Sofya Aptekar Lecture

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lecture by dr. Sofya Aptekar, City University of New York (click for more details)

GREEN CARD SOLDIER: BETWEEN MODEL IMMIGRANT AND SECURITY THREAT"

Wednesday, April 10th, 2024 at 8:00 AM

Friends Hall 203

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Dr. Aptekar will discuss how Immigrants have worked for the US military since its beginnings, regardless of US citizenship status. Today, the US military actively recruit immigrants, even as its disruption of communities across the world pushes people to migrate. Drawing on an interview-based study of non-citizens who enlisted in the US military,Aptekaranalyzes the complex reasons that immigrants enlist and how citizenship status or its lack shapes their time in the military and after they separate. She addresses the role of transnational militarism, warrior masculinities, and racialization.

Bio: Sofya Aptekar holds a PhD in Sociology from Princeton University. She is Associate Professor of Urban Studies at the City University of New York School of Labor and Urban Studies. She is the author of The Road to Citizenship: What Naturalization Means for Immigrants and the United States.

Flyer with information about talk. On the left-hand side, there is an image with a silhouette of the United States map depicted as military dog tags with a green camouflage pattern as background. On the right-hand side there is a photo of a white woman with long brunette hair with a black shirt on a dark background.