International and Area Studies Library - Campus Events
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Around April 1st, bibliophiles, book artists, and food lovers around the world gather to celebrate the book arts and the (literal!) ingestion of culture. Participants create an “edible book,” which can be inspired by a favorite tale, involve a pun on a famous title, or simply be in the shape of a book (or scroll, or tablet, etc).
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Courtney will use her experience of teaching Middle Eastern and North African Studies at Wofford College along with her expertise on self-care pedagogy to show how scholars and students can address the hard questions from an interdisciplinary angle while also doing so in a way that is generative and sustainable.
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Is this a good journal to publish in? Should I be concerned about predatory practices? Join Dan Tracy, Head of Scholarly Communication & Publishing, to make informed choices when evaluating publication opportunities.
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Join Dominique J. Moore, Acquisitions Editor, UI Press, to learn how to turn your dissertation into your first book manuscript.
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This talk will address first, the dominant mystifying perceptions of the current crisis of transition in Libya after 2011, then it shall present an alternative critical argument to understand the causes of the civil war, and main internal, regional and international actors behind it.
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When did Asians become "yellow" in the Western imagination? This talk will explore the notion of yellowness and show that the label originated not in early travel texts or objective descriptions, but in the eighteenth and nineteenth-century scientific discourses on race.
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Please join us as the representatives from the Royal Library of Belgium discuss "KBR, the National Library of Belgium – a New Page."
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Ready to get your game on? Come play board games with your friends and learn more about the Library's video and board game collections and how you can check out games to take home and play. Don't forget to check out the Library's exhibit on Video Games on the way out! Snacks will be provided.
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From the 1800's, various state and federal court laws, court decisions, and executive orders explicitly discriminated against Asian Americans. This talk will discuss how historical anti-Asian discrimination led to some of the most atrocious legal decisions in U.S. history and how anti-Asian discrimination still affects the law.
