CRES

In the wake of the Civil Rights movement, the United States has witnessed the emergence and proliferation of powerful and creative diasporic groups in the United States, transforming traditional ideas of what constitutes "America" and, therefore, "American Studies." As these groups self-identify and assert themselves politically, socially, and culturally, the boundaries between groups are also dissolving in interesting ways. Thus, at Northwestern University, while we see the virtue of continued investment in, for example, our well-established department of African American Studies, and in our curricularly-dynamic programs in Asian American Studies and Latinx Studies, our faculty and students also cluster in working groups and research initiatives that bring these separate academic units into creative and productive dialogue with each other, specifically on topics that touch upon critical race theory and diaspora studies... As a collaboration between the Asian American Studies (AASP)..

Also known as: Council for Race & Ethnic Studies, Northwestern University

Primary location: Evanston United States