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Upcoming Events

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April 9, 2025

Here We Stand: A CES Celebration

Event Start Time: 5:00 pm
Event Location: Barnett Center Collaboratory (the ground floor of Sullivant Hall)
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April 10, 2025

Of Men and Martyrs: Malcolm X’s Legacy in Colombia’s Black Pacific

Event Start Time: 4:00 pm
Event Location: 198 Hagerty
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April 10, 2025

Totally Bard Film Series: Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Event Start Time: 7:00 pm
Event Location: 180 Hagerty Hall
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April 11, 2025

Claiming Space: The Aesthetics and Politics of Decorated Mortarboards

Event Start Time: 4:00 pm
Event Location: Faculty Club

Recent News

Death's Futurity

CES Associate Director Sam Aranke Wins MLA Book Award

Associate Director of the Center for Ethnic Studies Sam Aranke (Associate Professor of History of Art) has won a major award from the MLA (Modern Language Association) for her book, Death’s…

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On View: Winged Creatures and Flying Shamans

The Humanities Institute is currently hosting a mini exhibition from the Kawsay Ukhunchay Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Art and Cultural Artifacts Research Collection. "Winged Creatures and…

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On View: Cypriot Ceramics from the Ohio State Museum of Classical Archeology

Ohio State’s Museum of Classical Archaeology (MOCA) has curated a selection of ancient Cypriot ceramics from their collection of over 650 Mediterranean antiquities. Currently on display in Hagerty…
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CES Autumn 2024 Student Research Grants

The Center for Ethnic Studies has announced its next round of funding for students affiliated with the center and its programs. Applications are currently live for the autumn Student Travel and…

People Directory

Director, Humanities Institute and Humanities Collaboratory; Professor, Department of Comparative Studies
South Asian Studies Initiative Working Group Leader; Assistant Professor, Department of Geography; Faculty Affiliate, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Director, Center for Ethnic Studies; Associate Professor, Department of History of Art
Metaphors of Reception, Reception as Metaphor Working Group Leader; Assistant Professor, Department of Classics