A Series on Race, Power, and Critical Thought whose
aim is to highlight the research of American Studies &
Ethnicity (ASE) core and affiliated faculty and graduate
students, and to build community through sustained
conversations and workshops.
ASE
COMMONS
COORDINATED BY MACARENA GÓMEZ-BARRIS, JUJUANA PRESTON,
TREVA ELLISON, AND MARIA-ELENA MARTINEZ
FALL SCHEDULE 2013
SUN, OCT 20
9–11 am • Meet in front
of Union Station
A People’s Guide Bike Ride Through Downtown LA
G U I D E D B Y : LAURA PULIDO (USC)
Bring a bike, water, and money for snacks at Olvera Street
Sponsored by ASE Space and Race Research Cluster
THURS, OCT 24
2–3:30 pm • KAP 445
THURS, OCT 31
4–5:30 pm • KAP 445
Mark My Words — BOOK EVENT
S P E A K E R : MISHUANA GOEMAN (UCLA)
Sponsored by ASE Indigenous and Decolonial Research Cluster
The Question of Violence: Empire, Liberal Justice,
and Queer of Color Critique — A GRADUATE SEMINAR
S P E A K E R : CHANDAN REDDY (UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON)
Sponsored by ASE Queering Race Research Cluster
FRI, NOV 1
11–12:30 pm • Leavey
Library Auditorium
THURS, NOV 7
2–3:30 pm • KAP 445
Ruses of Freedom, Violence of Empire
S P E A K E R : LISA LOWE (TUFTS UNIVERSITY)
Co-sponsored with USC Comparative Literature and the Department of English
Indigenous Grassroots Radio in the Bío-Bío
S P E A K E R : LUIS E. CÁRCAMO-HUECHANTE (UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN)
M O D E R AT O R : SHANA REDMOND
Sponsored by ASE Indigenous and Decolonial Research Cluster
THURS, NOV 7
4–5:30 pm • SOS 250
Narratives of Memory in Chile: Forty Years Later
S P E A K E R : FLORENCIA MALLON (UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON)
M O D E R AT O R : MARJORIE BECKER
Co-sponsored by USC History Department
THURS, DEC 5
3:30–4:30 pm • KAP 445
Imaging Careceral Subjects: Prison Portraiture
and the Penal Scene
S P E A K E R : NICOLE FLEETWOOD (RUTGERS UNIVERSITY)
Co-sponsored by USC Women’s Student Assembly (WSA) with USC Gender Studies Department