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Freedom to Learn, Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Speak

March 24, 2025

Colleen Lye, Chair of ISSI's Asian American Research Center, was one of the UC Berkeley faculty speaking out for academic freedom at a recent demonstration at UC Berkeley.

Award for Paper on Depictions on Homelessness in Oakand

March 18, 2025

ISSI Graduate Fellow Clara Pérez Medina was awarded the 2025 Clyde Woods Graduate Student Paper Award from the American Association of Geographers for their paper “Framing Displacement: Visual Geographies, Black Geographies, and the Crisis of Homelessness in Oakland.” The paper, first developed in ISSI's Graduate Fellows Program, is based on an analysis of 600 media images of Oakland from a framing and technical standpoint. Pérez Medina identifies three visual tropes that “amplify the disconnection of the accumulation of white spatial practices from the dispossession of...

How Trump’s immigration policies compare to those of America’s past

March 18, 2025

Hidetaka Hirota, Asian American Research Center faculty affiliate, was interviewed by Berkeley News to discuss the deep roots of anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States. Hirota provides historical context for Trump’s attempts to end birthright citizenship, he explains how demand for immigrant labor has shaped U.S. policy and shares his perspective on America’s shifting attitude toward migration. "Trump is really outstanding, in a sense. He is bold,”...

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