Department of English

“Climate Change, Migration, and Inequality”

Filiz Garip (Princeton University)

There are over 10 million Mexican migrants in the United States; about half are undocumented. This work connects the historical mobility patterns to the United States extreme weather conditions in Mexico. The analysis combines predictive machine learning tools with mechanism-based statistical models. The results show that combination and sequencing of droughts are critical to all aspects of the migration process: who migrates, whether migrants use clandestine channels to cross, and when they return to Mexico.

Lunch will be served:

1. Buffalo Chicken Wrap (buffalo chicken, chopped romaine, and shredded carrots with ranch dressing)
2. The Riviera (turkey, brie cheese & thinly sliced granny smith apple with lettuce & cranberry mayonnaise on a croissant)
3. Roasted Vegetable Stack Sandwich (grilled portabella mushroom, roasted red pepper, caramelized onion and other seasonal grilled vegetables topped with a balsamic glaze, served on a brioche roll)
4. Chick Pea Salad Wrap (chick peas, dill, parsley and celery tossed with vegan mayonnaise, served with lettuce, tomato in an herb wrap)
5. Potato salad
6. Cookies & mini brownies
7. Soda and water

The History Department hosts Wednesday Workshops several times throughout the semester to further scholarly dialogue among graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars. In the form of a brownbag lunch, the speaker presents their research-in-progress and then engages in a Q&A with the audience. 

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A research talk by UCHI visiting scholar Heather Ostman (Professor of English, Director of the Humanities Institute, and Humanities Curriculum Chair at SUNY Westchester Community College) on her project, “Nineteenth-Century American Literature, Religion, and the Search for Grace,” with a response by Julia Wold.

A research talk by UCHI faculty fellow Yohei Igarashi on his project, “Word Count: Literary Study and Data Analysis, 1875–1965,” with a response by Hana Maruyama.