial insurrections (1954-1962 Algeria, 1984-1988 Kanaky, and 2005-2020 Banlieues in France), he develops the concept of "colonial continuum" (i.e. a colonial space-time surface) by adding the political role of the built environment to historical analyses.

Sponsored by the Department of American Studies, School of Architecture + Planning, French Program, and the International Studies Institute.

10/04/2023

"We should not fear for our lives when we speak out against injustices, racism and hate." UNM American studies chair Jennifer Denetdale's article about the shooting during the gathering to celebrate the postponement of the reinstallation of the Juan de Oñate statue in Espanola.

The shooting of Jacob Johns is yet another act of terror that Indigenous people who live in New Mexico must navigate every day.

09/21/2023

Actor Steven Michael Quezada will be speaking in AMST 310.001 - CCS 393.001, Tuesday Sept 26 at 9:30 am. Guests are welcome! Quezada is also a Bernalillo County Commissioner, producer, and comedian. Class Location: Dane Smith Hall 229, University of New Mexico. The course title is "Breaking Bad: TV, Race, and Gender"

09/08/2023

Grad students! Please join us for a conference paper proposal workshop on Friday 9/15 @ 12noon.

09/08/2023

UNM American Studies beginning of the semester gathering!

04/25/2023

American Studies Thesis Symposium 2023

• Robin Babb, “The Last Knight and Lady in New Mexico: Fray Angélico Chavez and La Conquistadora”
• Gunnar Barnes, “Gender Outlaws: Confessional Asylum and Administrative Violence”
• Abigail Gwynn, “Acting Out US Imperialist Insecurity in New Mexico: An Analysis of Breaking Bad and Seal Team 6”
• Nicklas Pascetti, “Re-Centering Our Sense of Place: A Land-Grant Perspective on Urban Growth in Albuquerque”
• Sarah Gehrke Sidelko, “Broken Promises and Organized Abandonment: PROMESA and Public Act 4”
• Brady Steele, “Interrupting Heteronormativity and Reproduction through Radical Abortion and Queerness”

04/20/2023

Congrats to Justin Allen, AMST BA (2021) who co-wrote this opinion piece, "Building the Movement to Expand Voting Rights," which was just published in Newsweek:

There is a growing understanding that America's deeply harmful mass incarceration policies, fueled by the racist "War on Drugs," have only destroyed families and communities.

04/06/2023

Thanks to UNM American Studies Department alumni Taylor Velazquez (KUNM), Justin Allen (OLÉ), Monica Ault (Fines and Fees Justice Center) & Jadira Gurule (National Hispanic Cultural Center) for an amazing discussion today about careers in American Studies!!!

04/06/2023

Thank you to the AMAZING UNM American Studies BA & MA alums who participated in our Open House today! It was wonderful to hear about how their coursework in AMST helped shape their career paths!

04/04/2023

Please join us this Thursday April 6, from 11am-1pm for an AMST Open House and Panel on Careers in American Studies! Ortega Hall, Room 322. There will be pizza!!

04/01/2023

Not to be missed!!!

Marcella Ernest, Sinan Antoon, Dani Zelko at the Albuquerque Museum on Friday, April 21 @ 5:30pm!!!

Please spread the word and join us if you're in the Albuquerque area!

This is the public event that's part of a workshop that UNM American Studies faculty Rebecca Schreiber and Alyosha Goldstein are convening here in Albuquerque on "Relations Beyond Colonial Borders: Indigeneity, Racialization, Hospitality" with Natalia Brizuela and Samera Esmeir as part of the workshop series of the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs at UC Berkeley. Thanks to Josie Lopez for hosting the public event!

Artists Marcella Ernest (Ojibwe), Sinan Antoon, and Dani Zelko discuss their work and lead a community discussion.

03/25/2023

Congratulations to our grad students, Naomi Ambriz and Ezekiel Acosta!
They have been selected to participate in the 2023 Summer Institute in Latino Humanities Studies Methodologies and Theories at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

03/24/2023

ASA Welcomes Newly Elected Officers and Representatives for 2023

Thank you to everyone who stood for election or voted in the ASA elections. Voting in the ASA Election is now complete. The following members have been elected to three-year terms that shall last from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026.

