Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity -CCSRE
Speakers 2011-2012
September 29
Prof. Michael Gomez, NYU History Dept. Lawrence Lecture
“Rightly Dividing the America-Africa Nexus: Challenges Facing a Challenged
Scholarship” Shain Library, Chu Room, 4:15 pm
October 5
Prof. Jennifer Morgan, Prof. of Social and Cultural Analysis, History; Director of
Graduate Studies, NYU. Faculty Workshop, Research on history of slavery, racial
ideology, and feminist theory. Haines Room, Shain Library, 6:00 pm
October 12
Gender and Women's Studies Centennial Speaker on Gender
“Women’s Education as a Feminist Project: Iranian Women Today.”
Speaker: Norma Moruzzi, Associate Professor in Gender and Women's Studies, History
and Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago. Ernst Common Room. 4:30-6:30
October 13
Dr. John Carlos and David Zirin
Seen around the world, John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s Black Power salute on the 1968
Olympic podium sparked controversy and career fallout. Yet their show of defiance
remains one of the most iconic images of Olympic history and the Black Power
movement. This is the remarkable story of one of the men behind the salute, lifelong
activist, John Carlos. Join John Carlos and his co-author, Nation sports editor Dave Zirin,
for a lecture to celebrate the release of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That
Changed the World. 1962 Room, West, 7:00 pm
October 14
Herman Bennett, City University of New York
“The Archive of an Unimagined Past: The ‘Black’ Presence in New Spain’s Recorded
History.” Ernst Common Room, Common Hour, 11:50 – 1:00p.m.
October 22
“Pelosi to Bachman: Women in U.S. Politics”; A conversation with Laura Flanders and
Susan Rose. The Women’s Center, 1-2:30 p.m.
November 3
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist, Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics, Smith College,
“Should Div I College Athletes Be Paid?” Shain Library, Chu Room, 6:45 p.m.
November 4
Macrina Cardenas Alarcon, La Casa del Immigrante in Tijuana
“Causes of Violence on US-Mexican Border: Neoliberal Policies, Maquiladora
Economies, and Migration.” Ernst Common Room, Common Hour 11:50 am – 1:00 pm
November 7
Prof. Farah Jasmine Griffin, Dept. of English and African-American Studies, Columbia
University, Faculty Workshop, Research on the Great Migration, the history of jazz, and
black women writers. Haines Room, Shain Library, 4:30 pm
November 9
Dr. Everina Victoria Deulofeu Zamorano
“Race, Gender, and LBGTQ in the Revolution.” Chu Room, Shain Library, 12 noon
November 30
Prof. Seth Rockman, Dept. of History, Brown University.
Faculty Workshop, Research on capitalism and slavery in the 19th century North. Haines
Room, Shain Library, 4:30 pm