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In March 1990, L. Ling-chi Wang got on a plane to Washington, where he felt that his words were being twisted.

Mr. Wang, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, had recently scored a victory when the school...Read more about ‘It’s Like Reliving My Past’: Harvard Lawsuit Echoes Previous Fight Over Race and Admissions

Catherine Ceniza Choy is a UC Berkeley Professor and the Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies. An interest in history and writing at a young age grew to a history...Read more about In the Heart Stories: Modern Filipinx American Narrative, Essays, and Work

To the Editor:

While President Trump continues to demonize migrants from Central America, why do we so seldom hear about the causes of this migration north? During the wars in the 1980s, the United States government spent billions of dollars in support of murderous...Read more about The Migrant Caravan and the Midterms

http://www.dailycal.org/2018/10/14/uc-berkeley-pilipinx-community-celebrates-life-of-grace-asuncion/(link is external)Read more about UC Berkeley Pilipinx community celebrates life of Grace Asuncion

To the campus community:

I am pleased to share that Ella Callow will be joining UC Berkeley as its ADA/Section 504 Compliance Officer this month. The position of ADA/Section 504 Compliance Officer evinces UC Berkeley’s commitment to ensuring an inclusive and equitable campus...Read more about Native American Studies Alum, Ella Callow, will be Joining UC Berkeley as its ADA/Section 504 Compliance Officer

DROP-IN SCHEDULE

Cynthia Medina, PhD
Specialty Areas/Interests:
• Multicultural/social justice
oriented counseling
• Relationship concerns
• Students struggling with a variety of
intersecting identity-related questions or
concerns
• Under-served and marginalized...Read more about Let’s Talk – Drop-in Consultation for the Department of Ethnic Studies

Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy is a 2018-2019 Townsend Senior Fellow. The Townsend Fellowships program supports the research of faculty, advanced graduate students, and other research professionals at UC Berkeley. The purpose of the Fellowship is to further the research of the individual...Read more about Townsend Fellows 2018-19

http://news.berkeley.edu/2018/07/27/untitled-10/(link is external)Read more about New graduate program aims to keep languages from disappearing

https://pl.usembassy.gov/fulbright_hays_eng/(link is external)Read more about Ethnic Studies Lecturer Greg Choy Receives Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar Award to Poland

Professor Shari Huhndorf has been awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for the 2018-2019 year to pursue a work on her third book, “Indigeneity and the Politics of Space: Gender, Geography, Culture.” Shari (who is Yupik, from Alaska) has written two previous books Going...Read more about Professor Shari Huhndorf Receives Guggenheim Fellowship

https://calmatters.org/articles/californias-top-public-universities-dearth-latino-professors-matters/(link is external)Read more about Ethnic Studies Lecturer, Pablo Gonzalez, featured in CALmatters Article

http://www.dailycal.org/2018/02/02/race-law-summer-minor-uc-berkeley/(link is external)Read more about Daily Cal feature on New Ethnic Studies Summer Minor

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/01/30/at-uc-berkeley-older-students-band-together/(link is external)Read more about ES Major. Delores Orr, featured in the East Bay Times

https://news.berkeley.edu/blog/remembering-the-filipino-veterans-of-worl...(link is external)Read more about Remembering the Filipino veterans of World War II by Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy

http://www.dailycal.org/2017/11/14/carol-christ-continues-free-speech-year-panel-healing-harmful-speech-hate-speech/(link is external)Read more about “Beyond the First: Healing and Harmful Speech,” with Professor Lok Siu

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/30/560918855/dennis-banks-native-american-activist-and-wounded-knee-occupier-dies-at-80(link is external)Read more about Native American Activist, Dennis Banks, Passes Away

Ethnic Studies will be offering a joint summer minor with African American Studies on Race and the Law. Details are currently under construction, check back soon for more information.Read more about Race and the Law Summer Minor

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Each year the Berkeley Writers at Work series features a prominent campus writer to discuss their writing accomplishments and process. Ethnic Studies Professor, Catherine...Read more about Berkeley Writers at Work: Catherine Ceniza Choy

Date / Time:

October 11, 2017 12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location:

Morrison Library, 101 Main Library

Catherine Ceniza Choy, Professor of Ethnic Studies, will be the featured writer in the Fall 2017 Berkeley Writers at Work...Read more about Berkeley Writers at Work: Catherine Ceniza Choy

Departmental Newsletter 2016-2017 (pdf) (PDF file)Read more about Departmental Newsletter 2016-2017