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  • The Presumption of Passing Among Multiracial Persons: Perceived Benefits and Associated Resentments

    The Presumption of Passing Among Multiracial Persons: Perceived Benefits and Associated Resentments University of California, Santa Barbara Race Matters Series MultiCultural Center Lounge 2013-02-11, 18:30 PST (Local Time) Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly, Professor of History In her forthcoming book, By the Least Bit of Blood: The Allure of Blackness among Mixed-Race Americans of African Descent, 1862-1935, Ingrid…

  • W.N. Herbert and Hannah Lowe: A poetry reading

    W.N. Herbert and Hannah Lowe: A poetry reading NCLA: Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 2013-01-14 Location: Culture Lab, Newcastle University Time/Date: 28th February 2013, 19:15 …Chick is Hannah Lowe’s first collection and is also published by Bloodaxe. With London as their backdrop, Hannah Lowe’s deeply personal narrative poems…

  • Critical Mixed Race Studies: Research and Teaching on the Margins in the Mainstream

    Critical Mixed Race Studies: Research and Teaching on the Margins in the Mainstream University of California, Los Angeles Haines Hall 279 Friday, 2013-02-15, 12:00-13:30 PST (Local Time) G. Reginald Daniel, Professor of Sociology University of California, Santa Barbara In the early 1980s, there emerged several important unpublished doctoral dissertations on multiraciality and the mixed race…

  • Betwixt & Between~Multiracial Identity=A Denial of Blackness

    Betwixt & Between~Multiracial Identity=A Denial of Blackness Mixed Race Radio 2013-02-06, 17:00Z (12:00 EST) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host G. Reginald Daniel, Professor of Sociology University of California, Santa Barbara G. Reginald Daniel, Professor of Sociology, teaches courses exploring comparative race and ethnic relations. Since 1989, he has taught “Betwixt and Between,” which is one of…

  • Black History Month Events at Two Colleges

    Black History Month Events at Two Colleges The San Diego Union-Tribune 2013-02-09 Karen Pearlman El Cajon — Both East County community colleges are getting into the commemoration of Black History Month with free events this month. A library exhibit featuring John Robert Clifford, a seminal figure in African-American history (and a forefather of a Cuyamaca…

  • (1)NE DROP: Fact, Fiction, or Fate?

    (1)NE DROP: Fact, Fiction, or Fate? Drexel University James E. Marks Intercultural Center (Lower Level) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Monday, 2013-02-04, 17:00-19:00 EST (Local Time) Africana Studies and the Office of Equality & Diversity present (1)NE DROP: Fact, Fiction, or Fate? featuring Dr. Yaba Blay, artistic director of the (1)NE DROP PROJECT and assistant teaching professor of…

  • Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey Will Read Civil War Poems Jan. 30

    Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey Will Read Civil War Poems Jan. 30 The Library of Congress News Releases Washington, D.C. 2013-01-04 Press contact: Donna Urschel (202) 707-1639 Public contact: Robert Casper (202) 707-5394 U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey will read selections from her Pulitzer Prize-winning collection “Native Guard,” in commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the Civil…

  • Hybrid Identity: Family, Photography and History in Colonial Indonesia

    Hybrid Identity: Family, Photography and History in Colonial Indonesia Undergraduate Journal of Gender and Women’s Studies Volume 1, Issue 1 (2012) 15 pages Sani Montclair Department of Gender and Women’s Studies University of California, Berkeley As members of my family lose memories and pass away, I desire to take an even tighter grip on their…

  • The Evolution of Mixed-Race Historiography and Theory: Inaugural Sawyer Seminar

    The Evolution of Mixed-Race Historiography and Theory: Inaugural Sawyer Seminar University of Southern California, Univeristy Park Campus Doheny Memorial Library (DML) East Asian Seminar Room (110C) Friday, 2013-01-18, 14:00-17:00 PST (Local Time) Presented by the Center for Japanese Religions and Culture’s “Critical Mixed-Race Studies: A Transpacific Approach” Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminars…

  • The Transpacific Shift in Mixed-Race Studies: Sawyer Seminar II

    The Transpacific Shift in Mixed-Race Studies: Sawyer Seminar II University of Southern California, Univeristy Park Campus Doheny Memorial Library (DML) East Asian Seminar Room (110C) Friday, 2013-02-08, 10:00-16:00 PST (Local Time) Presented by the Center for Japanese Religions and Culture’s “Critical Mixed-Race Studies: A Transpacific Approach” Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminars Series…