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On the thirtieth anniversary of the student strike that launched the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER), three scholars reflect on their new books and the futures of ethnic studies. RSVP HERE! forms.gle/Vc6MAWax9quqHEbJ9

CSER & AADWS present a book talk by Kevin Nguyen about his 2025 novel Mỹ Documents, followed by a discussion with CSER's Writer-in-Residence, Marie Myung-Ok Lee. Dinner provided. Non-CU affiliates should email [email protected] to be registered for campus access.

Join CSER for our fall 2026 open house to learn about the major and minor in Ethnicity and Race Studies! We’ll have food, community, and the chance to speak with current CSER students + faculty about the degree, as well as upcoming programming and student-led initiatives 🍁🍂✨

Calling on Our Communities: The 1996 Student Strike for Ethnic Studies is a new exhibit at CSER marking the 30th anniversary of the strike for Ethnic Studies at Columbia. Join us for the Gallery Exhibit Opening Reception! forms.gle/7y5WD6sMoRyBiqxT9

Join CSER for our Fall 2026 Welcome Back Social 🍂🍁 Featuring your favorite food (Tropical Sensation) and favorite people (CSER students, faculty, and staff)! Hope to see you there 🧡✨

Encuent(r)os is back! 💫 Join us for a conversation between award-winning writers and critics Carina del Valle Schorske and Danielle Amir Jackson about This Woman’s Work, a special issue of Aster(ix) Journal on the feminine and feminized labor behind hip hop and reggaeton.

Welcome back! 💙 This year, CSER commemorates the 30th anniversary of the 1996 student strike that led to its founding. It marks the occasion with public exhibitions, roundtables, book talks, and gatherings on ethnic studies. See you at the Center!

Join the CU & Slavery Project and CSER for a public lecture by genealogist and author Chris Rabb. Rabb will explore the intertwined histories of slavery, Columbia, and the influential Livingston family through the lens of his own lineage. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

It's that time of year! You are cordially invited to CSER's 18th Annual Senior Thesis Symposium, "Communities in Conversation: Pathways to Identities, Movement(s), and Memories"✨✨✨ RSVP HERE (in-person or virtual): forms.gle/tta8EWHgXytNWnXU6

Interested in publishing, children’s literature, colonialism or art repatriation? Join us in celebrating the launch of Theft of the Ruby Lotus with author SAYANTANI DASGUPTA in conversation with RIKA BURNHAM. Refreshments will be served!

**REPOSTING WITH UPDATES: this event will take place in 501 Dodge, and non-CUID holders can email [email protected] for campus access** cser.columbia.edu/cser-event…

Interested in the study of ethnicity and race? Join the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER) for our Spring 2026 Open House to learn about pursuing a major or minor in Ethnicity and Race Studies!

CSER's Asian American Diasporic Writers Series presents: Mixed-Race Literature Panel, a panel discussion on the state of mixed-race Asian American literature. More info and full panelist bios here ! cser.columbia.edu/cser-event… ❤️🧡

🌷🌺🌼🌱 Join the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race as we celebrate the beginning of the semester with our Spring 2026 Welcome Back Social! Dinner from Roti Roll will be provided.

We're back 😎 with our FIRST event of the semester! Join CSER for a talk by Pauline Peretz on her new book, A Black Army: Segregation and the U.S. Military at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 1941-1945. Peretz is a professor of American history at Université Paris 8.

Join us for the next installment of ENCUENT(R)OS FALL 2025! 🌟🌟 📚Conversation and Dinner with Alex Rivera: Cinema, Cyberpunk, and the Border Mind Virus 💫Tuesday, November 18th, 6-8PM Casa Hispánica (612 W 116th St.) DINNER PROVIDED!

Please join us for dinner on Tuesday, October 28th from 6-7:30PM as we welcome New York Times bestselling novelist @patricia_engel for another installment of Encuent(r)os! We'll be waiting for you at @CasaHispanicaNY!🍽️ #NYTimes #bestseller

🍁🍂🍁Join students, faculty, and staff at the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race's (CSER) Open House to learn about the Ethnicity and Race Studies major and minor, as well as CSER's programming slate and student-led initiatives!