CSREA’s New Book Talks highlight new and notable works studying race, ethnicity, and indigeneity. They facilitate thought-provoking and critical engagement with emerging scholarship.

Kinfolk: A Memoir

Matthew Pratt Guterl, L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Africana Studies and American Studies

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CSREA is pleased to host a series of professionalization workshops over lunch for graduate students studying race, ethnicity, and indigeneity at Brown. 

Publishing: Strategies and Best Practices for Success

Andre Willis, Associate Professor of Religious Studies

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Join the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative and the Sarah Doyle Center Gender Equity Series for a virtual talk by Ashley Hayward (Red River Métis), PhD candidate in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Manitoba. The talk will be followed by a Q&A and discussion moderated by Sarah Williams, Louise Lamphere Visiting AssistantRead More

A Pembroke Seminar “In the Afterlives and Aftermaths of Ruin” Talk

The Black Bedroom

By Shoniqua Roach, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis University

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Even though the War on Terror is officially over, policies and practices put into place to keep Americans “safe” from the racialized terrorist threat persist. What began as a means to control the “Islamic terrorist” has been widened to incorporate a range of threats to the status quo from the “eco-terrorist” and Occupy Wall Street activists to Black Lives Matter and Native American activistsRead More

Please join us for the opening reception for the 43rd Annual Student Juried Exhibition! Refreshments will be provided.

The 43rd Annual Student Juried Exhibition will be on view at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts from March 18 through April 16, 2023. This year’s exhibition is juried by Lani Asunción and Xander Marro. Learn more about the exhibition and jurorsRead More

Enslaved people in nineteenth century Jamaica were often hungry. Enslavers forced enslaved people to do back-breaking labor in tropical heat, while providing minimal to no nourishment themselves. In most cases, rather, enslaved people were compelled to cultivate their own gardens and provision grounds, growing everything from root vegetables and fruits to herbs and spices. The success ofRead More

“Serving a Plate Back Home” is an audio interview series and photo exhibition that explores the stories of five restaurant owners — Yveline, Joaquin, Welbi, Milena, and Jenny — who have reimagined how and where they can make home. This project offers a glimpse into the personal journeys and intentions behind five restaurants that function as enclaves for Latinx and Caribbean communities inRead More

New Immigrants in Local Politics

Jonathon Acosta, CSREA Interdisciplinary Opportunity Fellow

This talk will discuss how contemporary waves of migrants have captured local political power in a postindustrial New England community. It will apply a political demography lens to understand the rise of a pan-ethnic Latinx political majority.

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