The Chloe Center supports interdisciplinary or post-disciplinary research on racial formation, migration and diaspora, state violence, and radical social movements, among many other topics. Graduate students convene for workshops and conferences, as well as informal and one-off seminars, teach-ins, and discussions. Providing opportunities for Johns Hopkins students to present their own research in supportive, interdisciplinary spaces is a key goal for the center.
For instance, a recent symposium, titled “Entangled Solidarities,” emphasized comparative racialization and anti-racist Solidarities and critical carceral studies and abolition without borders. Another recent symposium, “Keywords for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism,” included a keynote address by Iyko Day (Mount Holyoke).
The center also sponsored a year-long dissertation-writing group that culminated in a symposium presentation by the participants and co-sponsored a symposium at the University of Chicago on policing and empire that featured presentations by Johns Hopkins graduate students.
Johns Hopkins faculty and students are encouraged to reach out to the Chloe Center to propose ideas for future research symposia and conferences under the umbrellas of racism, immigration, and colonialism.
Graduate Fellows
The Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism operates on a democratic and participatory model. Its graduate fellows play a central role in envisioning and planning the center’s programming, as well as operating its popular weekly newsletter. Graduate fellows serve in the role for a minimum of a year. Openings for these paid graduate fellow positions are announced in the spring semester.
Previous fellows
- In 2024–2025, the Chloe Center is fortunate to have the support of two graduate fellows, Ronay Bakan and April Ma.
- Inaugural graduate fellow Sheharyar Imran worked with the center from 2020 through 2024, playing an integral part in shepherding the transition from the Program in Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship to the Chloe Center, as well as in developing the Critical Diaspora Studies major.
The Chloe Center supports interdisciplinary—or postdisciplinary—research on racial formation, migration and diaspora, state violence, and radical social movements, among many other topics. Graduate students convene for workshops and conferences, as well as informal and one-off seminars, teach-ins, and discussions. Providing opportunities for Hopkins students to present their own research in supportive, interdisciplinary spaces is a key goal for the center.
Workshops
The Chloe Center regularly sponsors workshops for graduate and undergraduate students. Workshop topics range from theoretical and methodological to professionalization practicums. In fall 2024, the center sponsored a workshop on transforming scholarly writing into public writing with editors of major publications.
Recent graduate methods workshops have featured prominent scholars such as Julian Go (U Chicago) and Kareem Rabie (U Illinois Chicago). The center also has sponsored regular workshops for undergraduates. One recent workshop concerned career pathways in criminal-justice reform, featuring two recent Johns Hopkins alumni.
The Chloe Center also regularly hosts and co-sponsors film-screenings, talks, and teach-ins. The center’s programming goals are to develop events that complement, rather than duplicate, the types of programming offered by other units on campus, typically by featuring speakers working outside the traditional academic career trajectory.