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Gilberto Rosas, chair
Comparative Indigeneities Roundtable
Chair: Gilberto Rosas, University of Illinois
William Girard, University of California at Santa Cruz
Mierya Loza, University of Illinois
Korinto Maldonado, University of Texas at Austin
Disabel Scarborough, University of Illinois
Discussant: Andrew Orta,…
Aravinda Chakravarti
Genetic and functional analysis of single gene (Mendelian) diseases have shown that the underlying mutations are necessary and sufficient for the trait, generally rare in human populations and of recent origin. In contrast, the genetic basis of complex diseases are expected to lie in mutations…
Alta R. Charo
Prior to September 11, the single most defining moment of the Bush administration could be traced to his August 9th speech on the topic of federal funding for work on stem cells taken from human embryos. Embroiled in this policy decision were not only the hotly contested areas of abortion and…
Rex L. Chisholm
Rapid changes in genetics promise to revolutionize many aspects of our lives ranging from the food we eat to our health care and even our own image of humanity. Genetic manipulation of foods is already widely used, specific genetic engineering of food has the potential to improve nutritional…
Simon A. Cole
In recent years, the application of technoscience to the investigation of crime, generally known as “forensic science,” has become increasingly significant. This development has been celebrated by a variety of media sources, most notably the fictionalized technoscience-driven crime drama, CSI. The…
Romand Coles
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Carolyn Rouse
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Elaine Scarry
This symposium is one of 6 selected by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to participate in the Illinois 150: The 21st Century University and Research for the Public Good conference, April 10-12, 2018. The Humanities and Public Life symposium is the result of an ongoing collaboration…
Stephanie Craft
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The rapid spread of misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic has increased calls for news literacy to help reduce endorsement of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and other falsehoods. Recent research showing that individuals with higher levels of news literacy are more…
Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
Founding Director of the Andean Oral History Workshop, she is a leading scholar of postcolonialtiy and indigeneity in the Andes. She published the classic, Oppressed but Not Defeated: Peasant Struggles Among the Aymara and Quechua in Bolivia, 1910-1980, and numerous essays on subaltern critiques of…
David Cutler
David Cutler argues that health care has in fact improved exponentially over the last fifty years, and that the successes of our system suggest ways in which we might improve care, make the system easier to deal with, and extend coverage to all Americans. Cutler applies an economic analysis to…
Julian Dibbell
In the make-believe realms of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) and other virtual worlds, the immaterial objects of players' desire have become, for some, a source of materially significant income. In this talk, I revisit my own attempts to profit from the real-money traffic in virtual…
Hamid Drake
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Ralph M. Jones
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Adam Rudolph
What makes Karuna’s music magic is the special history and decades of shared experiences among Drake, Jones and Rudolph, who bring their unique and evolved rhythm and sonic languages to the fore, reaching to inspire any audience though spirited dialogue.
Deep roots were established between Hamid…
Troy Duster
The Humane Genome Project has now completed mapping and sequencing about 95% of the genome. Craig Venter (Celera) and Francis Collins (HGP) both assert since we are alike at 99.9% of the DNA, this proves race has no meaning. However, the new field of pharmacogenomics is producing ethnically and…
Rebecca Eisenberg
Standard justifications for government funding of academic research have emphasized the lack of incentives to pursue basic research in the private sector. But the relationship between public and private funding for research is shifting. Federal policy since 1980 has promoted patenting the results…
Jonathan Elkind
Against the backdrop of global cooperation and competition for energy resources, the potential of tapping vast oil and natural gas reserves in the Caspian Sea basin sparked the interest of various international actors beginning in the early 1990s. Today, development of mechanisms (such as the…
James Elkins
We hardly notice how we see the world. Our eyes do everything for us automatically and if our glasses fit right, we normally don't give our vision a second thought. This is an experimental lecture, intended to suggest some of the strange properties of the ways we see the world. The first half of…
Heid E. Erdrich
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Emilio del Valle Escalante
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Inés Hernández-Avila
Professor del Valle Escalante will present An Indigenous Critic's Perspective: Contemporary Maya Poetry after the Civil War in Guatemala
Heid E. Erdrich Abstract
Emilio del Valle Escalante Abstract
Inés Hernández-Avila Abstract
Sponsored by: American Indian Studies Program, Center for Latin…
Heid E. Erdrich
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Inés Hernández-Avila
Heid E. Erdrich Abstract
Inés Hernández-Avila Abstract
Sponsored by: American Indian Studies Program, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology, Department of History, George A. Miller Endowment, Spurlock Museum
Allen Ezell
Alan Ezell will define the major characteristics of a Degree Mill, and discuss why DMs are a problem, why we have them, what types exist, and how to identify their red flags. He will include a history of the FBI's DIPSCAM taskforce and the federal statues used in the investigation. Included in…
John Feffer
The best place to experience the new world order of food is your local food court. Behind the apparent diversity of choices and international flavors lies a uniform model of production, distribution, and consumption that is global in scope and bears some important resemblances to an older imperial…
Caleb E. Finch
Genes strongly influence life span as witnessed by the almost one-million fold difference between species in their maximum life spans. Yet, within most species, individuals vary widely in life expectancy. In social insects, the same genome can be programmed during development for either a short-…
Neal L. First
Cloning of animals began in the 1950s with the cloning of amphibians for the purpose of determining the totipotency of animal cells and the irreversible nature of differentiated cells. Mammals were first cloned in 1986 from embryonic cells to study cell differentiation and to create clones for…
Nancy Foner
A hundred years ago a massive wave of immigration dramatically changed the United States. Today, a similar influx is again transforming the nation. In what ways is history being repeated? And what -- and how much-- is different from the past? The talk will explore both parallels and contrasts…
Bruce Fouke
A progressive integration of geology and microbiology, called Geobiology, is underway that will revolutionize our understanding of earth system processes and the history of life. This new research frontier focuses on the integration of recombinant DNA technology with chemical, sedimentologic, and…