Dear Friends of the Lepage Center,
Happy New Year! We have lots of exciting NEW news to share with you. A few highlights:
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New year, new Twitter account! For the most up-to-date announcements about Lepage Center events and programs, follow us: @LepageVU
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We have two new fabulous Lepage undergraduate fellows, Jaylene Joseph and Jamie McClelland.
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Our 2020-21 programming resumes in February with a month-long series of events on "Decolonizing Empire."
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We have videos of our fall events and insightful blogposts by Lepage graduate fellow Lori Wysong that reflect on the complex process of "Decolonizing History."
At the Lepage Center, we continue to work hard to bring historical scholarship and historical perspective to bear on contemporary global issues. We deeply appreciate your support, your input, and the investment of your time and energy. We look forward to "seeing" you in the weeks and months ahead!
Sincerely,
Dr. Elizabeth Kolsky, Ph.D.
Director, Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest
Associate Professor of History
Villanova University
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The Lepage Center is proud to introduce our 2020-21 Lepage undergraduate fellows, Jaylene Joseph, BA'22 and Jamie McClelland, BA'21. Jay is majoring in Communications and minoring in Ethics. Jamie is double majoring in Communications and English.
Jay and Jamie joined us in November and, putting their Villanova education into action, they are working on a new communications strategy and public relations plan that will help the Center achieve its twin goals of expanding our "public" and sustaining deeper, ongoing interaction with our community. Look out for our upcoming social media blitz!
For now, follow us at our new Twitter account: @LepageVU
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The Lepage Center is excited to pilot a new Summer Internship Program in 2021! Partnering with select institutions and organizations, we will fund three Villanova undergraduate and graduate students to work on history projects aimed at serving the public interest. The application deadline for institutional partners is January 15. Please don't hesitate to email us with questions!
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Upcoming in our Decolonizing History series:
"Decolonizing Empire" (February 2021)
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In February, we resume our programming on "Decolonizing History" with three events on "Decolonizing Empire" that challenge conventional thinking about the global histories of empire, decolonization, anti-colonial nationalism, and post-colonialism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Exploring these pasts that are not past is crucial to contextualizing the resurgence of a variety of contemporary political movements around the world, including right-wing nationalisms and Black internationalism.
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Wednesday, February 3 | 12:30 p.m - 1:30 p.m. EST
How did anti-colonial leaders in twentieth century Africa and North America form global solidarities to challenge colonial racism? How did they envision a world after empire? Join us for a lunchtime conversation with Prof. Adom Getachew, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Political Science and the College at the University of Chicago, and author of the recently published and highly acclaimed book, Worldmaking After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination.
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A Roundtable Discussion about
"Decolonizing Nationalism, Anti-Colonialism and Anti-Westernism"
Wednesday, February 10 | 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. EST
How did anti-colonial and anti-Western ideas circulate and get used by politicians and thinkers in twentieth-century East Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East? What have been some of the unsavory consequences of anti-colonial nationalism in history, and how can a global perspective help us make sense of the resurgence of nationalist politics around the world today? Join us for a webinar featuring a panel of scholars who study the history of China, Japan, Latin America, and Turkey.
Featuring:
Dr. Cemil Aydin, Professor of History at UNC-Chapel Hill
Dr. Stella Krepp, Assistant Professor of History at Bern University
Dr. Andrew Liu, Assistant Professor of History at Villanova University
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Wednesday, February 17 | 12:30 p.m - 1:30 p.m. EST
Join us for a lunchtime conversation with Dr. Nitasha Kaul to discuss her recent article on the comparisons between the Indian state and its policies towards Kashmir and the People’s Republic of China’s policies towards the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Dr. Nitasha Kaul is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster (UK). She is a multidisciplinary academic, novelist, poet, and economist who has researched and published extensively on themes relating to democracy, political economy, identity, rise of right-wing nationalism, feminist and postcolonial critiques, Bhutan, India, and Kashmir.
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Stay tuned for details about our upcoming events on "Decolonizing Art" (March 2021) and "Decolonizing Covid" (April 2021)!
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Videos from November events on
"Decolonizing the Church"
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To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Black Catholic History month, the Lepage Center organized a series of events in November on the theme of "Decolonizing the Church."
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On November 4, 2020, we hosted a lunchtime conversation with Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt, curator of the #BlackCatholicsSyllabus. Watch the full video of her presentation on, "Creating Our Own Narrative."
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On November 18, 2020, we held a roundtable discussion with three three local lay leaders who have mobilized in creative ways to preserve Black Catholic history and heritage in the face of erasure in 21st century Philadelphia. Watch the full video of their presentation on "Preserving Philadelphia's Black Catholic History and Heritage in the 21st Century."
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by Lepage graduate fellow Lori Wysong
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Our graduate fellow Lori Wysong reflected on our November events on "Decolonizing the Church" in a blogpost published on Hindsights. Read the article here >>
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What do you like about this newsletter? What do you dislike? Send your feedback to lepage@villanova.edu. We appreciate every email.
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Comments, questions or ideas are always welcome at
lepage@villanova.edu
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