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EMR’s Muslim American Studies Working Group is excited to announce our first event of the year. If you’re interested in ...
09/30/2026

EMR’s Muslim American Studies Working Group is excited to announce our first event of the year. If you’re interested in Muslim American studies or just looking to meet new people across the Harvard Muslim community, this is the event for you.

🎉 Join us for our
✨Welcome-Back Mixer!✨

🗓️Tuesday, October 6
⏰ 6 to 8 PM
📍 Luxor Cafe (Luxor Cafe)!
🗺️ 148 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA

🪪 (Get 10% off with your student ID!)

Meet undergrads, grad students, faculty, and others from across Harvard, learn more about MASWG, and help shape the events and programming you want to see this year.

Our event is hosted in collaboration with the Society of Arab Students (Society of Arab Students), Harvard Undergraduate Black Muslim Collective (Harvard Undergraduate Black Muslim Collective), and BASHA (Harvard Bengali Association of Students).

Stop by for good drinks, good conversation, or just to hang out. We’d love to see you there!

🔗 RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/EMR-09-30-26

We are delighted to announce that ✨ Ju Yon Kim, Patsy Takemoto Mink Professor of English at Harvard University✨, will le...
09/24/2026

We are delighted to announce that ✨ Ju Yon Kim, Patsy Takemoto Mink Professor of English at Harvard University✨, will lead our Fall EMR Scholars Seminar, 📖 Paper Performance: Suspicion and Asian American Archives 📜

Harvard Undergrads interested in participating should apply here:

🔗 tinyurl.com/EMR-10-15-26
⏰ due by Tuesday, 10/15/26!

In this seminar, students will examine state documents that U.S. government agencies have used to manage groups deemed suspect, such as Chinese immigrants in the early 20th century, Filipino revolutionaries during U.S. colonization, Japanese Americans during World War II, and student activists in the 1960s and 1970s. We will explore how these papers inscribed and demanded performances, or embodied presentations under observation by the state, and how those under suspicion came to mediate their relationship to the state through both paper and performance. In addition, we will consider questions of archival research, such as challenges that arise in reading documents used for surveillance and detention, and models for interacting with such documents inspired by dramaturgical practices..

The seminar will be held in person, on:

🗓️ Friday, October 30th
⏰ 2-4 PM
📍 1100 Mass Ave, Room 202.

You must be able to attend this time in order to participate in the seminar. (If there are scheduling conflicts, we can provide a support letter to request time-off to attend the seminar.)

Seminar participants commit to completing an assigned set of readings and attending the full two-hour session in person. All participants will be provided with a free copy of Dr. Kim’s book Paper Performance ahead of the seminar.

Selection notes: EMR Scholars accepts 5 undergraduate Harvard College students per seminar. Selection is based on a student’s holistic preparation and statement of interest. Members of previous seminars can apply again, but we will prioritize applicants who have not yet participated. (Note: Graduate students are also welcome to apply, but registration priority will be give to undergraduates.)

Join us on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 5-7 PM for EMR AAPISWG WELCOME EVENT!Wonder what the AAPI Working Group does? ...
09/22/2026

Join us on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 5-7 PM for EMR AAPISWG WELCOME EVENT!

Wonder what the AAPI Working Group does? Got ideas for AAPI events or initatives? Come meet new friends, brainstorm exciting programming, and ✨ enjoy Korean fried chicken 🍗 from bb.q Chicken US ✨!!

Anyone is welcome to join!

🔗 RSVP: tinyurl.com/EMR-09-29-26

🗓️ Tuesday, 9/29.
⏰ 5-7 PM.
📍 1100 Mass Ave, Room 202.
♿️ Elevator accessible, automatic doors;
⚧️ All gender restroom;
🌱 Dietary restrictions indicated in RSVP responses will also be accommodated.

🎉 EMR Events welcome all! Although we are known as an undergraduate secondary concentration, Graduate Students are also cordially invited to attend our events!

Accessibility needs (including dietary restrictions) can be registered on the RSVP form.

