SPRING 2023 RACE, CITIZENSHIP, AND EQUALITY COLLOQUIUM SERIES

COLLOQUIUM DESCRIPTION:

The concept of citizenship connects immigration with studies of race, international human rights, gender, criminality and many others. It has been receiving growing attention in many scholarly disciplines. Case studies focus on immigrants as well as the sometimes overlapping, sometimes distinct experiences of other “second class citizens” and vulnerable groups, including racial minorities, religious minorities, women, poor people, and persons with disabilities This colloquium consisted of student discussions and guest speaker presentations of recent scholarly or policy research

January 19

Anna Law, CUNY on Race, Reconstruction, and Black Citizenship UC Law Faculty discussant Richard Boswell & UC Davis Law Jack Chin

February 16

E. Tendayi Achiume, UCLA on Race, Migration, and Colonialism UC Law Faculty Discussant

Chimène Keitner

March 23

Sam Erman, University of Michigan on white nationalism, Wong Kim Ark and birthright citizenship. UC Law Faculty Discussant Reuel Schiller

COLLOQUIUM INFO

February 2

David Fitzgerald, UC San Diego on Racial Disparities in Refugee Resettlement.

CGRS-UC Law Faculty

Discussant Karen Musalo

March 2

Erwin Chemerinsky, UC Berkeley Law on Affirmative Action and the Erosion of Race-Based Remedies UC Law Faculty

Discussant Ming Hsu Chen

April 6

Sameer Ashar, UC Irvine on Racial Capitalism and immigrant workers UC Law Faculty Discussant

Veena Dubal

Hosted 6 national scholars for pubilc lectures. Average attendance 40-60 people in-person and online.

22 UC Law students in RICE seminar Videos of lectures online

CO-SPONSORED EVENTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

Fireside Chat on Affirmative Action in law schools

Conversation with Erwin Chemerinsky and Center for Race and Economic Justice CoDirector Shauna Marshall

Attended by 25 UC Law administrators, faculty, students

Wong Kim Ark Community Day

Partnered with CHSA and CCBA community groups, legal historians, and public officials

UC Law students and Asian Pacific American Law Student Association volunteered for event with 200+ UC Law and Chinatown attendees

"It was so refreshing to step outside law school and into a community space, honoring the legacy of Wong Kim Ark "

- Miquela Kallenberger, 2L

Students for Immigrants Rights and Hastings International Human Rights Organization at UC Law SF co-sponsored RICE Colloquium