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School of Cultural & Critical Studies

The School of Cultural and Critical Studies (CCS) includes four interdisciplinary units with distinct but complementary missions: the American Culture Studies Program, the Department of Ethnic Studies, the Department of Popular Culture, and the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. These units share a multidisciplinary approach, eclectic methodologies, a commitment to critical thinking and engagement, and an emphasis on how differences -- cultural, national, economic, racial, sexual, etc. -- are constructed and expressed. Our undergraduate students engage in a dynamic core curriculum that includes service-learning, training in qualitative research, and a senior capstone project. Graduate students in the School of Cultural and Critical Studies participate in a lively intellectual community. We offer a PhD or MA in American Culture Studies, an MA in Popular Culture, and graduate certificates in Ethnic Studies, Public History, and Women’s Studies.

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School of Cultural & Critical Studies
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The School of Cultural and Critical Studies (CCS) includes four interdisciplinary units with distinct but complementary missions:  the American Culture Studies Program, the Department of Ethnic Studies, the Department of Popular Culture, and the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program.  These units share a multidisciplinary approach, eclectic methodologies, a commitment to critical thinking and engagement, and an emphasis on how differences -- cultural, national, economic, racial, sexual, etc. -- are constructed and expressed.

Our undergraduate students engage in a dynamic core curriculum that includes service-learning, training in qualitative research, and a senior capstone project.

Graduate students in the School of Cultural and Critical Studies participate in a lively intellectual community. We offer a PhD or MA in American Culture Studies, an MA in Popular Culture, and graduate certificates in Ethnic Studies, Public History, and Women’s Studies.

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Latino/a/x Issues Conference - 2025

Wed, Mar 26, 2025 9am to 5pm

Bowen-Thompson Student Union

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Conference Date: March 26, 2025 The eStrella Latin American & Latino/a/x Studies Student Research Conference is an annual forum featuring original scholarship (in the form of research papers or poster presentations) and creative work (such as painting, ceramics, photography, movement, media installations, and spoken word).   REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND CONFERENCE SCHEDULE COMING SOON! For questions please contact Dr. Luis Moreno.
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Funk Music in Popular Culture Conference

Fri, Apr 25, 2025

Bowen-Thompson Student Union

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Indie Lens Pop-Up, WBGU-PBS, the Department of Popular Culture and the School of Cultural and Critical Studies at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, are proud to announce the Funk Music in Popular Culture Conference. The conference will serve as a celebration and screening of the Independent Lens film "We Want the Funk." Legendary bassist Doug Wimbish will be the keynote speaker and performer at the conference.   The Funk Music in Popular Culture Conference will also provide a space for academics, graduate students, musicians, music industry professionals, music/sound recording retailers, fans and the public to engage in dialogue about topics related to funk music and its cultural influence in popular music, popular culture and beyond. The conference's scope is deliberately broad, with the intention of highlighting the interdisciplinary nature and the many different avenues of research and creativity related to funk music in popular culture.   Possible topics might include, but are not limited to: Funk Music in Popular Music and Popular Culture Funk Music History, History of Funk Musicians and Funk Musical Groups Funk Music Fans and Funk Podcasts Ohio’s Connection to Funk Music (Dayton, Cincinnati, Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus-based groups, fans, and record labels) Michigan’s Connection to Funk Music (Detroit-based funk groups, fans, and record labels) Funk Music in Rap/Hip-Hop, Heavy Metal, Punk, Blues, Jazz, Folk, Country, etc. International Funk Music Groups Funk Music in Film and Television Funk Music in Comics, Cartoons, Art and Album Art Funk Music Fashion Funk Music and Gender, Race, and Class   Call for Papers and Presentations We welcome individual proposals or pre-formed panels that address the themes above. As the conference aims to provide a multitude of perspectives, academic presentations and those from outside the academy are welcome. Individual presentation proposals—papers, music demonstrations or artistic displays—should include a 300-word abstract. Panel or roundtable presentation proposals should include a 300-word abstract for each presenter and a 500-word abstract for the panel or roundtable. Submit proposals as a Microsoft Word document to funkmusic@bgsu.edu with “Funk Music in Popular Culture” in the subject line and include the following information for each presenter: Author’s Name and Title Institutional Affiliation (if applicable) Email Address Presentation Title Abstract Deadline for Submissions is March 2, 2025. Proposal status notifications will be sent no later than March 9, 2025. Registration for the conference is free. Contact Dr. Matthew Donahue or Dr. Angela Nelson at funkmusic@bgsu.edu if you have questions.
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Funk Music in Popular Culture Conference

