Past Events

Elena Shih: The Trafficking Deportation Pipeline: Asian Massage Work and the Policing of Racialized Poverty

The Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
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The Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women presents the Annual Elizabeth Munves Sherman ’77, P’06, P’09 Lecture in Gender and Sexuality Studies featuring Elena Shih, Manning Assistant Professor of American Studies at Brown University.

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Critical Computing Speaker Series: Joy Lisi Rankin

The Malcolm S. Forbes Center for Culture and Media Studies, the Department of Modern Culture and Media, and the Department of Computer Science

Thinking Palestine via Ferguson and Standing Rock: Radical Kinship and the ‘Intersectionality of Struggles’

Center for Middle East Studies

Join CMES on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 1:30-3:00 p.m. for this panel with Ruba Salih, Miriyam Aouragh, and Loubna Qutami. On October 12th 2016, Sky Bird Black Owl gave birth to Mni Wiconi (water is life), at Standing Rock, in the camp erected to protest against the Dakota access pipeline project, considered to violate Indigenous sovereignty and to endangerRead More

Graduate Workshop Series: Publishing with Matthew Guterl

Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA)

 

These faculty-led workshops support graduate student research while building the skills necessary for sustained success in today’s competitive job and publishing markets.

During this event, Professor Matthew Guterl (Professor and Chair of American Studies, Professor of Africana Studies) will cover the topic of publishing academic work.

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Inaugural Dr. Jean Shim Yun Lecture: Beth Lew-Williams: Trafficking, Runaways, and the Law

Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA)

The Dr. Jean Shim Yun Lecture Series spotlights scholarly research on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Each year, the Series invites groundbreaking academics and artists to campus to enrich conversations of race, ethnicity, and identity, particularly in the context of the immigrant experience.

The inaugural event features Beth Lew-Williams, AssociateRead More

What Marcelo Ferraro is Thinking About Now

Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA)

A core component of CSREA is supporting faculty and advanced students in the development of cutting-edge, collaborative intellectual work. “What I Am Thinking About Now” is an informal workshop/seminar series where faculty and graduate students present recently published works and works in progress for early-stage feedback and development.

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Vigil for 8 Lives Lost with Red Canary Song: Reflections on Gender, Migration, Race, and the Policing of Intimate Labor

The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown University

Join us in this public event as we reflect on the year that has passed since the Atlanta massage murders of 2021. The CSSJ Human Trafficking Research Cluster will moderate a conversation with organizers, workers, and artists with Red Canary Song, a grassroots coalition of migrant workers, sex workers, and allies working with massage workers in Flushing, Queens. Following the talk, guests areRead More

Writing for a Broken World: Nnedi Okorafor

Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA)

Writing for a Broken World is a conversation series that features widely known contemporary novelists, poets, playwrights, or other literary artists engaged in dialogue about race, ethnicity, and/or indigeneity and their inspirations, influences, and method.

This conversation features writer Nnedi Okorafor, Ph.D., in conversation with Matthew Guterl, Professor of Africana StudiesRead More

Race & Environment in America

CSREA and Office of the Provost

Please join us for a virtual panel discussion, Race & Environment in America on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at 12 p.m. The discussion will feature:

  • Elizabeth Fussell, Professor of Population Studies and Environment and
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What Adrián E. Hernández-Acosta is Thinking About Now

Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA)

A core component of CSREA is supporting faculty and advanced students in the development of cutting-edge, collaborative intellectual work. “What I Am Thinking About Now” is an informal workshop/seminar series where faculty and graduate students present recently published works and works in progress for early-stage feedback and development.

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