Contagion: Matter, Method, and Medium
Presented by the IAS Collaborative Gender and Violence: South Korea and Beyond & the Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota

Presented by the IAS Collaborative Gender and Violence: South Korea and Beyond & the Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota
Emily Winderman
Communication Studies, College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
IAS Faculty Fellow, Spring 2021
As a follow up to Diane Wilson’s IAS Thursdays event “Telling True Stories: The Seed Keeper,” please join the IAS for an informal discussion on Wilson’s newly released novel, The Seed Keeper.
IAS Staff and Fellows share books and articles we think you might like, too.
This May-June, the IAS will be piloting a new program: short-term themed fellowships.
IAS Residential Fellowships provide time for faculty, graduate students, staff, and community scholars, artists, and professionals to remove themselves from their normal obligations and work on their own research or creative practice.
Hassan Abdel Salam
Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
IAS Faculty Fellow, Spring 2021
The Human Rights Fatwas: How Orthodox Jurists Deliver Human Rights Decisions in their Adjudication of Islamic Law
Presented in partnership with the Mellon Environmental Stewardship, Place, and Community Initiative
As a follow-up to “Beyond Assimilation and Resistance: Očhéti Šakówiŋ Peoplehood Past, Present, and Future,” the recent IAS presentation with Christopher Pexa, Jim Rock, and Waŋblí Mayášleča (Francis Yellow), the IAS invites you to join us for an informal discussion on Chris Pexa’s book Translated Nation: Rewriting the Dakhóta Oyáte.
SeungGyeong (Jade) Ji
Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
INTERDISCIPLINARY DOCTORAL FELLOW AT THE IAS, 2020-21
Rights and Redemption: Politics of Abortion in South Korea 1974-2019
Presented by the IAS Research and Creative Collaborative, Moving Image & Media Studies Graduate Group