Sat, Apr 26, 2025

Bowen-Thompson Student Union

New Workshops and Classes
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Indie Lens Pop-Up, WBGU-PBS, the Department of Popular Culture and the School of Cultural and Critical Studies at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, are proud to announce the Funk Music in Popular Culture Conference. The conference will serve as a celebration and screening of the Independent Lens film "We Want the Funk." Legendary bassist Doug Wimbish will be the keynote speaker and performer at the conference.   The Funk Music in Popular Culture Conference will also provide a space for academics, graduate students, musicians, music industry professionals, music/sound recording retailers, fans and the public to engage in dialogue about topics related to funk music and its cultural influence in popular music, popular culture and beyond. The conference's scope is deliberately broad, with the intention of highlighting the interdisciplinary nature and the many different avenues of research and creativity related to funk music in popular culture.   Possible topics might include, but are not limited to: Funk Music in Popular Music and Popular Culture Funk Music History, History of Funk Musicians and Funk Musical Groups Funk Music Fans and Funk Podcasts Ohio’s Connection to Funk Music (Dayton, Cincinnati, Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus-based groups, fans, and record labels) Michigan’s Connection to Funk Music (Detroit-based funk groups, fans, and record labels) Funk Music in Rap/Hip-Hop, Heavy Metal, Punk, Blues, Jazz, Folk, Country, etc. International Funk Music Groups Funk Music in Film and Television Funk Music in Comics, Cartoons, Art and Album Art Funk Music Fashion Funk Music and Gender, Race, and Class   Call for Papers and Presentations We welcome individual proposals or pre-formed panels that address the themes above. As the conference aims to provide a multitude of perspectives, academic presentations and those from outside the academy are welcome. Individual presentation proposals—papers, music demonstrations or artistic displays—should include a 300-word abstract. Panel or roundtable presentation proposals should include a 300-word abstract for each presenter and a 500-word abstract for the panel or roundtable. Submit proposals as a Microsoft Word document to funkmusic@bgsu.edu with “Funk Music in Popular Culture” in the subject line and include the following information for each presenter: Author’s Name and Title Institutional Affiliation (if applicable) Email Address Presentation Title Abstract Deadline for Submissions is March 2, 2025. Proposal status notifications will be sent no later than March 9, 2025. Registration for the conference is free. Contact Dr. Matthew Donahue or Dr. Angela Nelson at funkmusic@bgsu.edu if you have questions.
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Class Con III Conference

Sat, Mar 15, 2025 10:30am to 7pm

Jerome Library, Pallister Conference Room

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Inspired by Ray Browne, the founder of Popular Culture Studies at BGSU, this conference seeks to give “education a broader base and greater richness” through the exploration of why and how popular culture and class are interconnected. A scholar and teacher who saw popular culture as a tool to bring together the working-class students and the elitism of academia to create a new curriculum, Browne’s legacy of inclusion and effecting change is at the heart of this year’s Class Con. As class studies are often niche, invisible, or non-existent within many cultural studies programs, we hope to draw attention to the discipline and the broader need for class consciousness. By understanding and breaking down the structures and systems that uphold our modern class structure, this conference aims to make meaningful change both in and outside of the academic ivory tower. Specifically, with this conference we hope to brainstorm, workshop, and develop a pedagogic approach to bringing class studies into the classroom while also giving a voice to the students most impacted by economic uncertainties. Free Event Online and in Person This event is supported by the Stoddard and O’Neill School of Critical and Cultural Studies Fund and by: BGSU University Libraries School of Cultural and Critical Studies Institute for the Study of Culture and Society Department of English Ray Browne Association (RBA)
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Class Con III Conference

Fri, Mar 14, 2025 9am to 8pm

Jerome Library, Pallister Conference Room

New Workshops and Classes
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Inspired by Ray Browne, the founder of Popular Culture Studies at BGSU, this conference seeks to give “education a broader base and greater richness” through the exploration of why and how popular culture and class are interconnected. A scholar and teacher who saw popular culture as a tool to bring together the working-class students and the elitism of academia to create a new curriculum, Browne’s legacy of inclusion and effecting change is at the heart of this year’s Class Con. As class studies are often niche, invisible, or non-existent within many cultural studies programs, we hope to draw attention to the discipline and the broader need for class consciousness. By understanding and breaking down the structures and systems that uphold our modern class structure, this conference aims to make meaningful change both in and outside of the academic ivory tower. Specifically, with this conference we hope to brainstorm, workshop, and develop a pedagogic approach to bringing class studies into the classroom while also giving a voice to the students most impacted by economic uncertainties. Free Event Online and in Person This event is supported by the Stoddard and O’Neill School of Critical and Cultural Studies Fund and by: BGSU University Libraries School of Cultural and Critical Studies Institute for the Study of Culture and Society Department of English Ray Browne Association (RBA)
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Ray Browne Conference for Cultural and Critical Studies

