CAS Grants

Regional and national news and information about the War Memories and Commemoration in the Humanities grant:

- CAS Dean, Andrae Marak, shares insights about his experiences with NEH Dialogues on the Experience of War grants, in this American Historical Association Member Spotlight.

War, Trauma, and the Humanities Events:
 

Patrick Russel
"War and Trauma"
November 6, 2017
Join Patrick Russell, founder and director of The Making History Project, for a discussion of soldier's stories, from the coast of France to the Middle East.
Inspired by a visit to Omaha Beach in Normandy, France in 2010, Russell collects oral histories of veterans and archives them with the U.S. Library of Congress.  Through his work, he gives veterans an opportunity to talk about the ways in which their experiences of combat have affected them while preserving their stories for future generations.  Russell plans to expand the project to include stories from the Korean War, Iraq, and Afghanistan as well.

A Reading by R.M. Ryan
November 14, 2017
Join poet and memoirist R. M. Ryan for a reading from his memoir, There's a Man With a Gun Over There, an autobiographical novel based on his military experiences.
An antiwar activist while in graduate school, Ryan received a draft notice after the Tet Offensive in 19683. Opposed to the war, he considered moving to Canada until an army recruiter promised him a place in a German language class at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California.  When he graduated as a translator, he was sent to Military Police School, a decision that kept him physically out of harm's way but caused severe and unexpected emotional consequences.
About his book, Ryan offers: "All of us men with guns were pretty scary ... even scarier is the realization that most of the people who come through the American military are trained killers.  These people are your neighbors.  They're your relatives ... We need to face up to what we're doing, both to peasants in the Third World and to our own children."

Veterans Speak: A Town Hall Event
Hosted by Kevin Smith, GSU Director of Veterans Affairs
December 4, 2017
Five student veterans, along with Professors Rosemary Johnsen and Andrae Marak,  lead a discussion on how engaging war-related humanities sources enables veterans to make connections with their own experiences and to help others better understand war's impact on those who serve.
 
 
Regional and national news and information about the War, Trauma, and the Humanities grant:

 
New GSU Program Enlists Arts to Combat PTSD
 
Alumna Creates Course to Offer Better Understanding of War Experience
 
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Awards and Offers
 
Veterans Act as Team Leaders in Discussions About War, Trauma, and the Humanities During the Dialogues on the Experiences of War Course 

Making Spanish and Global Studies Accessible to All

Fall 2021 Events

Immigration Speaker Series

9/27 @ 6 pm          Reporter’s Notebook: Covering Immigration and Identity in the U.S.

Washington Post reporter Ms. Silvia Foster-Frau discusses multiculturalism, immigration, and changing cultural demographics. || Engbretson Hall.

RSVP to attend in person or virtually https://www.eventbrite.es/e/reporters-notebook-covering-immigration-and-identity-in-the-us-tickets-174462741757

 10/25 @ 7:30 pm         Virtual Movie Night + Discussion Panel

Join us for a virtual movie night at the Chicago International Film Festival. View the film Flee, a Danish animated documentary about the journey of Amin Nawabi who fled Afghanistan and Taliban rule in the 90s, and join a discussion with panel of GSU faculty. || Register to attend: https://forms.gle/qhaD6JnB479mzLTP7. “

10/28 @ 6 pm        Peacemaking Theater in Times of Racialized Trauma

Queer Korean-Chilean playwright/director Mr. Kyoung Park sparks a brave conversation on how to address state violence and white supremacy in immigrant communities through peacemaking theater. || Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArc--ppz4sEtSJ9eWYcdmcLc0XRQTJwrhI 

11/11 @ 6pm         Oral History, Collective Memory, and the Borderlands

Chicano author, teacher, and activist Dr. Carlos Salomon discusses the Arizona and California borderlands region, collective and cultural memory, and his oral history project Bay Area Latin American Migrant Archive. ||  Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtf-qgqzgtHtIk20uDBrdg2Aa4ff_-xPBX

10/2                       Field Trip to National Museum of Mexican Art

Participants will visit the Museum's permanent collection along with the annual Day of the Dead exhibit. Depart GSU at 9:00 am, return by 2:00 pm. Transportation from GSU + lunch subsidy included. || Register to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/170204192321

 10/19 @ 3pm         Voces de Otoño/Voices of Fall Bilingual Poetry Reading with Francis Mateo

This ongoing, biannual event includes a bilingual poetry reading, Q&A, and discussion. Francis Mateo is an actor, poet, and writer based in New York. He will share his poetry and process in conversation with Professor Rey Andújar. || Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvdOGoqTgsE91cKyIT3AlT2EQyqAIzAlJH  

Mid-October          Chicago International Film Festival Screening. Date and time TBA.

These events are supported by the Department of Education Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) grant. Please contact co-directors Drs. Novia Pagone (npagone@govst.edu) or Jelena Radovic-Fanta (jradovic-fanta@govst.edu) for inquiries.