• Presentations
  • September 30, 2017

john powell's address at El Centro de la Raza's 45th anniversary gala

On September 30, 2017, professor powell gave a keynote address for El Centro de la Raza’s annual Building the Beloved Community Gala, celebrating the 45th anniversary of the organization’s founding. Attended by El Centro members, community members...
Oct
10
  • October 10, 2017, 12:15pm - 1:45pm

Cristina Mora to present on 'Making Hispanics'

Join us to listen to sociologist G. Cristina Mora talk about how Southwest Mexicans, Miami Cubans, and New York Puerto Ricans came to see themselves as not just distinct nationalities, but also as Hispanics - a national pan-ethnic group. Spoiler...
  • Presentations
  • September 28, 2017

john powell hosted by the South East Seattle Education Coalition

On September 28, 2017, professor powell gave a keynote address on identity, belonging, and the role of narratives in creating change. Hosted by SESEC (South East Seattle Education Coalition), this event brought teachers, administrators, community...
  • Blog

Blog: Why They Keep Coming - Understanding the Far-Right's Motives

Sept. 25, 2017 While much of the coverage of this month’s visits by right-wing provocateurs to the UC Berkeley campus, where we are located, focuses on the line between hate speech and free speech, another question remains: Why are they coming...
  • Blog

Blog: What Can We Learn from Other Western Nations on Matters of Speech?

Sept. 25, 2017 From nearly all vantage points, the United States stands apart from its peers in the West for its lax legal treatment of hate speech. As noted in one New York Times article , “What much of [the] West bans is protected in [the] US.”...
  • Blog

Blog: Revisiting 'Dog Whistle Politics'

Sept. 22, 2017 The basic mechanism of what Berkeley political scientist Ian Haney Lopez calls “dog whistle politics” is simple: call upon the anxiety or fear of minorities that already resides not-so-far beneath the surface, divide class interests...
Sep
30
  • September 30, 2017, 10am - 5pm

Academic Ableism and Alternatives Conference/Symposium

The symposium takes its name from the title of Jay Dolmage’s forthcoming book, Academic Ableism. “For too long,” Dolmage argues, “disability has been constructed as the antithesis of higher education, often positioned as a distraction, a drain, a problem to...
Sep
23
  • September 23, 2017

Faculty exhibit on shared sacred sites opens in Greece

An exhibition by the Chair of the Haas Institute's Religious Diversity cluster Karen Barkey on "Shared Sacred Sites" in the Balkans and the Mediterranean will open at the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Greece this weekend, and will remain...
  • Publication
  • September 22, 2017

Speech & Belonging: A Resource Guide

Last updated 10/04/2017 The purpose of this resource guide is to present research-based evidence and perspectives on a range of free speech issues. The Haas Institute supports the protections of freedom of speech and expression. We are unambiguous...
  • Blog

Blog: Canada should welcome America's Dreamers

September 19, 2017 By Irene Bloemraad and Ratna Omidvar This commentary is reposted from The Globe and Mail in Canada, where it originally appeared in February 2017. We are now witnessing the casualties of new United States policies arriving at...
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