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Cheick Hamala Diabate
From Mali to Mississippi: The History of the Kora Playing in Africa and Beyond...
November 22, 2:30 p.m.鈥�4 p.m. | Katzen 123
Washington may be chock-a-block with lobbyists and consultants, but rocks the n鈥檊oni. He鈥檚 hobnobbed with American string and Blues legends鈥攆rom Bela Fleck to Corey Harris鈥攁nd along the way reunited his beloved instrument with its long-lost grandchild, America鈥檚 banjo. 鈥淭he music we griots play is not just about making nice sounds for dancing, it鈥檚 about giving a lesson to people about their lives." crgc@american.edu

On November 7, CRGC professor聽Elizabeth Rule screened a rough cut of her forthcoming documentary, DC Is Indian Land,聽at Busboys & Poets in DC.

On October 30 the Arab World Studies Program presented聽鈥淛ewish Arabness, Zionism, & the Politics of Elimination鈥� with Massoud Hayoun, an award-winning author, journalist, and artist, in conversation with Arab World Studies Program Director, Irene Calis.

On October 8, CRGC hosted Prof. Jordache Ellapen (University of Rochester) in conversation with Prof. Suzanne C. Perard (17吃瓜在线) about聽, queer and feminist visual practices in post-apartheid South Africa.

Mary Ellen Curtin鈥檚 book,聽, a biography of the first Black woman from the South to serve in Congress, was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in September 2024.

Lily Wong co-edited an anthology, 聽(University of Washington Press 2024), with Christopher B. Patterson and Chien-ting Lin. Lily was also awarded the Solidarity Award at AAPI Women Lead鈥檚 Building New Worlds conference.

Quynh Vo published a chapter, "Transpacific Rupture: Neoliberal Relationalities and Economic Violence in the COVID Era," in Transpacific, Undisciplined (University of Washington Press 2024).

Anita Mannur鈥檚 historicization of Trump鈥檚 racist false accusations against Haitian immigrants in Ohio was quoted by various news outlets, including the聽.

Suzanne Persard鈥檚 series of poems are included in the groundbreaking anthology of Indo-Caribbean translations , (Kaya Press, 2024), edited by Rajiv Mohabir. Suzanne read selections from the book launch in New York City, which was part of the .

Bob Connelly served as the dramaturg and co-producer for the St. Mark鈥檚 Players' production of Rapture, Blister, Burn, which was co-directed by 17吃瓜在线 alumna Heather Danskin.

Elizabeth Rule received the Outstanding Book Award from the Association for Ethnic Studies for her book,聽Indigenous DC: Native People and the Nation's Capital.

Dr. Tanja Aho and Dr. Mary Ellen Curtin have won the 2022-2023 Ann Ferren Curriculum Design Award for their creation of the 鈥淒isability, Health, and Bodies鈥� undergraduate certificate. This award recognizes the collaborative work of two or more faculty who creatively integrate the values of a liberal education in the design of courses or curricula for majors or academic programs.

Professor Christina Riley, a specialist in feminist digital media, was quoted in the article, "."

Read about Prof. Tanja Aho's work with the聽Disability+ Faculty and Staff Affinity Group聽in "".

Latinx Symposium聽featured Laura Pulido and a round-table discussion with Salvador Vidal-Ortiz, Perla Guerrero, Ricardo Ortiz, Kristie Dorr, Laura Pulido, and David Vazquez.