On Oct. 5, a university with a strong national academic reputation and a storied basketball program hosted a new conference on sports statistics, billed as the first of its kind to focus on the needs of students.
News
October 7, 2019
Dyslexia makes reading a struggle for millions of people, but the learning disability is rarely diagnosed before age seven. Now, a team of educators and scientists led by UConn professors has made a game-like app that could help teachers identify younger kids at risk.
October 2, 2019
UConn Today spoke with David A. Yalof, professor and department head in political science, to examine the impeachment process under the U.S. Constitution.
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Upcoming Events
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Oct
14
The Persistence of Myth: Brazil's Undead Racial Democracy12:20pm
The Persistence of Myth: Brazil's Undead Racial Democracy
Monday, October 14th, 2019
12:20 PM - 01:50 PM
Storrs Campus 4th Floor Babbidge Library
This talk addresses a recurrent tension in the literature on race and racism in Brazil. On the one hand, we find the so-called myth of racial democracy presented as the dominant racial ideology in Brazil, obscuring enduring racial inequality and thwarting the development of a racial justice mass-movement. On the other hand, we find periodic announcements that the myth of racial democracy has definitively died. Accordingly, I theorize the myth of racial democracy as a paradoxically undead myth and ask what it is about the form of this peculiar myth that allows it to survive its own repeated death. I show how the celebration of racial mixture, or mestiçagem, functions as a mythological signifier of racial democracy that operates beneath and beyond the level of conscious thought, activating powerful affects and desires even in those who “know” better.
Please contact Fred Lee fred.lee@uconn.edu with any questions
Sponsored by El Instituto, Philosophy, Africana Studies, Political Science, Political Theory Workshop, UConn Humanities Institute, Office for the Vice President for Research -
Oct
14
Particle, Astrophysics, and Nuclear Physics Seminar2:00pm
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Oct
15
Colloquium: Sanford Levinson12:30pm
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Oct
15
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar2:00pm
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Oct
15
Getting Started in Undergraduate Research3:00pm
Getting Started in Undergraduate Research
Tuesday, October 15th, 2019
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Storrs Campus Rowe 420
Are you interested in research but not sure how to get started? Join us to identify your goals for your participation in research and to develop a strategy for pursuing research opportunities at UConn and beyond.
For more information, please visit the Office of Undergraduate Research website: https://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/.
If you require an accommodation to participate in this session, please contact Jodi Eskin at jodi.eskin@uconn.edu by October 8, 2019.
