Thursday, November 17, 2016
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Conference: The Cold War and Latin America, 19-20 November, 2016 Shanghai University
THE COLD
WAR and Latin
America
19-20 NovembER, 2016
Shanghai
DAte： 19-20 NoVEMBER,
2016
VENUE: New lehu hotel, Shanghai University
ORGANIZERs: cENTER FOR gLOBAL sTUDIES, sHU
CONICET, aRGENTINA
La Universidad Republica de
Uruguay
CO-SPONSER: ShangHai International CULTURE ASSOCIATION
Conference
Program
DAY 1（18 NOV., FRIDAY）
10:00-20:00
Pre-conference
registration
Venue: New LeHu Hotel, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai
University, Shanghai
DAY 2（19 NOV., SATURDAY）
Chair: Guo Changgang
8:30 – 9:30 am OPENING REMARKS （Second Floor, Conservatory of Music）
Luo
Hongjie, Secretary of Party Committee of Shanghai University
Antonio Martín Rivolta,
Consul of Consulate of Argentina
Ceremony of the Appointment of Prof. Jiang Shixue
Fortunato Mallimaci, Guillermo Neiman, CONICET
Ceremony of Donation of Books
9:30 – 9:50 am PHOTO
& COFFEE BREAK
SESSION I （Da Xue Conference Room，New Lehu Hotel）
Chair: Jiang Shixue
9:50- 10:10 am Evolution
of the USA and Soviet Union’s Strategy of Battlement for Latin America
Xu Shicheng, Researcher of ILAS-CASS(Instituto
de America Latina Academia China de Sciencia Social), Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences Honorary members, Beijing, China
10:10 – 10:30 am Cold War and “New Cold War”—The Revelation of
History to Reality
Yu Weimin, Vice-director of Centre
for Cold War International History Studies, Professor of College of History, East
China Normal University, Shanghai, China
10:30 – 10:50 am Geography of Armed Struggle: Left and Revolution in South America during
the Cold War (1964-1976).
Aldo
Marchesi, Director of Centre of Development, University of Republic of
Uruguay, Montevideo,
Uruguay
10:50 – 11:10 am The Influence of Cold War on the Agrarian Reform of Latin America
Gao Bo,
Researcher of ILAS-CASS, Beijing, China
11:10
– 11:30 am The Argentine Syndicalism in the Context of Cold War: Dynamics and
Trends in a World of Transformation
Nicolás Damin, CONICET, Buenos
Aires, Argentina
11:30 – 11:50 pm Q & A
12:00 – 13:00 pm LUNCH
SESSION II （Da Xue Conference Room，New Lehu Hotel）
Chair:
Julio
Pintos
14:00– 14:20 pm The US
Strategy of Carrot-Stick towards Latin America in the Cold War: What Are the Issues
Jiang
Shixue, Director of Centre of Studies of Latin America, Shanghai
University, Shanghai, China
14:20 – 14:40 pm
The Economic Vision of Colombian Entrepreneurs before
Latin American Growth
Rick Fernandez, Postdoc. Center for Global Studies, Shanghai University, Shanghai,China
14:40 – 15:00 pm
Latin
America in the Global Sixties: A Research Agenda
Eric Zolov, Director of Centre of Latin American
Studies, Stony Brook University , The New York State, USA
15:00 – 15:20 pm
The
DINCOTE Museum in Lima and Its close
Maria Eugenia, Professor of PUCP University, Lima, Peru
15:20 – 15:40 pm Q & A
15:40 – 16:00 pm COFFEE BREAK
SESSION III
（Da Xue Conference Room，New Lehu Hotel）
Chair: Xu Shicheng
16:00 – 16:20 pm The Chilean Left during the Cold War: Five Inflections
Julio
Pintos,
Professor of University of Santiago of Chile, Santiago
de Chile, Chile
16:20 – 16:40 pm Before the revolution. The Anti-communism of Right and the Cold War
Veronica
Valdivia, Professor of Diego
Portales University,
Santiago de Chile, Chile
16:40
– 17:00 pm From Lieutenant Guevara to Wandering Che: the Cold Subjugation
of a Warring Messenger from Latin America
Xie Xiaoxiao,
Phd Student of University of Adelaide, Australia
17:00
– 17:20 pm The Diffusion and the Change of Christian Democracy in Chile – a Brief Discussion
on the Reform of President Eduardo Frei
He Xi, Associate Professor of Department of History, Sun
Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
17:20 – 17:40 pm Q & A
18:00 – 20:00 pm WELCOME DINNER
DAY 3（20
Nov., SUNDAY）
SESSION IV （Da Xue Conference Room，New Lehu Hotel）
