Department News
- Review of professor’s book: The book Corridos in Migrant Memory, published in 2006 by Prof. Martha Chew Sanchez, was recently reviewed in the Journal of Folklore Research, a major scholarly journal of folklore and ethnomusicology. In the review, Maria Herrera-Sobek of UC-Santa Barbara describes the book as “a highly readable, deeply sensitive, and theoretically sophisticated study of the Mexican/Chicano corrido and its relationship to identity construction.” Read the full review.
Corridos in Migrant Memory
- GS major interviewed: Dan Shafer, a senior double major in Global Studies and Sociology, was recently interviewed on North Country Public Radio. Shafer, who studied on SLU’s Kenya Semester Program, received funding from the Fred Kars award to do research in Kenya and Ethiopia in January 2008. He was in Kenya in the immediate aftermath of that country’s disputed elections. Click here to listen to Shafer’s conversation with NCPR’s Martha Foley.
Dan Shafer
- Video/Essay Contest: Attention Global Studies majors! Free Exchange on Campus, “a coalition of faculty, student, and civil rights organizations working together to preserve the free exchange of ideas on college campuses,” is sponsoring the Student Voices Video/Essay Contest. This is a great opportunity for you to share your original reflections on college experiences that have challenged you to consider new or “dangerous” ideas. Winning entries will receive a $500 prize and runners-up will receive $250. Submissions will be featured on the Free Exchange website and on YouTube. The contest runs from now until March 14. Let us know if you decide to submit an essay or video!
Contest flyer
- Renato Rosaldo visit: Professor Martha Chew-Sanchez recently coordinated the 2007 Crimmel Colloquium, held annually at St. Lawrence “to discuss issues of fundamental importance to the liberal arts college and to liberal education.” The 2007 speaker was Dr. Renato Rosaldo, Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at New York University. One of the world’s leading anthropologists and author of the influential book Culture and Truth: The Remaking of Social Analysis (Beacon Press, 1993), Rosaldo delivered a public lecture on September 25. While on campus, he also participated in a faculty seminar and a luncheon at which faculty members had the opportunity to engage in a dialogue with Dr. Rosaldo on the ideas presented in his lecture.
Renato Rosaldo
GS Honors graduates: Warmest congratulations to Paige Evans and Sean Watkins, both of whom graduated from St. Lawrence University on May 20 with Honors in Global Studies! Evans, who also received Honors in Biology, will pursue a Masters in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy at the Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Policy in the fall. Watkins, who also did a second major in Government, will go on to graduate school at Bowling Green State University, where he will pursue a Master’s Degree in Popular Culture.
L-R: Sean Watkins, Dr. John Collins, Dr. Eve Stoddard, Paige Evans, Dr. Martha Chew Sanchez
Faculty present at GSA conference: Professors Ganesh Trichur and John Collins recently presented papers at the annual meeting of the Global Studies Association (North America), held on May 17-20 on the campus of the University of California-Irvine. The conference theme was “The Contested Terrains of Globalization.” Trichur’s paper was titled “Internal Migration and East Asian Resurgence,” while Collins presented on “Terrorism, Settler-Colonialism, and the Suicidal State.”