EMR invites applications to join our Dissertation Working Group for the upcoming school year! APPLY BY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER...
09/08/2026

EMR invites applications to join our Dissertation Working Group for the upcoming school year! APPLY BY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH!

The Dissertation Working Group of the Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights (EMR), supports post-exams doctoral students doing research on topics related to ethnic studies, race, Indigeneity, borders, and migration. Doctoral students from all Harvard schools and departments are welcome to apply.

This is EMR’s ninth year hosting this group, which provides interdisciplinary exchange, non-judgmental support, and accountability toward each member’s personal writing goals. Sessions include time for checking in and building community, and revolve around discussing pre-circulated drafts of works in progress.

The group will meet Fridays from 12-2pm ET approximately biweekly across the semester. Depending on the availability & preference of applicants, we will either have sessions on Zoom on in-person. A year-long commitment is preferred, but applicants that can only do a single semester may be accepted on a case by case basis.

The working group this year will be convened by Dr. J. Rubén Díaz Vásquez, Lecturer in Latinx Studies at EMR. For questions, please contact him at [email protected].

Share this form: https://tinyurl.com/EMR-09-18-26

About EMR:
In addition to the Dissertation Working Group, EMR supports Working Groups in Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies, Latinx Studies, and Muslim American Studies. We also grant undergraduate secondary field recognition for college students focusing on ethnic studies, Indigenous Studies, migration studies, and individualized pathways that address issues of migration, race, Indigeneity, ethnicity, and rights. Our interdisciplinary programming engages the scholarship and leadership of students at all levels.

Share this form: https://tinyurl.com/EMR-09-18-26

Harvard Concilio Latino Harvard Undergraduate TAPAS Harvard University Asia Center Harvard - DRCLAS Natives at Harvard College Harvard Natives

Red Sox Ticket Raffle at EMR’s Fall Open House!🗒 Friday, 9/11.⏰3-5 PM.📍1100 Massachusetts Ave, 2nd Floor.♿ Elevator acce...
09/04/2026

Red Sox Ticket Raffle at EMR’s Fall Open House!

🗒 Friday, 9/11.
⏰3-5 PM.
📍1100 Massachusetts Ave, 2nd Floor.
♿ Elevator accessible.

🔗 RSVP: tinyurl.com/EMR-09-11-26

🎟️ Raffle!

We are excited to announce that at this year’s EMR Fall Open House, we will raffle off free tickets to a special Latinx Heritage Month Red Sox game!

If you would like to win the tickets (which also come with free specially designed Latinx Heritage Month jerseys) just RSVP for our 9/11 EMR Fall Open House, attend and grab a free raffle ticket before the drawing at 4 PM. Good luck!

⚾The special Latinx Heritage Month Red Sox Game will be against the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday, 9/24, 6:45 PM at Fenway Park!

At our Open House event, join us at our 1100 Mass Ave offices and meet our faculty, (including our new Interim Faculty Chair, Bruno Carvalho, and our new Lecturer in Latinx Studies, J. Rubén Díaz Vásquez), EMR students and staff, and check out our classroom, lending library and spaces.

🍓Free paletas, mochi & fruit. 🗺️ Pin your home on our World Map. 🎉 Celebrate the new academic year!

All are welcome! Spread the word!

Harvard Concilio Latino
Harvard-Radcliffe RAZA
Harvard Undergraduate TAPAS
Harvard Fuerza Latina
Latinas Unidas de Harvard College
South Asians for Forward-Thinking Advocacy and Research
Harvard-Radcliffe AAWA
HR Asian American Association
Harvard FYRE
Harvard Undergraduate SAWC
Filipino Language Program at Harvard
HLSA
Harvard Undergraduate Dominican Student Association
Natives at Harvard College

students interested in Asian American Studies!🛒 EMR 57: Techno-Orientalism: Asia, Technology, Futurity🗓️ Mondays ⏰ 12-...
08/11/2026

students interested in Asian American Studies!

