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Amherst, MA
Joined August 2010
Tomorrow at noon EST, @StrikeDebt's Astra Taylor (@astradisastra) and South African scholar activists Leigh-Ann Naidoo and Kelly Gillespie will explore the global #history of student debt and the movements fighting to abolish it. Read more and register websites.umass.edu/feinberg/…
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2/ This panel is part of our yearlong Feinberg Series on the historical roots of the political, economic, and ethical crises in higher education. Visit our website for recordings, future events and to join our mailing list! umass.edu/feinberg
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Join us today at 4pm ET!
Public disappointment with universities has reached epidemic proportions. Christopher Newfield (@cnewf) suggests the answer lies in redefining #HigherEducation around intellectual and social benefits not monetary ones. Join us Mon, 11/18, @ 4pm on Zoom websites.umass.edu/feinberg/…
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Be sure to put this event on your calendars and register to attend in-person or on Zoom! The history department is honored to be co-sponsoring Linda Coombs' visit to @UMassAmherst. libcal.library.umass.edu/eve…
Join the Libraries and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts for a special book discussion with Linda Coombs, author of Colonization and the Wampanoag Story. Attendance options include in-person, Zoom, and YouTube livestream. Please register below. Link: libcal.library.umass.edu/eve…
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Across the US, faculty, librarians, and students are facing impediments to international engagement, and sometimes at significant personal risk. International faculty and students are especially vulnerable. Join MSP for this critical event! 11/18, 4pm ET umassmsp.org/campaigns/11-12…
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The history department and our Feinberg Series are proud co-sponsors!
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Public disappointment with universities has reached epidemic proportions. Christopher Newfield (@cnewf) suggests the answer lies in redefining #HigherEducation around intellectual and social benefits not monetary ones. Join us Mon, 11/18, @ 4pm on Zoom websites.umass.edu/feinberg/…
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2/ In this fall semester Feinberg Series capstone, Newfield will identify the role the #humanities play in realizing these benefits, lifting up literary study as a field that has done exemplary work generating radical thought with great--but misunderstood--public value.
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4/ This event is part of our yearlong Feinberg Series, which is exploring the historical roots of the political, economic, and ethical crises in higher education. Visit our website for recordings, future events and to join our mailing list! umass.edu/feinberg
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Starting now! Join the Feinberg Series for a discussion of the higher education labor movement -- including discussion of the implications of tomorrow's elections on the future of organizing in academia. websites.umass.edu/feinberg/…
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