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SF State, UC Berkeley conference Nov. 1 - 3 offers international perspective on ethnic studies in higher education

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Denize Springer
SF State Office of Public Affairs & Publications
(415) 405-3803
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Press Release published by the Office of Public Affairs & Publications

 

'Diversity in an International Context' will feature scholars from around the world


WHAT: Free public conference. Anthropologists, historians, sociologists and other scholars from several countries will offer global perspectives on the implications of race, gender, sexuality, nation and immigration in higher education and ethnic studies.

WHO: Hosted by San Francisco State University's College of Ethnic Studies and the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities at University of California, Berkeley

WHEN & WHERE: 4 - 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 1 at SF State Cesar Chavez Student Center, Richard Oakes Room, 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco

9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 2, and Friday, Nov. 3 at UC Berkeley Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall, MC 2340, Berkeley

PUBLIC INFO: For a full schedule of speakers and events visit: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/wgmn.html or call Bette Matsuoka at (415) 405-0387.

 

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MEDIA ONLY may contact the conference organizers directly:

Nancy Raquel Mirabal, SF State associate professor of Raza studies, nmirabal@sfsu.edu or (415) 338-6804.

Richard Candida Smith, UC Berkeley professor of history and American studies, candidas@berkeley.edu or (415) 816-8707 or (707) 869-3198.
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