Events

Since 2000, FMS has been organized as a series of meetings around specific research topics that build on each other and represent steps toward solutions to theoretical and practical problems. Events in the FMS project include the following:

Activist Scholars and Pedagogies of Transformation. FMS Annual Conference held at Syracuse University. September 20-22, 2007.

2007 FMS Summer Colloquium. Held at Cornell University. July 27-28, 2007.

Bridging Divides: Identity, Social Justice, and the Future of the Academy. FMS Junior Scholars' Conference at University of Madison, Wisconsin. March 22-24, 2007

FMS-SpelmanWorkshop. Professional workshop for HBCU faculty at Spelman College. January 26-27, 2007

New Directions and Intersections. Conference at University of Oregon. November 9-11, 2006

Feminism and War. Conference at Syracuse University. October 19-21, 2006

Our Identities, Our Futures. Symposium featuring panel on Leslie Feinberg's Drag King Dreams and Feinberg's keynote on "Our Identities, Our Futures." October 14, 2006. To hear presentations from this event, click here.

Identities, Individuals, Institutions. The 2006 FMS Summer Colloquium, held at Stanford University. July 27-29, 2006. To hear presentations from this event, click here.

Symposium on Identity, Knowledge, and Social Justice. Held at Syracuse University. March 31 & April 1, 2006

Disability Studies and the Realist Theory of Identity. This symposium addressed the intersection between disability studies and the realist theory of identity, using a set of core texts as the jumping-off point. July 29-30, 2005

Diversity and Excellence in American Higher Education: The Road Ahead. The recently published book, Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education(University of Virginia Press) by William Bowen, Martin Kurzweil, and Eugene Tobin, serves as a launching pad for this FMS symposium. July 30, 2005

Historical Research and Political Commitment. July 29, 2005

Transnational Feminisms. July 31, 2005

2005 FMS Summer Colloquium. July 29-31, 2005

Realism in the World. A conference at Stanford sponsored by the RICSRE/SHC How Do Identities Matter? Network and the Junior Scholars Caucus of The Future of Minority Studies National Research Project, May 19, 2005

Minority Identities/Minor Characters. A forum at Binghamton University, October 15, 2004

FMS Discussion Forum. Panel presentation and colloquium sponsored by the Junior Scholars Caucus of FMS at Cornell University, June 24-25, 2004.

Conceptualizing the Realist Classroom. A pedagogy retreat sponsored by Hamilton College in conjunction with Cornell University and FMS at Cornell University, June 26, 2004.

Sexuality, Identity, Knowledge. A colloquium at Cornell University sponsored jointly by FMS and The School for Criticism and Theory at Cornell University, June 24-25, 2004

Reading Identity: Literature, Pedagogy, and Social Thought. A Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 9-11, 2003.

Minority Identities and Global Democracy: Defending Social, Cultural, and Ecological Diversity. A Retreat in Punta Cana, D.R., May 13-18, 2003

Redefining Identity Politics: Internationalism, Feminism, Multiculturalism. A Conference at the University of Michigan, October 17-19, 2002

The Future of Minority Studies: Redefining Identity Politics (Part II). A conference at Cornell University, November 14-17, 2001.

The Future of Minority Studies: Redefining Identity Politics (Part I). A conference at Stanford University, October 19-20, 2001.

Experience, Identity, Knowledge. A symposium series organized by Binghamton University in May, July, and September of 2001.

Who’s Afraid of Identity Politics? A conference at Hamilton College, November 16, 2000.