Center Events
The CDMS iTunes U webpage is new online space that provides the Illinois community access to the Center’s sponsored programs. The Race, Diversity & Campus Climate Conference was the first event that the Center has uploaded to iTunes U and is available to the campus. The Center’s goal is to create an online learning environment centered on the issues of race, diversity, and Illinois campus climate. Currently, CDMS is the only space on the Illinois iTunes U page that addresses the issue of diversity at the institution.
Challenging the Black/ White Paradigm From the "Racial Middle": Latina/o and Asian American Students at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 1968-1975
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
3:00 p.m. Asian American Cultural Center lounge
1210 W. Nevada Street, Urbana
Sharon S. Lee, Doctoral Candidate in Educational Policy Studies and Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society Graduate Fellow
In the 1960s and 1970s, many college campuses initiated programs to recruit, retain, and support minority students; however, these programs often centered African American students. Latina/o and Asian American students challenged these programs that marginalized and ignored their experiences, giving voice to minority students' needs that did not fit within a Black/ White racial lens. This presentation will document the historical development of minority student programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1968-1975 and center the activism of Latina/o and Asian American students on campus, examining the issues that mattered most to them.
Immigration and Multi-lingual America
Monday, March 16, 2009
12 noon
Center for Advanced Study
912 W. Illinois St, Urbana
Lecture Gillian A Stevens
Over the last century, the numbers of immigrants entering the country and the languages they speak have changed dramatically. I first show how these demographic shifts in the language characteristics of immigrants coincide with changes in Americans' attitudes and expectations about the use of non-English languages and the learning of English among immigrants. I then provide evidence to show that the ability to learn English as a second language lessens with age, and that this age-specific decay in second language learning and the demographic shifts in the language characteristics of immigrants and their children over the last century, have conspired to feed the impression that contemporary immigrants are not learning English as quickly as immigrants entering the country a century ago.
Bring your lunch: beverages provided.
The Cultural Politics of Identity and the Cuban Revolution
Thursday, November 13, 2008
10:00am Radio Talk Show Appearance, WILL, AM-580
4:00pm Spurlock Museum-Knight Auditorium
Lecture by Luis Perez
Luis Perez begins with an overview of the interaction, or “special relations,” between Cubans and North Americans spanning the late nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century. He looks at this relationship from both the perspective of how North Americans came to know Cubans, and vice versa, how Cubans have come to know and represent North Americans. His emphasis is on popular culture and consumption, advancing the argument that these were conditions central to the climate that greeted the triumph of the revolution in 1959.
Luis Perez Events
Friday, November 14, 2008
12:00pm
Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities "Imagining Cuba's Futures: A Roundtable"
(with Dara Goldman and Marc Perry)
IPRH Building, 805 West Pennsylvania Avenue, Urbana
3:00am
"Imagining Cuba: Metaphor and Narratives of Power"
319 Gregory Hall
(Derived from a book scheduled for publication this coming summer, Cuba in the American Imagination: Metaphor and the Imperial Ethos)
4:30am
Reception at History Department, 309 Gregory Hall
Restorative Justice:
What is it, why it works and what it can do for us
Thursday, November 6, 2008 - 4:00pm
Spurlock Museum-Knight Auditorium
Lecture by Howard Zehr
Howard Zehr joined the graduate Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) at Eastern Mennonite University in 1996 as Professor of Restorative Justice. Prior to he served for 19 years as director of the Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Office on Crime and Justice. From 2002-2007 he served as Co-Director of CJP. In May, 2008, Dr. Zehr was appointed to the Victims Advisory Group of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Dr. Zehr's book, Changing Lenses: A New Focus for Crime and Justice, has been a foundational work in the growing "restorative justice" movement; in their recent book, Restoring Justice, Dan Van Ness and Karen Heederks Strong cite him as the “grandfather of restorative justice.” He lectures and consults internationally on restorative justice and victim offender conferencing, which he helped pioneer. Other publications include Crime and the Development of Modern Society (1976), Doing Life: Reflections of Men and Women Serving Life Sentences (1996), Transcending: Reflections of Crime Victims(2001), The Little Book of Restorative Justice (2002), Critical Issues in Restorative Justice (2004; co-edited with Barb Toews), The Little Book of Family Group Conferencing, New Zealand Style (2004; co-authored with Allan MacRae) and The Little Book of Contemplative Photography. He has also worked professionally as a photographer and photojournalist, both in the North America and internationally.
