Events

Events

Thu, December 03, 2020, 4:30 pm to 5:45 pm

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The Ethnic Studies Department is hosting an Open House and YOU are invited. Maybe this was your first Ethnic Studies class or maybe you have already made Ethnic Studies your academic home at Berkeley, in either case, come check out our Open House, Thursday, December 3rd at 4:30-5:45, and learn about becoming an Ethnic Studies major...

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Fri, October 23, 2020, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

To view the message from Professor Michael Omi, Chair of the Asian American Research Center and invite, go here. Please respond by Wednesday, October 21st. A link for the Zoom event will be sent upon receipt of a favorable reply. ...

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Fri, October 16, 2020, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm

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For more information, please see link below: https://mailchi.mp/5b01cce2de8c/aaadshomecoming2020-4805242?e=6a9b7495c4 ...

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Fri, October 16, 2020, 12:00 pm to Fri, October 30, 2020, 1:00 pm

Each week there will be a reading and a discussion on short stories from female authors at UCB. For the first two weeks, the short stories will be from our very own Ethnic Studies department –  Professors Beth Piatote and Fae Ng. You will not want to miss this! Please RSVP by clicking onto the following link: https://slc.berkeley.edu/programs/language-exchange-program/formats-service#book-club ...

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Wed, October 14, 2020, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

The Philippine State Management of Domestic Worker Migration Rhacel Salazar Parreñas Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Southern California Hosted by the Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley. Co-sponsored by the Department of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley This lecture examines the Philippine state’s management of domestic worker migration with a focus on migration to Arab States. Drawing...

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Wed, October 14, 2020, 10:00 am to Sun, October 18, 2020, 12:00 am

THE CELINE ARCHIVE, a film by Ethnic Studies Alum Celine Shimizu is coming home to the Bay Area at CAAMFest for its California statewide virtual screening starting on October 14th at 10:00am until October 18, 2020 at 11:59pm.   Get your tickets here!  https://caamfest.com/forward/movies/the-celine-archive/      The CAAMFest screening will be followed by a convo with Celine Shimizu, esteemed historian Ethnic Studies...

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Fri, October 09, 2020, 10:30 am to 11:30 am

Khiara Bridges, Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law, will discuss critical race theory and current issues. Dr. Bridges has written numerous articles concerning race, class, reproductive rights, and the intersection of the three. Dr. Bridges’s presentation is part of OLLI’s America’s Unfinished Work series featuring leaders on campus and in the community engaged in...

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Wed, October 07, 2020, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Please join us for a conversation Wednesday, October 7th from 12:00-1;30 PM PST on the historical, legal and activist perspectives of affirmative action with civil rights stalwarts Eva Patterson, Cheryl I. Harris, Thomas A. Saenz, Jerry Kang, and Cesar A. Cruz moderated by Vinay Harpalani. “From Prop 209 to Prop 16” is hosted by UCLA Law’s Critical...

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Fri, October 02, 2020, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Hear new work from National Book Award-winner Charles Johnson and scholar and author Beth Piatote, as well as stories from student authors who are creating short work under the theme “Unheard Voices.” This fundraiser is free to attend but registration is required. RSVP here: https://www.humanities.org/event/32668/   ...

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Thu, October 01, 2020, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

RESTORING RIGHTS, RETURNING ANCESTORS, AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS Thirty years after the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), only one-third of Native American ancestral remains have been repatriated from museums. UC Davis NAGPRA Project Manager Megon Noble presents case studies and discusses ongoing consultation and repatriation efforts with Native American governments and communities, in conversation...

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