CMES GRADUATE FELLOWS PANEL: Markets, Memory, and Dispossession

CMES GRADUATE FELLOWS PANEL: Markets, Memory, and Dispossession

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.

Extravagant Camp: Getting to the Bottom of the Japanese American Incarceration

Extravagant Camp: Getting to the Bottom of the Japanese American Incarceration

Chris A. Eng, Assistant Professor of English at Washington University, will discuss his book Extravagant Camp: The Queer Abjection of Asian America, which explores how the dual meanings of camp and encampment have shaped representations of the Asian American figure.

Cordano Lecture: Light Space, Good Space? The Throne Room in the Revelation of John as White Mythic Space

Cordano Lecture: Light Space, Good Space? The Throne Room in the Revelation of John as White Mythic Space

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.

CWC Docs: Sugarcane

CWC Docs: Sugarcane

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.