Chair: Veronica Valdivia
8:30
– 8:50 am Artists and Intellectuals during the Cold War: Jorge Amado
and His Latin
American Comrades
Marcelo
Ridenti, Director
of Department of Religion Studies, Universidade
Estadual de Campinas, Brasil
8:50 – 9:10 am The
History and Effects of Public Diplomacy of US to Latin America during the Cold
War
Song Xiaoli, Assistant Professor of IAS-CASS(Institution of
American Studies), Beijing, China
9:10 – 9:30 am The New Left and the Armed Left in Argentina
(1960-1980)
Vera Carnovale, Researcher of CONICET, Argentina
9:30 -9:50 am The Transformation of US Foreign Policies towards Latin America in the
Early Cold War Era
Du Juan,
Assistant Researcher of CASS, Beijing, China
9:50 – 10:10 am Q & A
10:10
– 10:30 am COFFEE BREAK
SESSION V
Chair:
Eric Zolov （Da Xue Conference Room，New Lehu Hotel）
10:30
– 10:50 am Approach to the Studies of Venezuelan Guerrilla：Truth, Lies and Fantasies about
the Armed Conflict in Venezuela
Neruska Rojas ,
Master Student, Shanghai University, Shanghai
,China
10:50
– 11:10 am Evolution on Relations between China and
Latin America in Cold War Period
Wan Yu,
Director, Centre for Mexican Studies，School
of European and Latin American Studies，SISU
11:10
– 11:30 am Vincente
Rovetta and Nativa Libros---the Diffusion of Chinese Books in Uruguay and Latin
America during the Cold War
Zhang Kun,
Postdoc of College of Liberal Arts, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
11:30 – 11:50 am
The Defence of Latin Americanized Marxism-Review of <Transformaciones
de Marxismo>
Ye Jianhui, Assistant Professor, Department
of History, Zhejiang
Foreign
Language University, Hangzhou, China
11:50 – 12:10 am
Q & A
12:10- 13:00 pm LUNCH
SESSION VI （Da Xue Conference Room，New Lehu Hotel）
Chair:
Iris Borowy
14:00 – 14:20 pm Argentina
Journalist, Writers and Scholars in China after 1949
Salvador
Marinaro, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
14:20 – 14:40 pm The Betancourt Doctrine and the Diplomacy of Venezuela during the Cold
War
Jesus Camejo, Master student of Collage
of Liberal Arts, University of Shanghai, Shanghai, China
14:40–
15:00 pm The Shift of Chinese Foreign Policy toward Latin America in the 1970s: A Chilean case study
Li Jiameng
, Master of University of Cambridge &
Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai ,China
15:00 – 15:20 pm Relations
Cuban-Mexico during the Cold War
Ricardo Heredia,
Master Student of College of Liberal Arts, Shanghai University
15:20 – 15:40 pm
Argentina during the 1960s
Gonzalo
Ghiggino, Phd Student of College of Liberal Arts, Shanghai
University
15:40-
16:00 pm Q & A
Lecture
16:00
–17:00 pm The Rise and Fall and the Internal Logic
of Sino-Soviet Alliance during the Cold War
Shen Zhihua, Director
of Centre for Cold War International History Studies, Professor of College of
History, East
China Normal University, Shanghai, China ; Researcher of Wilson International Center for Scholars
17:00 – 17:30 pm CONCLUSION
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
The End of the End of History By Robert Kagan
New Republic - April 23, 2008
In the early 1990s, optimism was understandable. The collapse of the communist empire and the apparent embrace of democracy by Russia seemed to augur a new era of global convergence. The great adversaries of the Cold War suddenly shared many common goals, including a desire for economic and political integration. Even after the political crackdown that began in Tiananmen Square in 1989 and the disturbing signs of instability that appeared in Russia after 1993, most Americans and Europeans believed that China and Russia were on a path toward liberalism. Boris Yeltsin's Russia seemed committed to the liberal model of political economy and closer integration with the West. The Chinese government's commitment to economic opening, it was hoped, would inevitably produce a political opening, whether Chinese leaders wanted it or not.
