Melvin L. Oliver Racial Justice Initiative Lecture: Validating and Supporting Counterspaces for Minoritized Students at Liberal Arts Colleges

Founders Room, McConnell Center 1050 N. Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA, CA, United States

Melvin L. Oliver Racial Justice Initiative Validating and Supporting Counterspaces for Minoritized Students at Liberal Arts Colleges Date April 18, 2023 Time Reception: 5:30–6 p.m. | Presentation: 6–7 p.m. Founders Room, McConnell Center Pitzer College Speaker bio Roberta Espinoza serves as vice provost for Global-Local Affairs and professor of sociology at Loyola Marymount University. She […]

Lecture: Memories of the World War II Mass Incarceration and Japanese American Redress Activism

Benson Auditorium 1050 N. Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA, United States

Event Description: This talk analyzes the movement to obtain redress for the mass removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Multiple generations of Japanese Americans participated in three campaigns that culminated in the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 providing an official apology and individual payments of $20,000 to surviving […]

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MCSI Lecture | The Reparative Conjuncture

Benson Auditorium 1050 N. Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA, United States

Our societal present is shaped by the insurgent recognition of antiblackness following the murder of George Floyd. This moment qualifies as a reparative conjuncture where reparations are as feasible as ever. Drawing on his scholarship and work on the CA Reparations Task Force, Lewis examines the possibilities for African American reparations by analyzing the societal […]

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MCSI Lecture | The Failure to Repair and the Persistence of Genocide

Benson Auditorium 1050 N. Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA, United States

 This lecture is part of the 2023 MCSI Speaker series:  ‘Reparations, Apologies, and Restitution'  Description:  Armenians have been subjected to two historical cases of genocide, the 1894-96 Massacres and the Genocide of Ottoman Christians of 1913-23.  The second of these had especially devastating impacts on Armenians.  The failure to repair has been the major obstacle […]

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MCSI Series: Apologies, Reparations, and Restitution – Kamilah Moore

We are excited to invite you to a compelling public talk featuring Kamilah Moore, Chairperson of the California Reparations Task Force. Ms. Moore's presentation promises to be an enlightening and thought-provoking exploration of the pressing issue of reparations for descendants of slaves in California.During this engaging conversation, Ms. Moore will delve into the vital topic of reparations, […]

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MCSI Series: “Holocaust Restitution: A Moral, Historical, and Political Problem” – Mark Weitzman

Benson Auditorium 1050 N. Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA, United States

Mark Weitzman is currently Chief Operating Officer of the World Jewish Restitution Organization where he plays a leading role in WJRO’s advocacy and negotiations efforts to recover Jewish properties in Europe, to foster memory of the Holocaust and to counter Holocaust distortion. He was previously Director of Government Affairs for the Simon Wiesenthal Center. He is […]

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Stephen and Sandra Glass Annual Humanities Lecture

Benson Auditorium 1050 N. Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA, United States

Mettle, Metal, and Medal, or Autotheorizing Contemporary Classical Scholarship   "Mettle, Metal, and Medal", Dr. Eccleston reflects on the racialized and gendered stakes of thinking about and with the ancient Greek (and Roman) classics today. Suzan-Lori Parks' 2015 drama, Father Comes Home from the Wars, is often marketed as an adaptation of Homer's epic poem, Odyssey. Parks has repeatedly rejected […]

MCSI Series: Apologies, Reparations, and Restitution – Charles Cronin

Benson Auditorium 1050 N. Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA, United States

The aesthetic, emotional, and economic significance of most tangible cultural artifacts is generated primarily by their creators’ application of human intelligence to materials like stone, paint, wood, etc. Digital technologies allow increasingly precise documentation and reproduction of these investments of human intelligence. Accordingly, we can – and should – place greater value on information that we can […]

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MCSI Series: Apologies, Reparations, and Restitution – Mary Miller

Benson Auditorium 1050 N. Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA, United States

How did works of ancient, pre-Hispanic Mexico first come to the United States?  Who collected them, and why?  In this talk, Mary Miller will focus on the turn mid-20th century from archaeological and anthropological collections and study to those driven by the art market, and to the representation of pre-Hispanic art in departments of art history.  […]

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Pepper Visiting Artist & MCSI Lecture – Gala Porras-Kim

Benson Auditorium 1050 N. Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA, United States

Internationally renowned artist, Gala Porras-Kim will present her ongoing research on archaeological objects, institutional histories, museum ethics, and collecting practices, in relation to her upcoming Spring exhibition at Pitzer College Art Galleries. Porras-Kim's research-based practice explores the relationships between objects and artifacts and the institutions that care for, collect and display them. Gala Porras-Kim's work […]

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