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Next Fac Chat: Mestizo Arts and Activism
Dr. David Quijada will speak about "Mestizo Arts and Activism: Participatory Action Research and Artistic Praxis as a Politics of Care and Solidarity" on April 3rd at 1 pm in the Intercultural Center.
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25 Years of WaGS @ SMC!
The Library has an exhibit celebrating 25 years of the Women's and Gender Studies Program.
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Dancing in the Library!
Arianna Hoffelmann '21 celebrates St. Patrick's day with a quick Irish jig in the stacks.
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Drawing on the great works of Western literature from the...
Drawing on the great works of Western literature from the Odyssey to Flannery O'Connor, he traces the development of this fundamental longing from the pagan’s desire for his earthly home, which most famously inspired Odysseys’ heroic return to Ithaca, to its transformation under Christianity.
The rich tapestry that emerges from Making Gay History includes...
The rich tapestry that emerges from Making Gay History includes the inspiring voices of teenagers and grandparents, journalists and housewives, from the little-known Dr. Evelyn Hooker and Morty Manford to former vice president Al Gore, Ellen DeGeneres, and Abigail Van Buren.
Controlling selves and others, and resisting being dominated...
Controlling selves and others, and resisting being dominated and controlled is most connected to men’s bodies and work. However, no man can live up to these culturally ascendant ideals of manhood.
Discovering the secrets of animal movement and what they can...
Discovering the secrets of animal movement and what they can teach us. Insects walk on water, snakes slither, and fish swim. Animals move with astounding grace, speed, and versatility: how do they do it, and what can we learn from them?
Meant to be used alongside traditional literature-based...
Meant to be used alongside traditional literature-based canonical surveys, this one-stop introduction to Old Testament backgrounds fills a gap in typical introduction to the Bible courses.
“I have no special talents,” said Albert Einstein....
“I have no special talents,” said Albert Einstein. “I am only passionately curious.” Everyone is born curious. But only some retain the habits of exploring, learning, and discovering as they grow older.
The epic highlights Lincoln’s difficult family life,...
The epic highlights Lincoln’s difficult family life, first with his father and later with his wife. We learn about the staggering number of setbacks and recoveries Lincoln experienced. We witness Lincoln’s famous embodiment of the self-made man (although he sought and received critical help from others).
The average American is a thousand times more likely to die...
The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda. What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda?
Public discourse on Asian parenting tends to fixate on ethnic...
Public discourse on Asian parenting tends to fixate on ethnic culture as a static value set, disguising the fluidity and diversity of Chinese parenting. Such stereotypes also fail to account for the challenges of raising children in a rapidly modernizing world, full of globalizing values.
The Psychology of Sex and Gender meets the needs of gender...
The Psychology of Sex and Gender meets the needs of gender science today, providing students with fresh, contemporary examples, balanced coverage of men and women, and a grounding in psychological science.
Ibtisam finds inspiration through writing letters to pen pals...
Ibtisam finds inspiration through writing letters to pen pals and from an adult who encourages her to keep at it, but the most surprising turn of all for Ibtisam happens when her mother decides that she would like to seek out an education, too.
In the Middle Ages, religion did not exist in the sense of a...
In the Middle Ages, religion did not exist in the sense of a fixed system of belief bounded off from other spheres of life. Rather, Christianization was primarily ritual performance. Being a Christian meant joining a local church community.
This deeply moving and authentic debut is for fans of Rainbow...
This deeply moving and authentic debut is for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, and Benjamin Alire Saenz. Intertwining stories of love, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation on the edge of America’s Last Frontier introduce a writer of rare talent.
Considering the legacy of this violent period, James P. Brennan...
Considering the legacy of this violent period, James P. Brennan examines the role of the state in constructing a public memory of the violence and in holding those responsible accountable through the most extensive trials for crimes against humanity to take place anywhere in Latin America.
Long before the fall of the Berlin Wall, there were...
Long before the fall of the Berlin Wall, there were institutions, organizations, and individuals who brought people from the East and the West together, joined by shared professions, ideas, and sometimes even through marriage.
Johnson explains theories of matter and spirit that shaped...
Johnson explains theories of matter and spirit that shaped early indigenous religious movements in Africa, Black political religion responding to the American racial state, the creation of Liberia, and FBI repression of Black religious movements in the twentieth century.
Rich or poor, urban or rural, male or female, young or old,...
Rich or poor, urban or rural, male or female, young or old, native-born or immigrant, northerner or southerner, slave or free, white or of color–the mixture of these characteristics and a host of others within each individual determined the shape and opportunities of everyday life.
Terrorists livestream their attacks, “Twitter wars”...
Terrorists livestream their attacks, “Twitter wars” produce real world casualties, and viral misinformation alters not just the result of battles, but the very fate of nations.
Based on the authors’ extensive experience in a range of...
Based on the authors’ extensive experience in a range of settings in the United States and Canada, the book addresses the most common stumbling blocks to understanding social justice.
Sometimes angry, often reflective, but always strong, the women...
Sometimes angry, often reflective, but always strong, the women in this book will give teen readers insight into the lives of women who, for so long, have been virtually invisible.
Last updated by Susan M. Birkenseer on March 20, 2019