Day: October 19, 2015

  • Do You Have a Cherokee in Your Family Tree? History News Network George Mason University 2015-10-18 Gregory D. Smithers, Associate Professor of History Virginia Commonwealth University Gregory D. Smithers is an Associate Professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University and the author of The Cherokee Diaspora: An Indigenous History of Migration, Resettlement, and Identity (Yale…

  • Korean TV networks move to oust discrimination against gender, race The Korean Herald 2015-10-18 Claire Lee A much-criticized scene from MBC’s “Three Wheels,” where two female comedians appeared in blackface in 2012. Photo: MBC Screengrab In 2012, South Korea’s public broadcaster MBC sparked outrage among international viewers when it aired a segment of two Korean…

  • The Poetry Society of America Presents: A Tribute to the Poet Ai Proshansky Auditorium CUNY Graduate Center 365 5th Avenue (at 34th Street) New York, New York 10016 Monday, 2015-10-19 19:00 EDT (Local Time) Ai In light of the poet’s unexpected passing in 2010 and in celebration of her Collected Poems (Norton, 2012), the PSA…

  • The Cherokee Diaspora: An Indigenous History of Migration, Resettlement, and Identity Yale University Press 2015-09-29 368 pages 17 b/w illustrations 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Cloth ISBN: 9780300169607 Gregory D. Smithers, Associate Professor of History Virginia Commonwealth University The Cherokee are one of the largest Native American tribes in the United States, with more than…

  • Tired of Tradition, Honey Maid’s Marketing Chief Chose to Put the Spotlight on Modern Families Adweek 2015-10-18 T.L. Stanley Gary Osifchin, Honey Maid portfolio lead, Mondelez Photo: Sasha Maslov Adweek’s 2015 Brand Genius winner for CPG/food It always seemed strange to Gary Osifchin that the characters in traditional advertising were so, well, traditional. “There was…