Sat, Nov 2, 2024 10am to 7pm

Jerome Library, Pallister Conference Room

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Ray Browne Conference for Cultural and Critical Studies   The historic Ray Browne Conference for Cultural and Critical Studies is returning Saturday November 2nd in the Pallister Room of Jerome Library from 10-7pm. This conference is student organized featuring graduate students and upperclassmen presenting their research in areas that include Black popular culture, film, television, Taylor Swift, comics and illustrated novels and more! Keynote speech by Department of Popular Culture professor Jeremy Wallach. Other featured guests include Department of Popular Culture professor Charles Coletta and retired BGSU Popular Music Librarian Bill Schurk. For more information, please visit the conference webpage or write to raybrowneconf@bgsu.edu  
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Ernest L. Gibson - Author Invited Talk “Into Beauford’s Colors”: James Baldwin, Black Queer Joy and the Art of Friendship

Wed, Oct 23, 2024 6pm to 7:30pm

Bowen-Thompson Student Union, 201

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“Into Beauford’s Colors”: James Baldwin, Black Queer Joy and the Art of Friendship – Wednesday, October 23, 2024 6:00 to 7:30 PM BTSU 201   Description: In 1940, a sixteen-year-old James Baldwin knocked on a door in Greenwich Village and stepped into a most unexpected friendship with the modernist painter, Beauford Delaney.  Over the course of nearly forty years, Baldwin and Delaney created art in their own ways – Jimmy through writing, Beauford through painting – and together they created a most masterful fraternal work that reached beyond suffering in search of something more. This talk is a journey into that work, a delving into those quiet spaces of friendship, a dance within the oftentimes fraught but always beautiful intersection where Black meets queer. More intimately, it is an invitation to bear witness to Baldwin’s discovery of himself and his capacity to hold joy.   Bio: Ernest L. Gibson III, Associate Professor of English and Director of African American & Africana Studies at Auburn University, received his PhD in Afro-American Studies from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. Prior to his appointment at Auburn, he was the Thurgood Marshall Fellow in African and African American Studies at Dartmouth College and Assistant/Associate Professor of English at Rhodes College. He is the author of the award-winning book, Salvific Manhood: James Baldwin’s Novelization of Male Intimacy. An interdisciplinary scholar by training, his research lies at the intersections of literary, cultural, and queer theories, and often pivots on questions of manhood, masculinity, and vulnerability.  He is presently at work on his second book project – Beyond Suffering: Black Male Joy in the Age of Absurdity. For information contact Tom Edge
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"Finding Your Voice in Social Justice" in NYC

Tue, Oct 15, 2024 6pm to 7:15pm

Jerome Library, Market at Jerome & Off-Campus Student Center

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Join us as Jerome Library officially opens its photo exhibit, highlighting the “Finding Your Voice in Social Justice” Learning Community's 2023 trip to New York City. Featuring photographs by Trinidad Linares, MLBSSA library associate, the exhibit examines the intersection of social justice with a variety of issues, including LGBTQ+ rights, housing, and the criminal justice system. Meet current members of the learning community, talk to them about the work they are doing on campus, and learn more about how to get involved. Refreshments will be served. This photo exhibit was created in conjunction iwth the University Libraries Exhibit Committee. For more information, contact Trinidad Linares at tlinare@bgsu.edu or 419-372-2308.
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Latino/a/x Issues Conference

Wed, Mar 27, 2024

Bowen-Thompson Student Union

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The eStrella Latin American & Latino/a/x Studies Student Research Conference is an annual forum featuring original scholarship (in the form of research papers or poster presentations) and creative work (such as painting, ceramics, photography, movement, media installations, and spoken word).   Now accepting presentation proposals and award nominations. Deadline is January 10, 2024 We invite proposals for presentations on all topics related to Latin America and Latino/a/x Studies. SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT SUBMIT AN AWARD NOMINATION REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND CONFERENCE SCHEDULE COMING SOON!

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