Sixth Civil Discourse Social Justice Student Research Conference
Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 10:30am to 6:00pm
Opening Remarks begin at 10:30AM
Student Panel #1: 11AM-12:15PM
Student Panel #2: 2-3:15PM
Keynote Address:
“Mutual Aid for Survival and Mobilization”
with author, lawyer, and activist Dean Spade, 4PM-6PM
Dean Spade is a lawyer, author, activist, and filmmaker working at the intersection of queer and trans-liberation and economic and racial justice. Author of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next), https://www.versobooks.com/products/2722-mutual-aid, Spade will be speaking on mutual aid and solidarity across social justice movements in the time of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter.
This event is co-sponsored with Queer Studies and funded through the CSUN Diversity and Equity Innovation Grant. Read more
The Fourth Invasion: Histories and Resistance of the Maya Ixil Peoples
Monday, March 6, 2023 - 11:00am to 12:15pm
Dr. Giovanni Batz (Maya-K’iche’) is a CSUN alumnus and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chicana/o Studies at UC Santa Barbara. His research focuses on extractivist industries, social movements, and the relationship between historical Indigenous and Maya territorial dispossession and transnational migration from Central America to the US. In his book talk at CSUN, Dr. Batz will discuss the notion of the “fourth invasion” and examine the continued resistance maintained by Maya Ixil peoples against the construction of the Palo Viejo hydroelectric plant in Guatemala.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Giovanni Batz (Maya-K'iche'), The Fourth Invasion: Histories and Resistance of the Maya Ixil Peoples
Monday, March 6, 2023 - 11:00am to 12:15pm
Dr. Giovanni Batz (Maya-K’iche’) is a CSUN alumnus and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chicana/o Studies at UC Santa Barbara. Read more
Dia de los Muertos 2022
Thursday, November 3, 2022 - 4:45pm to Friday, November 4, 2022 - 11:45pm
Dia de los Muertos Celebration 2022 Read more
A Kiss Across The Ocean
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 - 3:30pm to 4:45pm
"A Kiss across the Ocean” examines an array of interactions and exchanges between British musicians catalyzed by the early
punk movement and Latinas and Latinos in the United States. Read more
Dr. Téllez
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Dr. Téllez is an Associate Professor
at the University of Arizona,
teaching in the Department of
Mexican American Studies,
who writes about transnational
community formations, Chicana
feminism, and gendered migration. Read more
Gender & Women's Studies Lecture Series
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 4:00pm
The Department of Gender & Women’s Studies is proud to announce its first GWS Lecture Series. The purpose of the Lecture Series is to share with the broader CSUN community feminist scholarship that is produced by our own faculty, faculty from other departments that are committed to feminist research and action, and our very special guest speakers. We strive to build a campus-wide conversation on issues that concern women and harmful binary systems that historically have affected not only our lives as humans but also the survival of the planet. Read more
Creative Maker Studio Launch Party
Thursday, September 8, 2022 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Celebrate and Discover the Newly Renamed CMS
The University Library invites you to the Creative Maker Studio Launch Party as we celebrate the department’s new name and brand new services. Read more
Dr. Josefina Bittar: How Guaraní-Spanish societal bilingualism challenges contact research
Thursday, April 21, 2022 - 7:00pm
Guaraní and Spanish are languages that belong to different families, with dissimilar linguistic systems. Colonization placed these two languages together in a small country in Latin America: Paraguay. Furthermore, the rather isolated character of the location, and the social dynamics among colonizers and indigenous peoples made Guaraní (and not just Spanish) the language spoken by the majority of the population. This unique scenario makes Paraguay a prime setting to study language contact phenomena. In this presentation, Dr. Bittar will discuss characteristics of Guaraní-Spanish bilingualism in Paraguay, the challenges of documenting linguistic practices in the country, and the broader impact of language contact research for bilingual communities. Read more
Guest Speaker Event: Spatial and Discursive Violence in the U.S. Southwest
Monday, March 14, 2022 - 4:00pm to 5:15pm
Guest Speakers: Drs. Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita Read more