Upcoming BIMI Events
Fall 2023
Fall 2023

‘Harlem in Germany’: Race, Migration, and the American Analogy in the Federal Republic
Monday, September 12 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM in 201 Philosophy Hall, UC Berkeley
As West Germans discussed “difference” after 1945, they sought out a self-consciously “Western” and liberal way to discuss difference. The talk examines different examples of how US social science on race shaped policies on migration in West Germany, including how invoking “Harlem” as a racialized space shaped urban housing policy for migrants in Germany, and how a theory of child development borrowed from US social science was used to justify new restrictions on child migration.

Did Trump's Border Policies Deter Migration?
Monday, September 18 | 12:45-2:00PM in the Philip Selznick Seminar Room or Zoom
Organizer: Center for the Study of Law and Society (CSLS)
Sponsored by: BIMI

Immigration Raids and Adverse Infant Health Outcomes: A National Study
Monday, November 6 | 12:45-2:00PM in the Philip Selznick Seminar Room or Zoom
Organizer: Center for the Study of Law and Society (CSLS)
Sponsored by: BIMI
Spring 2023

BIMI Student Showcase
BIMI is organizing its Cultures and Communities Project showcase on May 4, Thursday from 11-1 pm at IGS library (109 Philosophy Hall).
BIMI Cultures and Communities Project (BCCP) aims at looking deeper into these questions by reframing different ways in which belonging can manifest. Come and join us for research presentations:
Mehnaz Grewal: Chardi-Kala: Sikhs-Here and There
Alexandra Gessesse: Ethiopians Abroad: Blackness, Transnationalism, & Self-Determination
Batul Aledah: Turath: Examining the Rich Cultural Heritage of Yemen and her Diaspora
Nilufar Kayhani: Zindagi: Lives of the Afghan Community in the Bay Area

Reshaping City Politics?
Register now for this BIMI co-sponsored event with Berkeley Canadaian Studies Program and The Citric Center Public Opinion on April 24th. Panelists will discuss the recent SF and Vancouver elections and the Asian Voter's demands for change in SF and Vancouver.

Matrix on Point: Border Crossings
Join Thurs. 4/20 (online or in-person) at 12pm PT for "Matrix on Point: Border Crossings," with PhD Candidates, Pauline White Meeusen, and Adriana P. Ramirez sharing research on borders and migration. Mod. by Irene Bloemraad
Spring 2022

On Trains: To All Migrants, Past, Present, and Future
February 10 | 4:00 PM |
Organized by On the Same Page Program, the Multicultural Community Center, the Undocumented Student Program, and the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative

Indigenous and Asian Entanglements: Space, Time, Tense
February 17 | 4:00PM |
Organized by the Center for Race & Gender, Asian American & Asian Diaspora Studies, Asian American Research Center, Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues, and Native American Studies Program

Citizenship, Illegalization, and Insularity
March 10 | 4:00PM |
Organized by by On the Same Page Program, the Multicultural Community Center, the Undocumented Student Program, and the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative

Crossed by the Border: Migration and the Crisis Imaginary
April 7 | 4:00 PM |
Organized by CRG's Native/Immigrant/Refugee - Crossings Research Initiative. Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, and the Institute of European Studies.

Unsettling Borders: O'odham (Indigenous) Land as Intervention and Analytic
April 21 | 4:00PM |
Organized by CRG’s Native/Immigrant/Refugee – Crossings Research Initiative. Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues, and Native American Studies Program
Fall 2021

Una Escuela llamada América Screening
September 17 | 3:00 PM |
Organized by Berkeley Library, The Center for Latin American Studies, BIMI

Radical Kinship Series
October 11 | 4:00 PM |
Organized by the Center for Race and Gender, the On the Same Page Program, the Multicultural Community Center, the Undocumented Student Program, and BIMI

Immigration Matters: Movements, Visions, and Strategies for a Progressive Future
October 11| 11:00AM |
Organized by the UC Berkeley Labor Center, Institute of Governmental Studies, and the Multicultural Community Center and BIMI

Making Middle-Class Multiculturalism: Immigration Bureaucrats and Policymaking in Postwar Canada
October 12| 12:30PM |
Organized by Canadian Studies Program, Center for Race and Gender, Institute of International Studies and BIMI

The Role of Politics and Violence on Mexican Repatriation during the Great Depression
October 25| 12:45PM |
Organized by Center for the Study of Law and Society, Center for Race & Gender, the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice and BIMI

Matrix On Point: The Rights and Lives of Non-Citizens
October 29 | 10:00 AM |
Organized by the Berkeley Social Science Matrix and BIMI

BIMI Fall Symposium
December 7 | 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Organized by BIMI

American Cultures Prize Ceremony
November 15 | 2:00PM