News from the School of IAS
Category: Research and Creative Practice
IAS Graduate Students host first annual IAS Grad Research Flash Talks
Graduate students in the MA in Cultural Studies and MA in Policy Studies programs organized the first Research Flash Talks event, which highlighted ongoing projects from second year students in each program.
June 25, 2015
Amaranth Borsuk exhibits her students’ work on “Chapbooks and Artists’ Books”
IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk is exhibiting work by students in her BISIA 483B "Chapbooks and Artists' Books" course. Check out the display cases on the lower level of Discovery Hall to see what current and recent IAS students have done.
June 25, 2015
Dan Berger publishes on Malcolm X in Al Jazeera America
IAS faculty member Dan Berger published "Malcolm X's Challenge to Mass Incarceration" in Al Jazeera America, discussing the significance of Malcolm X and his legacy, fifty years after his assassination in 1965.
June 25, 2015
Kristy Leissle, aka Dr. Chocolate, publishes “Labels of Love”
IAS faculty member Kristy Leissle, known in the chocolate industry as Dr. Chocolate, has published "Labels of Love" in the Business & Economy section of The Conversation, an online newspaper. As chocolate comes under its annual scrutiny in the lead up to Valentine's Day...
June 25, 2015
Lauren Berliner and students host interactive documentary gaming event
IAS faculty member Lauren Berliner and students from her Participatory Media Culture class will host a live RPG gaming event, plus viewing and discussion of Fort McMoney at the Northwest Film Forum on February 19, 2015 at 7:00 pm.
June 25, 2015
Karam Dana speaks on “Confronting Injustice” at Brown and Northeastern
IAS faculty member Karam Dana will speak on “Confronting Injustice: Palestinian Identity and Non-Violent Forms of Resisting Israeli Occupation” in a live streamed lecture on February 19 at Brown University.
June 25, 2015
Dan Berger speaks on radio about Captive Nation
IAS faculty member Dan Berger discussed his book Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era on the Morning Blend, a program of KBCS radio in Bellevue. KBCS played excerpts of the interview with Berger throughout the week of Feb 2.
June 25, 2015
Jin-Kyu Jung and Janelle Silva present on geographies of children, youth, and families
IAS faculty members Jin-Kyu Jung and Janelle Silva presented their research at the 4th International Conference on the Geographies of Children, Youth & Families, held in San Diego, CA.
June 25, 2015
Kristy Leissle appears in film about Antarctica, Penguin Post Office
IAS faculty member Kristy Leissle appears in a new film, Penguin Post Office, about humans living among wild animals. While doing research in Antarctica in winter 2014, Leissle worked with the BBC film crew, focusing on her team's interactions with a colony of Gentoo penguins.
June 24, 2015
Amaranth Borsuk’s video work featured in the Huffington Post
IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk's video project from her new book As We Know was featured this week in the Huffington Post. The book and videos are a collaboration with writer Andy Fitch, who visited Bothell on January 20 as part of the From the Convergence Zone reading series.
June 24, 2015