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The Immigration Act of 1965: Book Launch and Conversation
December 3, 2015 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Thursday, December 3, 2015
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Columbia Law School
Jerome Greene Hall, Case Lounge, 7th Fl
435 W 116th St, New York, NY 10027
The Center for the Study of Law and Culture invites you to attend “The Immigration Act of 1965,” a conversation celebrating therecent publication of “The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act: Legislating a New America.” The conversation will take place on December 3 at 4:00 p.m. in Case Lounge.
Columbia Law School Visiting Professor Rose Villazor (LL.M., ’06) edited the first book devoted to the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments, along with Professor Gabriel J. Chin of U.C. Davis School of Law. The text places current-day immigration debates in context and provides historically informed policy suggestions. Panelists will explore the connections between theImmigration Act and the “civil rights revolution” of the 1960s and the ways we talk and think about “race” law and politics.
Panelists
Joseph Landau, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham Law School
Mae Ngai, Professor of History, Columbia University
Kendall Thomas, Nash Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Rose Cuison Villazor, Visiting Professor of Law, Columbia Law School