GSO Newsletter – April 13, 2023
GSO Bi-Weekly Update
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GSO Events
Coffee Hours
We have one more coffee hour before the end of the semester. Come by the tables in the GSU lobby on Thursday April 27 from 9:30-10:45 for grab and go coffee and bagels!
Pub Night
We will also have one more pub night before the end of the semester! Be on the look out for the date announcement.
General Body Meeting
We will have two more meetings before breaking for summer. Stay tuned for date announcements.
Campus Events
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Workshop | April 27 3:30-5 | registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-yes-means-yes-no-means-no-workshop-tickets-517749010227
While Yes means Yes & No means No are important phrases to include while talking about consent, these slogans exclude numerous identities and interpersonal dynamics. Participants will explore conceptualizations of consent and learn a new inclusive consent model that will aid with interpretations for a sexual or non-sexual nature. Graduate students will be offered one date for this remote workshop, while faculty and staff are offered another.
Graduate Student Professional Development Events
April 18: Job Documents Feedback Session, 11 am-12 pmApril 19: Careers in Academia Panel Discussion, 10-11:50 amApril 19: BioBus Information Session, 2:30-3:30 pmApril 20: Preparing to Teach this Summer, 12-1:30 pmApril 27: Using ChatGPT as a Writing Tool, 1-2 pm
Center on Forced Displacement Annual Conference
Please join us for an evening conversation with Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature (read more here). Gurnah is the celebrated author of novels as well as critical studies of postcolonial literature. He grew up on the island of Zanzibar but was forcibly displaced when, in the 1960s, the oppression and persecution of citizens of Arab origin were rampant in the country. He eventually received asylum in England. His novels regularly depict the impacts of decolonization in East Africa through an uncompromising refusal of an oversimplification but tremendous compassion for his characters and their struggles.
Please join the Anthropology Department on April 19th for our inaugural Fredrik Barth Lecture, delivered by Dr. Lila Abu-Lughod. Her lecture will be on “Museum Politics & the Problem of Voice“. Although politically and ethically crucial, the recent ferment around decolonizing museums and anthropology–including debates about colonial violence, repatriation, restitution, philanthrocapitalism, and reform through inclusion of community “voices”—risks erasing differences among types and missions of museums, ignoring limits of reform in institutions of public education, and downplaying emotional and intellectual attachments of visitors to museums. Reflecting on my own engagements with museums as I was growing up; my resistance to broadsides about metropolitan museums misapplied to the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit (about which I know something of the dynamics and history); and the challenges of participating in the conceptual development of a major exhibit in 2022 on nomadic pastoralism at the National Museum of Qatar—I suggest that we might make room for cautious ambivalence in these debates.
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-fredrik-barth-lecture-w-dr-lila-abu-lughod-tickets-584058192777
Yitzhak Rabin Lecture
As the date of the Yitzhak Rabin Lecture draws closer, we’d like to remind you of this exciting event and encourage you to register if you haven’t already. The lecture, “The Only Woman in the Room. Writing the Life of Golda Meir,” will be delivered by Professor Pnina Lahav and will take place on April 25th at 5:00 PM at BU Hillel (4th floor). There will be a video welcome from Dalia Rabin. The lecture offers a unique opportunity to explore the remarkable life of Golda Meir, Israel’s fourth prime minister, through a gender lens and in the context of the twentieth century discussed in Lahav’s recently published biography of Meir. The reception before the lecture at 4:00 PM will provide an excellent opportunity to converse with other attendees, as well as the speakers.
Registration: https://trusted.bu.edu/s/1759/2-bu/19/1col.aspx?sid=1759&gid=2&pgid=12989&content_id=15145
Urban Inequalities Workshop
the next and final Urban Inequalities Workshop of the Spring 2023 Semester will take place next Friday, April 21st, from 2:30-4pm at 75 Bay State Road. We are happy to be joined by Dr. Maria Sulimma, a tenure-track professor of North American Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Freiburg. She will be presenting her work-in-progress titled: “Gentrification, Leisure, and the Contemporary Novel.”
If you would like to attend this workshop, please RSVP to receive a copy of the work-in-progress to read. This ensures that everyone will be able to take part in our conversation with the guest presenter. Please RSVP by responding to this message or emailing me directly at LandonHL@bu.edu.