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In the early 1990s, optimism was understandable. The collapse of the communist empire and the apparent embrace of democracy by Russia seemed to augur a new era of global convergence. The great adversaries of the Cold War suddenly shared many common goals, including a desire for economic and political integration. Even after the political crackdown that began in Tiananmen Square in 1989 and the disturbing signs of instability that appeared in Russia after 1993, most Americans and Europeans believed that China and Russia were on a path toward liberalism. Boris Yeltsin's Russia seemed committed to the liberal model of political economy and closer integration with the West. The Chinese government's commitment to economic opening, it was hoped, would inevitably produce a political opening, whether Chinese leaders wanted it or not.
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Sunday, November 13, 2016
Donald Trump Speeches and Biography : Donald Trump (Documentary)
Donald Trump Speeches
Biography : Donald Trump (Documentary)
How Powerful is Donald Trump - Full Documentary 2016
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Call for Applications: Visiting Fellowships 2017/18 Shanghai University
The Center for the History of Global Development, Shanghai University, invites applications for fellowships for visiting scholars working on projects related to the history of policies, concepts, practices or debates related to socio-economic development on local, national, regional or global levels.
The Center for the History of Global Development is a new research focus established at the College of Liberal Arts at Shanghai University. Through conferences, workshops, publications and discussion panels, the Center seeks to contribute to interdisciplinary scholarly debates on the repercussions of “development” as a phenomenon which has shaped much of recent global history while remaining conceptually vague or contradictory.
“Development,” in its most basic form, is understood as the idea that socio-economic conditions would and should improve and that specific policies should be employed to bring about such improvements. Beyond this core, development has been a highly contested concept, whose constructed character has repeatedly been emphasized. Critics point to international structures created in the name of development which have often reflected power inequalities and have served the interests of those that put them in place while doing little to improve living conditions of those at whom they were allegedly addressed. Other scholars identify perceived successes of development, measured in social indicators such as life expectancy, infant mortality, gender equality or literacy, which contradict a simplistic notion of continued failure. Different evaluations of the outcome of development tie into different interpretations of what exactly the concept does – or should – mean. Over time, Western modernization theories have been complemented by alternative concepts such as the basic needs approach, Amartya Sen’s view of “development as freedom” or Herman Daly’s insistence on “development” as a strictly qualitative notion, to be distinguished from economic growth. In addition, the idea of “sustainable development”, and, more recently, Southern concepts such as “Buen Vivir” or “Ubuntu,” have also gained traction, each with its own package of contested meanings.
Despite this lack of precision, “development” continues to be widely used, including in categories such as “developed” or “least developed” countries, and for many people, particularly in low-income countries, “development” remains a powerful and seemingly self-evident goal. Apparently, the idea of some form of socio-economic improvement as a goal of public or private actions has resonated with societies in many parts of the world, though not necessarily with identical meanings. Meanwhile, definitions of what constituted “successes” or “failures” are similarly far from clear, and perspectives vary along with changing attitudes in public and in academia as well as with evolving evidence regarding the long-term repercussions of various forms of development.
