FEATURED EVENTS
Faculty Research Fellow Chautauqua &
Inside the Center
USHA IYER
FACULTY SEMINAR SERIES PANEL
Debating Race Across Disciplines
CENTER NEWS & EVENTS
Meet the 2021 Race & Technology
Practitioner Fellows
CCSRE and The Digital Civil Society Lab (DCSL) are pleased to announce the 2021 cohort of practitioner fellows, which comprises fourteen exceptional social sector leaders working on a range of topics and tools that will help advance racial justice vis-a-vis technology.

Fellows will work on individual and collaborative projects, as well as engage the Stanford community, during their 18-month fellowship.

RACE, TECH & CIVIL SOCIETY WEBINAR
Tools for Combatting Bias
CCSRE Faculty Affiliate Shirin Sinnar on
Ongoing Threats of Homegrown Terrorists & Hate Groups

Americans have been left stunned by the breach of security by rioters at the U.S. Capitol on January 6—and concerned about ongoing threats from hate groups and the angry mob. In the Q&A that follows, edited from an episode of Stanford Legal on SiriusXM recorded on January 13, national security law expert  Shirin Sinnar joins co-hosts Pam Karlan and Joe Bankman to discuss critical legal questions about homegrown terrorism.

ARTS + JUSTICE WORKSHOP SERIES
Law and Performance:
A Dialogue between Playwrights and Scholars
January 21, 4:30-6p PST

A virtual workshop featuring Mary Kathryn Nagle, Ann Pellegrini and Eleanor Wong, and moderated by Kari Barclay.

Sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center. Co-sponsored by the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, the Stanford Arts Institute, and the Department of Theater and Performance Studies.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Influence
On CCSRE Scholars
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Scholarship and research of Stanford faculty influenced by life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

BY SANDRA FEDER

CCSRE Affiliates James Campbell (History), Jackelyn Hwang (Sociology), Ato Quayson (English), and Wendy Salkin (Philosophy), and Matthew Snipp (Sociology) reflect on Dr. King's legacy and influence at a time in the U.S. when issues of race are again at the forefront.

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF INDIGENOUS EXCELLENCE AT STANFORD
Notable Native American Scholars Panel
February 11, 2021 | 3-5pm PST

Join the Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP), and the Stanford Native American Studies Program & Native American Cultural Center for a panel discussion with phenomenal Indigenous scholars to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Harvard and Stanford Native American Programs.

PANELISTS INCLUDE:
Henrietta Mann (Cheyenne) - Professor Emerita of Native American Studies at the University of Montana, Missoula and Montana State University, Bozeman and the Founding President of Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College.

Greg Sarris (Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria) - Tribal Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (Coast Miwok), and Endowed Chair in Creative Writing and Native American Studies at Sonoma State University.

Philip J. Deloria (Yankton Dakota) - Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University.

K. Tsianina Lomawaima (Creek Nation) - Professor in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University, and Co-founder of the Native American & Indigenous Studies Association.
Robert Warrior (Osage Nation) - Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Kansas.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
PRISONS, POLICING & RACIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS
EVENTS OF INTEREST
THE STEINBECK CONVERSATION SERIES
Civil Rights Activism on the Central Coast

CCSRE faculty affiliates Clayborne Carson (Martin Luther King Jr. Centennial Professor Emeritus of History and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies) and Carol Lynn McKibben (The Bill Lane Center for the American West and Urban Studies), who just completed her third book project, SALINAS: Race and Resilience in an Agricultural City (Stanford University Press, 2021), converse with moderator Pete Peterson, Dean of the Pepperdine School of Public Policy.

LEADERSHIP FOR SOCIETY
Race and Power | GSB Winter Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business’ Prof. Brian Lowery is hosting a series of critical and high visibility conversations to examine the way race interacts with structures of power, and how systemic racism manifests itself in institutions and our daily lives.

For Session 4 on January 25th, Lowry talks with Leslie Fields (Sierra Club) and Tamara Toles O'Laughlin (350.org), on the subject of Environmental Justice.

The virtual conversations are available to the Stanford community and open to the general public. Webinars are held on Mondays at 6:15pm PST and as a podcast series.
REDI Critical Conversations
Beyond Black and White:
The Intersection of Race & Racism in Asian & Asian American Studies
January 29 | 12p PT

This event is presented by Freeman Spogli Institute's Racial Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Task Force and will examine how race has historically been an important organizing principle in understanding Asia, with critical reflections on how racism has permeated research and teaching on Asia. 

The panelists will engage in a dialogue between Ethnic Studies and Area Studies to learn insights from Asian American Studies in enriching Asian Studies. 

Collectively, the panelists - Gi-Wook Shin, Gordon Chang, Sharika Thiranagama, and Eiichiro Azuma - are experts on China, Japan, Korea, and South Asia and represent various disciplines including anthropology, history, sociology, and Asian American Studies. 
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Submit news, stories, & event information to drpearls@stanford.edu.
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