Travis J. Bristol & Tolani Britton, faculty affiliates, received a 3 year UC-HBCU Initiative grant to bring students to UC Berkeley each year for a research immersion. Students in the program will participate in ISSI's Summer Qualitative Methods Workshop. creeo.berkeley.edu/news/expandi...

UC Berkeley's Hope Scholars program is celebrating 20 years of providing support to students who have experienced foster care/childhood homelessness. A news article shines a light on this important campus program & features Alexis Wood, a graduate student affiliate. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/16/f...

Starting soon! Don't miss Professor Stuart's talk on policing at noon today!

In this podcast of an event co-sponsored by the Asian American Research Center, Berkeley scholars unpack how the Page Act helped institutionalize racially targeted exclusion & gendered surveillance at the border & laid the groundwork for later immigration laws. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/12/b...

Atiba Ellis, Laura B. Chisholm Distinguished Research Scholar and Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University, gives an account of the American "vicious voter" myth, examining how it perpetuates a racial authoritarian dynamic in American democracy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=txZm...

A new book by Loïc Wacquant, Center for Ethnographic Research affiliate, includes an analytical history of 100 years of urban ethnography. The book offers a distinctive approach to ethnography grounded in the work of Pierre Bourdieu. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

ISSI's Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues awarded grants to four Berkeley doctoral students: emmawardgriffin.bsky.social and three natureatcal.bsky.social students: Michelle Katuna, Sydney Moss, and roygbivv.bsky.social. Learn more about their work: issi.berkeley.edu/crnai/resear...

On Feb 26-27, join us for Women on the Right in U.S. History. This conference will feature talks by Kathleen Blee, Jennifer Burns, @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social @whitmcintosh.bsky.social @sammyraeroth.bsky.social, and more! Check out the program and register: bit.ly/WomenOntheRight Sponsored by CRWS

Jason Corburn, affiliate of the Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, co-authored Advancing Peace, a new book discussing the end of gun violence in America's Black & Brown communities. The book reveals how community-based approaches work & holds out genuine hope. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255221...

Join us on Feb 18 for a conversation with ISSI alums Jennifer Chun & Judy Han! Learn more & register: bit.ly/AgainstAbandonment Sponsors: ISSI, Center for Korean Studies Cosponsors:@ucbgeography.bsky.social, Sociology, Asian American & Asian Diaspora Studies Program, Center for Ethnographic Research

The video of "Food Circuits: Hidden Connections between Migrants and Societies" is now available. The work investigates the connections between migrant food laborers & societies, and the ways in which these connections are invisibilized. @natureatcal.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUer...

ISSI grad student Aukeem Ballard recently co-authored an article in Education Sciences on teachers' sensemaking of equity and social & emotional learning (SEL). The article's findings highlight the promise of integrating equity-centered SEL within STEM teacher preparation. www.mdpi.com/3603990

Check out the video of our fall 2025 event featuring Amy Skonieczny, Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University and Valentina Nava, PhD candidate in Political Sociology at Université Paris Cité who discuss their respective papers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbni...

New location! So many of you want to attend so we switched to a bigger venue: Room 1102 Berkeley Way West, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA

Join us on Wed, Feb 11 at 12pm for “Beyond Policing: How Streetcorner Mediators Keep the Peace Without State Violence” with @forrestdstuart.bsky.social. 📍2111 Bancroft Way #104, Berkeley & Zoom Register: bit.ly/Forrest2026 Sponsored by ISSI's Center for Research on Social Change

Manohar Raju, San Francisco Public Defender, and Ali Saidi, Contra Costa County Deputy Public Defender, discuss how have aggressive, militarized ICE deportation tactics impacted the rights of AAPI & marginalized [email protected] youtu.be/uoCUQH6f4_U

Join us on Th, Feb. 5 at 5pm for a screening of “Making Waves: The Rise of Asian America” and panel discussion with Joemy Ito-Gates, Jon Osaki, Donald Tamaki, and Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales. 📍2111 Bancroft Way #104, Berkeley Register: bit.ly/MakingWavesUCB

We're proud to be home to @ucberkeleycrws.bsky.social and the Journal of Right-Wing Studies - check out the latest issue on the history of the far right in the US. Always open access!

