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ES Professor Beth Piatote Presents an Amazing Lecture on YouTube Featuring Nez Perce Writers
December 21, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMajojGXdCI&feature=youtu.be An event presented alongside the Hearst Museum’s current online exhibit, Cloth that Stretches: Weaving Community Across Time and Space, which explores textiles as a site of identity formation and cultural resilience. Presenters: Beth Piatote Phillip E. Cash Cash Angel Sobotta Sarah Hennessey Julian Ankney Kellen Lewis Kevin Peters Ines...
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Professor Beth Piatote’s Work is Featured in Colorlines News Site
November 20, 2020
https://www.colorlines.com/articles/2-native-women-writers-harness-their-languages-liberation
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The Latest Issue of the Journal of Asian American Studies on “Viral Racisms” and it Includes Berkeley Ethnic Studies Exceptional Intelligence
November 16, 2020
The latest issue of the Journal of Asian American Studies special issue on "Viral Racisms" has been released and it includes so much Berkeley Ethnic Studies brilliance. Ethnic Studies Professor Lok Siu and Ethnic Studies graduate student Claire Chun published their co-written piece "Yellow Peril and Techno-orientalism in the Time of Covid-19:...
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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 research missions of the UC Berkeley campus. It is...
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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 building...
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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, Hatem Bazian, and Patrick Naranjo....
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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. The result is the “So You Care About Indigenous...
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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 Berkeley homepage today. In the article you will also find the 'Student Guide to Community Organizing' that Itzel created with illustrations forged hand in hand...
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ES Professor Lok Siu Book Publication – The Chinese Diaspora: Its Development in Global Perspective
October 6, 2020
Available for purchase. Recent Publication: https://zoryaninstitute.org/books/the-chinese-diaspora-its-development-in-global-perspective/ (Zoryan Institute 2020)
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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 Slater/Devil Fires have had devastating impacts, burning over 150,000 acres and 150 homes, killing two...
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