Upcoming Symposium on the Naturalization Act of 1790

The 1790 Naturalization Act, the first U.S. citizenship law, reserved the privilege of becoming an American to "Free White Person[s]." Join us for a discussion of its lasting impact on the United States and its people on Friday, Sept. 22. The event will be held from 12-3 p.m. at UC Davis Law in room 1301 or register for a webinar link. Co-Sponsored by the Aoki Center, UC Davis School of Law, and Free People of Color - UC Davis Department of History. Lunch will be provided.

Moderator, Giselle Garcia, J.D. Aoki Center Legal Fellow

Opening Remarks by Kevin R. Johnson, Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, UC Davis School of Law.

Panelists include:

*Gabriel J. Chin, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor and Edward L. Barrett Jr. Chair, and Director of Clinical Legal Education, UC Davis School of Law & Paul Finkelman, Professor Emeritus, Albany Law School. 

The “Free White Persons” Clause of the Naturalization Act of 1790 as Super-Statute

*Bethany Berger, Wallace Stevens Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law.

Separate, Sovereign, and Subjugated?: Native Citizenship and the 1790 Trade and Intercourse Act

*Ming Hsu Chen, Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair; Faculty-Director, Center for Race, Immigration, Citizenship & Equality.

The Road Not Taken: A Critical Juncture in Racial Preferences for Naturalized Citizenship

*Rose Cuison-Villiazor, Professor of Law and Chancellor's Social Justice Scholar; Director, Center for Immigration Law, Policy and Justice, Rutgers Law School

Occupying Liminal Space: Remedying the Racial Exclusion of Interstitial Citizens

*Amanda Frost, John A. Ewald Jr. Research Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law.

Schizophrenic Citizenship

Paper and Response Essays to be Published in the William and Mary Law Review