FIRST ANNUAL CRITICAL MIXED RACE STUDIES CONFERENCE
Emerging Paradigms in Critical Mixed Race Studies

NOVEMBER 5-6, 2010 DEPAUL UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO, IL

Conference Description: Emerging Paradigms in Critical Mixed Race Studies, the 1st annual Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, will be hosted at DePaul University in Chicago, November 5-6, 2010. The CMRS conference brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines nationwide. Recognizing that the diverse disciplines that have nurtured Mixed Race Studies have reached a watershed moment, the 2010 CMRS conference is devoted to the general theme Emerging Paradigms in Critical Mixed Race Studies.

Critical Mixed Race Studies: CMRS is the transracial, transdisciplinary, and transnational critical analysis of the institutionalization of social, cultural, and political orders based on dominant conceptions of race. CMRS emphasizes the mutability of race and the porosity of racial boundaries in order to critique processes of racialization and social stratification based on race. CMRS addresses local and global systemic injustices rooted in systems of racialization.

All queries should be directed to the conference chairs:
cmrs@depaul.edu
Laura Kina 773-325-4048

Visit our website to view the conference program and details:
las.depaul.edu/cmrs

The 2010 CMRS is organized by Camilla Fojas and Laura Kina (DePaul University) and Wei Ming Dariotis (San Francisco State University) and is hosted by DePaul University Global Asian Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies and co-organized by MAVIN and DePaul's Center for Intercultural Programs. The conference is co-sponsored by DePaul University Department of African & Black Diaspora Studies; American Studies; Art, Media, & Design; LGBTQ Studies; Women's and Gender Studies; and the Dean's Office College of Liberal Arts & Sciences; President's Signature Series - Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity; and the Women's Center.