Racial Formations in the 21st Century: A Roundtable Discussion with Dr. Michael Omi at UT Austin

By Matt, submitted on Thu, 01/24/2013 - 5:34pm

Start: Jan 28 2013 2:00 pm

End: Jan 28 2013 2:00 pm

Racial Formations in the 21st Century: A Roundtable Discussion with Dr. Michael Omi
[and Shannon Speed (NAIS/WGS), Hector Dominguez-Ruvalcaba (WGS), Nhi Lieu (CAAS/WGS), Christen Smith (Warfield Center), John McKiernan-Gonzales (CMAS)]

Date: Mon, January 28, 2013
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: 3rd floor conference room in Gebauer (GEB), UT Austin Campus

Michael Omi is an Associate professor of Ethnic Studies and Associate Director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Equitable Society at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the Associate Director of the University of California Center for New Racial Studies, a multi-campus research program. He is the co-author of Racial Formation in the United States.

Download Dr. Omi's article that will help frame the roundtable discussion here:

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/aas/_files/pdf/RFinthe21stCentury.pdf

Hosted by the Center for Asian American Studies with generous support from the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, Humanities Institute, Multicultural Engagement Center, Native American and Indigenous Studies Program, Social Justice Institute, John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies and the Center for Women's and Gender Studies.

Website: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/aas/events/25282