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Corliss Lee Named 2020 Recipient of Distinguished Librarian Award

November 10, 2020

The Ethnic Studies Community is delighted to announce that Corliss Lee, the Main Library’s liaison to Ethnic Studies department is the recipient of this year’s Distinguished Librarian Award. The award recognizes excellence in librarianship, specifically as it furthers the teaching and...Read more about Corliss Lee Named 2020 Recipient of Distinguished Librarian Award

Reaction to Election Day/News Story

November 10, 2020

What we knew before the election still holds true: as people of color, as queer and trans- people, as immigrants, as students, teachers, and workers, as poor and working-class people, our power comes not from the State or the government but from working together, from being in community, from...Read more about Reaction to Election Day/News Story

Some of Our Very Own Ethnic Studies Department Professors Were Interviewed – Election 2020: A Referendum on Racial Justice in America

November 2, 2020

On the eve of this historic election, Berkeley scholars from around the campus, including several members of our larger Ethnic Studies academic community, are interviewed in this article about what is at stake in the coming election. Terrific contributions by Laura Pérez, Catherine Ceniza Choy,...Read more about Some of Our Very Own Ethnic Studies Department Professors Were Interviewed – Election 2020: A Referendum on Racial Justice in America

Ethnic Studies Professor Beth Piatote Collaborated with Ad Astra Comix that Specializes in Comic Books with Social Justice Themes

November 2, 2020

In February 2020, a group of Indigenous and allied scholars, including our very own Ethnic Studies Professor Beth Piatote, collaborated with Ad Astra Comix to produce a series of posters about some of the experiences that Indigenous peoples have in the academy

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Student Itzel Calvo Medina Talks About How to Balance Activism and Academics

October 14, 2020

Many of us have had the incredible pleasure of working with Itzel Calvo Medina. Now, she has been featured in The Berkeley News, and is on the UC ...Read more about Student Itzel Calvo Medina Talks About How to Balance Activism and Academics

Donate: Response and Relief Fundraising for Wildfires in Karuk Aboriginal Territory

October 2, 2020

Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to those who have lost loved ones or homes or have been evacuated or otherwise impacted by the fires burning across the Western United States. In Karuk Aboriginal Territory, the

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Publication of Ethnic Studies Professor Lok Siu’s Book — Chinese Diaspora: Its Developments in Global Perspective

August 18, 2020

Congratulations to Ethnic Studies Professor Lok Siu on the publication of her co-edited volume Chinese Diaspora: Its Developments in Global Perspective. This edited anthology is now available for preorder by the link below. The Zoryan Institute which publishes the Diaspora Journal will be co-...Read more about Publication of Ethnic Studies Professor Lok Siu’s Book — Chinese Diaspora: Its Developments in Global Perspective

Ethnic Studies Librarian Lillian Castillo Speed Celebrated as Part of the 150 Years of Outstanding Berkeley Women

August 18, 2020

Ethnic Studies’ very own Librarian Lillian Castillo Speed is deservedly featured as part of the campus’ 150 Years of Outstanding Berkeley Women. Read on to learn of Lily’s commitment, dedication, and vision proudly displayed in the Ethnic Studies Library’s collections in Chicano/Latino Studies,...Read more about Ethnic Studies Librarian Lillian Castillo Speed Celebrated as Part of the 150 Years of Outstanding Berkeley Women

Ethnic Studies Professor Beth Piatote has a Short Story in the SF Chronicle

August 18, 2020

Set in the near future, Nez Perce scholar, Ethnic Studies Professor, creative writer, poet, and visionary, Beth Piatote imagines a world in which antibodies offer the currency of citizenship in her short story, “Level 8 Risk.”

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Seldom Recorded from Keith Feldman’s Ethnic Studies Students

July 29, 2020

Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) and Ethnic Studies Professor Keith Feldman shifted his instructional energy to focus student writing on the traumatic COVID-19 impact in his Humanities Methods in Ethnic Studies course in spring 2020. Revising his planned writing assignments, Feldman invited...Read more about Seldom Recorded from Keith Feldman’s Ethnic Studies Students

Mountain Movers Receives Bronze Book Award Co-Edited By Professor Harvey Dong & Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani

July 14, 2020

Congratulations to Professor Harvey Dong and Professor Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani for their outstanding achievement in co-editing the anthology, Mountain Movers: Student Activism & the Emergence of Asian American Studies (UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press). Fellow co-editors include...Read more about Mountain Movers Receives Bronze Book Award Co-Edited By Professor Harvey Dong & Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani

Ethnic Studies Lecturer Hatem Bazian Participates in a Bay Area Food Distribution

June 29, 2020

On June 20th, Ethnic Studies lecturer Hatem Bazian, in cooperation with Zakat Foundation of America, the Lighthouse Mosque, and the Northern California Islamic Council helped organize a successful distribution of fresh produce for Bay Area communities in need. The event brought together...Read more about Ethnic Studies Lecturer Hatem Bazian Participates in a Bay Area Food Distribution

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