Friday September 20, 2024:The Politics of the Multiracial Right Symposium, Sterling Memorial Lecture Hall
8:30-9:00 - Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:30 – Welcome and Opening: The Multiracial Right and On-ramps to Conservatism
Daniel Martinez HoSang, Joseph Lowndes, Micah English, Minali Aggarwal, Editorial Team for The Politics of the Multiracial Right (NYU Press, 2025)
9:30-10:45 – PANEL 1: Gender, Culture, and the Multiracial Right | Paper Abstracts
Cristina Beltran, Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU, “Brown Girl with a Gun: Latina Republicans and Intersectionality on the Right.”
Priscilla Yamin, Women’s and Gender Studies, Hunter College, “‘She’s the sister you never had': Conservative Online Women’s Magazines and the Politics of Race."
Micah English, Political Science, Yale University,and Loren Kajikawa, Music, George Washington University, “Hip-Hop Republicans: Understanding The Politics of Hip-Hop and Conservatism.”
Bruno Seraphin, Anthropology, University of Connecticut, and April Anson, English, University of Connecticut, “Supremacists Gone Native.”
11:00-12:15 – PANEL 2: The Diasporic and Global Right | Paper Abstracts
Y Thien Nguyen, Asian Pacific Studies, California State University, Dominguez Hills, “Understanding the historical foundations of Vietnamese American conservatism.”
Sangay Mishra, Political Science and International Relations, Drew University, “Indian Americans, Hindu Nationalism, and Conservative Electoral Orientation.”
Asli Igsiz, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, NYU, “Anti-Imperial Imperialism in Turkey.”
William Callison, Social Studies, Harvard University, “Anti-Liberal Liberalism in Spain.”
12:15-1:15 – Lunch (Provided with advance registration)
1:15-2:30 – PANEL 3: Young People, Intergenerational Organizing, and the Multiracial Right | Paper Abstracts
The Xīn Shēng | 心声 Project, “Feelings Over Facts: The Limits and Possibilities of Challenging Chinese American Conservatism on WeChat.”
Elizabeth Torres-Griefer, Yale College ‘24, “Social Media, ‘Conspirituality,’ and the Making of Latina Conservatism.”
Debadatta Chakraborty, Sociology, UMass Amherst,“Hindutva and Hinduphobia: Transnational authoritarianism, gendered-racialized youth mobilization and nationalist politics of the Indian diaspora in the US.”
2:45-4:00 – PANEL 4: Elections, Candidates, Campaigns, and the Multiracial Right | Paper Abstracts
Corey Fields, Sociology, Georgetown University, “The Shifting Face of Black Republicans: Interracial Relations within the GOP and the Platforming of Black Conservative Voices.”
Minali Aggarwal, Political Science and African American Studies, Yale University, “The Racial Politics of Policing: A Case Study on Minneapolis’s ‘Yes 4 Minneapolis’ Campaign and the Blackening of Conservative Politics.”
Biko Koenig, Government & Public Policy, Franklin & Marshall College, “Race, Status, and the MAGA Movement.”
Eddie Kim, Independent Journalist, “Why Reactionary Politics Are Fueling an Asian-American Backlash.”
4:00-5:00 pm – Reception in Sterling Library Memorial Hall Atrium
