Hosted by the Stanford University Provostial Fellowship and the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), this day-long event will spotlight the research and scholarship of the fourth Cohort of Provostial Fellows: April Burrage, Abdulbasit Kassim, Matthew Mendez, Roxanne Rahnama, and Laura Weiwu. Sessions will address the impact of outreach to minority-serving institutions, the historical dynamics in Muslim-majority countries in West Africa, the nexus of singing styles and racial slavery, the deployment of "Lost Cause" ideology in the Jim Crow South, and findings on intergenerational mobility across race and space in the 20th century.

The symposium will feature a keynote address by award-winning journalist Deepa Fernandes, a radio journalist and current CASBS Fellow who focuses on race and equity. Ms. Fernandes has founded a youth media training program in New York City public schools and a fellowship program for new reporters from communities that are most often excluded from journalism.

Presentations will also include discussions between amazing faculty, including: Lukas Althoff, anthony antonio, Victor Bennett, Jane Gaines, Bruce Hall, Hakeem Jefferson, Bonnie Maldonado, Tali Mendelberg, Conrad Miller, Matthew Morrison, Vaughn Rasberry, Priya Satia, and Jordan Starck.

We invite you to join us for a day of engaging dialogue and critical reflection on the ways race shapes power, voice, and place across academic fields. Your presence will help make this a vibrant and meaningful gathering.