Upcoming Series: The Discussion Series is a monthly event hosted by the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE). Our theme for 2009-2010 is Race and Immigration. Shifts in the global political economy over the last three decades --including increasing mobility for capital and decreasing mobility for labor, the collapse of national and local economies, stagnant wages, job insecurity, and losses in political and cultural sovereignty-- have made immigration an increasingly important site for investigating the intensification of nativism, xenophobia, and gendered racism.
Race and immigration
This discussion series explores the interlocking systems of oppression made apparent by mass migrations, the criminalization of undocumented workers, militarism, and the expansion of the prison-industrial complex. It also seeks to address immigrants' resistance, resilience and social justice work in light of these new global challenges.
Fall 2009 Lecture Series Schedule
All Lecture Series Events begin at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public.
Thursday, September 17; “Contesting Imperial Belonging”
Neferti Tadiar; Professor of Women's Studies at Barnard College, and Director for the Center for Critical Analysis of Social Difference at Columbia University. Clark Lounge.
Monday, October 12; “Domestic Workers Organizing At The Intersection Of Crisis And Recovery."
Joycelyn Gill-Campbell; Organizer, Domestic Workers United. Clark Lounge.
Monday, November 16; “Race and Indo-Caribbean Immigration in the Poetry
of David Dabydeen”
Anjali Nerlekar; Assistant Professor, Department of English, Ithaca College. Clark Lounge.
Spring 2010 Tentative Lecture Series Schedule
All Lecture Series Events begin at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public.
Tuesday, February 23 George Yancey; Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Texas. "Becoming White: Children of Immigrants and White Racial Identity"; Klingenstein Lounge.
Thursday, March 25 Alan Gomez; Assistant Professor, School of Social Justice and Inquiry at Arizona State University. "USian Cultures of Human Sacrifice or Everyday is the Fourth of July in Arizona"; Klingenstein Lounge.
Wednesday, April 7; MLK Scholars - topic to follow; Klingenstein Lounge.
Monday, April 26; Vijay Prashad- topic to follow; Klingenstein Lounge.
