Sandra Cisneros Award-winning author of "House on Mango Street" April 28, 2021 5:00-6:30 p.m. EVENT DETAILS Please join us for an inspiring evening with author Sandra Cisneros, author of the beloved novel “House on Mango Street,” about a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, this novel [...]
Reimagining the Latinx Experience in America | Richard Alba, The Great Demographic Illusion Thu, Sep 16, 2021 12 PM – 1 PM PDT (GMT-7) Private Location (rsvp to display) REGISTRATION The Reimagining the Latinx Experience in America Book Talk Series hosts Professor Richard Alba (CUNY) to discuss his book, The Great Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority, and [...]
Phantom Africa: A Discussion with Brent Hayes Edwards Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021 Time: TBA Brent Hayes Edwards is the Peng Family Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where he is also affiliated with the Center for Jazz Studies and the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society. He will present his recent [...]
In conversation with Joseph Jeon. Come hear prize-winning novelist Chang-rae Lee read from and discuss his new novel My Year Abroad with CCKS director, Joseph Jeon. This event is free and open to the public, though registration is required. Chang-rae Lee is the author of six novels: Native Speaker (1995); A Gesture Life (1999); Aloft (2004); The Surrendered, which was a Finalist for [...]
Cathy Park Hong in conversation with Professor Jerry Lee and Dr. SueJeanne Koh About this Event Cathy Park Hong in conversation with Professor Jerry Lee and Dr. SueJeanne Koh In Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning, poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths [...]
Reimagining the Latinx Experience in America: Edward Telles, Durable Ethnicity Thursday, April 15 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm Virtual Event RSVP Mexican Americans are unique in the panoply of American ethno-racial groups in that they are the descendants of the largest and longest lasting immigration stream in US history. Today, there are approximately 24 million Americans of Mexican [...]
April 14, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (student Q & A) and April 15, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. (book conversation) Cathy Park Hong, author of the best-selling Minor Feelings, fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America. Cathy Park Hong in conversation with Professor Jerry Lee [...]
Reimagining the Latinx Experience in America: Ian Haney López, Merge Left Thursday, April 8 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm Virtual Event Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America RSVP In 2014, Ian Haney López in Dog Whistle Politics named and explained the coded racial appeals exploited by right-wing politicians over the last half century—and thereby anticipated [...]
In this event, author Lisa See will talk about her novel, “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane” and take questions from the audience. About this Event In this event, author Lisa See will talk about her novel, “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane” and take questions from the audience. About the book From #1 New [...]
Please join us on Wednesday, February 17th, from 4:00-5:00 p.m. PST for our second Work-in-Progress presentation by Jonathan Alexander, Chancellor's Professor of English! Work-in-Progress Series: The Work-in-Progress series provides faculty and students from around campus the opportunity to showcase their research projects that engage with the intersection of medicine, arts, and the humanities. This year, the center [...]