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Dismayed about American politics? Look in the mirror.

By Eric Bennett April 13, 2018

Re-posted from https://www.chronicle.com/article/Dear-Humanities-Profs-We-Are/243100

Can the average humanities professor be blamed if she rises in the morning, checks the headlines, shivers, looks in the mirror, and beholds a countenance of righteous and powerless innocence? Whatever has happened politically to the United States, it’s happened in stark opposition to the values so many philosophers and English professors, historians and art historians, creative writers and interdisciplinary scholars of race, class, and gender hold dear.

We are, after all, the ones to include diverse voices on the syllabus, use inclusive language in the classroom, teach stories of minority triumph, and, in our conference papers, articles, and monographs, lay bare the ideological mechanisms that move the cranks and offices of a neoliberal economy. Since the Reagan era our classrooms have mustered their might against thoughtless bigotry, taught critical thinking, framed the plight and extolled the humanity of the disadvantaged, and denounced all patriotism that curdles into chauvinism.

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We are pleased to invite students, researchers, activists and faculty members to contribute to the workshops and panel discussions of the “Global Populism and Democratic Futures Summit” to be held on Thursday March 29, 2018 at the Balisillie School of International Affairs.

We welcome a wide variety of submissions (academic papers, policy briefs, creative writing and poetry, posters and workshops) related to the theme of Global Populism and Democratic Futures.

Global Engagement film series

The Global Engagement Seminar Program is pleased to announce its film nights. Each Tuesday night, you will have the opportunity to see award-winning documentary films and to participate in lively post-film discussions. All selected films relate to the topic of Global Populism and Democratic Futures.