March 4 - March 11, 2022

Department of English Announcements and Events

SJ Sindu reads from BLUE-SKINNED GODS

Date: Mar. 10, 2022
Time: 3:30 pm–5:00 pm
Location: Andrews Hall, Bailey Library

UNL alum and nationally acclaimed author SJ Sindu will read from her new novel, BLUE-SKINNED GODS. The book has received acclaim from the New York Times (“It’s impossible not to be hypnotized”), Roxane Gay (“The richness of this story will take hold of you and not let go”), Publishers Weekly (“Incandescent”) and elsewhere, and was featured on NPR Weekend Edition.

BLUE-SKINNED GODS is the story of a boy born with blue skin in Tamil Nadu, India. Traveling from ashrams to the underground rock scene of New York City, the novel explores ethnic, gender, and sexual identities, and examines the need for belief in a fractured world.

SJ Sindu is a Tamil diaspora author; in addition to BLUE-SKINNED GODS, she has published MARRIAGE OFA THOUSAND LIES, and her middle-grade fantasy graphic novel, SHAKTI, is forthcoming from Harper Collins. Sindu is also the author of two hybrid chapbooks, I ONCE MET YOU BUT YOU WERE DEAD and DOMINANT GENES. A 2013 Lambda Literary Fellow, Sindu holds an MA in English from UNL and a PhD in English and Creative Writing from Florida State University. Sindu teaches at the University of Toronto Scarborough, and lives in Toronto with her partner, the poet Geoff Bouvier.

Sindu’s visit is a partnership between the Creative Writing Program and Women’s and Gender Studies, and she appears as part of “50 Years of LGBTQ Studies at UNL.”

https://www.unl.edu/english/creative-writing

Humanities on the Edge presents: Thomas Nail

Date: Mar. 10, 2022
Time: 5:30 pm–7:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art

Thomas Nail is a professor of philosophy at the University of Denver.

 

https://www.unl.edu/english/humanities-on-the-edge

University Announcements and Events

LIFE IN LINCOLN: Board Games at Mana Games Café

Date: Mar. 4, 2022
Time: 6:30 pm
Meet at The Crib in the Nebraska Union

A weekly series every Friday evening for UNL students to gather and enjoy a nearby activity or tour to sample and learn about the local Lincoln culture, neighborhoods, and people.

Meet at The Crib in the Nebraska Union at 6:30 p.m. each Friday and the group will depart together for the final destination. A facilitator/guide will meet the group and lead the evening’s activity.

This week’s activity: Board Games at Mana Games Café in the Haymarket District.

Mana Games is a gaming café in the Haymarket’s historic Creamery Building featuring a huge library of board games, RPG manuals, and gaming accessories. You can grab a quick bite and a great cup of coffee while you connect with other gamers. Website: https://mana-games.com/

Open to all UNL students. Game & entry fee will be covered; students will be responsible for their own food & drink.

Game Night

Date: Mar. 4, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm–10:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union, Regency Suite

An overload of exciting video games and board games for Huskers to play, all in one spot for one night!

All games and equipment are provided. Gather your friends & gaming partners, bring your own refreshments, and settle in for a social evening of free fun.

CHOOSE FROM THESE GAMES AND MORE.
• Super Smash Bros.
• Mario Kart
• Mortal Kombat
• Just Dance
• Husker-opoly
• Spoons
• Jenga
• Poker
• UNO

FREE for UNL students only with Event Pass.

Riverdance

Riverdance, as you’ve never seen it before! A powerful and stirring reinvention of this beloved favorite, celebrated the world over for its GRAMMY award-winning score and the thrilling energy and passion of its Irish and international dance. Twenty-five years on, composer Bill Whelan has rerecorded his mesmerizing soundtrack while producer Moya Doherty and director John McColgan have completely reimagined the ground-breaking show with innovative and spectacular lighting, projection, stage and costume designs. Immerse yourself in the extraordinary power and grace of its music and dance–beloved by fans of all ages. Fall in love with the magic of Riverdance all over again.

Three shows:
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 – 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 9, 2022 – 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 10, 2022 – 7:30 p.m.

Tickets available at: liedcenter.org

 

https://www.liedcenter.org/event/riverdance

What the Health: Beyond the pill

Date: Mar. 9, 2022
Time: 10:30 am–11:00 am
Zoom

Birth control isn’t one-size-fits-all. Attend this webinar to learn about all your options, including IUDs, the implant, the shot, birth control pills, emergency contraception, condoms and more.