The Center of the History of Global Development welcome applications from researchers who are taking innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to any aspects of this topic, ideally looking at ways in which the histories of different times and different places intersected. As pivotal sectors in which developmental practices have become effective, projects addressing economic, health and/or environmental aspects and their interactions are particularly welcome.
Fellows can benefit from an international academic environment and from a stimulating setting in one of the most rapidly “developing” cities of the world.
Fellows are expected to share their questions and the results of their work through lectures, both about their specific research project and about topics in their field of expertise (approximately one lecture per month). They are also expected to generally participate in the academic life of the College of Liberal Arts at Shanghai University and to cite Shanghai University in all publications to which their fellowship stay has contributed. Fellowships are open to post-doctoral and senior scholars. Preference is given to projects at an advanced state, whose outcome and publication potential is already becoming clear.
Fellowship applications can be for periods of three or six months, taken between 1 March 2017 and 28 February 2018.
The fellowship includes:
Free accommodation, subsidized meals
A monthly stipend of 7,000 RMB for post-docs and 12,000 for senior scholars.
Office space and secretariat assistance
Applications should include:
A project proposal of no more than 3,000 – 4,000 words, explaining the research question, relevance, work program, and expected outcome of the project
A cv
A list of proposed lectures
The deadline is 1 December 2016. For further information, contact Prof. Iris Borowy at borowyiris (at) i.shu.edu.cn or Prof. Yong-an Zhang at zhangyongan (at) shu.edu.cn
Contact Info:
Prof. Iris Borowy
College of Liberal Arts, Shanghai University
99 Shangda Road, Shanghai 200444
China
Contact Email:
borowyiris (at) i.shu.edu.cn
The Center for the History of Global Development is a new research focus established at the College of Liberal Arts at Shanghai University. Through conferences, workshops, publications and discussion panels, the Center seeks to contribute to interdisciplinary scholarly debates on the repercussions of “development” as a phenomenon which has shaped much of recent global history while remaining conceptually vague or contradictory.
“Development,” in its most basic form, is understood as the idea that socio-economic conditions would and should improve and that specific policies should be employed to bring about such improvements. Beyond this core, development has been a highly contested concept, whose constructed character has repeatedly been emphasized. Critics point to international structures created in the name of development which have often reflected power inequalities and have served the interests of those that put them in place while doing little to improve living conditions of those at whom they were allegedly addressed. Other scholars identify perceived successes of development, measured in social indicators such as life expectancy, infant mortality, gender equality or literacy, which contradict a simplistic notion of continued failure. Different evaluations of the outcome of development tie into different interpretations of what exactly the concept does – or should – mean. Over time, Western modernization theories have been complemented by alternative concepts such as the basic needs approach, Amartya Sen’s view of “development as freedom” or Herman Daly’s insistence on “development” as a strictly qualitative notion, to be distinguished from economic growth. In addition, the idea of “sustainable development”, and, more recently, Southern concepts such as “Buen Vivir” or “Ubuntu,” have also gained traction, each with its own package of contested meanings.
Despite this lack of precision, “development” continues to be widely used, including in categories such as “developed” or “least developed” countries, and for many people, particularly in low-income countries, “development” remains a powerful and seemingly self-evident goal. Apparently, the idea of some form of socio-economic improvement as a goal of public or private actions has resonated with societies in many parts of the world, though not necessarily with identical meanings. Meanwhile, definitions of what constituted “successes” or “failures” are similarly far from clear, and perspectives vary along with changing attitudes in public and in academia as well as with evolving evidence regarding the long-term repercussions of various forms of development.
The Center of the History of Global Development welcome applications from researchers who are taking innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to any aspects of this topic, ideally looking at ways in which the histories of different times and different places intersected. As pivotal sectors in which developmental practices have become effective, projects addressing economic, health and/or environmental aspects and their interactions are particularly welcome.
Fellows can benefit from an international academic environment and from a stimulating setting in one of the most rapidly “developing” cities of the world.
