MOSAIC: What is a Border? Constructing National Boundaries in the Age of Global Mobility

Workshops are open to students in grades 8 12 with registration; the Lecture is open to all! Workshop is from 10:00-11:00am, Lecture is from 11:00-12:00am. 
What is a border? How do we understand the social forces that shape our world? New Haven is located 2,000 miles from the U.S./Mexico border, but the forces that shape the flows of people, money, and information impact our home community. Right now, people move across borders more than any other time in human history: for work, survival, and for adventure. How do borders work in our globally connected society? Pre-lecture workshops led by graduate students will explore physical, symbolic, and artistic borders.
Alicia Schmidt Camacho is Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, Race, and Migration at Yale University. Her courses examine race and colonialism in the Americas and focus on Latino migration, social movements, and immigration policy.
About MOSAIC: MOSAIC is a special lecture series, designed to share the work of faculty in the arts and humanities with the community. This session will be hosted by the Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration.
To register click here.