Critical Race & Ethnic Studies

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.

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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

Jan 08: Winter Quarter Enrollment Deadline
Jan 13: CRES Faculty Book Celebration: Savannah Shange
Jan 28: Add By Petition Begins
Feb 18: Deadline to Petition for a W (Withdraw) Grade

News and Events

February 10, 2020
CRES Solidarity Statement with COLA Campaign
January 13, 2020
CRES Graduate Spotlight--Christian Alvarado (History of Consciousness)
January 7, 2020
CRES Book Celebration: 01/13/20 Savannah Shange- Progressive Dystopia; Abolition, Antiblackness, + Schooling in San Francisco

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Graduate Research Spotlight

Christian Alvarado, a CRES DE in the Department of History of Consciousness discusses with Jane Komori, also a CRES DE in the same department, his interdisciplinary research around education and culture in (anti)colonial (as well as post-colonial) Kenya. Read more here

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