Fellows are expected to share their questions and the results of their work through lectures, both about their specific research project and about topics in their field of expertise (approximately one lecture per month). They are also expected to generally participate in the academic life of the College of Liberal Arts at Shanghai University and to cite Shanghai University in all publications to which their fellowship stay has contributed. Fellowships are open to post-doctoral and senior scholars. Preference is given to projects at an advanced state, whose outcome and publication potential is already becoming clear.
Fellowship applications can be for periods of three or six months, taken between 1 March 2017 and 28 February 2018.
The fellowship includes:
Free accommodation, subsidized meals
A monthly stipend of 7,000 RMB for post-docs and 12,000 for senior scholars.
Office space and secretariat assistance
Applications should include:
A project proposal of no more than 3,000 – 4,000 words, explaining the research question, relevance, work program, and expected outcome of the project
A cv
A list of proposed lectures
The deadline is 1 December 2016. For further information, contact Prof. Iris Borowy at borowyiris (at) i.shu.edu.cn or Prof. Yong-an Zhang at zhangyongan (at) shu.edu.cn
Contact Info:
Prof. Iris Borowy
College of Liberal Arts, Shanghai University
99 Shangda Road, Shanghai 200444
China
Contact Email:
borowyiris (at) i.shu.edu.cn
Monday, November 7, 2016
These 10 companies control everything you buy
Oxfam created a mind-boggling infographic that shows how interconnected consumer brands really are
Kate Taylor, Business Insider
The Independent - Sunday 6 November 2016
Only 10 companies control almost every large food and beverage brand in the world.
These companies — Nestlé, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Danone, General Mills, Kellogg's, Mars, Associated British Foods, and Mondelez — each employ thousands and make billions of dollars in revenue every year.
In an effort to push these companies to make positive changes — and for customers to realize who controls the brands they're buying — Oxfam created a mind-boggling infographic that shows how interconnected consumer brands really are
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Kate Taylor, Business Insider
The Independent - Sunday 6 November 2016
Only 10 companies control almost every large food and beverage brand in the world.
These companies — Nestlé, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Danone, General Mills, Kellogg's, Mars, Associated British Foods, and Mondelez — each employ thousands and make billions of dollars in revenue every year.
In an effort to push these companies to make positive changes — and for customers to realize who controls the brands they're buying — Oxfam created a mind-boggling infographic that shows how interconnected consumer brands really are
READ MORE....
Sunday, November 6, 2016
WHITE LIBERALISM AND HILLARY CLINTON
Hillary Clinton and the Problem With Well-Meaning White Liberalism - July 15, 2016.
http://watercoolerconvos.com/2016/07/15/hillary-clinton-and-the-problem-with-well-meaning-white-liberalism/
Hillary Clinton is the embodiment of liberalism, not feminism - August 2, 2016
http://www.feministcurrent.com/2016/08/02/hillary-clinton-embodiment-liberalism-not-feminism/
The Culture Of The Smug White Liberal | Huffington Post -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nikki-johnsonhuston-esq/the-culture-of-the-smug-w_b_11537306.html
Ajamu Baraka, “Uncle Tom,” and the Pathology of White Liberal Racism - Counterpunch - August 24, 2016
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/08/24/ajamu-baraka-uncle-tom-and-the-pathology-of-white-liberal-racism/
10 Ways White Liberals Perpetuate Racism | Huffington Post 09/01/2015
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-sachs-psyd/10-ways-white-liberals-pe_b_8068136.html
BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS AND WHITE LIBERALS
http://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/DC/rejul72.8/rejul72.8.pdf
Bill Maher Thinks White Liberals' Self-Loathing Has Gone Too Far - ESQUIRE APRIL 23, 2016
