Year: 2023
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Calls for Academic Institutions to End Genocide against Palestinians
Open Letter from the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism’s Research Community Open Letter from Birzeit University in Palestine to International Academic Institutions Statement on Bias in UC Statements from the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council
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CRES Statement of Support for the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism
Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES) is a department at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) that studies race intersectionally in the context of power. In this moment—when we are grieving lives lost, fearing the many more to come, and witnessing Israel once again retaliate against a trapped Palestinian population in Gaza—we want to underscore the need…
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Call for a Global General Strike
As a department, we are observing the Palestinian-led Global General Strike and will not conduct university business as usual on 10/20/23. We are in full support of the strike to stand against Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza, itself an extension of the ongoing Nakba Palestinians have experienced for over 75 years. As educators, following our colleagues…
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CRES Welcomes Three New Faculty: Jennifer Mogannam, Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu, and Kriti Sharma
In 2021, CRES conducted a targeted recruitment of two President’s Postdoctoral Fellows, Jennifer Mogannam and Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu. We are thrilled to announce that both fellows will be joining us in Fall 2023! Jennifer Mogannam is an Assistant Professor in the department of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies and anaffiliate of the Center for the Middle East…
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Congratulations to Eric Porter on His New Book, “A People’s History of SFO”!
A People’s History of SFO uses the history of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to tell a multifaceted story of development, encounter, and power in the surrounding region from the eighteenth century to the present. In lively, engaging stories, Eric Porter reveals SFO’s unique role in the San Francisco Bay Area’s growth as a globally connected…