President-elect:
Mishuana Goeman

National Council At-Large Member (4):
Aren Aizura
Emily Hobson
Habiba Ibrahim
Minh-Ha T. Pham

National Council International Rep:
Chih-ming Wang

National Council Contingent Faculty Rep:
Kate Drabinski

Nominating Committee (2):
Alyosha Goldstein
A. Naomi Paik

03/24/2023

Please join us on April 6, 11am-1pm for an American Studies Dept. Open House and Panel on Careers in AMST. Ortega Hall 322. 322. (There is a typo in the poster.)

03/11/2023

Exciting fellowship opportunity with the Institute for Policy Studies.

"The New Mexico Fellowship is an 18-month, paid, public policy fellowship, with the first year at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) in our Washington, DC office, and the final six months working with a non-profit in New Mexico. This fellowship program seeks to help mentor a new generation of progressive leaders in New Mexico. In the past, this fellowship has recruited diverse candidates that are now serving New Mexico in multiple ways. Each of our former IPS New Mexico fellows are back working in New Mexico nonprofits, practicing law, and shaking up legislation."

I am currently in the process of finishing this fellowship as an intern at NMELC. I would be happy to connect and answer questions from those who could be interested, I strongly encourage recent BA and MA graduates, community organizers, or activists to apply. The application is due on Monday, March 20th. You can find more details and application guidelines here:

Jobs and InternshipsThe Institute for Policy Studies is a progressive think tank dedicated to building a more equitable, ecologically sustainable, and peaceful society. We believe progress occurs when people and movements come together to act on powerful ideas based on equity, peace, and the protect...

03/06/2023

UNM American Studies professor Alyosha Goldstein will be speaking next Monday at UC Berkeley on “Relations of Water: Colonial Dispossession and Living Otherwise in a World on Fire.”

The lecture is co-sponsored by the UB Berkeley Department of Ethnic Studies, the Department of African American Studies, the Native American Studies Program, and the International Consortium ofCritical Theory Programs.

03/01/2023

Larry Casuse Day of Remembrance with Radmilla Cody, Jennifer Denetdale, UNM KIVA Club, Melanie Yazzie & John Redhouse.

03/01/2023

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/fifty-years-later-casuse-an-ancestor-and-a-predecessor-in-indigenous-struggle/article_a0e706b8-b2ee-11ed-88c2-372450fae035.html

UNM is hosting a remembrance event Wednesday on the anniversary of the Gallup Native American activist's killing.

12/23/2022

The NPS National Trails office is pleased to announce that we have been selected to host an NPS Latino Heritage Intern next summer here at UNM. The intern will be working on an exciting Route 66 project, learn more here! https://latinoheritageintern.org/internships/

12/22/2022

The class will cover key moments in Asian American history from the 1800s to the present, geopolitics, migration and more. Students will reflect on Asian American identity through the study of contemporary literature, pop culture and events. It is scheduled to take place Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 12-12:50 p.m.
Shebati Sengupta, a Ph.D. student in American Studies, will teach the class. Her focus is Asian American Studies in relation to the study of nation-states and Asian American futurisms as seen through speculative fiction written by South Asian diasporic authors. Sengupta came to UNM to ground her study of colonialism in Critical Indigenous studies. Previously, she has taught Intro to Politics and Pop Culture.

Students are invited to register for the University of New Mexico’s Introduction to Asian American Studies class being offered for the first time, this spring. Asian American Studies examines topics related to history, literature and identity pertaining...

11/09/2022

UNM American Studies PhD alumnus Wesley Chenault Named Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives and Programs at the Smithsonian!

Wesley Chenault Named Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives and Programs Liz O'Brien November 8, 2022 Leave a Comment Wesley Chenault has been appointed Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives and Programs of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. In this inaugural role, Chenault will o...

11/08/2022

Wednesday 11/16, 4-6pm, the Inagural Luci Tapahonso Distinguished Speaker event:

** Sarah Deer, "The Reckoning: Native Crime Victims and the Future of Tribal Communities" **

Bobo Room, Hodgin Hall
Reception following the lecture

10/03/2022

Need to get your activism on? Check out this 2nd half Fall course shared between American Studies and Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies! FEMINIST ACTIVISMS NOW!