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a44266/maher-white-guilt/
The Challenge for White Liberals - Washington Monthly July 21, 2015
http://washingtonmonthly.com/2015/07/21/the-challenge-for-white-liberals/
White Liberals Cannot Hide From Racism Any Longer / AlterNet December 20, 2014
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/white-liberals-cannot-hide-racism-any-longer
http://watercoolerconvos.com/2016/07/15/hillary-clinton-and-the-problem-with-well-meaning-white-liberalism/
Hillary Clinton is the embodiment of liberalism, not feminism - August 2, 2016
http://www.feministcurrent.com/2016/08/02/hillary-clinton-embodiment-liberalism-not-feminism/
The Culture Of The Smug White Liberal | Huffington Post -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nikki-johnsonhuston-esq/the-culture-of-the-smug-w_b_11537306.html
Ajamu Baraka, “Uncle Tom,” and the Pathology of White Liberal Racism - Counterpunch - August 24, 2016
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/08/24/ajamu-baraka-uncle-tom-and-the-pathology-of-white-liberal-racism/
10 Ways White Liberals Perpetuate Racism | Huffington Post 09/01/2015
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-sachs-psyd/10-ways-white-liberals-pe_b_8068136.html
BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS AND WHITE LIBERALS
http://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/DC/rejul72.8/rejul72.8.pdf
Bill Maher Thinks White Liberals' Self-Loathing Has Gone Too Far - ESQUIRE APRIL 23, 2016
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a44266/maher-white-guilt/
The Challenge for White Liberals - Washington Monthly July 21, 2015
http://washingtonmonthly.com/2015/07/21/the-challenge-for-white-liberals/
White Liberals Cannot Hide From Racism Any Longer / AlterNet December 20, 2014
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/white-liberals-cannot-hide-racism-any-longer
Monday, October 31, 2016
Call for Reviewers, Sociology of Islam Journal
From: Joshua Hendrick <jdhendrick(at)loyola.edu>
Date: Monday, October 31, 2016 at 10:36 PM
To: Sociology of Islam <sociology_of_islam-g@vt.edu>
Subject: Call for Reviewers, Sociology of Islam Journal
Dear Colleagues,
Please let me know if you are interested in reviewing any of the below titles for the Sociology of Islam journal.
SOCIOLOGY OF ISLAM JOURNAL
Please note that because of one too many problems/complications trying to coordinate reviews and reviewers overseas, we are only soliciting reviewers who are currently residing in the US and who can provide a US address for us to send out books for review.
If you are interested in reviewing one of the below titles, please respond directly (i.e., not the the list) to Joshua Hendrick, Book Review Editor, Sociology of Islam (jdhendrick@loyola.edu). Please attach an updated CV and a brief rationale in the body of your email as to why you would like to review the title(s) you indicate.
All best,
Joshua Hendrick
Salmon, Noah 2016. For Love of the Prophet: An Ethnography of Sudan's Islamic State. Princeton. Princeton University Press.
Al-Anani, Khalil 2016. Inside the Muslim Brotherhood: Religion, Identity, and Politics. New York. Oxford University Press.
Winter, Stefan 2016. A History of the 'Alawis: From Medieval Aleppo to the Turkish Republic. Princeton. Princeton University Press.
Nasir, Kamaludeen Mohamed. 2016. Globalized Muslim Youth in the Asia Pacific: Popular Culture in Singapore and Sydney. New York. Palsgrave Macmillan.
Bowen, John R. 2016. On British Islam: Religion, Law, and Everyday Practice in Shari'a Councils. Princeton. Princeton University Press.
Joshua D. Hendrick, PhD
Department of Sociology
Beatty Hall 313
Loyola University of Maryland
4501 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21210
Office: 410-617-2043
Email: jdhendrick(at)loyola.edu
Date: Monday, October 31, 2016 at 10:36 PM
To: Sociology of Islam <sociology_of_islam-g@vt.edu>
Subject: Call for Reviewers, Sociology of Islam Journal
Dear Colleagues,
Please let me know if you are interested in reviewing any of the below titles for the Sociology of Islam journal.
