Cornell webinar on race, migration, politics (August 12, 2021)
Cornell’s Migrations initiative will host a webinar titled “Dissecting Discrimination: The Living Legacy of Migration, Race, and Politics” on Thursday, August 12, 1 p.m. (EDT)
In this webinar, Cornell faculty across several disciplines will discuss the relationship between migration and race-based discrimination, from the earliest forced movement of enslaved peoples to nations built on excluding or extracting from particular racial/ethnic groups. Through the lens of colonialism and conquest, they’ll examine the ways in which migrant discrimination is preserved today and how to address it.
Speakers include:
- Moderator Stephen Yale-Loehr, Professor of Immigration Law Practice, Cornell Law School
- Gerard Aching, Professor, Co-Director, and Faculty Fellow, Cornell University College of Arts & Sciences
- Shannon Gleeson, Professor of Labor Relations, Law, and History, ILR School; Co-Chair of the Migrations Initiative Taskforce, Cornell University
- Wendy Wolford, Vice Provost for International Affairs; Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor of Global Development, Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
The Cornell Migrations initiative studies the nexus among racism, dispossession, and migration by cultivating dialogue and creative interdisciplinary collaboration.