Welcome! Happy New (School) Year!

As co-chairs of the Northwestern University Colloquium on Ethnicity & Diaspora, Phonshia and I (James) wish you a warm welcome to a new academic year! Since this is the first, we thought it would be appropriate to give a quick run-down of the events CED is planning for the 2010-2011 school year. We have an exciting line-up this year and hope to see you at each event! Please check this blog frequently for the latest event information as the year continues.

CED welcomes graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, staff, and community members interested in interrogating issues of race, ethnicity, diaspora, (im)migration, and ethnic studies (African and African American studies, Asian and Asian American studies, Latin American and Caribbean and Latina/o studies, Native American/indigenous studies) to all our events. CED provides the intellectual space for cross-discipline dialogue. For more information on the CED, please see "About CED" on the right side of this page.

CED events are FREE and open to the public thanks to the financial support from the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, The Graduate School, Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Department of African American Studies, Program in Asian American Studies, Chabaraja Center for Historical Studies, and Department of History.


Colloquium on Ethnicity & Diaspora 2010-2011 Schedule:

Tuesday, October 5: CED Information & Kick-Off Meeting
Crowe 1-135
Free lunch (!) kick-off/introductory meeting about how to get involved with the CED this year.

October 14-15: A Visit from Professor Gary Y. Okihiro (Columbia University)
"Our Ethnic Studies: A Reflection of the Field and Its Future"
Thursday, October 14
4:30-6:00 PM: Guest Lecture from Professor Okihiro followed by Q & A
6:00-7:00 PM: Reception with light refreshments
Fisk 311

Friday, October 15
12:00-1:30 PM: Lunch Conversation and Workshop with Professor Okihiro
Kresge 2-425
RSVP is requested for Friday event. Please RSVP to northwesternced@gmail.com

November: Lunch Round Table Discussion on What Comes Naturally: Miscegenation and the Making of Race in America by Peggy Pascoe
Tuesday, November 16
12:15-1:30 PM
Crowe 1-135
RSVP is requested for this event. Please RSVP to northwesternced@gmail.com

February 17-18: A Visit from Professor Evelyn Hu-Dehart (Brown University)
Thursday, February 17
4:30-6:00 PM: Guest Lecture from Professor Hu-Dehart followed by Q & A
6:00-7:00 PM: Reception with light refreshments
Location TBA

Friday, February 18
12:00-1:30 PM: Lunch Conversation and Workshop with Professor Hu-Dehart
RSVP is requested for Friday event. Please RSVP to northwesternced@gmail.com

March: Lunch Round Table Discussion on Shades of Difference: Why Skin Color Matters by Evelyn Nakano Glenn
Day and Time TBA
RSVP is requested for this event. Please RSVP to northwesternced@gmail.com

April: Northwestern University Faculty and Graduate Student Research Workshop 
More information coming soon

May: Lunch Round Table Discussion on Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet by Lisa Nakumura
Day and Time TBA
RSVP is requested for this event. Please RSVP to northwesternced@gmail.com

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We look forward to seeing you at many CED events throughout the school year!

Best,

James Zarsadiaz
Phonshia Nie
Co-Chairs
2010-2011 Colloquium on Ethnicity & Diaspora (CED)