Breakfast Seminar led by Frank H. Wu. "Yellow: Race in America: Beyond Black and White" after his book. Wu will discuss the new challenges facing civil rights advocates as the nation faces a profound demographic change, never before made by any society in recorded history: around 2050 or so, we will cease to have a single identifiable racial majority. The consensus we have that racial bigotry is wrong, however, has meant that we also have to come to believe - erroneously - racial discrimination is a problem of the past. How will we develop a new paradigm for advancing social justice? Open to Vassar faculty and administrators. Please RSVP to Lynn Owen in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action at ext. 7584 or email lyowen@vassar.edu by Monday, November 19.
College Center, 223
"China and Japan: Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder." Join the adventures of Vassar's students and faculty through their photography and artwork showcasing the China and Japan Summer Study Abroad and JYA programs. Each piece is a testament to the power of the study abroad experience and to the compelling desire to share the fruits of cross-cultural encounters. From engaging photographs of dinner with host families to students' traditional calligraphy, the materials demonstrate fascination with intercultural exchange and invite the viewer to participate in eye-opening journeys of discovery. Through November 27.
College Center, Palmer Gallery
"A Life in the Law: Changing the World through Words." Open to Vassar students. Frank H. Wu will discuss the Vincent Chin case, a brutal killing that occurred in Detroit in 1982, and how it led to a social movement to protest the injustice. Please RSVP to Mamie Oshoniyi, ALANA Center, by email maoshoniyi@vassar.edu by Friday, November 16.
College Center, 223
Sharon Core received a BFA in painting from the University of Georgia in 1987 and an MFA in photography from Yale University School of Art in 1998. She began exhibiting her work in New York City in 1998 and has since been featured in numerous exhibitions in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Ms. Core's work is represented in many private and public collections including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Yale University Art Gallery, The Norton Collection, New York and The West Collection, Philadelphia. Her work is featured in Vitamin: PH a recent survey of contemporary photography published by Phaidon in 2006. Most recently, Ms. Core's work was included in the traveling exhibition "Art in America: Now," which opened at the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art in June of 2007 and is currently on view at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
Taylor Hall, 203
"Affirmative Action: A Dream of a Diverse Democracy." Frank Wu, dean and professor of law at Wayne State University Law School. Wu has served on the law faculty of Howard University, was an adjunct professor at Columbia University, a visiting professor at University of Michigan, and a teaching fellow at Stanford University. The author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White and co-author of Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment, he will explain the current challenges facing advocates for affirmative action, given the most recent Supreme Court decisions and ballot measures. He will explore a new framework for bringing about racial progress. Followed by a book signing.
College Center, Villard Room
College Center, 204
Sanders Hall, 212