Join us for a two-day symposium of talks, panels and workshops titled Technologies of Race: Politics, Affect, Platforms. The symposium's speakers will discuss some of the ways that technologies around us express, participate and are, otherwise, wrapped up in the ways race is socially done. To learn more about the symposium, its speakers, the topics…
Everybody seems to love Lego bricks, and the little plastic bricks have become an international phenomenon. Nick Taylor and Sarah Evans will discuss their new book LEGOfied: Building Blocks as Media and explore the multifaceted Lego fandom, the role of hobbyist enthusiasts and content producers, and how gender plays into the Lego media franchise. This…
Are you ready for some coffee talk? Are you looking for a place to connect with colleagues, ask questions and share ideas about teaching in these challenging, uncertain times? Join DELTA, NC State University Libraries and the Office of Faculty Development virtually for Faculty Chat Café. The café will be open via Zoom on Fridays…
Join the NC State University Libraries for a conversation about women writing historical fiction with Lucinda MacKethan, a retired alumni distinguished professor of English at NC State, and Deborah Hooker, former director of the Women’s and Gender Studies program at NC State. MacKethan has published a biography, Anya Seton: A Writing Life, which explores the…
The College of Education's Third Annual Don C. Locke Multiculturalism and Social Justice Symposium will feature a keynote address by National Academy of Education President Gloria Ladson-Billings. The title of her talk is "This Is Us! Educating Post Covid/Post Civic Unrest America — Tragedy or Opportunity?" The event will be held virutally via Zoom and…
Are you ready for some coffee talk? Are you looking for a place to connect with colleagues, ask questions and share ideas about teaching in these challenging, uncertain times? Join DELTA, NC State University Libraries and the Office of Faculty Development virtually for Faculty Chat Café. The café will be open via Zoom on Fridays…
Tara Mullins first choreographed Against the Railing in 2007. At the time, it was about her grandmother’s journey from Sicily to New York in the early 1900s. Her grandmother left behind her parents and worked on the factory lines to make a better life for her children. With the current conversations about immigration in the…
In celebration of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month, Victor Betts of NC State University Libraries will show and discuss archival materials about the history of Asian and Asian American students, faculty and staff at NC State. The program is presented in collaboration with Multicultural Student Affairs and the NC State Libraries. To learn…
Are you ready for some coffee talk? Are you looking for a place to connect with colleagues, ask questions and share ideas about teaching in these challenging, uncertain times? Join DELTA, NC State University Libraries and the Office of Faculty Development virtually for Faculty Chat Café. The café will be open via Zoom on Fridays…
How do we make our grading practices in all disciplines not just more equitable and inclusive but antiracist in purpose and outcomes? This interactive keynote, featuring Asao Inoue, an associate dean for academic affairs, equity and inclusion at Arizona State University, centers on labor-based grading contracts in all courses where students write. It will discuss…