{"id":38016,"date":"2014-11-15T13:32:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T13:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=38016"},"modified":"2014-11-16T23:37:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T23:37:08","slug":"global-mixed-race-conference-welcomes-scholars-filmmakers-to-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=38016","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Global Mixed Race\u2019 conference welcomes scholars, filmmakers to Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Global Mixed Race\u2019 conference welcomes scholars, filmmakers to Chicago<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

DePaul University<\/a>
\nNews Release<\/a>
\n2014-10-29<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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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<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\nRebecca King-O\u2019Riain<\/a>, senior lecturer at the National University Ireland Maynooth, will give a keynote speech at the \u201cGlobal Mixed Race\u201d conference at DePaul University. (Photo courtesy of Rebecca King-O\u2019Riain)<\/small><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>
\nZ\u00e9lie Asava<\/a> of the Dundalk Institute of Technology in Ireland will discuss mixed race representations in Irish cinema at the \u201cGlobal Mixed Race\u201d conference at DePaul University. (Photo courtesy of Z\u00e9lie Asava)<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

DePaul University to host free gathering Nov. 13-15<\/em><\/p>\n

CHICAGO \u2014 Critical mixed race studies, a growing academic field that crosses national, disciplinary and racial boundaries, will be the focus of discussion by scholars, filmmakers and performers at an international conference Nov. 13-15 in Chicago. \u201cGlobal Mixed Race<\/a>\u201d will be held at DePaul University\u2019s Lincoln Park Campus, 2250 N. Sheffield Ave. In addition to presentations of scholarly research, there will be live performances and film screenings, including the Chicago premiere of \u201cFinding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China<\/a>\u201d by director Paula Williams Madison.<\/p>\n

Nearly 200 presenters from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan and Australia will participate in 45 panels during this third biennial conference, which was founded at DePaul in 2010.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to create a dynamic space for ongoing scholarly antiracist conversations, debates, and creative processes around multiraciality that also is open and inclusive for the general public, community organizations, and those involved in the arts,\u201d said Laura Kina<\/a>, cofounder of the conference and professor of art, media and design at DePaul University. Kina is coauthor of \u201cWar Baby\/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art<\/a>\u201d and an artist whose solo exhibitions include \u201cBlue Hawai\u2019I\u201d and \u201cSugar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Camilla Fojas<\/a>, conference cofounder and professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at DePaul, will deliver the welcoming address with Kina.<\/p>\n

\u201cCritical mixed race studies<\/a> is comparative and interdisciplinary. It engages colonial and imperial histories, giving it a transnational and global focus,\u201d Fojas said. Her research focuses on transnational American media and cultural studies in a comparative imperial context. Her newest work, \u201cIslands of Empire: Pop Culture and U.S. Power<\/a>,\u201d examines how the United States has narrated its relationship with island territories, including Cuba, the Philippines and Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n

The conference will feature two keynote speakers from Ireland: Rebecca King-O\u2019Riain<\/a> and Z\u00e9lie Asava<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Read the entire press release here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Global Mixed Race\u2019 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\u2019Riain, senior lecturer at the National University Ireland Maynooth, will give a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,8,20],"tags":[847,16622,16623,1458,41,17890,5620,245],"class_list":["post-38016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-liveevents","category-media-archive","category-usa","tag-camilla-fojas","tag-cmrs","tag-cmrs2014","tag-depaul-university","tag-laura-kina","tag-paula-williams-madison","tag-rebecca-king-oriain","tag-zelie-asava"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}