In response to the events of 9/11, the Bush administration launched a “war on terror” ushering in an era of anti-Muslim racism, or Islamophobia. However, […]
Strange Bedfellows
How Corporate-Run NGOS, Middle Class Maya and Persistent Peasants are Changing the Face of Indigenous Politics in Yucatan
Fernando Armstrong-Fumero speaks about “Strange Bedfellows: How Corporate-Run NGOS, Middle Class Maya and Persistent Peasants are Changing the Face of Indigenous Politics in Yucatan.”
Putting Hypersexuality to Work
Black Women and Illicit Eroticism in Pornography
Mireille Miller-Young, is an associate professor in the Department of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Viking Fighting Methods: Lecture and Demonstration
As part of the UMass Amherst Scandinavian Impulses series on Vengeance and Violence in Scandinavian Life and Culture, Dr. William R. Short, a research fellow at Higgins Armory Museum, in Worcester, MA, reviews the weapons of the Viking age and discusses his recent research on the fighting moves of Viking-age warriors.
Darwin’s Abominable Mystery and the Search for the First Flowering Plants
Charles Darwin’s “abominable mystery” has come to symbolize just about every question we have about the origin and early evolution of flowering plants. William (Ned) […]
Calestous Juma, Growing Africa – Agricultural Innovation and Economic Transformation, UMass-Amherst
Professor Calestous Juma of Harvard’s Kennedy School will give the inaugural lecture in the PERI African Development Policy Program’s Speaker Series on “GROWING AFRICA: Agricultural […]