A CMES Graduate Fellow Panel will feature Camilla Falanesca, Bridge McWaid from the Department of History, and Giovanni Vimercati from Film and Media Studies. The panel will explore topics related to markets, memory, and dispossession.
In this talk—part of a book project on Revelation and Whiteness—Professor Lynn R. Huber, Elon University, will explore how modern interpretations overlook the vibrant imagery of Revelation’s throne room and reinforce racialized thinking. She proposes new readings that draw on ancient color theory to challenge dominant narratives and resist anti-Black racism.
The Academy Award-nominated Sugarcane is an empowering tribute to the resilience of Native peoples and a portrait of a community during an international reckoning. A post-screening conversation will follow with Caitlin Keliiaa, author of Refusing Settler Domesticity: Native Women’s Labor and Resistance in the Bay Area Outing Program, and Alex Lilburn, UCSB Film and Media Studies.