When   Friday, November 13, 2009   Time   2:00 PM - 7:30 PM  
Where   Norris University Ce Big Ten Room 1999 Campus Drive   map it
Audience   - Faculty/Staff - Student - Public
Contact   Gregory Jue   847-467-7114  
Group   Asian American Studies Program

Northwestern University’s Asian American Studies Program
"Celebrating Ten Years"

Please join us a half-day conference involving academics, students and activists that engages the current and past struggles for Ethnic Studies Programs here at Northwestern

Program Highlights:

Panel/2-3:30 - Norris Center, Big Ten Room
"Student Activism and Institutionalizing Ethnic Studies":

Ana Aparicio (Moderator)
Dulce Acosta-Licea
Megan Bang
Kent Ono
Aldon Morris

Keynote Speaker/3:30-5pm - Norris Center, Big Ten Room
Yen Le Espiritu,
Chair, Ethnic Studies, University of California at San Diego

Panel/5-6:30 - Norris Center, Big Ten Room
"Thinking Race in the 21st Century: Ethnic Studies Methodologies and Scholarship":

Ramón Rivera-Servera (Moderator)
Keith Camacho
Scott Kurashige
Lisa Calvente

Reception/6:30-7 pm - Norris Center, Lake Room
Buffet Reception

Invited guests and speakers:
Yen Espiritu, Chair, Ethnic Studies, UCSD
Keith Camacho, Asian American Studies, UCLA
Kent Ono, Asian American Studies and Media and Cinema Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Ramon Rivera-Servera, Performance Studies, Northwestern University
Aldon Morris, Sociology and African American Studies, Northwestern University
Lisa Calvente, Postdoctoral Fellow, African American Studies, Northwestern University
Scott Kurashige, History and American Culture, University of Michigan
Megan Bang, Institute for Native American Development
Dulce Acosta-Licea, Islamic Studies Program Committee Chair, Northwestern University