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National Undergraduate Conference on Ethnicity and Race

Thursday March 30th - Saturday April 1st 2006
Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts
Co-Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University and Eugene Lang College

Thursday March 30th, Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts
Swayduck Auditorium, 65 5th Avenue 7pm - 9pm

OPENING REMARKS
Leila Ali, NUCER co-Organizer, Eugene Lang College
Bryan Mercer, NUCER co-Organizer, Columbia University
Gary Okihiro, Director Center for Study of Ethnicity and Race, Columbia University

OPENING PLENARY
Where Are We Now and How Did We Get Here: 40 Years of Ethnic Studies
Juan Flores, Professor, Black and Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, CUNY; Brian Lewis; NUCER co-Organizer, Eugene Lang College; CSER ALUMNUS, Columbia University; Noliwe Rooks, Assistant Director, Program in African American Studies, Princeton University;

OPENING RECEPTION: 5TH AVENUE CAFÉ, 65 5th Avenue


Friday March 31st, Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts, 66 W. 12th Street

10:00am- 11:30am
PANEL I RACE, SPORT AND AMERICAN SOCIETY Room A617

PANEL II: THE LASTING IMPACT OF COINTELPRO ON POLITICAL PRISONERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND SOCIETY Room A601


11:45 - 1:00pm
Roundtable I: “Understanding Difference: Teaching and Learning “the Other” in The New School Classroom” Room 601

Roundtable II: Ethnic Studies and Social Activism: Addressing Race and Ethnicity Outside the United States Room 617

1:00PM - 2PM
LUNCH

1:00PM - 2PM
INSTITUTE FOR RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS INFORMATION SESSION: ROOM A 601

2:00PM - 3:30PM
PANEL III THE PREDICAMENTS OF CULTURES Room A 617

PANEL IV A QUESTION OF POWER: RACE, ETHNICITY AND EDUCATION Room A601

ROUNDTABLE III: Applying the Degree: Planning for Life After College 3:45PM - 5:00PM A 601

5:00PM - 7:00PM
PLENARY I Room A 509
Framing and Re-Framing the Dialectic: Ethnicity, Ethnic Studies and The University


Saturday, April 1st, Columbia University, Hamilton Hall, 116th and Amsterdam

10:00AM - 11:30 AM
PANEL V: (re)-THINKING THE INTERSECTION(S) OF RACE, GENDER AND SEXUALITY Room 603

PANEL VI RACE AND THE POLITICS OF PEDAGOGY AND RESOLUTION Room 602

11:45AM - 1:00PM
ROUNDTABLE IV Room 602
Ethnic Studies and Social Activism: Youth Activism, Changing Campuses, Cities and Communities

Lunch 1:00pm - 1:30pm

1:45PM - 3: 45PM Room 602
PLENARY II

Where Do We Go From Here: Moving Forward in Ethnic Studies

4:00 - 5:00PM Room 602
CLOSING


TO REGISTER AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:
PLEASE CONTACT ETHNICITYRACE@GMAIL.COM

This Conference would not have been possible without the support of the following:
Columbia University: Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race; SPEAK Eugene Lang College: ELC Dean’s Office; Diversity Committee; Faculty, Staff and Students, Project Pericles at Lang, Institute for Urban Education and the New School Office of Communications.