Critical Race & Ethnic Studies

Effective Fall 2020. Click to learn more.

The CRJ is a vital hub for campus-wide dialogue on race and racial justice. Click here to learn more!

Remote Advising for Fall 2020

All advising will be conducted via email, Zoom or phone (when necessary). To make an appointment with the CRES advisor, click here.

Critical Race & Ethnic Studies at UCSC

Here we explore how race and ethnicity have structured societies past and present, both in the U.S. and globally, and how power and domination and struggles for liberation have been articulated and enacted throughout modern history up to present day.

Design your own CRES major!

See the UCSC Catalog for course requirements and full list of upper-division electives.

2018 CRES Newsletter

Now in its fifth year, CRES is undergoing a vibrant boom as a program. We welcome seven new principal faculty members, and our major numbers more than doubled last year alone. Learn more!

Calendar

Sep 29: Welcome Week Orientation
Oct 1: Instruction Begins
Oct 21: Add/Drop/Swap Deadline
Nov 12: Last Day to Withdraw from a Class

News and Events

September 24, 2020The Morning After: A (Post)Election Conversation
September 22, 2020
Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Introduces Black Studies Minor
September 10, 2020New art game explores intersection of personal trauma and climate induced wildfires

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Graduate Research Spotlight

CRES DE in Literature Department, Talib Jabbar, describes how their work searches for a queer politics in the age of permanent war, a politics that dissents the normativizing logic of American-led imperial warfare. To read more, click here.

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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