Upcoming Events

Momentum: Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit

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

Momentum, CSREA’s 2023-2024 Imagining Social Justice Art exhibit, encompasses a wide spectrum of works from the abstract to the figurative, from the conceptual to the concrete. This multimedia collection conveys a sense of forward movement while exploring the instances of deceleration and even regression containedRead More

Democracy Project Event, Melissa Harris-Perry (Wake Forest) “Flags, Stairs, and Folding Chairs: Marginalization and Strategies of Resistance in Higher Education”

Democracy Project
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“Flags, Stairs, and Folding Chairs: Marginalization and Strategies of Resistance in Higher Education”
Addressing the symbolic and material position of higher education institutions in American politics, Professor Harris-Perry will discuss how marginalized individuals and communities deploy multiple strategies of survival and resistance on and off campus.Read More

“Black Saeculum: The Long Beyond Sexuality in Black Film, Literature, and Music • L.H. Stallings (Georgetown)

Department of English and the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America
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Join the Theory Now Working Group and the Department of English for “Black Saeculum: The Long Beyond Sexuality in Black Film, Literature, and Music,” a talk with L.H. Stallings (Georgetown University) on October 12 at 5:30 PM. 

This talk examines how depictions of the paranormal, cosmological, and outerspace in Black culture pose temporal challenges to the political and socialRead More

Momentum Art Exhibit and Open House

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

Join CSREA for a Family Weekend Open House celebrating this year’s Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit, Momentum. All are welcome.

The exhibit encompasses a wide spectrum of works from the abstract to the figurative, from the conceptual to the concrete. This multimedia collection conveys a sense of forward movement while exploring the instances of deceleration and evenRead More

Cornel West: A Festschrift Celebration

Friday, October 20, 2023 to Saturday, October 21, 2023
CSREA - Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America

Join CSREA for a Festschrift celebration in honor of the life and work of Professor Cornel West.

Directly translated to “celebration writings” a festschrift is an edited volume of essays and tributes compiled in honor of a living scholar. This gathering will convene volume contributors, scholars, former students, and family members for panelRead More

Transpacific Histories in the Age of the U.S. “Pivot to Asia:” A Book Talk with Chris Suh ’10

Department of History
, Petteruti Lounge

This event is part of the Department of History’s Diversifying Historical Epistemologies Lecture Series

Join the Department of History for a presentation by Chris Suh ’10, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Emory University on his latest bookRead More

Democracy Project Book Series Panel, Juliet Hooker, Black Grief/White Grievance: The Politics of Loss with: Cristina Beltran (NYU), Thomas Zimmer (Georgetown), and Kevin Quashie (Brown)

Democracy Project
, 155, Joukowsky Forum

Join us for a book panel to discuss Black Grief/White Grievance: The Politics of Loss by Juliet Hooker, Professor of Political Science at Brown University. The other panelist include Cristina Beltran (NYU), Kevin Quashie (Brown University) and Thomas Zimmer (Georgetown).

In this book, Juliet Hooker, a leading thinker on democracy and race, argues that the two mostRead More

Bringing the struggle against the death penalty to campus: an educational and organizational perspective. A talk by Silvia Federici

The Pembroke Center
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A Shauna M. Stark ’76, P’10 Out of the Archive Event

Silvia Federici is a longtime feminist activist, teacher and writer.

In 1972 she was among the founders of the International Feminist Collective, the organization that launched the Campaign for Wages ForRead More

Addressing the Subject: Complexities of Identity in the Classroom

Pembroke Center
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A panel workshop for Brown and RISD instructors on negotiating complex questions of identity in the classroom at a time when such questions remain both pressing and fraught. Brought to you by the Pembroke Center’s LGBTQIA+ Thinking Initiative.

This workshop invites participants to discuss how best to negotiateRead More