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We’re pleased to report that Peter Nelson (ESPM and Ethnic Studies) is the recipient of nearly $1 million from a California Climate Action Seed Grant. The grant supports Peter’s work with tribal entities to expand the use of prescribed and cultural fire and increase tribal leadership in fire...Read more about Peter Nelson Wins California Climate Action Seed Grant!

Salar Mameni’s Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics has just arrived from Duke University Press!

From the press: “In Terracene Salar Mameni historicizes the popularization of the scientific notion of the Anthropocene alongside the emergence of the global war on terror. Mameni theorizes the...Read more about New Book Release: Salar Mameni’s Terracene

It’s with great pleasure that the Department can announce that Christian Paiz has received tenure and has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor!

We congratulate Christian on achieving this major milestone–a true testament to his impactful research agenda, abiding commitment to...Read more about Christian Paiz Receives Tenure!

Berkeley News recently sat down for an interview with Juana María Rodríguez to discuss her new book, Puta Life: Seeing Latinas, Working Sex. Through an examination of archival photographs, illustrated biographies and visual accounts, Rodríguez relates intimate stories of Latinx sex workers...Read more about Juana María Rodríguez featured in Berkeley News

On the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade, POLITICO interviewed Juana María Rodriguez to put the ruling in context. Prof. Rodríguez elaborated how attacks on disability rights, transgender rights, LGBTQ people, and sex work are all related, in the ways...Read more about Juana María Rodríguez featured on POLITICO

Award-winning writer, scholar, and PhD alum of Berkeley Ethnic Studies, Dr. Yomaira Figueroa ’14, has been appointed the next Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO)! Yomaira will be joining CUNY as a Full Professor of African American, Puerto Rican &...Read more about Yomaira Figueroa, PhD ’14, Appointed Next Directora of CENTRO

Our very own Professor Khatharya Um has been awarded a 2023 Fukuoka Prize! The Fukuoka Prize was established by Fukuoka City, Japan, in 1990 as an award presented annually to honor the outstanding work of individuals, groups and organizations in preserving and creating the unique and diverse...Read more about Prof. Um Receives Major Prize in Asian Studies

In 2023, Catherine Ceniza Choy is the recipient of the Agnes Dillon Randolph Award. This award recognizes her outstanding scholarship...Read more about Catherine Ceniza Choy Receives 2023 Agnes Dillon Randolph Award

Catherine Ceniza Choy is a featured interviewee in the 2023 documentary film, Nurse Unseen, which will be screened as part of CAAMFest on May 12, 2023. Nurse Unseen by Emmy...Read more about Catherine Ceniza Choy Interviewed in “Nurse Unseen” Documentary Screening at CAAMFest, May 12, 2023

The Ethnic Studies Department wants to congratulate Dr. Khatharya Um on the release of her new book. This book critically examines the impact of globalization, changing power dynamics, migration, and evolving rights regimes on regional order, discourse of national governance, state and...Read more about New Publication: Dr. Khatharya Um “Globalization and Civil Society in East Asian Space”