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Political theorists have long recognized the Trinidadian Marxist CLR James’ return to the Caribbean on the eve of independence (1958-62, 1965-66) as a critical juncture in the development of his mature political thought. This lecture recovers the collaborations between James, radical sugar farmers and organizers, and members of the Oilfields Workers Trade Union (OWTU) in this period to contest the incipient repressive turns of Eric Williams’ postcolonial regime.

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Mckenzie Locke Accessing an Invisible Installation: Time, Space and Post 3/11 Memory in Fukushima 

Alex Kawawaki Untitled [Senior Thesis]' - Body Art and Constructions of Women's Bodily Autonomy 

Presentations by Art History seniors:

Zhuolun Mi

Lucy Smith

Natalie Garms

Deirdre Ellis

Support for LGBT rights and the incidence of LGBT candidates have dramatically increased in recent years. But do voters (still) penalize lesbian, gay, transgender (LGT) candidates? Original survey experiments were conducted with nationally representative samples in the United States, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. To varying degrees, voters penalize LGT candidates in all countries, with penalties strongest in the US.

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Brenda is a First generation Indigenous Mexican and American/ Chicana activist and founder of Restorative Justice for the Arts, a grassroots community project. The project is an artivist platform to preserve murals and sacred imagery, cultivate decolonial pedagogies, and protect cultural monuments and identities narrated through community art.

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Millions saw history made as Barack Obama took the podium on election
night. But few witnessed his unguarded moments in the hours and days
before he greeted the nation. In this documentary film, we meet the
man who would be president and the dedicated campaign workers who
helped get him there.  It includes never before seen footage of Obama
behind the scenes, as well as interviews and candid moments with
family, senior campaign staff, volunteers, reporters, supporters and