Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University of Chicago

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    • Reproduction of Race and Racial Ideologies Working Group
      • Race Workshop Archive
        • Autumn 2018 "Race and Citizenship"
        • Spring 2018 "Race and Trauma"
        • Winter 2018 | Reproduction of Race and Racial Ideologies Workshop
        • Autumn 2017 "From Combahee to #BlackLivesMatter: Exploring a History of Black Politics and Culture"
        • Spring 2017 "Black Feminism and the International"
        • Winter 2017 "Race, Capitalism, and Ecology"
        • Autumn 2016 “Race and Capitalism”
        • Spring 2016
        • Winter 2016 "The State of Latino Studies"
        • Autumn 2015 "Race and Capitalism"
        • Spring 2015 "Black Death and Violence"
        • Winter 2015
        • Autumn 2014 "Race and Capitalism"
        • Winter 2019
        • Winter 2019 "Race and Citizenship"
        • Autumn 2019: The Reproductions of Race and Racial Ideologies Workshop
        • Winter 2020 The Reproductions of Race and Racial Ideologies Workshop
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• Reimagining the University: Race and Freedoms Conference

Spring 2015 “Black Death and Violence”

Curated by Cathy Cohen, David and Mary Winton Green Professor in Political Science and the College; Chair, Department of Political Science 

Monday, April 6, 2015

"AFRO-PARADISE: BLACKNESS, VIOLENCE AND PERFORMANCE IN BRAZIL"

Christen Smith, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas, Austin

 

Thursday, April 23, 2015

"LIVING FOR THE CITY: RACE AND ANTI-STAE VIOLENCE FROM THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY THROUGH FERGUSON"

Donna Murch, Associate Professor, Department of History, Rutgers University

 

Thursday, May 7, 2015

"GENOCIDAL DEMOCRACY: a DECOLONIAL CRITIQUE OF URBAN GUN VIOLENCE"

John D. Márquez, Assistant Professor, Department of African-American and Latina/o Studies, Northwestern University

 

Thursday, May 21, 2015

"MAKING FRIENDS IN VIOLENT NEIGHBORHOODS: STRATEGIES AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN SCHOOLCHILDREN"

Anjanette Marie Chan Tack, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

 

Thursday, June 4, 2015

"BLACK DEATH AND LIFE ON FILM: FROM EMMETT TILL TO MIKE BROWN"

Orlando Bagwell, Professor, University of California, Berkeley