Category: Live Events

  • Association for Asian American Studies 2012 Annual Conference Capitol Hilton Hotel 1001 16th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 2012-04-11 through 2012-04-14 Selected Sessions from Tentative Schedule Thursday, April 12: 13:15-14:45 (South American A) Exposing Truths: Re-Centering Filipina/o American Subjectivities Chair: Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, San Francisco State University “Passing It On: Mixed Filipina/o American PEP Teachers Facilitating…

  • So… What are You, Anyway 2012 Conference on Multiracial Identity: Exploring Our Roots Hosted by Harvard Half-Asian People’s Association Harvard University 2012-04-06 through 2012-04-07 Welcome to the fourth annual conference on multiracial identity and politics, hosted by the Harvard College Half-Asian People’s Association on April 6 – April 7, 2012. Join us this year in…

  • Mixed Race Week by SHADES of CSU Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 2012-04-02 through 2012-04-06 Monday, Apr. 2, marks the beginning of the 4th-annual Mixed Race Week, a series of presentations and activities celebrating the multiracial and interracial community at Colorado State University.   This annaul event is sponsored by Shades of CSU, an…

  • Postracial Possibilities? Deconstructing Contemporary Discourse on Multiraciality American College Personnel Association ACPA 2012 Annual Convention Louisville, Kentucky 2012-03-24 through 2012-03-28 Session Information: Monday, 2012-03-26 16:15-17:15 EDT (Local Time) Kentucky International Convention Center, 107 Marc Johnston University of California, Los Angeles Prema Chaudhari Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) Although multiracial individuals have been…

  • Japanese-Canadian Identity Issues: One Big Hapa Family Screening with Jeff Chiba Stearns University of Toronto, St. George Hart House 2012-03-21, 18:30-20:30 EDT (Local Time) According to recent statistics, the rate of mixed marriages among Japanese-Canadians is at 70% with intermarriage at 95%. Why? Jeff Chiba Stearns attempts to address this phenomena and more with his…

  • Not Tainted by the Past: Re-conceptualization and Politics of Coloured Identities among University Coloured Student Activists in Post-Apartheid South Africa Achieving Sustainable Development in Africa International Conference at the University of Pittsburgh 2012-03-29 through 2012-03-30 Sardana Nikolaeva School of Education University of Pittsburgh The colonial apartheid South Africa, its hierarchical racial classification and its consequences…

  • Crossing Lines: Praxis in Mixed Race/Space Studies University of California, Berkeley Friday, 2012-03-16 through Saturday, 2012-03-17 Co-Sponsored by the UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender and Ethnic Studies Department. In traditional Ethnic Studies, mixed race scholarship has often been marginalized, misappropriated, tokenized or simply left out. In order to allow for a collaborative environment…

  • Obama & The Biracial Factor Book Release & Roundtable Discussion Richard Oakes Multicultu​ral Center-SF State Student Center 1650 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, California 2012-04-05, 16:00-18:00 PDT (Local Time) Join book contributors, Dr. Robert Collins, Dr. Wei Ming Dariotis, Dr. Grace Yoo, Dr. Andrew Jolivétte and Cesar Chavez Research Institute Director, Dr. Belinda Reyes in a…

  • hafu (half Japanese) Lakeland Lectures Lakeland College 5-7-12 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 1st Floor 2012-03-07, 19:00 JST (Local Time) Marcia Yumi Lise, Researcher and Co-Founder The Hafu Project Lakeland College is pleased to present our ongoing lecture series, free of charge, for scholars, students and members of the public to discuss contemporary issues. You are cordially…

  • The Octoroon The Georgetown Theatre Company North, South, Race & Class: A Staged Reading Series of 19th century Plays at Grace Church 1041 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. Wednesday, 2012-02-29, 19:30 EST (Local Time) The Octoroon (by Dion Boucicault) was one of the biggest hits of mid-19th century American theatre. It is the story of…