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Mar
17

Public Forum: Stories of Migration

Public Forum: Stories of Migration Sun, Mar 17, Zellerbach Playhouse 11am-12:30pm Stories of Migration. Jimmy López's Dreamers evokes the realities of migration: the meaning of "home," the need and human impulse to migrate, the right to move, and the right...
Mar
14

The long run effects of childhood exposure to the Food Stamp program

The long run effects of childhood exposure to the Food Stamp program Hilary Hoynes, UC Berkeley MARCH 14 @ 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM After Social Security, the Food Stamp Program touches the lives of more American families than any...
Mar
6

Stamped From the Beginning: How the Ideology of Race Shapes Education and Society

In the year that we commemorate the 400th anniversary of the beginning of African enslavement in U.S. history, the annual Graduate School of Education Dean’s Forum will feature Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times best-selling author; 2016 National Book...
Mar
5

Disabled Ecologies: Living with Impaired Landscapes

SUNAURA TAYLOR (NYU/UC BERKELEY) WHEN: TUESDAY MARCH 5, 3:00PM - 4:30PM WHERE: KROEBER HALL, RM 285 UC BERKELEY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Abstract: Based on my current research, and crossing a range of disciplines, mediums, and audiences, this talk situates...
Mar
1

"Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism" with Anne Case

EVENT DETAILS What: Research to Impact Presentation titled “Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism” with Anne Case of Princeton University, and UC Berkeley respondents Mahasin Mujahid and Ron Lee (Economic Disparities and Health Disparities cluster collaboration) When: Friday...
Feb
28

Drugs, Politics, and Pariahs: Or, How to Think Historically About Race and Harm Reduction in an Opioid Epidemic

Date/Time Thursday 28 Feb 2019 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Location Berkeley Way West Building, Room 5101 Event Type Colloquium Samuel Roberts Associate Professor of History & Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Please note the updated time and location of this...
Feb
22

Excavating Possibilities: Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit) in Education

The Disability Studies Cluster of the Haas Institute and the Graduate School of Education are pleased to announce the following talk on campus by Prof. Subini Ancy Annamma (U-Kansas), on "Excavating Possibilities: Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit) in Education." Who...
Feb
20

Neoliberal Assemblages of Economy, Body and Society

The Disability Studies Cluster of the Haas Institute and the UCB Berkeley School of Social Work are pleased to announce the following talk on campus by Prof. Vandana Chaudhry (CUNY), on "Neoliberal Assemblages of Economy, Body and Society: Politics of...
Feb
20

Anti-Black State Violence in the Americas: Power and Struggle in Brazil and the US

Anti-Black State Violence in the Americas: Power and Struggle in Brazil and the US UC Berkeley is hosting influential scholars and social movement leaders from Brazil and the United States—homes to the two largest Black populations outside the continent of...
Feb
19

The Performativity of Land Acknowledgments and Settler Whiteness

The Performativity of Land Acknowledgments and Settler Whiteness Colloquium: Lunch Talk | February 19 | 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. | TOLL ROOM, ALUMNI HOUSE (NOTE LOCATION CHANGE) Speaker/Performer: Dr. Selena Couture, University of Alberta Sponsors: Canadian Studies Program (CAN)), Department of...
Feb
12

Rethinking Diversity, Reintroducing Disability: A Panel Discussion

Rethinking Diversity, Reintroducing Disability A Panel Discussion Register here Disability is too often left out of the academic and political discourse concerning equity, diversity and inclusion. Yet disability is a core aspect of these values and intersects with all other...
Feb
6

Race—The Power of an Illusion

Click for a video recording of this event ----- Race—The Power of an Illusion: Teaching about Race and Racism using Resources to Change the Narrative A public event celebrating the launch of a new companion website for the groundbreaking documentary...
Dec
7

CripTech: Disability and Technology in Japan and the United States – an International Symposium

CripTech: Disability and Technology in Japan and the United States – an International Symposium December 7-8, 2018: David Brower Center Tamalpais Room Berkeley CA 9a-5pm Technology has the potential to greatly improve access and the full social participation of disabled...
Nov
26

Comparing Disability Policies and Employment Experiences of Youth with Visual Disabilities in Oslo and New Delhi

Gagan Chhabra | Two Worlds Apart, yet so Similar?: Comparing Disability Policies and Employment Experiences of Youth with Visual Disabilities in Oslo and New Delhi Event made possible with the support of the Sarah Kailath Chair of India Studies Like...
Nov
14

CANCELLED: #SayTheWord: The Politics of Language and Disability

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED In response to concerns about the health impacts of the air quality in Berkeley, and mindful that people with disabilities in our community are disproportionately impacted by the current air conditions, we have decided to...