Institute for Global Studies
214 Social Sciences
269 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-9007
Fax: 612-626-2242
E-mail: igs@umn.edu

Intellectual Collectives

Exhuming Bodies, Producing Knowledge:
Collective Memory, Justice and Restitution in Contemporary Spain

Faculty Conveners

  • Lisa Hilbink, Department of Political Science
  • Ofelia Ferran, Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

The Future of the Global Common

Faculty Convener

  • Bruce Braun, Global Studies & Geography

Islamic Societies & Cultures

Faculty Conveners

  • Giancarlo Casale, History
  • Kathleen Collins, Political Science
  • Bali Sahota, Asian Languages & Literatures
  • Shaden Tageldin, Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature

Global Media, National Publics

Faculty Conveners

  • Tom Wolfe , Global Studies, History & Anthropology

The Making of Global Cities - A Symposium and Research Agenda

Faculty Conveners

  • Michael Goldman , Global Studies & Sociology
  • Helga Leitner, Global Studies & Geography
  • Eric Sheppard, Geography & ICGC

Global R(ace)E(thnicity)M(igration)

Faculty Conveners

  • Donna Gabaccia , History & Immigration History Research Center
  • Evelyn Davidheiser , Global Studies

Dialectics and Society

Faculty Conveners

  • Bali Sahota, Asian Languages and Literatures
  • Tim Brennan, CSCL & English
  • Giancarlo Casale, History
  • Keya Ganguly, CSCL
  • Sumanth Gopinath, Music
  • Chris Isett, History
  • Jason MacGrath, Asian Languages and Literatures

South Asia Seminar Series

Faculty Conveners

  • Simona Sawhney, Asian Languages and Literatures
  • Ajay Skaria, Global Studies & History

Space&Place Collective—Memories Matters: echoes, motion, states

Faculty Conveners

  • Sonja Kuftinec, Theatre Arts and Dance
  • Jani Scandura, English
  • Margaret Werry, Theatre Arts and Dance

The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy: Alternative Voices

Faculty Leaders

  • Bruce Braun, Geography
  • Vinay Gidwani, Geography & Global Studies
  • Michael Goldman, Global Studies & Sociology
  • Simona Sawhney, Asian Languages and Literatures
  • Rachel Schurman, Global Studies & Sociology

Mediterranean Studies Initiative

Faculty Leader

  • Evelyn Davidheiser, Global Studies

Borderlands

Faculty Leaders

  • Eric Weitz , History
  • Omar Bartov, Watson Institute, Brown University