🛒 EMR 57: Techno-Orientalism:
Asia, Technology, Futurity

🗓️ Mondays
⏰ 12-2:45 PM
✅ Limited to 25

with Dr. Leslie J. Fernandez, Lecturer in Asian American Studies and Program Director for the Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights (EMR)
(they/them)

🔗 https://my.harvard.edu/course/EMR157/2026-Fall/1

🔗 tinyurl.com/EMR-Courses

🔗 tinyurl.com/EMR-Leslie



Harvard Undergraduate TAPAS
HR Asian American Association
Harvard-Radcliffe AAWA

students interested in Latinx Studies!🛒 EMR 1010: Topics in Latinx Studies: ¡Ahora Todos Quieren Ser Latino! The Forma...
08/11/2026

students interested in Latinx Studies!

🛒 EMR 1010: Topics in Latinx Studies: ¡Ahora Todos Quieren Ser Latino! The Formations and Unmakings of Latinidad and Being LatinX in América

🗓️ Tuesdays and Thursdays
⏰ 3-4:15 PM
✅ Lecture, no limit

with J. Rubén Díaz Vásquez, Lecturer in Latinx Studies (he/him/él)

🔗 https://my.harvard.edu/course/EMR1010/2026-Fall/1

🔗 tinyurl.com/EMR-Courses

🔗 tinyurl.com/EMR-Ruben



Harvard Concilio Latino
Harvard-Radcliffe RAZA
Harvard Fuerza Latina
Latinas Unidas de Harvard College

EMR COURSES FOR YOUR CRIMSON CARTS!🛒 EMR 157: Techno-Orientalism: Asia, Technology, Futurity (T 12-2:45 PM with Leslie J...
08/11/2026

EMR COURSES FOR YOUR CRIMSON CARTS!

🛒 EMR 157: Techno-Orientalism: Asia, Technology, Futurity (T 12-2:45 PM with Leslie J. Fernandez);

🛒 EMR 182: Afterlives of Violence: Race, Gender, & Colonization in LatinX Studies (M 12-2:45 PM with J. Rubén Díaz Vásquez);

🛒 EMR 1010: Topics in Latinx Studies
(T, Th 3-4:15 PM with J. Rubén Díaz Vásquez);

All are open to !

More info at tinyurl.com/EMR-Courses

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EMR COURSES FOR YOUR CRIMSON CARTS!🛒 EMR 157: Techno-Orientalism: Asia, Technology, Futurity (T 12-2:45 PM with Leslie J...
08/11/2026

EMR COURSES FOR YOUR CRIMSON CARTS!

🛒 EMR 157: Techno-Orientalism: Asia, Technology, Futurity (T 12-2:45 PM with Leslie J. Fernandez);

🛒 EMR 182: Afterlives of Violence: Race, Gender, & Colonization in LatinX Studies (M 12-2:45 PM with J. Rubén Díaz Vásquez);

🛒 EMR 1010: Topics in Latinx Studies
T, Th 3-4:15 PM with J. Rubén Díaz Vásquez);

All are open to !

More info at tinyurl.com/EMR-Courses

Link in stories.

Meet EMR Faculty: ✨ Dr. Leslie J. Fernandez, Lecturer in Asian American Studies & EMR Program Director ✨Leslie is a scho...
08/10/2026

Meet EMR Faculty: ✨ Dr. Leslie J. Fernandez, Lecturer in Asian American Studies & EMR Program Director ✨

Leslie is a scholar of Asian & Asian American Studies, critical race and ethnic studies, postcolonialism & anti-colonialism, science & technology studies, and science fiction. Their book project, titled “Asiandroid: Techno-Orientalism and the AI Imaginary,” examines the relationship between race and technology by analyzing representations of robots, androids, and artificial intelligence in comparison with Orientalist and techno-Orientalist discourse. My work can be found in Textual Practice and Extrapolation.

🔗 tinyurl.com/EMR-Leslie

FALL 2026 COURSE:

🛒 EMR 157: Techno-Orientalism: Asia, Technology, Futurity ⏰ Tuesdays 12-2:45 PM.

🔗 tinyurl.com/EMR-Courses

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