Published by admin on 30 Oct 2008
Mark Peceny, professor and chair, UNM Department of Political Science, discusses how the war in Iraq has shaped United States national elections and vice versa, particularly focusing on the 2006 congressional elections and 2008 presidential election. Part of Global Instability: Causes, Consequences, and Cures, a lecture series organized by UNM’s International Studies Institute.
Published by admin on 30 Oct 2008
Erik Gerding, assistant professor, UNM School of Law, discusses how mortgage investments work and how that process led to the subprime mortgage crisis. Part of Global Instability: Causes, Consequences, and Cures, a lecture series organized by UNM’s International Studies Institute.
Published by admin on 29 Oct 2008
An informal discussion with Maureen Reed of her new book, “A Woman’s Place: Women Writing New Mexico” (UNM Press) at the UNM Bookstore. “A Woman’s Place” is a collective biography of six New Mexicans, including two Anglo, two Hispanic and two Native American women writers. The book highlights these women’s struggle between preserving tradition and pursuing individual freedom.
Published by admin on 27 Oct 2008
Economist Loretta Napoleoni gives the keynote address of “Global Instability: Causes, Consequences, and Cures,” a lecture series organized by UNM’s International Studies Institute. Napoleoni is a senior partner of G Risk, a London-based risk agency. She is the author of “Rogue Economics: Capitalism’s New Reality,” “Terror Incorporated” and “Insurgent Iraq.” She is an expert on the financing of terrorism and advises several governments on counter-terrorism.
Published by admin on 27 Oct 2008
“Who does not love horses? Magnificent animals, are they not? … If the truth be known, and this wonk will be a big bag of it, there is no love lost between Shea and equus caballus.” A video blog by Jerry Shea, UNM professor emeritus of English.
From the original blog at MacInstruct.com, Feb. 16, 2008.
Published by admin on 21 Oct 2008
Aimee Carrillo Rowe presents “Power Lines: On the Subject of Feminist Alliances” in a book talk organized by the Department of Communication and Journalism. “Power Lines” explores the formation and transformative possibilities of trans-racial feminist alliances. She draws on her conversations with 28 self-defined academic feminists, 10 women of colour and 18 white women. The women candidly share stories of their academic careers, alliances, feminist struggles and identifications. Based on those conversations and her own experiences as an Anglo-Chicana queer feminist researcher, Carrillo Rowe investigates when and under what conditions trans-racial feminist alliances in academia work, why they fail, and how close attention to their formation provides the theoretical and political ground for a collective vision of subjectivity.
”Power Lines” is available at the UNM Bookstore.
Published by admin on 20 Oct 2008
“A curiosity of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park—hence this wonk’s title—is that while it is the second largest state park in the country, hardly anyone, even its neighbors, has ever heard of it.” A video blog by Jerry Shea, UNM professor emeritus of English.
From the original blog at MacInstruct.com, Nov. 3, 2007.
Published by admin on 16 Oct 2008
Aaron Fry, UNM doctoral candidate and art history instructor, presents “Local Knowledge and Art Historical Methodology: A New Perspective On Awa Tsireh [Alfonso Roybal] and the San Ildefenso Easel Painting Movement” at the University Art Museum. He discusses why it is essential to go beyond the traditional analysis focused on white patronage of pueblo art and to consider the influence of issues internal to a pueblo’s culture and history. The essay was published in Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas, a new academic journal created by graduate students in UNM’s Department of Art and Art History.
Published by admin on 15 Oct 2008
UNM experts discuss the current financial crisis, including the potential impact of the $700 billion bailout. The panel, sponsored by the International Studies Institute, features Donald Coes, professor of economics; Scott Findley, assistant professor of economics; Matias Fontenla, assistant professor of economics; Allen Parkman, regents professor emeritus, Anderson School of Management; Jason Smith, assistant professor of history; and Christine Sauer, ISI director.
Published by admin on 13 Oct 2008
“The road is only about 13 feet wide, twisty as an arthritic snake, crumbling at the shoulders, and without guardrails of any kind. I told you it was hair-raising. Oh, and let’s add in the morning sun directly in your eyes, blinding you. Wonderful! This is what driving is all about!” A video blog by Jerry Shea, UNM professor emeritus of English.
From the original blog at MacInstruct.com, June 23, 2007.
Published by admin on 06 Oct 2008
“I know that SoCal is an easy target for critics: ticky-tacky sprawl, the kingdom of the mall, developers on a roll, freeways out of control (you see that it even inspires its own doggerel). But that is only half of it.” A video blog by Jerry Shea, UNM professor emeritus of English.
From the original blog at MacInstruct.com, June 16, 2007.
Published by admin on 03 Oct 2008
Paul Neill, assistant professor of art history at Arkansas Tech University, presents “No Town of Its Class In Spain: Civic Architecture and Colonial Social Formation in Early 16th Century Santo Domingo, Española” at the University Art Museum. He discusses why a Eurocentric analysis of architecture in Santo Domingo is limiting and offers an interpretation based in regional, class factors. The essay was published in Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas, a new academic journal created by graduate students in UNM’s Department of Art and Art History.
