Fall Graduate Open House
Thursday, October 11th
5:00PM-7:00PM
LPC Student Center
2250 N. Sheffield Ave.
Life or Death, Freedom or Prison: Domestic Violence Truths & Consequences
Visual Asian American Art Museum Launch Party & Panel
October 3, 2018
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
DePaul Art Museum
935 West Fullerton Avenue
Immigration, Family, & Sexuality
Wednesday, September 19th
5:00PM-8:00PM
Cortelyou Commons
2324 N. Fremont St.
SPRING 2018 FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
RSVP to Spring 2018 Graduation
SPRING GRADUATE OPEN HOUSE
Thursday, May 10, 2018
05:00 PM-07:00 PM
DePaul University - Lincoln Park Student Center
2250 N Sheffield Ave
Chicago, IL 60614
You’re invited to learn how DePaul University can help you achieve your personal and professional aspirations. Join us at our Graduate Open House and meet with faculty and staff from 10 of our graduate colleges and schools. You will receive an application fee waiver by attending.
TEDx DePaul University: REIMAGINE
Tuesday May 1, 2018
1:00-5:00 PM
2250 N. Sheffield Ave
120A/B
Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference: Crossing Boundaries
Critical Ethnic Studies MA student, Muriel Dorsey-Johnson will be presenting “When Time Runs Out: Love, Freedom, & Futures in Death” 7:15-8:15pm in room 316.
Interfaith Dialogue and Relations Between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam: A Case Study of Post-Communist Albania
Thursday, April 12, 2018
McGowan South 108
1110 West Belden
ENDING DISPLACEMENT IN CHICAGO
Tuesday, March 6th at 6-8pm
Arts & Letters Room 103
2315 N. Kenmore
Chicago, IL 60614
Maya Chinchilla
Critical Ethnic Studies Graduation Celebration
Imprints of Revolution: Book Reading and Celebration with Professor Lisa B. Y. Calvente
On Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017 we hosted a book reading and celebration! Professor Lisa B. Y. Calvente's brand new book has been released! Imprints of Revolution: Visual Representations of Resistance, for which Professor Calvente served as co-editor, was published in May 2016. Imprints of Revolution "explores the visual ways in which the concept of revolution is appropriated through public images across the globe using a diverse range of case studies."
Mele Murals Film Screening and Q&A with Director Tadashi Nakamura
On Wednesday, April 5th, 2017, we hosted Tadashi Nakamura, the director of Mele Murals. We conducted a film screening and talk back with Tadashi Nakamura. Mele Murals is a documentary on the transformative power of modern graffiti and ancient Hawaiian culture for a new generation of Native Hawaiians.
Sanctuaries in Practice
In the wake of the election and a rising tide of exclusionary and white supremacist politics, we take seriously very real threats to the undocumented, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and more broadly all women and people of color. On January 25th, 2017 the Critical Ethnic Studies hosted a panel of leaders and activists who represent and organize for those targeted for their race, sex, religion, sexuality, gender identity, ability, and documentation status.
Featured Panelists:
Rachel Caidor, Love & Protect, formerly The Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander
Emmanuel Garcia, Journalist and LGBTQ leader, Vives Q
Sufyan Sohel, Esq., Deputy Director and Counsel, Council on American Islamic Relations Chicago
Tania Unzueta, Policy Director for Mijente and organizer with Organized Communities Against Deportations
Dr. Roderick Ferguson, UIC
Dr. Roderick Ferguson Speaking at DePaul, October 26, 2016
The Landscape and the Room: A Journey into the Bookshop of the Black Queer Diaspora
On October 26th, 2016, Dr. Roderick Ferguson, Professor of African American Studies and Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago, delivered a lecture to the Critical Ethnic Studies Program. Watch a video of Dr. Ferguson's lecture.
East LA Interchange Film Screening and Director Talk
On January 14th, 2016 Critical Ethnic Studies hosted director Betsy Kalin and screened her new film East LA Interchange. Documenting the impact of the interchange construction on the Boyle Heights neighborhood, a community of immigrants, the film explores the shifting face of the community in light of the construction.