Critical Race & Ethnic Studies

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Preview Summer 2025 Courses!

CRES is offering several popular courses in summer session, including "Struggle for K-12 Ethnic Studies," "A Radical History of the Korean War," and "Latinxs and the History of US Policing." We are also offering CRES 10, "CRES: An Introduction," and CRES 70S (2 units). Check it out.

2024 CRES Newsletter

Read the latest news and accomplishments from the CRES department!

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Domingo Canizales and Isla Kelly LeBron take a wild ride at Barrios Unidos at the closing reception for this year's CRJ Summer Institute.

Lowriding for Ethnic Studies!

CRES advisor Domingo Canizales and Isla Kelly LeBron take a wild ride at Barrios Unidos at the closing reception for the Center for Racial Justice Summer Institute, 2024.

Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum

The LESMC vision is to promote the advancement and implementation of well designed Ethnic Studies courses and programs for the purpose of advancing students' academic achievement, educational equity, community activist scholarship, and community leadership skills. Click here for more information.

CRES/CRJ Events

Apr 10: Dr. Rafael A. Martínez in Conversation with Yosimar Reyes
Apr 24: CRJ Event: Rooted Movements: The Radical Poetics of Palestinian Space
Apr 29: CRJ Event: Missing/Disappearing Bodies and Forgotten Geographies: A Korean Argentine Diasporic Viewing of Im Heung-soon's Good Light, Good Air
Apr 30: Cultural Studies with M. Ty

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CRES News

January 29, 2025Announcing 60 Humanities EXPLORE Fellows
January 29, 2025Announcing 38 Humanities EXCEL Fellows
February 19, 2025San Jose Day of Remembrance commemorates the WW2 incarceration of Japanese-Americans, honors women activists

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Calendar

Apr 9: Class Permission Numbers Required
Apr 18: Add/Drop/Swap Ends
May 1: Summer Session Enrollment Opens
May 26: Memorial Day (Campus Closed)

Graduate Research Spotlight

Marina Segatti is pursuing a Feminist Studies PhD with a designated emphasis in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies and Latin American & Latino Studies. She sat down with fellow CRES DEs and grad reps Anny Mogollon and Em Padilla to discuss her research on and fieldwork in Brazil.

The Center for Racial Justice

Established in 2019, the CRJ is a vital hub for campus-wide dialogue on race, decolonized worldviews, and racial justice. Click here to learn more and get involved!

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