Announcements

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Check out the virtual catalog for the art exhibit “Latinx in California” which highlights the artwork that forms part of the Latinx Research Center’s permanent exhibition, by the same title, at the Shorb House, 2547 Channing Way. Ethnic Studies Professor Laura E. Pérez is the current Chair of the Latinx Research Center and helped produce and write this catalog which includes Latinx artistic luminaries such as Amalia Mesa-Bains, Esther Hernández, René Castro, Favianna Rodríguez, and Melanie Cervantes.

In this podcast on Ideas On Fire, Professor and Chair, Juana María Rodríguez is interviewed, alongside her writing partner, Emma Pérez, on their shared writing practice and the joys of queer academic friendship.

https://ideasonfire.net/110-emma-perez-juana-maria-rodriguez/

The Department of Ethnic Studies is proud to announce that Professor Khatharya Um has been awarded the 2020 Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity.

https://www.dailycal.org/2020/03/09/uc-berkeley-ethnic-studies-departmen...

Date: March 5th – 6th 

Location: Alumni House 

A two-day symposium to share, spark, and inspire visions for the future. For 50 years, Ethnic Studies at Berkeley has need at the forefront of transforming knowledge, empowering communities, and advancing social justice. On March 5th and 6th, 2020, we will commemorate the legacies that have shaped the field, celebrate our many accomplishments, and ignite possibilities for generations to come.

Please save the date and join us at the Alumni House at UC Berkeley! 

Fiat Vox: Why are there so many Filipino nurses in the U.S.?

Growing up in New York City, ethnic studies professor Catherine Ceniza Choy remembers seeing a lot of nurses dressed in their crisp white uniforms. She and her mom lived in an apartment building near several hospitals, so seeing health workers in the community wasn’t unusual.

But she also noticed that many of the nurses were Filipino.

Wed, May 22, 2019, 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Zellerbach Playhouse

The Spring 2019 Ethnic Studies Department Commencement Ceremony will take place at 2:00PM, Wednesday, May 22nd in Zellerbach Playhouse.

Raymond Telles, Associate Adjunct Professor of Ethnic Studies, has received the 2019 Social Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award. Ray teaches courses in the Chicana/o/Latina/o Studies Program and the Comparative Ethnic Studies Program such as CS 135A (Latino Narrative Film to the 1980s); CS 135B, (Latino Narrative Film since the 1980s); ETH STD 122AC (Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films), and ETH STD 180 (Selected Topics: Documentary Film Production). Ray is also an accomplished filmmaker. Among his recent accomplishments has been the nomination of the PBS documentary “

The deadline to submit your application is May 1, 2019.

Click on the PDF for more information:

/Bancroft Latino Studies CFP 2019-20.pdf

https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/03/13/berkeley-talks-michael-omi/

Warm Greetings, Department of Ethnic Studies Alumni and Friends!

We are excited to be part of University of California, Berkeley’s campus-wide BIG GIVE fundraising initiative.  Funds can now be directed to departments, programs, and causes that donors wish to support.  The BIG GIVE campaign will take place during the upcoming 24-hour period THIS Wednesday, March 13, 9 pm PST through Thursday, March 14, 9 pm PST.

Uprooted: Remembering Japanese American internment in California and my family’s past

Feb. 19, 2019, the Day of Remembrance marked the 77th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In Japanese culture, the turning of 77 is considered a special birthday — “kiju,” an age of happiness and good fortune.

But we look back on this anniversary not in happiness or fortune but in a spirit of remembrance and determination to do better.

Jeff Adachi’s passing is a terrible loss to not just the voiceless and the underrepresented, but to all those who share his vision for a more just society.  A fearless advocate for social justice, he was a proud product of Asian American Studies at UC Berkeley.

By Gretchen Kell, Media relations (Berkeley News)

eff Adachi, the San Francisco public defender and UC Berkeley alumnus who died suddenly last Friday at age 59, is being remembered this week by the campus community-at-large for embodying Berkeley’s values and mission through his work as a tireless advocate for social justice and as an award-winning filmmaker.

http://www.dailycal.org/2019/02/15/a-dangerous-moment-professor-juana-maria-rodriguez-talks-sex-works-history-and-the-internets-future/

Congratulations and our deep appreciation to Jeannie Imazumi who celebrated 40 years of service, and Dewey St. Germaine and Laura Jimenez-Olvera who celebrated 25 years at UC Berkeley. 

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