Pre-registration is required: https://go.unl.edu/beyondthepill

Can’t attend the live event? Register and we’ll email you a link to the recording after the webinar.

“What the Health” is a monthly 30-minute interactive Zoom webinar series hosted by the University Health Center. Each month, one of our health care experts leads a brief discussion about a different trending health topic. You’ll learn the facts and get tips to live a healthier lifestyle. Each event concludes with a Q&A where you can get your questions answered anonymously.

My Body Is Not a Project

Date: Mar. 9, 2022
Time: 12:00 pm–3:00 pm

Share what you love or appreciate about your body to help promote body positivity. Canvases will be set up outside the Nebraska Unions on City and East Campuses for students to participate.

Resources on body image and eating disorder awareness also will be available.

https://resilience.unl.edu/

First 50 to attend get a free T-shirt!

Maternal & Reproductive Healthcare for BIPOC Women

Date: Mar. 9, 2022
Time: 2:30 pm–3:45 pm
Location: Willa Cather Dining Complex, Pioneers Room

In roundtable discussions with guest experts, learn about healthcare experiences for BIPOC women and children and efforts to improve equity, access, and care.

RSVP: go.unl.edu/cooper-healthcare

Ace/Aro Affinity Hour

Date: Mar. 9, 2022
Time: 5:00 pm–6:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union, Room 234

Sponsored by Spectrum UNL and the LGBTQA+ Resource Center, Ace/Aro affinity hour is a designated space for the asexual and aromantic community on campus to gather around similar or shared experiences. We respectfully ask that only those who identify as asexual and/or aromantic attend.

Ace/Aro affinity hour will be upholding Spectrum UNL’s no outing policy for all attendees.

As per Spectrum UNL’s decision to maintain the safety and well-being of all members by moving the first three weeks of meetings remote, the first of our biweekly affinity hours will be remote and we will continue to reevaluate with Spectrum UNL at the three week mark. Email lgbtqa.events@unl.edu or spectrumUNL@gmail.com for the zoom link.

No Limits! Student Research Conference

No Limits 2022: Writing as Resistance

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

IN PERSON on Friday, March 11, 2022

Keynote Speaker: SJ Sindu

More Details: https://www.unl.edu/wgs/no-limits-2022

Registration is OPEN: https://www.unl.edu/wgs/registration-form-no-limits-2022

No Limits! is an interdisciplinary student conference that explores a wide range of issues related to women, gender, and sexuality. Undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent graduates are invited to submit proposals to present their academic research, creative project, or activist work on women, gender, and/or sexuality.

NOTE: It will take place in person at the Nebraska City Campus Student Union and will abide by COVID requirements as directed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at that time. Please visit this link for the University's most up-to-date COVID-related policies & information.

George Floyd: The Legacy of Scott v Sandford

Date: Mar. 11, 2022
Time: 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Zoom

Sponsored by the Equal Justice Initiative, Lennox S. Hinds, professor emeritus in the Program in Criminal Justice at Rutgers University and world-renowned criminal defense and international human rights lawyer will discuss the George Floyd case and it’s relevancy to the Scott v Sanford case.

The Dred Scott case took place during the national divide in the United States about the issue of slavery which ultimately led to the Civil War. At the beginning of his decision on this case, Chief Justice Taney posed the core question that he thought the case presented.

“The question simply put is this:
Can a negro, whose ancestors were imported into the country, and sold as slaves, become a member of the political community formed and brought into existence by the Constitution of the United States, and as such become entitled to all of the rights and privileges and immunities guaranteed by that instrument to the citizen?”

In a 7-2 decision, the court went on to answer the question in the negative. Notwithstanding that the above decision was overturned, the badges and indicia of slavery and its legacy of racist and unequal treatment of people of African descent under the laws and the Constitution of the United States continue to the present as reflected in the public lynching of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. This act sparked national and international outrage precipitating the establishment of the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the United States. In my formal presentation, I intend to detail some of the legal history following the Dred Scott case and to highlight the findings and recommendations of the Commission’s Report which was filed with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Hinds formerly represented Nelson Mandela and lectures in Africa, Europe, Asia and North America and has published and taught international law for more than 20 years.

