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Guest Speaker Events

CDSC 4th Annual Social Justice Student Research Conference

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 9:30am to 5:30pm

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Panel I: Tracing Trajectories of Gender, Race, and Sexuality - 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. PST
Panel II: Carcerality and Justice  - 11 :00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. 
Keynote Speaker #1: Ciara Lacy - 12:30 p.m. - 1 :45 p.m.
Panel Ill: Representation - 2:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Keynote Speaker #2: Thi Bui - 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.  Read more

The Eighth Annual Maurice Amado Foundation Lecture in Jewish Ethics “Reading Noah's Ark in the Age of Climate Change: Jewish Stories on Gender, Disability, and the Politics of Survival” JULIA WATTS BELSER, PH.D.

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 9:30am

The Eighth Annual Maurice Amado Foundation Lecture in Jewish Ethics

In stories about Noah, his ark, the individuals who survive the flood, and those left behind, Jewish tradition reckons with questions of human hubris and survival. We will use these ancient Jewish texts along with testimony from contemporary disability communities to grapple with climate change and the question of whose lives we deem worth saving. Read more

Movement as Survival

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 - 9:30am to 10:45am

Headshots of Valeria Grinberg Pla and Marton Robinson

The Department of Central American and Transborder Studies presents:  Movement as Survival - Afro-Caribbean Migrant Identities, with Valeria Grinberg Pla and Marton Robinson Read more

A Conversation with Katherine Silver

Thursday, November 12, 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:15pm

Katherine Silver

Katherine Silver will discuss her work as a translator of Latin American literature, interpreter, and author. Silver’s celebrated translations of Latin American authors have won multiple awards. Her most recent and forthcoming publications include works by María Sonia Cristoff, Daniel Sada, Read more

Francisco Aragon - After Ruben

Thursday, November 5, 2020 - 11:00am to 12:15pm

Francisco Aragon

Francisco Aragon is a Nicaraguan-American poet. His newest poetry collection is titled After Ruben. He will read from his collection and then have a Q&A. Read more

Francisco Aragón

Thursday, November 5, 2020 - 11:00am to 12:15pm

Francisco Aragon standing in front of houses and a green hill

Central American Lecture Series Presents:  Francisco Aragón.  Book Reading and Q&AFran Read more

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