The Orfalea Center's Transnationalizing the Study of the United States Research Cluster

Prof. Paul Amar, Director of the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, and our Orfalea Center team invite you to the fourth of a series of in-person gatherings and presentations to build community and celebrate the many accomplishments and future plans of the Orfalea Center Thematic Research Clusters.

Today at 3-4:30pm we will provide free food and unite many friendly colleagues and students. This event will be in 2320 Girvetz Hall (the building opposite from the Girvetz classroom building). This event features the final presentation of the quarter from the "Transnationalizing the Study of the United States" research cluster. The overall goal of this cluster is to decenter the United States and transnationalize the study of this country's role globally. Speakers include: Drs. Lisa Hajjar (Dept. of Sociology), Terrance Wooten (to be confirmed) (Dept. of Black Studies), Alejandro Ollin Prado (UC Riverside), and PhD student Leila Zonouzi (Dept. of Global Studies). They will present the work of the Orfalea Center's Thematic Research Cluster and the Research Resources (see link here and flyer below).

https://orfaleacenter.ucsb.edu/transnationalizing-the-study-of-the-united-states/

The focus of this cluster has been to understand how the United States has impacted world politics today as a result of the “war on terror. In line with their transnational emphasis they focus on how the political and intellectual bodies within the Middle East and Latin America have responded, interacted, collaborated, and criticized the implications of the “war on terror” in regards to international affairs/regional politics and international law/human rights. Their current focus is on: security and surveillance, terror and counter-terror, resistance, and rationalization of violence. Their goal is to build intellectual transnational connections with research centers, community organizations, and think tanks in the Global South. See event flyer below. And Teaching Resources and publications that this cluster has posted for public use on the Orfalea Center Website can be found here:

https://orfaleacenter.ucsb.edu/transnationalizing-the-study-of-the-united-states/

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, FRIDAY, APRIL 28TH, 2023
GIRVETZ HALL 2320
FREE CATERED LUNCH

Global Carceral States Conference

The Orfalea Center partnered with the Muwatin Institute for Democracy and Human Rights at Birzeit University, Palestine, to host a 3-day conference, featuring a global array of papers, 3 distinguished keynotes and translation in English, Arabic and Spanish. It presented an opportunity for scholars to contribute to our understanding of prisons, torture, violence, power, securitization, as well as prisoner resistance.
global-e journal Publications
Our Cluster members and global south partners each contributed pieces to the global-e journal, with articles "The War on Terror Paradigm and Intersecting Contemporary Civil Uprisings," by Leila and Alejandro, and "Understanding Israeli Torture: Containing the Ever-Present Threat" by Dr. Basil Farraj
Global South Collaborations

Our Global South partner, Dr. Basil Farraj visited us here at UCSB for 3 weeks, and gave a talk, further cementing our collaboration.
Podcasts
The cluster will also discuss their plans to take this amazing work and utilize it towards the development of a podcast series.
Previous episodes are available on our website -

https://orfaleacenter.ucsb.edu/podcasts-transnationalizing-the-study-of-the-united-states/