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Guest Speaker Events

NEDAW 2018 - World NEDAW

Monday, February 26, 2018 - 12:00pm to Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 6:00pm

The University Library

We invite you join us at NEDAW 2018 presented by the JADE Peer Education Program. Read more

Humanities Advocacy Day

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 - 11:00am

letters HU, short for humanities

Please join us for the First Annual Humanities Advocacy Day. !mark Lopez, M.A. Chican@ Studies and winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, will be the keynote speaker. In addition there are two program options: a) a workshop on Humanities career options and panel discussion, and b) a tour of the CSUN Leed Platinum Sustainability Center. Read more

They [Color] Blinded Me with Science: Why Facing Racist Realities Requires Identity Conscious Research

Monday, February 26, 2018 - 12:30pm to 1:45pm

Dr. Phia Salter

In this talk, Dr. Salter, Associate Professor of Psychology and Africana Studies at Texas A&M University, shares data from two programs of research about racial realities in America that were conducted from the “perspective of the oppressed.” Specifically, she discusses her research on the role of Black history knowledge in perceptions of racism and why individualist narratives are directed at oppressed groups. Read more

SOMOS

Monday, February 19, 2018 - 11:00am to 1:45pm

SOMOS publication cover

Social Justice Art Workshop Read more

Does More Immigration Mean More Crime?

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Dr. Ramiro Martinez

The Department of Criminology and Justice Studies is pleased to announce the very timely presentation, Does More Immigration Mean More Crime?. Our guest speaker, Dr. Ramiro Martinez, Professor at Northeastern University's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Department of Sociology, will be discussing the myths and realities connected to immigrants and criminal offending in the United States. A question and answer will follow. Light refreshments will be served. Read more

Memory, Culture, and Identity in El Salvador—Carlos Henríquez Consalvi, director and founder of the Museum of Word and Image

Friday, April 6, 2018 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Carlos Henríquez Consalvi,

A presentation by Carlos Henríquez Consalvi, director and founder of the Museum of Word and Image.  Carlos Henríquez Consalvi “Santiago” was born in the Venezuelan Andes. He studied journalism in Caracas. In 1972, he traveled to Managua—destroyed by the earthquake—to help the victims. Later, he got involved as a journalist in the opposition against the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza. In 1979, after the fall of the dictatorship, he participated in the establishment of alternative media in the region. Read more

Roxane Gay: With One N

Thursday, March 8, 2018 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Roxane Gay Photo

The CSUN Women's Research and Resource Center, in collaboration with the CSUN University Student Union, is excited to welcome author and cultural critic Roxane Gay to our campus.  Read more

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