SOCIOLOGY OF ISLAM JOURNAL
Please note that because of one too many problems/complications trying to coordinate reviews and reviewers overseas, we are only soliciting reviewers who are currently residing in the US and who can provide a US address for us to send out books for review.
If you are interested in reviewing one of the below titles, please respond directly (i.e., not the the list) to Joshua Hendrick, Book Review Editor, Sociology of Islam (jdhendrick@loyola.edu). Please attach an updated CV and a brief rationale in the body of your email as to why you would like to review the title(s) you indicate.
All best,
Joshua Hendrick
Salmon, Noah 2016. For Love of the Prophet: An Ethnography of Sudan's Islamic State. Princeton. Princeton University Press.
Al-Anani, Khalil 2016. Inside the Muslim Brotherhood: Religion, Identity, and Politics. New York. Oxford University Press.
Winter, Stefan 2016. A History of the 'Alawis: From Medieval Aleppo to the Turkish Republic. Princeton. Princeton University Press.
Nasir, Kamaludeen Mohamed. 2016. Globalized Muslim Youth in the Asia Pacific: Popular Culture in Singapore and Sydney. New York. Palsgrave Macmillan.
Bowen, John R. 2016. On British Islam: Religion, Law, and Everyday Practice in Shari'a Councils. Princeton. Princeton University Press.
Joshua D. Hendrick, PhD
Department of Sociology
Beatty Hall 313
Loyola University of Maryland
4501 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21210
Office: 410-617-2043
Email: jdhendrick(at)loyola.edu
Friday, October 28, 2016
Why Standing Rock Matters
OCTOBER 24, 2016
Chief Leonard Crow Dog speaking at a reception prior to the forum "Why
Standing Rock Matters: Can Oil and Water Mix?" held October 24, 2016 in
the Crum Auditorium, Collins Center, Southern Methodist University.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's opposition to Dakota Access Pipeline
Tribes across North America converge at Standing Rock, hoping to be heard
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
A gorgeous visualization of 200 years of immigration to the US
by Dara Lind
@DLind dara@vox.com Oct 3, 2015
It's easy now to assume that Mexico has always been among the main sources of immigration to America. But as this wonderful chart by Natalia Bronshtein shows, that's not even close to true.
Bronshtein pulled 200 years of government data to put together the visualization. There's an interactive version on her website: you can hover over any color, at any point, and see the exact number of immigrants who became residents from that country in that decade.
But taken as a whole, the chart tells a very clear story: there are two laws that totally transformed immigration to the United States.
The first, the National Origins Act of 1924 (a capstone on a series of anti-immigration bills passed in the few years before that), set very strict quotas on immigration to America from any country — and especially strict quotas on any country that wasn't in western or northern Europe. (Immigration from Asia was, for the most part, simply banned.) That's the bottleneck you see in the graph.
The second, the 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act, demolished
the old quota system. But instead of just turning the clock back to the
dawn of the 20th century, the 1965 law created a completely different
era of immigration to the US from all over the world — and especially
from Latin America and Asia. None of the colors that are dominant on
this chart up until the 1920s are dominant from the 1970s onward. Once
large-scale immigration to the US was restored, the face of it looked
totally different.
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@DLind dara@vox.com Oct 3, 2015
It's easy now to assume that Mexico has always been among the main sources of immigration to America. But as this wonderful chart by Natalia Bronshtein shows, that's not even close to true.
Bronshtein pulled 200 years of government data to put together the visualization. There's an interactive version on her website: you can hover over any color, at any point, and see the exact number of immigrants who became residents from that country in that decade.
But taken as a whole, the chart tells a very clear story: there are two laws that totally transformed immigration to the United States.
The first, the National Origins Act of 1924 (a capstone on a series of anti-immigration bills passed in the few years before that), set very strict quotas on immigration to America from any country — and especially strict quotas on any country that wasn't in western or northern Europe. (Immigration from Asia was, for the most part, simply banned.) That's the bottleneck you see in the graph.
READ MORE....
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