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October 20, 2016

Lynch Law, Migration Control, the Regulation of Racial Meaning

Lynch Law, Migration Control, the Regulation of Racial Meaning

10.20.2016 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM |  691 Barrows Hall

October 6, 2016

Racial Looking: Photo Archives of Intimacy, Orientalism, Global Power

Racial Looking: Photo Archives of Intimacy, Orientalism, Global Power

10.06.2016 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM |  691 Barrows Hall

Moderated by Dr. Ariko S. Ikehara, Comparative Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley

September 29, 2016

Racial Formation in Israel: Gender, Diaspora, and Occupation

Racial Formation in Israel: Gender, Diaspora, and Occupation

09.29.2016 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM |  691 Barrows Hall

April 27, 2016

Untying the Knot: Hawaiian Nationalism & the (De)Colonial Politics of Sexuality

Untying the Knot: Hawaiian Nationalism & the (De)Colonial Politics of Sexuality

04.27.2016 | 5:30 – 8:00 PM |  370 Dwinelle Hall

The Center for Race and Gender presents the Spring 2016 Distinguished Guest Lecture with Professor J. Kēhaulani Kauanui.

Keynote Bio:

April 21, 2016

Market/Place: The Structural Emotional Violence of Food Politics

Market/Place: The Structural Emotional Violence of Food Politics

04.21.2016 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM |  691 Barrows Hall

March 17, 2016

A Taste for Palestine: The Politics of Consumption for a Disappearing Landscape

A Taste for Palestine: The Politics of Consumption for a Disappearing Landscape

03.17.2016 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM |  Anthony Hall 

Dr. Lila Sharif, Gender Women’s Studies
Prof. Minoo Moallem, Gender Women’s Studies

March 10, 2016

Lawful Conquest: Liberal Rights Colonial Legacies

Lawful Conquest: Liberal Rights Colonial Legacies

03.10.2016 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM |  691 Barrows Hall

Indigenous Rights as a Legacy of Colonialism?
Dr. Ulia Gosart, UCLA

February 25, 2016

#BlackMasculinity: Race, Gender and the Politics of Twitter

#BlackMasculinity: Race, Gender and the Politics of Twitter

02.25.2016 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM |  691 Barrows Hall

#MasculinitySoFragile: Dismantling Toxic Masculinity From the Inside Out
Anthony Williams, Sociology

February 18, 2016

Dreams and Visions of Palestine: From Jerusalem to the San Francisco Bay Area -- The Power of Portraits in Narratives

Dreams and Visions of Palestine:  From Jerusalem to the San Francisco Bay Area -- The Power of Portraits in Narratives

02.18.2016| 4:00 – 5:30 PM |  691 Barrows Hall

February 11, 2016

Black Feminist Radical: Florynce “Flo” Kennedy

Black Feminist Radical:  Florynce “Flo” Kennedy

02.11.2016 | 4:00 – 6:00 PM |  Multicultural Community Center in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union

with Prof. Sherie M. Randolph, University of Michigan

Introduction by Prof. Ula Taylor, African American Studies

December 3, 2015

The Politics of Performance: Fiesta, Dance, Creative Publics

The Politics of Performance: Fiesta, Dance, Creative Publics

12.03.2015| 5:00 – 6:30 PM |  691 Barrows Hall

November 19, 2015

Theorizing Black Masculinity: Sexuality, Authenticity, Self-Construction

Theorizing Black Masculinity: Sexuality, Authenticity, Self-Construction

11.19.2015| 5:00 – 6:30 PM |  691 Barrows Hall

Between Class Lines: Politics of Respectability and the Ghetto Allure in the Romantic Relationships of Middle-Class Black Men
Joy Hightower, Sociology

November 8, 2015

Vocabularies Of Vulnerability: Hum/Animal/Blackness

Vocabularies Of Vulnerability: Hum/Animal/Blackness

11.02.2015 | 6:00 – 8:00 PM |  370 Dwinelle Hall

The Center for Race and Gender presents the Fall 2015 Distinguished Guest Lecture with Professor Sharon P. Holland.

Introduction by Professor Brandi Catanese, Theater, Dance, Performance Studies & African American Studies at UC Berkeley.

Keynote Bio:

November 5, 2015

Carnal Knowledge: Vanessa del Rio: 50 Years of Slightly Slutty Behavior

Carnal Knowledge: Vanessa del Rio: 50 Years of Slightly Slutty Behavior

11.05.2015| 5:00 – 6:30 PM |  691 Barrows Hall

October 29, 2015

Transforming Universal Love into Decolonial Love as an Indigenous Feminist Praxis

Transforming Universal Love into Decolonial Love as an Indigenous Feminist Praxis

10.29.2015 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM |  691 Barrows Hall

October 24, 2015

#SURVIVEDANDPUNISHED: Building Radical Coalitions to End The Criminalization Of Survivors

#SURVIVEDANDPUNISHED: Building Radical Coalitions to End The Criminalization Of Survivors

10.24.2015 | 3:00 – 7:00 PM | 10 Evans Hall

October 22, 2015

Reconstructing Immigrant Women: Coercion, Criminalization, Commerce

Reconstructing Immigrant Women: Coercion, Criminalization, Commerce

10.22.2015 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM |  691 Barrows Hall

October 8, 2015

Fresh Faithfuls: Transnational American Christianity and the Politics of Race and Sexuality

Fresh Faithfuls: Transnational American Christianity and the Politics of Race and Sexuality

10.08.2015| 4:00 – 5:30 PM |  691 Barrows Hall 

September 24, 2015

A Shadow over Palestine: The Imperial Life of Race in America

A Shadow over Palestine: The Imperial Life of Race in America

09.24.2015| 4:00 – 5:30 PM |  370 Dwinelle Hall

September 17, 2015

Revolution, Poetry, & Faith: Reflections on the Life of Rev. Pauli Murray

Revolution, Poetry, & Faith: Reflections on the Life of Rev. Pauli Murray

09.17.2015 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM |  691 Barrows Hall

Racial Justice & the Unconventional Activist
Jayme Goodwin, UC Berkeley Alum