The DMV region is home to refugee and migrant communities from across the globe. It is also home to the centerpieces of the national security state, including CIA headquarters, the Pentagon, numerous military bases, as well as outposts of all the major firms that comprise the military-industrial complex, plus three of the military’s university-affiliated research centers. This symposium of original student research inquires into the connections between these two aspects of regional development, as well as how migrants and their families grapple with continuing forms of slow violence such as racialized displacement.

Based on two conjoined semester-long humanities research lab courses, students will briefly present their findings on four panels.

Location: Gilman 308

This symposium is open to students, faculty, staff, and community members. Please RSVP by 4/23 to gcho2 at jhu dot edu. Lunch will be provided. 

Schedule

10:00-10:10am 
Welcome
H. Yumi Kim and Stuart Schrader

10:15-11:15am 

Panel 1 – Racism, Immigration, and the Military-Industrial Complex in the DMV and Beyond 
Angela Tracy, Natalie Wang, Nicole Rivas, Shalala Leny
Comment: H. Yumi Kim (History)

11:15am-12:15pm 
Panel 2 – The “Disappearance” of Little Saigon Clarendon (A Collaborative Project with Viet Place Collective)
Brian Duan, Lima Mutahidy, Suzy Schlosberg, Lisa Wang, Estelle Yeung
Comment: Ga Eun Cho (PhD candidate, Political Science)

12:15-1:00pm Lunch 

1:00-1:45pm 
Panel 3 – The Security State and Regional Development in the DMV Area
Jeremy Giles, Kirsten Amemastro, Kylah Cain-Ward
Comment: Andrew Friedman (History, Haverford College)

1:45-2:45pm 
Panel 4 – Johns Hopkins University In and Against the Military-Industrial Complex
Cleo Bluthenthal, Gerardo Fontes, Mufasa Cruz Moreno, Skye Neulight
Comment: Erin Chung (Political Science)

2:45-3:00pm
Final Remarks