We are excited to announce the next webinar sponsored by the Society of Black Archaeologists, Indigenous Archaeology Collective, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, SAPIENS, Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies, and the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology at the University of Michigan and hosted by our new hire in Native American Studies, Dr. Peter Nelson. Join us...
Joy Harjo, the 2020-21 Avenali Chair in the Humanities, engages in conversation with Beth Piatote (Comparative Literature and Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley). A writer, editor, and musician, Harjo is the 23rd US Poet Laureate. She is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the first Native American to hold the position of Poet Laureate. Harjo discusses her...
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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...
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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For more information, please see link below: https://mailchi.mp/5b01cce2de8c/aaadshomecoming2020-4805242?e=6a9b7495c4 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...