We are proud to announce the recipients and proposals that were accepted for the 2012 Imagine Fund Special Events Awards. 13 awards representing $91,000 were made in January, 2012, for the 2012 academic year.
| Event Title | Lead Applicant | Department and College | University of Minnesota Campus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burning the Sea: Clandestine Migrations in the Age of Globalization | Hakim Abderrezak | Department of French and Italian — College of Liberal Arts |
Twin Cities |
| The Future of Ethnic Media: Hmong and Native Perspectives across North America | David Beard | Department of Writing Studies | Duluth |
| A Miracle: a University/Community Collaboration | Lisa Channer | Department of Theatre Arts and Dance — College of Liberal Arts |
Twin Cities |
| The Betrayal of the Humanities: The University During the Third Reich | Bruno Chaouat & Bernard M. Levinson (Berman Family Chair of Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible) | Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies — College of Liberal Arts |
Twin Cities |
| A Visit from Sound Poet Jaap Blonk | Maria Damon | Department of English — College of Liberal Arts |
Twin Cities |
| A Dakota Place | Rebecca Krinke | Department of Landscape Architecture — College of Design |
Twin Cities |
| Envisioning the Future of Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota | Louis Mendoza | Department of Chicano Studies — College of Liberal Arts |
Twin Cities |
| Bernice Johnson Reagon Keynote for Black Environmental Thought Conference | Phyllis Messenger on behalf of Rose Brewer | Institute for Advanced Study | Twin Cities |
| Prairie Gate Literary Festival | Brook Miller | Department of English | Morris |
| Forty Years of Latin American Collective and Political Theater | Luis Ramos-Garcia | Department of Spanish and Portuguese — College of Liberal Arts |
Twin Cities |
| Scent of Fresh Ink | Thomas Rose | Department of Art — College of Liberal Arts |
Twin Cities |
| Sacred Space, Contested Terrain (Exhibition at Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Department of Art, and related academic and symposium programming) | Ozayr Saloojee | School of Architecture — College of Design |
Twin Cities |
| Japanese Tea Ceremony Performance and Bamboo Carving Workshop | Polly Szatrowski | Institute of Linguistics — College of Liberal Arts |
Twin Cities |