We are extremely honored to have former ASA President Prof. Joe Feagin
speaking in the race workshop on March 16th.  Professor Feagin is
currently Ella C. McFadden Professor of Sociology at the University of
Texas A&M.  Professor feagins work is ubiquitous and throughout his
distinguished career he has published over 50 books and numerous
articles or race and gender.  Professor Feagin’s work focuses on the
systemic nature of racism in the U.S. Professor Feagin has also been
an active public sociologist, working with anti-racist organizations
and blogging at racismreview.com

'Can We Talk?' is a conference aimed at bringing together the worlds of social sciences and humanities research in a conversation about how the two can mutually benefit in improving our knowledge of race, inequality, and social difference. Co-sponsored by the Department of African & African American Studies and the Center for African & African American Research at Duke University.

New Website: Threat of Race

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Oct 29, 2008, 03:28 PM
Visit a new website affiliated with the publication of HASTAC Co-Founder David Theo Goldberg's new book, The Threat of Race. Visit and add to the discussion at www.threatofrace.org.

Feminism in Obama-Time

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Jun 04, 2008, 07:25 AM
HASTAC isn't a political organization. It's a virtual network dedicated to participatory learning and a humanistic creativity and critique and development of technology, always with attention to and concern for the social implications of the technologies we develop and use. However, Cat in the Stack usually offers one "frivolous" blog every two weeks or so, just to break up the pace, and this time, instead of frivolous, I'm going with political. I won't make it a habit, and no one wants HASTAC to be a political forum--there are many other places for that. All that said, today, as Barak Obama makes history with the Democratic Party nomination I offer some personal reflections on feminism in the hour of Obama. Yes we can! And, as a "new media" bonus, a url for the most delightful adorable compilation of "Lisa Simpson: Feminist Hero."
Obama Clinches Nomination

Oliver Wang and Mark Anthony Neal in Conversation: Blogging, Music, Race, Culture

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Apr 07, 2008, 04:45 PM

 

Oliver Wang and Mark Anthony Neal: CULTURAL CRITICISM 2.0 ?How Do You Filter the Infinite??

I?m sitting in Franklin Center 240 LiveBlogging a conversation between two of our smartest cultural critics, Oliver Wang and Mark Anthony Neal. As background, check out these great blogs by Wang and Neal


?How Do You Filter the Infinite??

I?m sitting in Franklin Center 240 LiveBlogging a conversation between two of our smartest cultural critics, Oliver Wang and Mark Anthony Neal. The topic of the conversation is soul music, "blue-eyed soul," race and popular music, and what it means to be a cultural critic on the internet . . where anything you write on the internet "never, ever goes away . . . "

 

And the crowd reacts...
And the crowd reacts...

Digital Diasporas, May 1-3, U of Maryland

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Mar 25, 2008, 11:22 AM
Register closes on April 15 for a fantastic conference hosted by the University of Maryland on "Digital Diasporas," May 1-3, 2008. Here's the conference url: http://www.mith2.umd.edu/diaspora2008/

All Brains Are the Same Color

Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Dec 10, 2007, 06:18 AM
Am I a hopeless optimist? Is the era of 'bad science' finally turning to one where sane, thoughtful, even visionary generalizations are flowing from all of the great computational findings that should make this one of humanity's great intellectual eras? If only our dopey prejudices didn't get in the way. . .