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Event Date: October 1st, 2025
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM PT
New Directions: Borderlands
Borders reflect the many social, historical, and political forces that shape global movement and identity. While borders often suggest fixed lines of division, the experiences within and around them increasingly influence national and global understandings of belonging, sovereignty, and human rights. This panel brings together a group of UC Berkeley graduate students from the fields of history, sociology, and ethnic studies for a discussion on borders and their impact, particularly through the lens of migration, mobility, and resistance across the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Published July 29, 2014
Social Networks from History
A new tool developed by a team at UC Berkeley can help build “prosopographies,” social networks based on names, affiliations, and other historical data.
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Published July 22, 2014
Do You Trust the Police?
A team of UC Berkeley researchers are helping devise new methods for measuring levels of trust between local communities and the police.
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