{"id":27305,"date":"2013-01-15T15:47:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T15:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=27305"},"modified":"2013-01-24T02:07:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T02:07:32","slug":"the-evolution-of-mixed-race-historiography-and-theory-inaugural-sawyer-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=27305","title":{"rendered":"The Evolution of Mixed-Race Historiography and Theory: Inaugural Sawyer Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Evolution of Mixed-Race Historiography and Theory: Inaugural Sawyer Seminar<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

University of Southern California, Univeristy Park Campus
\nDoheny Memorial Library (DML)
\nEast Asian Seminar Room (110C)
\nFriday, 2013-01-18, 14:00-17:00 PST (Local Time)<\/p>\n

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 at the University of Southern California.<\/em><\/p>\n

How has the study of mixed race been historicized and theorized in Western academia? Has our understanding of mixed race changed in the 21st century, or is our public discourse still bound by past ideology, experience, and debate? Does theorizing mixed race bind or liberate us from the ideological pitfalls of racialist thinking?<\/p>\n

Conference Convenors:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duncan Williams<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor of Religion
\nUniversity of Southern California<\/em><\/p>\n

Brian C. Bernards<\/a><\/strong>, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
\nUniversity of Southern California<\/em><\/p>\n

Velina Hasu Houston<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Dean for Faculty Recognition and Development, Director of Dramatic Writing and Professor
\nUniversity of Southern California<\/em><\/p>\n

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ariela Gross<\/a><\/strong>, John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History
\nUniversity of Southern California<\/em><\/p>\n

Paul Spickard<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of History
\nUniversity of California, Santa Barbara<\/em><\/p>\n

Falguni Sheth<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Theory
\nHampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts<\/em><\/p>\n

For more information, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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