LIFE IN LINCOLN: “The Batman” at the Lincoln Grand Cinema

Date: Mar. 11, 2022
Time: 6:30 pm
Meet at The Crib in the Nebraska Union

A weekly series every Friday evening for UNL students to gather and enjoy a nearby activity or tour to sample and learn about the local Lincoln culture, neighborhoods, and people.

Meet at The Crib in the Nebraska Union at 6:30 p.m. each Friday and the group will depart together for the final destination. A facilitator/guide will meet the group and lead the evening’s activity.

This week’s activity: Screening of the film “The Batman” at the Lincoln Grand Cinema.

Open to all UNL students.

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Date: Mar. 18, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Lied Center for Performing Arts

The world-renowned ukulele superstars return to the Lied with their toe-tapping music, hilarious banter, and sheer superlative entertainment. With fans ranging from the Queen of England to David Bowie and beyond, they are masters of the unexpected, known for re-imagining folk songs, twisting classical favorites, and uncovering quirky versions of rock covers.

“They extract more than seems humanly possible from so small and modest an instrument.” – The New York Times

https://www.liedcenter.org/

Internships, Jobs, and Professional Development

The Norton Writer’s Prize Call for Submissions!

Call for Submissions

The Norton Writer’s Prize recognizes outstanding original nonfiction by undergraduates. The contest is open to students age 17 and above who are enrolled in an accredited 2- or 4-year college or university during the 2021–2022 academic year. Three cash prizes of $1,000 apiece will be awarded in 2022 for coursework submitted during the academic year, one in each of the following three categories:

• Writing by a first-year student in a 2- or 4-year college or university
• Writing by a student in a 2-year college or university
 • Writing by a student in a 4-year college or university

Submissions must be between 1,000 and 3,000 words in length. Literacy narratives, literary and other textual analyses, reports, profiles, evaluations, arguments, memoirs, proposals, multimodal pieces, and other forms of original nonfiction will be considered if written by a student age 17 or above in fulfillment of an undergraduate course requirement at an eligible institution. Entries submitted in accordance with the Official Contest Rules will be considered for all applicable prizes, but no more than one prize will be awarded to any single entry. Current and former students of individuals acting as judges are not eligible to enter or win, and any entry recognized by any of the judges will be automatically disqualified.

The deadline for submissions is June 15, 2022.

For Contest Rules, Eligibility, and Instructions

For full contest rules, eligibility, and instructions on how to enter, please see The Norton Writer’s Prize: Official Contest Rules—click here for official contest rules.

THE MISSOURI REVIEW Perkoff Prize

Perkoff Prize

Announcing the second annual Perkoff Prize, a new contest from the Missouri Review. The re-vamped Perkoff Prize is a tri-genre contest that will award $1000 and publication each to writers of the best story, set of poems, and essay that engage in evocative ways with health and medicine as judged by the editors.

The initial concept for the Perkoff Prize was as a post-publication award (much like TMR’s Peden Prize) that recognized literary excellence in a piece that had a meaningful connection to health and medicine. The original benefactor of this prize, the late Dr. Gerald Thomas Perkoff, was Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. His love of poetry and the possibilities in treating the vast, rich arena of human experience with health and medicine drove this desire to take note of and reward literary achievement. We started planning ways to reinvent and revitalize the prize in the late spring of 2019, with no idea what the following years would bring us. Now here we are, amidst a pandemic that has relentlessly revealed to us the precarity—and resourcefulness—of human health and the endeavors of medicine to relieve pain and suffering. It is our humble hope that the Perkoff Prize is an opportunity for the artful expression of these infinitely diverse and collectively resonant human experiences.

DEADLINE:  3/15/22

Guidelines:

• All submissions must engage with health and medicine in some way.
• All submissions must be previously unpublished.
• Poetry: up to 10 pages of poetry.
• Fiction and Nonfiction: up to 8500 words, double-spaced.
• Winners will be published in print issue of TMR.
• All entries will be considered for publication (whether in print, or as part of our Poem of the Week or Blast features).
• Multiple submissions and simultaneous submissions are welcome, but you must pay a separate fee for each entry and withdraw the piece immediately if accepted elsewhere.
• Current University of Missouri students and faculty are ineligible.
• Standard Entry fee: $15. Each entrant receives a one-year subscription to the Missouri Review in digital format (normal price $24).
• “All Access” Entry fee: $30. In addition to the one-year digital subscription to the Missouri Review, the “All Access” entry fee grants access to the last 10 years of digital issues and the audio recordings of each digital issue.

