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The American Council of Learned Societies Announces 2021 ACLS Digital Extension Grant Awardees
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Program Supports Digitally-Based Research Projects That Advance Inclusive Scholarship in the Humanities and Interpretive Social Sciences
“Digital projects in the humanities uncover and provide access to collections and materials that might have been hidden from sight or not even considered worthy of collecting.” NEW YORK (PRWEB) May 25, 2021 The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 ACLS Digital Extension Grants.
The Digital Extension Grant program supports collaborative, team-based humanities and interpretive social sciences projects that advance inclusive scholarly practices and promote greater understanding of diverse human experiences through digital research. The grants of up to $150,000 are also designed to extend the reach of establishe
How Uniting Queer Asians Through Nightlife Became a Global Movement
From Bubble T in New York City to Worship in Sydney, Arthur Tam looks at the nightlife spaces that are uplifting and unifying the queer Asian diaspora all over the world
February 24, 2021
Lead ImageA night at New Ho Queen, Toronto – Reggie in the hot potPhotography by Hao Nguyen
When I was living in Los Angeles, there was no space like Bubble T. No space where so many Asian folks of so many different ethnic backgrounds and queer identities would gather together and celebrate aspects of their heritage. No space that played the notes that resonated with my Chinese, American and queer identity. It just didn’t exist.
Q&A: Faculty documentary on migrants chosen for SXSW, Big Sky film festivals
UCLA professors Maite Zubiaurre and Kristy Guevara-Flanagan hope their film about searching for those lost in the desert will change immigration policy Alison Hewitt |
February 22, 2021
When UCLA professor Maite Zubiaurre decided to make a documentary about volunteers who search for the remains of migrants in the desert between the U.S. and Mexico, she wanted people to see what she believes has become invisible: not just the deaths, but how ignoring them enables policies that lead to even more deaths.
Now she’ll have an opportunity to help bring that hidden reality to light. Her 14-minute film “Águilas,” co-directed with Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, a professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, has been selected to screen at both the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Feb. 20–28) and SXSW Film Festival (March 16–20) competitions. The mini-doc will then be available