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  • DePaul among first to offer critical ethnic studies graduate program

    DePaul University’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences is among the first in the nation to offer a Master of Arts in Critical Ethnic Studies, which supports the study of such topics by providing an advanced analysis of race and ethnicity. Founded in 2015, the program’s second cohort will graduate this June.

  • Creative Self-Studio: Social Justice Storytelling

    Creative Self-Studio: Social Justice Storytelling DePaul University Student Center (Lincoln Park) Room 120 AB 2250 N Sheffield Avenue Chicago, Illinois Tuesday, 2016-10-25 09:40-11:10 CDT (Local Time) Aisha Fukushima will discuss the role of the emcee in hip-hop culture as a story-teller and learn how hip hop story-telling can be used to critically explore questions of identity, inequality and…

  • Conference Recap

    Conference Recap DePaul Magazine December 2014 (2014-12-16) For the third biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, hosted at DePaul last month, participants could be heard speaking in British, Finnish, Japanese, Australian and Canadian accents, among others. This medley of voices perfectly encapsulated the theme of this year’s conference, Global Mixed Race. Co-organizers Camilla Fojas, Vincent…

  • ‘Did Somebody Say “Mulatto”?’ Speaking Critically on Mixed Heritage

    ‘Did Somebody Say “Mulatto”?’ Speaking Critically on Mixed Heritage The Huffington Post The Blog 2014-11-21 A. B. Wilkinson, Assistant Professor of History University of Nevada, Las Vegas Photograph: Ken Tanabe One of the main characters in the award-winning film Dear White People is a mixed “black and white” college student who works to make sense…

  • “Global Mixed Race,” the 3rd biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, was held at DePaul University in Chicago Nov 13-15, 2014.

    “Global Mixed Race,” the 3rd biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, was held at DePaul University in Chicago Nov 13-15, 2014. News from the Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference 2014-11-18 Camilla Fojas, Vincent de Paul Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies DePaul University Photograph by Ken Tanabe A big thank you to the over…

  • ‘Global Mixed Race’ conference welcomes scholars, filmmakers to Chicago

    ‘Global Mixed Race’ conference welcomes scholars, filmmakers to Chicago DePaul University News Release 2014-10-29 DePaul University faculty Laura Kina and Camilla Fojas cofounded the Critical Mixed Race Studies conference and will deliver opening remarks at this year’s event. (Photo by Jamie Moncrief Rebecca King-O’Riain, senior lecturer at the National University Ireland Maynooth, will give a…

  • Two Chowan Discovery Panels in Chicago

    Two Chowan Discovery Panels in Chicago Chowan Discovery Group Press Release 2014-10-27 Marvin T. Jones, Executive Director Thursday, 2014-11-13, 09:00 CST (Local Time) and Friday, 2014-11-14, 16:00 CST (Local Time) For the second consecutive conference, Chowan Discovery Group is hosting two panels at the Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at DePaul University in Chicago. Address…

  • Obama and the Oscars: Lights, Camera, Nationalism! A Symposium About The “Obama Effect” On Film Culture

    Obama and the Oscars: Lights, Camera, Nationalism! A Symposium About The “Obama Effect” On Film Culture DePaul University Richardson Library Rosati Room 300 2350 North Kenmore Avenue Chicago, Illinois Friday, 2014-02-28, 16:00-19:00 CST (Local Time) Moderated by: Daniel McNeil, Ida B. Wells-Barnett Professor of African and Black Diaspora Studies DePaul University Speakers: George Elliott Clarke,…

  • “Global Mixed Race,” the 3rd biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, will be held at DePaul University in Chicago November 13-15, 2014.

    “Global Mixed Race,” the 3rd biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, will be held at DePaul University in Chicago November 13-15, 2014. Critical Mixed Race Studies 2013-09-16 Conference Description: Global Mixed Race, the third biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, will be hosted at DePaul University in Chicago, November 13th-15th, 2014. It will bring together…

  • A Lot Like You

    A Lot Like You DePaul University Center for Intercultural Programs LPC-Cortelyou Commons 2324 N Fremont St. 2013-10-15, 18:00-19:00 CDT (Local Time) Join documentary filmmaker Eliaichi Kimaro for a screening and discussion of scenes from A Lot Like Me, her own original autobiographical journey of self-discovery. Her film follows her experience as a mixed-race, first-generation American…