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Upcoming Fall '09 Events
10/20 (4:30p): Angela Y. Davis (University of California - Santa Cruz), "How To Be A Scholar Activist: A Conversation with Angela Davis," Africana Studies & Research Center, Multi-Purpose Room
Angela Davis will speak about her life and experiences as an activist-scholar. An open discussion will follow.
Additional Info: Tickets are SOLD OUT.
Parking available on site. Additional parking available in A-Lot.
Cosponsors: Africana Studies & Research Center, FMS at Syracuse, Kenneth A. McClane.
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10/24 (7:30p): Sa'as Tun (Mexico), "Mestiza Power," James Law Auditorium, Cornell Vet School
 Written and directed by the group's founder, Concepcion Leon Mora, the play is based on interviews she conducted with indigenous women in and around the city of Merida, Mexico. Mestiza Power merges the indigenous traditions of the Yucatan peninsula with the modern conditions in which the women live. Pairing the image of the sensual and powerful female body with the social, racial, and economic violence that is enacted upon these women daily, the play gives voice to the marginalized community of indigenous women. Sa'as Tun, in their work, draws upon the rituals, myths, and essence of the Mayan culture to weave a visual and oral story of struggle and survival. Part storytelling, part testimonial theatre, the play is divided into two parts: a series of interweaving dialogues between Mayan women over the subjects of memory, childhood, culture, and education, and three monologues. The women presented on stage include a domestic worker, a street vendor, and a mystic herbalist. The play, as its author explained, shows that that Mayan culture is not a relic of the past, but a very present and evolving force that negotiates daily with the conflicting powers of modernity.
Cosponsors: Akwe:kon; American Indian Program; Association for Graduates in Theatre; Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies; Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Finance Commission; Professor Helena Maria Viramontes; Jimmy A. Noriega; Latin American Studies Program; Latino Graduate Student Coalition; Latino Studies Program; Teatrotaller; Department of Romance Studies; Syracuse University Latino-Latin American Studies Program; Syracuse University Program on Latin America and the Caribbean. *Walk or take the route 92 bus (get off at Boyce Thompson Institute across from vet school -- estimated drop off is 7:22p)-----
Dr. Reyes-Chilpa and Dr. Rodriguez will discuss the convergence and divergence of research themes related to the first herbal medicinal herbal book (Badianus Codez) written and illustrated in the Americas in 1552 by the Aztec Martin de la Cruz. The Book, by Martin de la Cruz, is an absolute masterpiece in translational research for the research on medicinal herbs in Mexico and the application of medications for the treatment of breast tumors to insanity and in some cases, for curing stupidity! They will also discuss the continued use of Aztec medicinals in Mexican/Latino and other minority communities from Los Angeles to New York City.
Cosponsors: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Latino Studies Program, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Department of Plant Biology, Professor Helena Maria Viramontes.
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10/29 (1:25p): Dr. Ricardo Reyes-Chilpa (National University of Mexico) "A History of the Aztec Herbal of 1552 and Natural Remedies from Mexican Medicinal Plants"
Bio 2210-Natural Remedies and Ethnomedicine/Health (Instructor: Dr. Eloy Rodriguez,) G01, Stimson Hall
Dr. Ricardo Reyes-Chilpa from UNAM in Mexico City, will be discussing and presenting the anthropology, botany and biochemistry of important medicinal plants used by the Aztecs and various other indigenous communities to treat a wide-range of diseases. He will also discuss the ethnobotany of economically important plants presently used to treat viral infections, including the swine flu disease. Dr. Reyes-Chilpas will also discuss in detail, the history of research development on medicinal plants, starting the Aztec Herbal (Badianus Codex) of 1552 to today.
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Previous Events Organized by MITWS
Ghandi, Language, and the Subalterns, a lecture by Harish Trivedi (Prof. of English, University of Delhi). Minority Artists as Community Activists: A South Asian Asian American Perspective on Building Multi-Ethnic Coalitions, a talk and video presentation by Jaishri Abichandani (Curator, Queens Museum of Art). Gendering Africana Studies, public forum with speaker Beverly Guy-Sheftall (Director of the Women's Research and Resource Center, Spelman College). Co-organized by the Africana Studies and Research Center.
For information on other events organized by MITWS, click on the poster images below.
   
  
 
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Events / Lecture Series Cosponsored by MITWS
Watsonville: Some Place Not Here. Play by Cherrie Moraga directed by Jimmy Noriega.
Biopolitics: Gender, Race and Science. 2-day conference.
Third World Student Unity building and Revolutionary Culture & Music. Talk and performance by Fred Ho (activist, musician).
Asian American Studies Comparative Race Workshop and Lecture Series. Fall '06 and Spring '07.
Between Primitive Accumulation and the New Enclosures. 2-day conference. For more detail, click on the image below.
The Prison: A Sign of U.S. Democracy? Public lecture by Angela Y. Davis (scholar, activist and Prof. of History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz).
The Shape of Water. Movie screening and discussion with Director Kum-Kum Bhavnani.
Cultural Heritage, Intellectual Property and Indigenous Peoples. Roundtable discussion with Mililani Trask (Kanaka Maoli - Native Hawai'ian attorney, human rights advocate, sovereignty activist and former member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues); Leigh Kuwanwisiwma (Hopi - Director, Cultural Preservation Office, Hopi Tribe); Audra Simpson (Kahnawake Mohawk - Asst. Prof. of Anthropology and the AIP, Cornell University).
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