Dr. Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez (Stanford University), Wolney Oliveira (Federal University of Ceará/ Brazil)
“The Braceros and the Rubber Soldiers” is an exhibition of historical photographs that juxtaposes the histories of two of the most important joint governmental programs between the U.S., Brazil and Mexico during the Second World War. The WW2 Emergency Farm Labor Program, popularly known as the Bracero Program, operated between 1942 and 1964, bringing Mexican guest workers to the U.S....
Maude Fife Room (315 Wheeler Hall)
Let’s Talk about Palestine a UC Berkeley Teach-In Series Despite Obfuscation and Orientalism: Palestine in Modern History with Dr. Ussama Makdisi moderated by Dr. Samera Esmeir Tuesday, February 6, 2024 4 pm in the Maude Fife Room (315 Wheeler Hall) Islamophobia, Race, and the Racialization of Palestine with Dr. Hatem Bazian and Dr. Keith Feldman moderated by Dr. Ussama Makdisi Tuesday, February 20, 2024 4 pm in...
Bauer Wurster Hall
Dr. Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez (Stanford University), Wolney Oliveira (Federal University of Ceará/ Brazil)
Photo exhibition: “The Braceros and the Rubber Soldiers: A History of labor and power in the Americas” Feb 15th – March 15th Location: Bauer Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley (Lobby) Curated by: Laura Belik (Architecture, UC Berkeley) Opening events [free and open to the public/ light refreshments provided]: Feb 15th 4:30pm, Bauer Wurster Hall, Elevator Lobby – Exhibition opening 5:30pm, Bauer Wurster Hall, Room 172 – Panel and reception 6:30pm, Bauer Wurster Hall, 112 Auditorium – Documentary Screening Launching events...
820 Social Sciences Building, UC Berkeley
AUTHORS MEET CRITICS The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall: Language, Memory, and Indigenous California By Andrew Garrett Friday, January 19, 3:30pm-5:00pm 820 Social Sciences Building, UC Berkeley IN-PERSON ONLY. REGISTER TO ATTEND. In January 2021, at a time when many institutions were reevaluating fraught histories, the University of California removed anthropologist and linguist Alfred Kroeber’s name from a building on its Berkeley campus. Critics...
Berkeley Public Library
Dr. Tenzin
Tibetan Americans and other Diaspora Tibetans are experiencing racism due to a recent sensationalized media story. Especially of concern are imm ...
View this email in your browser Arts Research Center – a think tank for the arts at UC Berkeley ARC Event Thursday POETRY READING CURATED BY CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ Noʻu Revilla, D. Kealiʻi Mackenzie, & Donovan Kūhiō Colleps Online – ARC YouTube Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 5:00 – 6:15pm PDT Watch the livestream here! free & open to the public with live captions Join us in welcoming three...
554 Social Sciences
Alyosha Goldstein
This talk is drawn from Goldstein’s current book manuscript, The Colonial Present: Histories of Dispossession beyond Settlement. It considers the colonial-capitalist politics of water for Indigenous peoples and other racialized peoples during the present moment of climate catastrophe. The juridical production of water in the US Southwest as a “natural resource” to be quantified and managed...
340 Stephens Hall, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Dwinelle 3335
Please join us for the Second History Colloquium, featuring Professor Waldo E. Martin. History Colloquium: Waldo E. Martin – “A Dream Deferred”: The Southern Negro Youth Congress, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the Politics of Historical Memory. Don’t forget to Add event to your bCal. A small reception will follow. Please see the abstract below. Dr. Waldo E. Martin ABSTRACT: The...
Neel Ahuja and Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi