CSER | Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race

A Celebration in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee’s PhD in Economics

On November 8th, at 6PM, please join this virtual event that will honor Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee. Click the registration link below for more information about the panel of speakers, including CSER’s Co-Director Mae Ngai as moderator.

Shana Redmond in BBC Podcast

CSER’s Shana L. Redmond discusses the astonishing life and legacy of Paul Robeson on BBC’s podcast, You’re Dead to Me. Famous for his unparalleled bass-baritone voice and relentless struggle for civil rights, Robeson was an exceptional athlete, actor, singer, scholar, and activist.

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Mae Ngai with Eric Foner: The Chinese Question

Watch Eric Foner & Mae Ngai in a conversation about her book, The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics (W.W. Norton, 2021), which explores the intertwined 19th-century stories of the Chinese diaspora, an emerging global economy, & the rise of enduring anti-Chinese racism.

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CSER Alum Amanda Ong wins second in 2021 Bristol Short Story Prize

Amanda Ong’s award-winning story, Sifters, is described as “literature in action – a touching, heartfelt act of memory and care, in this case even before someone we love has left us forever.”

Mapping Historical New York: A Digital Atlas

Join us for the official launch of Mapping Historical New York: A Digital Atlas: an interactive map that shows how migration, residential, & occupational patterns transformed Manhattan & Brooklyn, involving a number of Columbia faculty including Mae Ngai!

The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER) serves as Columbia’s main interdisciplinary space for the study of ethnicity, race and indigeneity and their implications for thinking about culture, power, hierarchy, social identities, and political communities, in the U.S. and around the world.

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