SPICE is a program of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Discrimination
Scholarly Publications
Koreans in Japan
October 2010
Although Koreans in Japan prior to World War II suffered racial discrimination and economic exploitation, the Japanese authorities nonetheless counted ethnic Koreans as Japanese nationals and...
News
Institute highlights the teaching of Asia and the Asian-American experience
March 2018
—SPICE: Offering teacher institutes since 1973— In 1973, the roots of the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) were established with the creation of the Bay Area...
New Scholars Corner video: Identity Politics
March 2019
Scholars Corner is an ongoing SPICE initiative to share FSI’s cutting-edge social science research with high school and college classrooms nationwide and international schools abroad.
Secretary Norman Mineta and SPICE’s Rylan Sekiguchi highlight National Council of History Education conference in Washington, DC
April 2019
As a high school student in San Jose in the late 1960s and early 1970s, I used to see Norman Mineta on occasion in San Jose’s Japantown.
Events
SPICE Webinar: “Angel Island Immigration Station: The Hidden History”
August 19, 2020
Webinar recording: https://youtu.be/ou4OpF-8j-g Connie will speak about how the Chinese detention barracks on Angel Island were saved from demolition in the 1970s, opening the door to the hidden...
SPICE Webinar: "Human Rights Day 2020: Teacher Workshop on Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan"
December 5, 2020
Webinar recording: https://youtu.be/8oDHKdyhZO0 In recognition of Human Rights Day on December 10, SPICE is honored to feature Dr.
Multimedia
Immigration and Integration: Introduction
November 2015
Immigration policy has been a very controversial and highly debated topic for decades, both in the United States and in Europe.
Immigration and Integration: Current Research
November 2015
In this video, Jens Hainmueller, Co-Director of the Immigration and Integration Policy Lab, and Duncan Lawrence, Executive Director of the Immigration and Integration Policy Lab, explain some of the challenges created by current immigration...
The Rise and Implications of Identity Politics
March 2019
Black Lives Matter. Catalan independence. #MeToo. White nationalism. The Islamic State.