Marilia Corrêa, assistant professor of history, Baylor University; Ben Cowan, professor of history, University of California, San Diego; Vincent Mauro, WCED postdoctoral fellow, U-M; Jen Triplett, PhD candidate, sociology, U-M
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Authoritarianism is roaring across the Americas, from North to South. This roundtable looks comparatively and historically at the diverse array of ideologies that continue to underlie authoritarianism in the Western Hemisphere, including racism, gender bias, and both the fear of socialism and socialism itself.
Marilia Corrêa is a historian who specializes in Modern Latin America. She is currently working on a book manuscript examining the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985) and its persecution of military officers and soldiers labeled as subversives. She studies how military regimes regulate and restructure sectors not traditionally associated with political or social dissent, and explores how the traumas the dictatorship inflicted onto servicemen altered their sense of belonging in ways that transcended the era of dictatorship.
Ben Cowan received his AB from Harvard University and his MA and PhD from UCLA. His interest in right-wing radicalism, morality, sexuality, and 20th-century imperialism led him to focus on Cold War Brazil, with a specialization in the cultural and gender history of the post-1964 era. Dr. Cowan’s first book, Securing Sex: Morality and Repression in the Making of Cold War Brazil, was published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2016. Securing Sex won three book awards, including the prestigious Brazil Section Book Award from the Latin American Studies Association.
Vincent Mauro is a WCED Postdoctoral Fellow for 2023-2025. He studies comparative politics, and in particular the politics of inequality and redistribution in democracies. He received his PhD in Government from Cornell University in 2023. His book project argues that democracy can certainly spark an impetus for redistribution, but representation – particularly in the developing world – is far from given, and redistributive outcomes across democracies are highly dependent on the development of party systems. Utilizing analysis on a variety of income data, as well as two longitudinal cases of Brazil and Colombia based on extensive archival work, he finds that countries with stable multi-party systems are more likely to redistribute income, as well as possess lower levels of inequality, than inchoate counterparts.
Jen Triplett is a qualitative comparative-historical sociologist working in the subfields of political sociology, sociology of culture, gender, collective behavior and social movements, and (increasingly) international migration. She investigates how top-down political projects that link together, or “articulate,” disparate social groups into a unifying political identity are facilitated or constrained by the cultural dynamics of boundary-making, identity work, and subject formation that such projects entail. Her dissertation examines how cultural constraints on projects of political articulation change over time and are refracted through key events, such as military, political, or economic crises.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at emergingdemocracies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
In 2012, artist Nadya Tolokonnikova gained global recognition when she was sentenced to two years in prison for performing “Punk Prayer,” an anti-Putin performance piece she and conspirators staged inside a cathedral in Moscow. She started a hunger strike protesting the conditions in which she was being held and was ultimately sent to a Siberian penal colony before being released in December 2013.
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The Great Black Migration to Detroit occurred at the height of the city’s industrial dominance, and yet the result was a deeply divided metropolis where almost all the benefits of subsequent industrial restructuring flowed to white suburbanites and almost all the costs were borne by Black city residents. The culmination of the Michigan-Mellon Project on the Egalitarian Metropolis, this symposium brings together University of Michigan researchers and Detroit community leaders who are working daily to make the city’s recovery equitable and inclusive.
Bring your passion and make an impact on pre-K–12 Education. The James A. Kelly Learning Levers Prize is a student pitch competition that supports scalable, research-based ideas that promote learning in pre-K–12 education. All U-M undergraduate and graduate students from the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, or Flint campuses can enter as individuals or teams.
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In collaboration with partners across U-M, the SPH DEI Office is bringing Dr. Ruha Benjamin to campus for a talk and community conversation on March 14, 2023. Trained as a sociologist, Dr. Benjamin’s research sits at the intersection of science, technology, and medicine and resonates deeply with the field of Public Health. Dr. Benjamin will deliver a lecture on her new book, Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want. Dr. Benjamin will deliver a lecture and then participate in a conversation/Q&A facilitated by Leseliey Welch.
Each year the Twink Frey Visiting Social Activist (TFVSA) Program brings to CEW+ a social justice activist whose work affects women and recognizes gender equity issues. If selected, the applicant is invited to reside near campus for up to one month or make intermittent visits to Ann Arbor and work remotely. The 2024 residency will take place during the winter semester with a presentation of their project the following fall semester at the CEW+ Annual Advocacy Symposium.
Wed, Mar. 15 @ 7-8 pm
Fri, Mar. 17 @ 4 pm
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
What follows is a list of paid fellowships and internships offered through the University of Michigan this coming summer.
“From Small Talk to Microagression: A History of Scale”
Thurs, Mar. 23 @ 11 am – 3:45 pm
WILLIAM DAVIDSON INSTITUTE
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Competition
Thurs, Mar. 30 @ 7:30 pm
Applications due
Mon, Apr. 10 @ 4:30-5:30 pm
Thurs, Apr. 13 @ 6-8 pm
2023 American Express NGen Fellowship
Applications due
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Skoll World Forum
Apr. 12-14