📢 Call for Abstracts: 11th Biennial Conference of the Society for Humanities, Social Science, and Medicine 📍 San Francisco, CA 🗓️ April 11 and 12, 2026 To submit an abstract, please visit the link below and fill out the form by 11:59PM (Pacific Time) on Friday, January 9, 2026 🔗 www.shssm.net

As we wrap up 2025, we're grateful for the community that made our work possible. A recent letter from the Asian American Research Center (AARC), based at ISSI, reflects on both the challenges and opportunities shaping AANHPI communities and what they mean for the year ahead.

Read the full message here and get a glimpse into what our community has been up to this fall: mailchi.mp/berkeley.edu... Happy Holidays from all of us at CRWS!

The video of @rhummanee.bsky.social's talk is now available. This event included powerful dance performances by Khmer Amathak Dance Troupe and moving poetry recitations by Hang, Critical Southeast Asian American Studies Artist-in-Residence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RHy...

In this Berkeley Talks episode, Hannah Zeavin, a faculty affiliate, discusses how defining the “perfect mother,” substituting media for maternal presence, and punishing deviations from the norm continue to influence American family life today. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/14/b...

Merri Lopez-Keifer, affiliate of the Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues, is featured in this Thriving Community Snapshots interview. A member of the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians, her work bridges law, education, and community. thriving.berkeley.edu/news/thrivin...

🕘 Tomorrow: Marxism and Asian American Studies Sponsor: ISSI's Asian American Research Center Co-sponsors: @ucberkeleyenglish.bsky.social, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program, Transpacific and Asian American Studies Colloquium, Robert Haas Chair, Materialist Institute for Research

Check out this new article by @ucberkeleycrws.bsky.social faculty affiliate @cihantugal.bsky.social, "The Evolution of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Syria’s Future: The Interplay between Islamism and Capitalist Geopolitics."

Check out the first article in The Lancet's "Cases in Global Social Medicine," led by the Berkeley Center for Social Medicine: bit.ly/4oKvJ7F "Translational social medicine for global health" addresses the question: "Why treat people and send them back to the conditions that make them sick?"

Brian TaeHyuk Keum, faculty affiliate, has been awarded the Early Career Award for Research by the Asian American Psychological Association which recognizes "distinguished contributions to the field of Asian American Psychology." publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/spo...

Marlena Robbins, Grad Fellow at the Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues, was a guest on KQED Forum and commented that the intersection of psychedelic medicine with Indigenous knowledge frameworks creates a legacy of biopiracy and bioprospecting: www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

Video of Guillaume Dumont's talk: "“Narco-Especulació”: Drug trafficking, speculative practices, and community organizing in Barcelona" is now up on YouTube. Dumont examines the role of “narco-especulació” to explain the surge in drug trafficking in the neighborhood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxMW...

Join us on Friday, December 5, 2025 for an all-day program on Marxism & Asian American studies. Learn more & register: bit.ly/MarxismAARC Sponsored by Asian American Research Center

CRWS affiliate Arlie Hochschild is featured in this PBS News Hour segment. Hochschild has spent more than 7 years getting to know the people in Pike County, Kentucky, highlighting how the residents are grappling with growing political divisions in their community. www.pbs.org/video/crossr...

Taesoo Song, Asian American Research Center Graduate Fellow, recently published an article in the Journal of Urban Affairs. The paper examines the evolution and impacts of Foreign Buyer Taxes (FBTs) in British Columbia and Ontario, Canada. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Peter Nelson, Chair of the Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues, collaborated on Good Fire: Tending Native Land, an exhibit at the Oakland Museum of CA that explores how Native communities in NorCal have used controlled fire to care for the land. museumca.org/on-view/good...

