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Several years ago, Harvard had an ethnic studies program, but for reasons that are not clear to even some of the most involved faculty today, it altogether faded away. However, continued student and faculty interest in ethnic studies coalesced in new conversations and, ultimately, the formation of the secondary field and Committee on Ethnic Studies this year...
...year and a half ago, we wanted to reinvigorate it because it seemed like there was a lot of student and faculty interest in the project,” says Diana Sorensen, Dean of Arts and Humanities, who also serves as a professor in Comparative Literature and Romance Languages and Literatures...
...final product of many months of hard work is reflected in the online Student Handbook under the “Fields of Study” section. The Ethnic Studies Web site boasts four tracks that will allow students to gain “an opportunity to pursue sustained, interdisciplinary study of issues related to ethnicity, migration, indigeneity, and human rights, particularly in Asian American/Transpacific, Native American/Indigenous, and US Latino/American hemispheric topics, with an American focus as well as a transnational...
...With this effort, we tried to include very different groups,” says Roman-Salazar. “Maybe it was just that we brought together the right level of enthusiasm and student involvement and faculty involvement working together...
...next project for the Committee is planning an Ethnic Studies conference which will include representatives from several schools in the Boston area. The event, slated for April 9, hopes to incorporate student papers, alumni panels, and a keynote speaker...