Dr. Pérez will be discussing his recent book, The Souls of White Jokes: How Racist Humor Fuels White Supremacy (Stanford UP, 2022). Dr. Pérez' research tracks the use of humor from blackface minstrelsy to contemporary contexts, including police culture, politics, and far-right extremists. Rather than being harmless fun, a thing of the past, or “just […]

On behalf of the Department of Africana Studies, please find below an announcement and invitation to our Annual Africana Studies Day Forum titled this year: "Black Studies, Truth Speaking and the Ethical Urgency of Resistance: Radically Imagining and Achieving a Just and Good World" Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 11:00am (virtual). We apologize for the lateness of the announcement, but we could only confirm this weekend […]

You are invited to Mujeres de Maiz en Movimiento: A Feminist Festival of Artivism and Academia Celebrating the Mujeres de Maiz Book Release on Tuesday, 4/23/24 from 3:30-6:30 PM at Cal State Long Beach - Anatol Center (AS 119). The event will feature various artists, academics, and activists from the women's art and wellness organization […]

Human Development Seminar Series “The Opportunity Trap: High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failure of the Dependent Visa Program” The Opportunity Trap is the first book to look at the impact of the H-4 dependent visa programs on women and men visa holders in Indian families in America. Drawing on interviews with 55 Indian couples, […]

The South Asian Studies Minor and the Departments of History, Sociology, and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies invite you and your students to a talk by Dr. Hafsa Kanjwal who will present on her recently published book.   Colonizing Kashmir State-building under Indian Occupation   The Indian government, touted as the world's largest democracy, often repeats […]

“CSULB Geography Gets Droned Up: Recent Advances in Landscape Modeling using 3D Point Clouds” by Scott Winslow (Faculty, Geography) All are welcome, but due to limited space, please RSVP to hyowon.ban@csulb.edu. Thank you.

Economics Department Seminar Series, which continues with its final talk of the semester with our own Dr. Andre Harrison presenting on "Racial Unemployment and the Macroeconomy: The Role of Monetary Policy"  The talk will assess the heterogenous effects of recessionary episodes on unemployment rates by race. In particular, I will show that the unemployment rates […]

On Monday, April 29th, 2024, the American Indian Studies Program, the Asian American Studies Department, and the Chicano & Latino Studies Department will be hosting a SIG event: "Ethnic Studies Futurism Panel: Envisioning the Future Through Ethnic Studies." We hope to see you there! Event info: From 12:00 pm -2:00 pm on 4/29/24, taking place […]

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You are invited to an upcoming sponsored event Queer Lineage: On Generational Sexualities, LGBTQ Identity and Visibility taking place next week on Tuesday, April 30th (5-6:15pm) in Horn Center 106. We are very excited to host visiting scholar Róisín Ryan-Flood (University of Essex, UK), professor of sociology and co-editor of the recently published volume Queering […]