José Torres-Tama is a published poet and playwright, journalist and photographer, renegade scholar and arts educator, visual and performance artist, cultural activist and Artistic Director of ArteFuturoRead More

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In conversation with live artist Tania El Khoury, we will discuss her art, the role of her audiences, and the political potential of her work: What does it mean to do interactive art? What are the politics of her work? What are the experiences of an Arab feminist artist exhibiting and performing around the world? This conversationRead More

CSREA’s New Book Talks highlight new and notable works studying race, ethnicity, and indigeneity from scholars both internal and external to Brown. They facilitate thought-provoking and critical engagement with emerging scholarship.Read More

Critical Conversations, one of CSREA’s signature discussion series, invites scholars to explore a central topic through the lens of race. Events in this series have covered issues spanning key topics from public health to education. 

This event will be presented both in-person and virtually. No matter how you choose to join us, pleaseRead More

Join the Rhode Island Historical Society and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University on Tuesday, November 15 at 5:30 p.m. for a screening of the Smithsonian Channel documentary The Color of Care,Read More

Please join us for the MCM series, Writing Media Now: Workshop with Alexis Pauline Gumbs with an introduction by Professor Macarena Gómez-Barris.

Alexis Pauline Gumbs is a QueerRead More

This presentation is a celebration of the soft launch of “In the Wake of George Floyd: Responses to Anti-Black Racism in Rhode Island.” In May 2020, at the height of the global pandemic, millions of Americans took to the streets to protest the public killing of George Floyd by the police. While Floyd’s killing sparked months-long protests, what was at stake was a long history ofRead More

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

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The John F. Kennedy Jr. Initiative for Documentary Film and Social Progress at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs is proud to present Professor Tricia Rose in conversation with Questlove and producerRead More

Join the John F. Kennedy Jr. Initiative for Documentary Film and Social Progress for a screening of Summer of Soul, the Academy Award winning documentary by Questlove. Cosponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America.

In his acclaimed debut asRead More