Ethnic Studies Colloquium

November 20, 2024, 3:00PM-4:30PM, PEB 721

Please join us for “A Celebration of New Books in Ethnic Studies” featuring:

Archiving Medical Violence Consent and the Carceral State (University of Minnesota Press, 2023), by Chris Perreira, and

The Lamentations- A Requiem for Queer Suicide (Fordham University Press, 2024), by Patrick Anderson.

Chris Perreira, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, and Patrick Anderson, Professor or Ethnic Studies and Communication, will discuss their respective books in a talk moderated by Curtis Marez, Professor of Ethnic Studies.

October 23, 2024, 3:00PM-5:00PM, Climate Action Lab, Arts and Humanities Building, Room 0116

Protest Poetics: Solidarities in the Filipino and Palestinian Diaspora

Featuring: Jason Magabo Perez and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha. Moderated by Dr. Amanda Solomon Amorao

Join us for readings and conversation on solidarities with Jason Magabo Perez (San Diego Poet Laureate) and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (National Book Award Finalist), who will read from their recent collections: I ask what falls away (Kaya Press, 2024) and Something about Living (University of Akron, 2024).

May 1, 2024, 3-4:30PM, Cross Cultural Center

A discussion with Dr. Julian Saporiti of No No Boy

April 23, 2024, 3:30PM, Social Sciences Building 269

Speaker: Eli Clare

The Invention of Defectiveness: Disposability and Education

Join white queer disabled writer and activist Eli Clare in an interactive exploration--part story, part history, and part call to action--of the harm created by the notion of defectiveness, particularly in connection to disability and race, the realities of disposability, and how we can resist that harm.

Live In-Person and Online

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