The Baltimore American Indian Center and Baltimore Center Stage will co-host a virtual launch and community celebration for several first-of-their-kind guides to Indigenous Baltimore which focus on the twentieth century and East Baltimore’s Historic American Indian “Reservation.” These free, public resources include
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The popularity of the Netflix Series The Chair seems to be tied to its hyperbolic depictions of faintly legitimate power struggles that circulate on contemporary college campuses. But in focusing on the slapstick character Bill Dobson (male, white, hopelessly romantic), the narrative offers a
The Age of Enlightenment saw the emergence and development of science fiction as a way of imagining different futures and of making sense of the world and humanity through scientific and technological advances. This macro genre not only explores imagined (dys/u)topias but
Contemporary popular culture texts increasingly showcase representations of girls and young women in a myriad of ways. There are common tropes that we as audiences have come to expect in stories of girlhood, which usually concern navigating friendships, self-discovery, familial drama, teenage
The Research Center for the Cultural History of Sexuality (Humboldt University, Berlin), the Kinsey Institute (Indiana University, Bloomington), and the Wilzig Erotic Art Museum (WEAM, Miami) are hosting “Exhibitionism: Sexuality at the Museum” an online conference which will bring together researchers, museum
The Department of English, Philosophy, and World Languages at Arkansas State University opens a call for papers and presentations for the twenty-seventh annual Delta Symposium April 13-16, 2022. The Delta Symposium features a wide variety of scholarship and creative work that focuses
The Mythology in Contemporary Culture area is dedicated to exploring mythological stories, figures and themes from all cultures and historical periods in all areas of popular culture. The frequent appearance of mythological motifs in popular culture speaks to the notion that mythologies,
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon invites applications for its Curator of Academic Programs and Latin American & Caribbean Art. Applications are encouraged by the end of November 2021.
Berea College Special Collections and Archives is seeking applications for its 2022 Media Archives Fellowship. The fellowship is an outreach program of the Special Collections and Archives (SCA) department of Hutchins Library at Berea College. Applications are due by February 2, 2022.
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