Past Events

Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and Technological Futures

CSREA - Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America
, Petteruti Lounge

The Equilibrium Discussion Series invites scholars whose work examines the intersections of race and STEM fields–science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

The inaugural Equilibrium event features Kalindi Cora and Neda Atanasoski, authors of Surrogate Humanity. They will trace the ways in which robots, artificial intelligence, and other technologies serve as surrogatesRead More

I am not yet turned Indian: The Narragansett, Roger Williams, and the Discord that Created Rhode Island.

Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice (CSSJ)

A few years after his official banishment from Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay, Roger Williams wrote to John Winthrop, assuring the governor that he had “not yet turned Indian.” At first, it may appear that the statement constituted banter between friends and was written in jest. But Williams was making no joke because his “turning” Indian was not just aRead More

Student Q&A with Dr. Karen Johnson, Director, Washington State Office of Equity

Brown CareerLAB and Watson Institute
, South Common Room 256

The Watson Institute and Brown CareerLAB invite students to meet with the inaugural director of the Washington State Office of Equity,Read More

Student Q&A: Integrating Pro-Equity, Anti-Racism Principles In Job and Internship Searches

Brown CareerLAB and Watson Institute
, South Common Room 256

The Watson Institute and Brown CareerLAB invite students to meet with the inaugural director of the Washington State Office of Equity,Read More

Writers’ Panel: Tommy Orange in Conversation with Joan Naviyuk Kane and Paula Peters

Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative and Literary Arts
, 108

In this panel, Tommy Orange will be joined by poet Joan Naviyuk Kane and scholar-writerRead More

Tommy Orange in Conversation with Lanre Akinsiku (Brown University)

Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative and Literary Arts
, Martinos Auditorium & Lobby

Join the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative (NAISI) and Literary Arts Department at Brown University as we welcome Tommy Orange for our Spring 2023 Keynote event. Tommy Orange will be in conversation with Lanre Akinsiku (Brown University) about Orange’s work and award-Read More

What Patricia Powell is Thinking About Now

CSREA - Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America

Healing the Traumas of Slavery: Removing the slave ship from the body - an experiential.
Patricia Powell, Professor of English, Mills College at Northeastern University

This talk is about the ways in which the Middle Passage lives inside us still, the symptoms that the experience exhibits, and how we might think about a protocol that brings healing andRead More

Finding La Negrita Book Talk

Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice (CSSJ)

Finding La Negrita, a historical fiction novel set in 1634 colonial Cartago, Costa Rica, is a retelling of the Black Madonna narrative, which has driven Costa Rica’s national and spiritual identity since the 1700s. It traces an African family’s story across time and space, from Africa to colonial Costa Rica, as they grapple with love, legacy, secrets, and the lines between freedom andRead More

Dawit Petros, “Transits, Trajectories, Invisible Networks”

The department of the History of Art & Architecture
, 108

Dawit L. Petros is a visual artist, researcher and educator. His work is informed by studies of global modernisms, theories of diaspora, and postcolonial studies. Throughout the past decade, he has focused on a critical re-reading of the entanglements between colonialism and modernity. Petros is an Eritrean emigrant who spent formative years in Eritrea,Read More

New Book Talk: The Healing Stage, Lisa Biggs

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

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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.

The Healing Stage: Black Women, Incarceration, and the Art ofRead More

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