University of Minnesota
Global Race, Ethnicity, Migration
globerem@umn.edu


Global Race, Ethnicity, Migration

Global REM (Race, Ethnicity, Migration) is designed to strengthen an existing cluster of faculty and the departments, programs and interdisciplinary research centers with which they are associated, extending the contributions they already make to the diversification of research and teaching at the University of Minnesota. Minnesota has long nurtured scholarly expertise and teaching on race, ethnicity and migration. (The birthplace of immigration history in the 1920s and home of pioneering American Studies Department for over a half century, the first REM initiative organized a seminar and conference in the late 1990s.) U.S.-focused in its earlier iterations, new hires have internationalized scholarship on REM across the disciplines.

Globalization and rising flows of population inevitably raise questions about how race, ethnicity, and other forms of cultural diversity are structured and understood in all parts of the world. Global REM hopes to bring networks of expertise on all world regions into regular conversation. With a scholarly seminar, a program of pedagogy discussions and a conference planned for 2007-2008, Global REM faculty will play a special role in the education of new and increasingly diverse undergraduate and graduate students. Global REM faculty can provide the cultural expertise needed by the U to work effectively with new and old immigrant and ethnic communities in the Twin Cities and beyond.

Recent News

  • Book launch for newly published "Finns in Minnesota"

    The book launch and visual presentation by author Arnold Alanen for Finns in Minnesota will be held Saturday, May 5th at the Minnesota History Center. This volume outlines the contributions and culture of Minnesota's Finnish Americans, perhaps best known for their cooperative ventures, their political involvement, and, of course, their saunas.
  • "Global Goes Local" Conference in St Cloud, Apr 9-11

    A leading conference on the challenges facing new Americans returns April 9-11, 2012 at St. Cloud State University. "Global Goes Local" will ask immigrants, scholars, employers, family experts, health authorities and others to find solutions to immigrants' problems and to celebrate their successes. The free public conference will be in Atwood Memorial Center (SCSU). Parking is free on streets adjacent to campus and $1/hr in the 4th Avenue Parking Ramp. Conference information and schedule
  • Foreign Relations - American Immigration in Global Perspective

    Recently published: Foreign Relations - American Immigration in Global Perspective by Donna Gabaccia (University of Minnesota) (in the Princeton University Press series America in the World). "Offering a brand-new global history, Foreign Relations takes a comprehensive look at the links between American immigration and U.S. foreign relations." http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9718.html

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