Andrew Way Leong has been awarded a grant from The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation in the amount of $152,435 for his project, which works to conserve and digitize an archive of Japanese-language literary journals published at the Tule Lake Segregation Center during World War II.

Kristina Lovato received funding from the Walter S. Johnson Foundation for her project, Empowering Child Welfare Practice at the Intersections of Immigration & Child Wellbeing, which aims to close the gap between policy guidance & implementation. socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/news/new-two...

Erwin Chemerinsky of @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social gave a powerful and moving talk yesterday on America's path to authoritarian rule. If you joined us in person or online, thank you! Stay tuned for the recording of this talk and Q&A portion and for upcoming events! @ucberkeleycrws.bsky.social

Join us for "From Chocolate City to Green City: The Political Ecology of Green Gentrification in Oakland" with @cnecorbin.bsky.social on Thur, November 20 at noon. Zoom only Register: bit.ly/48tKUwF Sponsored by ISSI's Center for Research on Social Change & co-sponsored by @natureatcal.bsky.social

Join us! "Food Circuits: Hidden Connections between Migrants & Societies" bit.ly/FOODCIRCUITS Thur, Nov 13 132 Mulford Hall & Zoom Sponsors: Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, Center for Ethnographic Research @natureatcal.bsky.social y.social @ucberkeleyfood.bsky.social #humanrights #environment

Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani was recently appointed to serve on the Higher Education Committee Advisory Body of the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs, which will bring together representatives from K-12 schools, community colleges, & 4 year institutions. capiaa.ca.gov

📣 Full-time Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students! The Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues invites you to apply for grants. 💰Undergraduates may apply for grants up to $500. Graduate students may apply for grants up to $1,000. 📆Applications are due on Nov 17 Learn more below!

Rodolfo Torres, a visiting scholar, is a co-editor of a newly published volume of essays, titled 'Race & Class in the Southwest and Other Essays.' The essay collection focuses on the economic foundations of inequality as they have affected Chicanos in the Southwest. www.routledge.com/Race-and-Cla...

Ariana Thompson-Lastad is co-author of an article in the Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. The study tested the feasibility & acceptability of a randomized trial evaluating group-based non-pharmacologic approaches to increase access to primary care. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Cristiane Lopes Simão Lemos on "Determination vs. Determinants of Health in the Context of Structural Competency" Thu, Nov 6, 5 pm In-person + Zoom bit.ly/CristianeBCSM Sponsors/co-sponsors: Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, Structural Competency Working Group, @ucbpublichealth.bsky.social

New hybrid event with Taylor Pennewell: "The Many Paths to Land Back with Redbud Resource Group" Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 12 pm 📍Native Community Center in Anthony Hall, UC Berkeley & Zoom Register today: bit.ly/TaylorCRNAI #landback

Video of Kristina Boréus' talk: "Migrants and natives - 'them' and 'us'" is now up on YouTube. Boréus explores how a "threat perspective" on immigration has gained dominance in several West European countries and pushing aside more inclusive understandings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTsR...

New event with Erwin Chemerinsky of @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social: The Path Towards Authoritarianism Monday, November 3, at 5pm PT 📍 Zoom & 2111 Bancroft Way, #104, Berkeley Register today: bit.ly/pathsUCB

Our event on Wednesday with @rhummanee.bsky.social was filled with poetry, music, dance, culture, and exploration of the Khmer American identity. Thank you to everyone who showed up to be in community with us. Follow us to hear about more events from ISSI's Asian American Research Center.

Thomas Philip, faculty affiliate, is a co-principal investigator on a major grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Institute for Student-AI Teaming that aims to enhance student success in STEM by using AI as a collaborative partner in education. www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-ann...

Starting soon! Join ISSI's Asian American Research Center at 4:30pm with @rhummanee.bsky.social in person or on Zoom via the link below. Don't miss out!