In the Trails of the Historic Diaspora: Africa's New Global Migrations and Diasporas
Monday, November 3, 2008 - 4:00 pm
Kinights Auditorium, Spurlock Musem
Lecture by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
Professor Zeleza's presentation will explore the scale of Africans' contemporary global migrations and how they compare to those from other world regions? What are the forces behind the African migrations and their impact and implications for the region? This presentation interrogates conventional understandings of the intersections between globalization, migration, diasporization, and development for Africa and for the global South more gener
Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism in Latin America
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 7:30 pm
Auditorium, Smith Memorial Hall Auditorium
Lecture by Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein will outline a provocative interpretation of how the neoliberal project in Latin America was imposed, starting with the Pinochet regime in Chile, conceived as the first laboratory of the ideas of Milton Friedman and his "Chicago Boys." She then discusses Argentina and the impact of the Falklands War on economic policies, as well as Bolivia's meltdown in the 1980s. Klein's argument will show how military coups and neoliberal ideologues in these countries guided the path for the imposition of a new economic model.
The Global Economic Crisis: Gender Implications
Friday, October 26, 2008 - 1:30 - 3:00 pm
Auditorium, Smith Memorial Hall Auditorium
Introduction
Mary Arends-Kuenning, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and Women and Gender in Global Perspectives
Noreen Sugrue,Women and Gender in Global Perspectives
Global Credit Markets
Anne Villamil, Department of Economics
Education and Food Security
Mary Arends-Kuenning, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and Women and Gender in Global Perspectives
Income and Jobs
Gale Summerfield, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives and Department of Human and Community Development
Remittances
Jorge Chapa, Center for Democracy in a Multiracial Society and Department of Sociology
Noreen Sugrue, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives
With the world in the midst of a global economic crisis, the forum will examine the situation and explore the differential impacts on women and men. The forum explores the global credit market and how this crisis affects jobs, income, health, education, and remittances -- issues that are central to families. The speakers will talk about the impact the credit crisis is having on each of these areas and how this affects women and families.
Voter Registration Initiative
Monday, October 6, 2008
Asian American Cultural Center
CDMS has supported non-partisan voter registration efforts on the University of Illinois campus. We are pleased to have partnered with I-Vote, the Illinois Student Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, and other campus units. I-Vote has produced the 2008 Illinois General Election Candidate Guide located at
2008 Illinois General Election Candidate Guide
Enchiladas, Dim Sum, and Apple Pie:
Immigration and Food
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 4:00pm
3rd Floor-Levis Faculty Center
Short remarks by:
Chancellor Richard Herman
Jorge Chapa, Sociology
Amy Gajda, Journalism
Martin Manalansan, Anthropology
Chancellor Herman will address the significance of immigration for our university and for us as individuals. Several scholars will briefly and informally discuss the relationship between Asian, Latina/o, and other migrations and the notion of “ethnic” and “American” food. This is a Center for Advanced Study Immigration: History and Policy event.
*Light refreshments will be served.
Enchiladas, Dim Sum, and Apple Pie: Immigration and Food
As a demonstration of the commitment of Illinois to inclusivity, the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations, a Division of Student Affairs, is pleased to announce the inaugural celebration of “I-Unite: Explore, Engage, Embrace”. The campus-wide event is an exciting opportunity for the campus to learn about and celebrate the unique cultures and contributions of faculty, staff, and students at the University of Illinois. The events are intended to engage students, faculty, staff, and community members in critical dialogue as well as create safe spaces for all groups and individuals to enhance their understanding about the complexity of intersecting identities. I-Unite encourages all members of the University community to embrace the value of differences in individuals, communities, and cultures, while exploring diversity and inclusion through local and global lenses.
Website: http://studentaffairs.illinois.edu/diversity/iunite.html
Jimmie Briggs
Unit One Guest-in-Residence
September 14-18, 2008
Allen Hall
Investigative journalist Jimmie Briggs will be a Guest-in-Residence at Unit One/Allen Hall September 14-18, 2008. He will be speaking each night of his residency. All events are open to the public and take place in the South Rec Room of Allen Hall, 1005 West Gregory Drive, Urbana. Free parking is available in the garage across the street.
Jimmie Briggs Unit One Guest-in-Residence