by reitsmar | Nov 9, 2022 | Faculty
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Please join us for the final Borders & Migrations event featuring the film “FLEE” and a talk by the art director, Jess Nicholls.
There will be a free screening of the film in OM 314 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Monday, November 14 (space is limited). The film is also available via streaming through the library website for registered Canisius students, faculty and staff, or on paid streaming services.
On Tuesday, November 15 at 12:00 p.m., in the Library Learning Center, we will host Jess Nicholls, the art director for the film who will join us virtually from Copenhagen. The event will be hybrid with online viewing option at c.anisi.us/FLEE.
The film tells the traumatic story of an Afghan family fleeing through Russia to Scandinavia and how their plight is exacerbated by their gender and sexual identities. The film uses documentary, drama, interviews, and animation to tell their harrowing story.
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Submitted by: Richard D. Reitsma, PhD, associate faculty dean, Inclusion and Engagement; associate professor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
by reitsmar | Oct 19, 2022 | Faculty
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The inaugural series of events continues after President Stoute’s installation with “Ukrainian Refugees in Poland: A Conversation with Aid Workers in Warsaw and Przemysl.”
The hybrid event (in person and virtual) takes place Wednesday, October 26 at 12:00 p.m. in the Bouwhuis Library Learning Center. Aid workers from Warsaw and Przemysl will Zoom in to share their experiences working on the front lines of the Ukraine-Poland border. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, it’s estimated that nearly four million people have fled to neighboring Poland. The newly-arrived refugees come primarily from those areas most heavily affected by the fighting and are initially assisted at reception centers along the Ukraine-Poland border.
This lecture is made possible by the Borders & Migrations Initiative. The QR code on the flyer can be used to make donations via PayPal.
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Submitted by: Richard D. Reitsma, PhD, associate professor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures
by reitsmar | Sep 23, 2022 | Faculty
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The second Borders & Migrations event is coming up on October 5 at 12:00 p.m. in the Bouwhuis Library. The event features John Paul Brammer, the author and illustrator of the award winning book ¡Hola, Papi! – a funny and poignant memoir and advice column in the style of David Sedaris and Dan Savage.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information on the author and book, click here.
Submitted by: Richard D. Reitsma, PhD, associate professor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures
by reitsmar | Sep 7, 2022 | Faculty
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The Borders & Migrations initiative invites the campus community to its fall 2022 series of events.
Oscar Gil CEEP Poster Final Corrected
“From Stateless to Citizen”
Tuesday, September 13 / 6:00 p.m / Bouwhuis Library Learning Center
Featuring Dr. Oscar Gil
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¡Hola, Papi!
Wednesday, October 5 / 12:00 p.m. / Bouwhuis Library Learning Center
Featuring award-winning LatinX Queer author JP Brammer, who will read from his new book
Ukrainian Refugees in Poland: A Conversation with Aid Workers in Warsaw and Przemysl
Wednesday, October 26 / 12:00 p.m. / Bouwhuis Library Learning Center
A Conversation with Art Director Jess Nichols on the Feature Film “FLEE”
Tuesday, November 15 / 12:00 p.m. / Bouwhuis Library Learning Center
All events are free, open to the public, and available in person, virtual, hybrid, and all will be in the library (with the exception of the film streaming).
Questions? Please contact Dr. Reitsma, reitsmar@canisius.edu
Submitted by: Richard D. Reitsma, PhD, chair, associate professor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
by reitsmar | Jun 8, 2022 | Faculty
June 2: Eat, Migrate, Love: Gastronomic and Sexual Desire as Identity
Richard Reitsma, PhD, is currently on a faculty exchange program at the University of Warsaw in the American Studies Center, organized with Margaret Stefanski, PhD, the Permanent Chair in Polish Culture at Canisius, Daemen University and the Kosciuszko Foundation.
Reitsma is teaching a course on LatinX in the U.S. in literature and film. He has welcomed virtual guests including scholars such as Dr. Deborah Kanter, Dr. Octavio Gonzáez and Dr. Paola Fajardo Heyward; authors Emanuel Xavier, Benjamin Alire Saenz, Michael Nava, Jaime Manrique and Homeboy Industries Reformed Gang Member Gabriel López.
Reitsma has also been invited to give a series of lectures on immigration, LatinX, and LGBTQIA+ issues. He has already presented a keynote talk for the center’s conference on Gender & Sexuality in American Studies (May 23, 2002). His paper was “Queer Identity & Queer Spaces in Cuba, Mexico, and the U.S.”
On June 2, Reitsma presented the last lecture in the American Studies Center colloquium series. His talk is available on the University of Warsaw’s YouTube Channel. Later in June, Reitsma will present a talk on U.S. Immigration issues in Krakow and another in Przemysl. He also plans to visit Ukrainian Refugee centers in Poland, as part of his ongoing research on issues of immigration.
Submitted by: Richard D. Reitsma, PhD, chair, associate professor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
