Decolonizing the University in Global/Transnational Perspective: A Roundtable Conversation ♥ ★

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Decolonizing the University in Global/Transnational Perspective: A Roundtable Conversation February 17, 2021 9:00a.m. - 11:00a.m. Zoom (pre-registration required) REGISTER: https://uci.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpd-CvrDorHdXuonDc8GRXxNllD7t8JIhQ  What does it mean to approach efforts to decolonize the university from a global and transnational perspective? What kinds of North-South or South-South solidarities are possible or become impossible?  How should we contend with the convergences…

Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues Series: How “Diversity” Underdeveloped Higher Education ♥ ★

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Join the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences Office of Faculty Development and Diversity for Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues Series: How "Diversity" Underdeveloped Higher Education Featuring Joyce Bell, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Chicago Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 12:00-1:30 p.m. RSVP: https://forms.gle/7gobMqeWBDsMEs1A6  Joyce M. Bell is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Chicago whose…

Prisms of the People: Power and Organizing in Twenty-First-Century America ♥

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The UCI Jack W. Peltason Center for the Study of Democracy presents Prisms of the People: Power and Organizing in Twenty-First-Century America featuring Hahrie Han Inaugural Director, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute and Professor, Political Science, Johns Hopkins University Elizabeth McKenna Postdoctoral Scholar, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University Michelle Oyakawa Visiting Professor,…

International Women’s Day | Women’s Leadership in Times of Crisis ★

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Join the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences in partnership with Oregon State University in a conversation honoring International Women's Day Women's Leadership in Times of Crisis Monday, March 8 | 9:00 a.m. RSVP Delivered via Zoom, pre-registration required. The UCI School of Social Sciences and OSU School of Public Policy are proud to collaborate…

The Enduring Dangers of Essentializing Labor and Laborers

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Humanities Center and Office of the Dean of the School of social Sciences of the University of California, Irvine Present The Enduring Dangers of Essentializing Labor and Laborers Presentation and Discussion of this Special Issue for Kalfou: A Journal for Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies Tuesday, April 13, 2021 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Zoom…

Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues Series | “We Charge Genocide!” The Mental and Physical Tolls of Racial Battle Fatigue among Black People ♥ ✚

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Join the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences Office of Faculty Development and Diversity for Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues Series "We Charge Genocide!" The Mental and Physical Tolls of Racial Battle Fatigue among Black People featuring William A. Smith, Professor and Department Chair, Education, Culture and Society, University of Utah Wednesday, March 31, 2021 12:00-1:30 p.m.…

Social Sciences Student Listening Session ♥

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Meeting Registration This meeting is for internal users only.   Topic: Stop the Hate Social Sciences Listening Sessions | Student Experiences   Description: During this session, we will engage in a facilitated discussion on the impact of the recent uptick of attacks on Asians and Asian-Americans across the nation in recent months. We hope to…

Social Sciences Staff Listening Session ♥

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Meeting Registration This meeting is for internal users only.   Topic: Stop the Hate Social Sciences Listening Sessions | Staff Experiences   Description: During these sessions, we invite the Social Sciences community to engage in a facilitated discussion on the impact of the recent uptick of attacks on Asians and Asian-Americans across the nation in…

Action After Atlanta: Organizing Against Anti-AAPI Hate ♥ ★

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Join the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences for two important webinars focused on anti-Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander racism Action After Atlanta: Organizing Against Anti-AAPI Hate with Judy Wu Professor, Asian American Studies, and Faculty Director, Humanities Center, UCI Bill Maurer Dean, School of Social Sciences, and Professor, Anthropology and Law, UCI Benny Luo '10 Psychology,…

Confronting Anti-AAPI Hate in the Pre- and Post-Covid Era ♥ ★ ✚

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Confronting Anti-AAPI Hate in the Pre- and Post-Covid Era with Kevin Nadal Activist and Professor, Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate Center, City University of New York Bill Maurer Dean, School of Social Sciences, and Professor, Anthropology and Law, UCI Jeanett Castellanos Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies, and Professor, School of Social…