Subterranean Matters: Cooperative Mining and Resource Nationalism in Plurinational Bolivia In an era of increased state involvement in natural resource governance, members of Bolivia’s “mining cooperatives” are commonly described as thieves of national wealth. Nevertheless, these small-scale miners won significant influence in Bolivia’s radically restructured Plurinational State, in which the rights of both Indigenous peoples […]
Calling all Clark University Faculty: Chances are that you have been thinking about your teaching, student work, and ChatGPT – software powered by artificial intelligence. Though still a rapidly developing technology, generative AI is already able to deliver nuanced text that mimics natural human writing… sometimes. Yet responses to ChatGPT seem to range from excitement […]
Building Worker's Power: Workers' Centers and the Future of the Labor Movement Arise Chicago partners with workers and faith communities to fight workplace injustice through education, organizing, and advocating for public policy changes. Adam Kader served as Arise Chicago's Worker Center Director for 14 years before becoming Public Policy Director in 2021. Before joining Arise […]
Photo Credit: ©2021 Jamey Stillings, jameystillings.com Did you know that YouTube kickstarted its video-sharing platform in 2005 by exploiting the interest-driven activities of girls and doxxing the controversial Nipplegate video? […]
Building worker’s power: Workers united at Brooklyn Strategist Jennifer Taylor is a worker-organizer at the board game cafe Brooklyn Strategist. In late 2023, workers at Brooklyn Strategist joined those at three Hex & Co. locations as well as Uncommons to successfully demand union recognition. All of these workers have affiliated with Workers' United, the union […]
Jennifer J. Davis In this talk, Jennifer J. Davis, Associate Professor of History at The University of Oklahoma and coeditor of the Journal of Women’s History, will explore the roots of the modern census in France and the United States in a common document: a count of residents in colonial New France (Canada) in […]
Join the Higgins School of Humanities on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 10am for a gallery talk celebrating the opening of a video exhibition titled, "Applied Motion Studies: Artists and Scientists Consider Movement," in the Higgins Lounge at Dana Commons on the Clark University campus.
Still from "Jump" (2016), courtesy of Stephen DiRado Join us for a gallery talk celebrating the opening of Applied Motion Studies: Artists and Scientists Consider Movement, a video exhibition curated by Matt Malsky, Director of the Higgins School of Humanities. Special guests will include exhibition contributors and Clark University faculty members Philip Bergmann, Stephen DiRado, […]
Kathryn Abrams, J.D. This event is sponsored by the Higgins School of Humanities in conjunction with Menstrual Equity Alliance and Pro-Choice Clark as part of Clark University's celebration of Women's History Month. All attendees are encouraged to bring donations of menstrual products, which will be distributed by Menstrual Equity Alliance to outreach organizations in […]
Climate Change and Mobility Justice: The Kinopolitics of Climate Coloniality In this talk, Dr. Sheller will discuss what reactive border closures, wall building, and de-nationalization of undocumented populations around the world have to do with the climate crisis-mobility nexus. This talk highlights the interconnections of the climate crisis, unsustainable mobilities and climate-related migration. These (im)mobilities, […]
In the Spring 2024 Harrington Public Affairs Lecture, Elizabeth Sharrow, associate professor at UMass Amherst, will explore the reasons why sex-based inequalities remain in college athletics and identify institutional perversions that undermine efforts toward equality.
The Higgins School of Humanities at Clark University is honored to host the Worcester premiere of If You Become My Friend. The documentary captures four unique stories of refugees who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban took control in 2021 and eventually resettled in Worcester, MA. Their narratives demonstrate the diversity of the Afghan languages, cultures, […]
