Category: Forthcoming Media

  • Purdu­e Hapa Stude­nt Assoc­iatio­n Callo­ut Sept. 17, 2012 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana Class of 1950, Room 121 2012-09-17, 18:00-20:00 CDT (Local Time) The term “Hapa” refers to a biracial/multiracial person with Asian and/or Pacific Islander roots. As a club, we promote both diversity and unity, and we strive to raise awareness of identity crisis…

  • U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey coming to campus East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina 2012-10-24 through 2012-10-25 United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey will be on campus Oct. 24-25 as part of the Contemporary Writers Series. A native of Gulfport, Miss., Trethewey was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2006. She is professor of…

  • Meet Steve Riley—Creator of Mixed Race Studies Mixed Race Radio Wednesday, 2012-07-18, 16:00Z (12:00 EDT, 09:00 PDT, 17:00 BST) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host Join us as we meet Steven Riley, creator of MixedRaceStudies.org which is a non-commercial website that provides a gateway to contemporary interdisciplinary English language scholarship about the relevant issues surrounding the topic of…

  • Mixed heritage voices – Multiple identities, varied experiences, diverse views British Association for Adoption & Fostering Woburn House Conference Centre 20 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9HQ 2012-11-29, 10:00-16:00Z One in ten people in the UK define themselves as mixed heritage, and it seems that young people think it is ‘cool’ to be ‘mixed’. But what…

  • Feminist Race Theorist and Sociologist to Lecture Hamilton College, Clinton New York College News 2012-04-07 France Winddance Twine, professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present a lecture on Tuesday, April 10, at 4:15 p.m., in Dwight Lounge, Bristol Campus Center. Twine will discuss “The Future of Anti-Racism & Racial Literacy…

  • University of North Florida Presents James Weldon Johnson Symposium University of North Florida Press Release 2012-03-29 Joanna Norris, Associate Director of Public Relations he University of North Florida presents the James Weldon Johnson Symposium from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 5, and from noon to 5 p.m. Friday, April 6, in the UNF Student…

  • 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…

  • 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…