Submit

• Online
• By Mail

Community Events

OutNebraska Undersea Soirée at The Bay

Ready for a night out with your friends after two years of COVID? Purchase your tickets today for the Undersea Soirée at The Bay! 

Taking place on April 2, 2022, this Queer Prom will give you a chance to dress to the nines for an evening filled with good friends, good music, dancing, astrology readings, a photo booth, and celebrating our queer identities! 

Tickets are $10, or $5 if you bring a pair of socks, hygiene kit, or other item to donate to Rabble Mill's Skate for Change. 

Registration is required for this event. 

Details:
Date: April 2, 2022
Time: 8:00-11:00pm. Doors open at 7:45.
Location: Lincoln, NE. Details in registration email.
This event is 21+ as there will be a cash bar.
Masks are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.

Vaccination card is required.

Stay Woke: Readings in Social Justice

Learning more about the Ukraine & Russia situation through literature

Understanding the Ukraine Crisis: A Comprehensive Reading List
By Henrikas Bliudzius | February 24, 2022
https://lithub.com/understanding-the-ukraine-crisis-a-comprehensive-reading-list/

On the Ukrainian Poets Who Lived and Died Under Soviet Suppression
By Myroslav Laiuk | March 1, 2022
https://lithub.com/on-the-ukrainian-poets-who-lived-and-died-under-soviet-suppression/

Literary News

A literary guide to crying in New York City.

By Snigdha Koirala | February 28, 2022

https://lithub.com/a-literary-guide-to-crying-in-new-york-city/

March's Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

By Natalie Zutter | March 1, 2022

https://bookmarks.reviews/marchs-best-sci-fi-and-fantasy-books-3-1-2022/

Actually, Not Everything is Writing: Sarah Moss on Why She Likes to Knit and Run

By Sarah Moss | March 1, 2022

https://lithub.com/actually-not-everything-is-writing-sarah-moss-on-why-she-likes-to-knit-and-run/

Area 7-year-old embarks on noble quest to read all 3,000 picture books in the library.

By Jonny Diamond | March 2, 2022

https://lithub.com/area-7-year-old-embarks-on-noble-quest-to-read-all-3000-picture-books-in-the-library/

Meghan O’Rourke on the Self-Dissolving Difficulty of Chronic Illness

By Meghan O'Rourke | March 3, 2022

https://lithub.com/meghan-orourke-on-the-self-dissolving-difficulty-of-chronic-illness/

Instructions for Dating a Fellow Writer

By Renée Branum | March 3, 2022

https://lithub.com/instructions-for-dating-a-fellow-writer/

Film News

Showing This Week at the Ross

DEAR SIRS (Mar 4 - Mar 10)

FLEE (Mar 11 - Mar 24)

MOTHERING SUNDAY (Mar 11 - Mar 24)

NAACP Image Awards 2022 Full Winners List: ‘The Harder They Fall,’ Jennifer Hudson and Will Smith Take Top Honor

By William Earl | February 26, 2022

https://variety.com/2022/film/awards/naacp-image-awards-2022-full-winners-list-1235191066/

Disney Halts Movie Releases in Russia After Ukraine Invasion

By Umberto Gonzalez | February 28, 2022

https://www.thewrap.com/disney-to-halt-movie-releases-in-russia-after-ukraine-invasion/

‘Euphoria’ Is Now HBO’s Second-Most Watched Show Behind Only ‘Game of Thrones’

By Jennifer Maas | February 28, 2022

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/euphoria-season-2-finale-ratings-1235192015/

‘Daredevil,’ ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D’ and More Marvel Shows Coming to Disney+ in March

Andi Ortiz | March 1, 2022

https://www.thewrap.com/daredevil-streaming-on-disney-plus-netflix-marvel-shows/

Other Announcements

Institute for Ethnic Studies celebrating 50 years

By Craig Chandler | February 23, 2022

Fifty years ago, in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement and nationwide political protests against continuing racism and white supremacy, students and faculty at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln advocated for an academic home for the study of race and ethnicity.

https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/institute-for-ethnic-studies-celebrating-50-years/