Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity

Upcoming Events

Monday, April 8: Lecture by Edna Nahshon (Jewish Theological Seminary)," The Diary of Anne Frank from Page to Stage"

The story of Anne Frank is familiar to many and here there is an opportunity to have a new insight into this very personal story of the life of a girl under the Nazi regime that may shed new light on it and on the life of others under similar circumstances.

7:30-9:30pm, Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest 103--The Orchard

Co-sponsored with the Hebrew Department

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CCSRE Spotlight on Scholars Initiative

Tuesday, April 9^th Brown bag lunch and discussion with Aya Gallego (’13): "Race in Brazil"

All are welcome to this brown bag lunch in which Aya Gallego, a senior IS/Latin American Studies major, presents her research on race in Brazil. Aya will explore the ways in which Brazilian national identity, and more specifically the myth of Brazil as a racial democracy, has been constructed so as to exclude racism from the discourse, despite the fact that it is visible in all spheres of society. Aya became interested in race and social inequity last year in Brazil while studying abroad. We hope you can join us for this important conversation.

12:15 – 1:30pm, Carr Hall Lounge
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Thursday-Friday, April 11-12: Gensler Symposium

Thursday, April 11: Gensler Symposium Alumni talk: Talk by Morgane Richardson ’08 and Ofelia Barrios ’93 speaking to the lived experiences of women of color.

For more details please visit http://sites.middlebury.edu/gensler2013/

6-9pm, Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest 103--The Orchard.

Co-sponsored with Chellis House and WAGS

For academic year 2012-13

Programming focuses on Race, Ethnicity and Migration(s).

Mission

The Center is committed to interdisciplinary and comparative approaches for understanding formations of race and ethnicity and their effects on human relations. It encourages scholarship that considers race and ethnicity as intersecting with class, gender, sexuality, religion, age, dis/ability, language, communication, migration and the environment. Work supported by the Center situates these discussions in local, regional, global, and transnational contexts.

The CCSRE draws on Middlebury College's expertise in international studies, environmental studies, and language and communication to support critical inquiry on race, ethnicity and diversity.

This symposium builds on the Center's theme for 2012-2013: migrations, race, and ethnicity. Click on the video to hear the keynote address by novelist Dinaw Mengestu.