2009-2010

September 29 -- Guest speaker Tim Wise, activist and author of White Like Me and his latest book, Between Barack and a Hard Place, is one of the most respected antiracist writers and educators in the United States. The subject of his lecture will be institutional racism and white privilege and will be held at 6:00 PM in the CUB auditorium (flier in pdf format). This presentation is co-sponsored by CES, Amercan Studies, and the Student Entertainment Board. For more information, visit the website: http://www.timwise.org

August 28 -- Lisa Guerrero, "Commodify Me: Or, How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love to Shop," 10:00 AM in CUE 518 (flier in pdf.format)

August 28 -- Mary Bloodsworth-Lugo, "From Tinkie Winkie to Michelle Obama: Bodies/Figures, Identities," 12:00 noon in CUE 518 (flier in pdf format)

Past Speakers

2008-2009 Guest Speaker

April 24 -- Dave Zirin, "What's My Name, Fool?" 4:00 PM in CUE 216 (flier in .pdf format). He is the keynote speaker concluding the CES Undergraduate Student Symposium to be held earlier in the day. (CES Undergraduate Student Symposium Presentation Schedule)

2006-2007 Guest Speaker

March 20 -- Robin D.G. Kelley, "Jazz & Freedom Go Hand in Hand: Thelonius Monk plays the 60s," 5:30 P.M., CUE 202 (flier in .pdf format)

Comparative Ethnic Studies Colloquium

January 19 -- Lisa Guerrero, "Race-ing and Erasing: The Commodification and Containment of Race in the American Public Imagery," 12:00 Noon in CUE 518 (flier in .pdf format)

2005-2006 Speakers Series:

February 6 – Dwight A. McBride, Leon Forrest Professor African American Studies & Professor of English and Communication Studies, Northwestern University and author of Why I Hate Abercrombie and Fitch: Essays on Race and Sexuality in America. His topic is "Race, Faith, and Sexuality" and he will present at 5:30 PM in CUE 202. (flier in .pdf format)

March 2 - Laura Tohe, "Writing from the Rim and Deep in the Rock." 5:30 PM, CUE 203

Wednesday, January 18 – Jeff Chang, Hip Hop journalist, a founding editor of Colorlines, co-founder of the SoleSides label, now Quannum Projects, and author of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip Hop Generation. CUE 203, 5:30 PM. (flier in .pdf format)

Tuesday, November 1 – Tram Nguyen, executive editor of Colorlines and author of We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant America After 9/11, 5:30 PM in CUE 202 (flier in .pdf format)

Speakers of Interest

February 9, 5:00 PM, Thompson Hall 201 – David Foster – "Exiting the Barrio", sponsored by the Comparative Ethnic Studies, English, and Foreign Languages departments

February 10, 7:00 PM, Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum, – Cornel West - "Democracy Matters". (press release)

March 4 – Devon Peña – “Indigenous Diasporas and the Future of Eco-Justice in North America” – keynote speaker for the Latino Northwest Conference

October 28 – Gabriella Gutierrez y Muhs – Spirituality in Chicana Literature. (flier in .pdf format)

Comparative Ethnic Studies Colloquia Series

September 9 - Jose Alamillo, "Trabajando y Festejando: The Politics of Work, Culture and Leisure in Mexican America", 12:00 noon in 518 CUE

September 9 - Yolanda Flores Niemann, "Socio-Ecological, Contextual Influences on the Noise in the Machine: A Critical Psychology Approach to Understanding the Generation, Maintenance, and Effects of Stereotypes", 9:00 AM in CUE 518

October 14 - John Streamas and Sky Wilson, "Don't Call the Exterminator: Genocide and the History of the Future of Racism,"12:00 noon in Todd 411

November 18 - Richard King, "Ceremonial Openings: Indigeneity, Eurocentrism, and the Olympics", 12:00 noon in CUE 512

January 13, 2006 - Carmen Lugo-Lugo, "No Jedis, Just Empire: The Thread Connecting Puerto Ricans, "The War on Terror" and Popular Culture", 12:00 noon in CUE 512. (flier in .pdf format)