VCU World Studies

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This Sunday, @SHCRichmond will host Bomba y Plena for Black Lives, a community uplift with Afro-Puerto Rican music and dance, that will feature @WorldStudiesVCU Prof. Anita Nadal.

Details at:

https://t.co/7DwEiw9xxm

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Check out this powerful article that Dr. Weinfeld co-wrote with Rabbi Michael Knopf on the history of Black-Jewish relations in Richmond and the current protests! It is informative and very relevant to our current times!

https://t.co/rysJ299R5J

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My book has already been translated into Spanish and Polish and I'd love to see it in Portuguese and French as well!

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Sharing this story led to me being invited to participate in a toad venom ceremony in Mexico!

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Check out this #FacultySpotlight on one of our very own professors, Dr. Oliver Speck! #SWS

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Happy Monday!

Today's #FacultySpotlight is on Oliver Speck, Ph.D., Director of the Media, Art and Text Program!

https://t.co/Fr8wObSY65

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VCU’s Virtual Curation Laboratory is providing fun, educational activities — including constructing replicas of a mastodon tooth, a giant beaver skull and even an Egyptian mummy. Check out the Virtual Curation lab at the link down below! #VCUSWS

https://t.co/8Tk3zWA4KO

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The lab's coloring pages (like this one of @Worldsoldestham) were created by @VCLatVCU intern and @WorldStudiesVCU student Adriana Brown and can be found at: https://t.co/IJiKayUgpt

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Our very own alumna Danika Neblett Robinson has some wise words of wisdom for the future. One more day Rams! #VCUSWS

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Just one more day!

@WorldStudiesVCU alumna Danika Neblett Robinson '11, wants you to take this moment to reflect on your accomplishments, and look forward to the exciting changes ahead!

Watch now!

#VCUCHS #VCUSWS #VCUnews

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To the Class of 2020, on our last Friday of classes EVER, Dr. Topoushian has a few words 🥂 🎉 Congrats and hang in there Rams! Just a few more weeks! 🐏

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Jessica Lonnes' mother died unexpectedly over spring break. While settling her mother's affairs, the @WorldStudiesVCU instructor has been teaching her four classes via Zoom from a car parked outside a rural N.C. library, tapping into the WiFi. https://t.co/4ygYqSC0js

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Happy Friday! If you're feeling a bit down today, take a minute to listen to these encouraging words by our darling professor, Dr. Topoushian! She reminds us that we are #OneVCU!! Only one more week of school left Rams!

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Huge s/o to our @WorldStudiesVCU professor Dr. Indira Sultanić and her students for translating "Toothpaste Millionare" through the @1school1book program into Spanish to help out the more than 4,000 Spanish-speaking students in Richmond public schools!
https://t.co/YnBt5cPOhK

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Richmond elementary school students are reading “The Toothpaste Millionaire” through @1school1book.

A @WorldStudiesVCU professor and students translated it into Spanish for the 4,000 Spanish-speaking students in @RPS_Schools elementary schools. https://t.co/EAuquXTx1j

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Check out @AndrewChesnut1 getting featured in the AP news article "Hispanic Catholics asked to skip healing sites amid outbreak!" Go Dr. Chesnut!!! https://t.co/uDABs7Lnkp

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Interested in applying for an internship in DC for the summer? Check out https://t.co/Ici4WtVHkC - an educational nonprofit that runs an International Affairs Academic Internship Program for undergraduate students. Deadline is April 2!
https://t.co/6034AXdVtj

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Unfortunately, due to rising public health concerns from COVID-19, at this time all 3 lectures (3/17, 3/31, 4/14) from the Bishop Sullivan Series will be canceled. We are sorry for the inconvenience, and hope everyone stays safe during these times!

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Super psyched that the Virginia Book Company has released shirts for the School of World Studies! Go out, buy a shirt, and show some SWS spirit!! 🌟🌟🌟 #VCUSWS

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Say hello to our new professor in the School of World Studies, Dr. Kamilia Rahmouni! We are so happy to have her here with us!

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Mark your calendars for Tuesday 3/31/20 for @dc_kirkpatrick speaking on “Beyond Liberation Theology: Social Christianity in the Shadow of the Cold War” - Free and open to the public! @WorldStudiesVCU @VCUCHS

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Check out all these great events happening in March, both through the English Department and the Humanities Research Center. Get the inside scoop on courses for the fall, see visiting writers read, and attend lectures on borders and boundaries!