CRG Forum Series

Conceptualizing Campus Abolition and the Movement to Resist University Expansion and Urban Renewal

April 25, 2023

Conceptualizing Campus Abolition and the Movement to Resist University Expansion and Urban Renewal

04.25.2023 | 4:00 - 5:30 PM | 554 SSB

with Charles H.F. Davis III (Assistant Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education; Director of the Campus Abolition Research Lab, University of Michigan).

In the wake of the ongoing state and state-sanctioned violence disproportionately impacting racially and other minoritized communities, municipalities as well as colleges and universities have begun...

Reproducing Nation and the Social: Law's Regulation of Gender and Family | State Violence as Gender Violence

September 21, 2023

Reproducing Nation and the Social: Law's Regulation of Gender and Family | State Violence as Gender Violence

09.21.2023 | 4:00 - 5:30 PM | 691 Social Sciences Building (CRG Conference Room)

with Rose Cuison Villazor (Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar, Rutgers Law School; Fellow in Residence, Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center at NYU School of Law (AY 2023-2024)) and Prabha Kotiswaran (Professor of Law and Social Justice, Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London).

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Homesteading and The American Dream

March 14, 2024

Homesteading and The American Dream

03.14.2024 | 10 - 11:00 AM | 141 Law Building

with K-Sue Park (Professor of Law, UCLA Law)

The Law & Humanities Forum Series is organized by Professors Leti Volpp (Berkeley Law) and...

The Camera and The Law

February 15, 2024

The Camera and The Law

02.15.2024 | 10 - 11:00 AM | 141 Law Building

with Julie Stone Peters (H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Director of Academic Careers Advising; Co-Chair, PhD in Theater and Performance, Columbia University; Global Professorial Fellow, Queen Mary University of London School of Law).

The Law & Humanities Forum Series is organized by Professors Leti Volpp (Berkeley Law) and Bryan Wagner (Department of English) and is supported by the Division of Arts...

The Failure of Abolition in American Law

February 8, 2024

The Failure of Abolition in American Law

02.08.2024 | 10 - 11:00 AM | 141 Law Building

with Giuliana Perrone (Associate Professor, Department of History, UC Santa Barbara).

The Law & Humanities Forum Series is organized by Professors Leti Volpp(link is external) (Berkeley Law)...

The Push To Cancel Critical Race Theory: Scholars Explain Factors Driving The Backlash

October 15, 2022

Report on CRG Forum "Canceling Critical Race Theory and the "Woke" Agenda: Mapping Racist Backlash Attacks" held via Zoom on Oct. 7, 2021.

Click on the link below to read the full article.

CRG Forum Series

The Center for Race and Gender hosts the CRG Forum Series (previously called CRG Thursday Forums) featuring presentations from faculty, fellows, and students on emerging research on race, gender, and their intersections.

2023 - 2024 CRG Forum Series

2023 - 2024 CRG Forum Series

Bios reflect speakers' status at the time of their presentation at the Center for Race and Gender.

Transcript - "Crossed by the Border: Migration and the Crisis Imaginary"

Transcript - "Crossed by the Border: Migration and the Crisis Imaginary"

September 22, 2022 -- CRG Forum Series

Listen to "Crossed by the Border: Migration and the Crisis Imaginary" with Debarati Sanyal , Cristiana Giordano and Rhiannon Welch.

LETI VOLPP: So good afternoon. Welcome to “Cross by the Border Migration and the Crisis Imaginary”. And I want to begin with the land acknowledgement. ...

Transcript - "Archipelagos and Specters: Refugee Settlers and Climate Refugees"

Transcript - "Archipelagos and Specters: Refugee Settlers and Climate Refugees"

October 20, 2022 -- CRG Forum Series

Listen to "Archipelagos and Specters: Refugee Settlers and Climate Refugees" with Neel Ahuja and Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi.

LETI VOLPP: Good afternoon and welcome to today's Center for Race and Gender forum, “Archipelagos, Inspectors, Refugee Settlers and...