Lecture, hosted by LAIS
Cosmopolitism and Feminism in Puerto Rico: The Foundational Literature of Alejandro Tapia y Rivera
Location: Girvetz 2320
Conference, hosted by EALCS and GEARS, co-sponsored by EAC
UCSB Graduate Student Conference: Research on East Asia
Location: HSSB 4041
CMES Spotlight Series
Living Fossils: Anatomies of Race and Reproduction in Egypt
Location: Girvetz 2320
"Film Screening and Director's Roundtable, hosted by CMES and Carsey-Wolf Center
Storytelling for the Screen: The Citizen
Location: Pollock Theater, reserve free tickets here.
Lecture, hosted by Orfalea Center
Captive Intelligence: Anti-Muslim Racism, Extractive Capital & Liberal Humanism in the Making of Muslim Immigrant Informants
Location: Girvetz 2320
Lecture, co-organized by Africa Initiative and Department of History
Why Dare to Invent the Future?
Location: HSSB 4020 Zoom link for those who can't be present in person: https://ucsb.zoom.us/s/81909097511
LAIS Tertulia, co-organized with Department of History
The History and Politics of Wannabe Fascism
Location: HSSB 1174
Webinar, organized by Orfalea Center
Graphic Novels, Art Making & Zines as Trans/Queer Archives
Location: In person: GIRV 2116 Zoom link: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/88476165444
Film Screening and Director's Roundtable, hosted by Orfalea Center
Bad Women of China, directed by He Xiaopei
Location: I.V. THEATER 2, 960 EMBARCADERO DEL NORTE
Burdick Global Scholars Program
Informational Zoom for Prospective Burdick Applicants
Location: Via zoom, click for link.
Book launch, hosted by Orfalea Center
Global Human/ities: Robots, Retroviruses, and the Rest of Us
Location: Girvetz 2320
Webinar, hosted by Orfalea Center
Navigating the Date Deluge: A Panel on Social Data and Research Methodolgy
Location: Online Event in English and Portuguese with Translated Captions https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/87055011316
Lecture, co-sponsored by LAIS and Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese
Imperial Death: African Decolonization in Spanish Popular Cinema
Location: ARTS 1349
Lecture, co-sponsored by EAC
Cognitive and Semiological Perspectives on European-Language Religious Categories and the Chinese Data
Location: McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
Burdick Global Scholars Program Seminar, co-sponsored by Department of Black Studies and LAIS
Ethnographies of Blackness
Location: Black Studies Conference Room, South Hall 3709
Lecture, hosted by Orfalea Center
Making Digital Tools for Egalitarian Archival Practice, with Juan Cobo Betancourt
Location: Girvetz 2320
Lecture, hosted by Orfalea Center
Digital Humanities in India: Towards an Infrastructural Critique Of and With E-Lit
Location: via zoom; link: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/89653830433
CMES Spotlight Series: a graduate fellows panel
On the Borderland: Making Home, Making Music
Location: Via zoom; click here for registration link.
Tertulia, hosted by LAIS
Politics and the Pink Tide: A Comparative Analysis of Protest in Latin America
Location: Girvetz 2320
Ethnomusicology Forum, co-hosted by Africa Initiative and Orfalea Center
Echoes Across the Limpopo: Azania & Zimbabwe Musics of Self-Liberation
Location: Music Library 2406
Webinar, hosted by Orfalea Center
Global & Comparative Education Research
Location: Link to Webinar in English and Portuguese with Translated Captions: https://ucsb.zoom.us/s/81950688336
Workshop, co-sponsored by EAC
New Approaches to Traditional Chinese Food Culture
Location: McCune Conference Room, HSSB 6020
Graduate Student Research Panel, hosted by Africa Initiative
Plotting Fieldworks
Location: Girvetz 2314
Lecture, hosted by EAC
Decolonizing Hong Kong: A Global Event, with Ching Kwan Lee
Location: SSMS 2135
Burdick Global Scholars Program Seminar, co-sponsored by Department of Black Studies and LAIS
Capitalismo Racial, Violencia de Género y Acumulación en Colombia y México
Location: Girvetz 2320
Book Talk, co-organized by CMES, LAIS, and Dept. of History
Transnational Palestine, with Nadim Bawalsa
Location: HSSB 3001E
Lecture, hosted by Orfalea Center
Seismic Transformations: The Cultural Ecologies and Periurban Poetics in Mahraganat Music in Egypt, with Dalia Ibraheem
Location: Girvetz 2320
Book Talk, organized by CMES and Orfalea Center
Sextarianism: Sovereignty, Secularism, and the State in Lebanon, with Maya Mikdashi
Location: Loma Pelona Center
Global Studies Colloquium, co-sponsored by EAC
Labor and Social Revolt in the Sinosphere, with Eli Friedman
Location: In-Person: SSMS 2001 and via zoom: tinyurl.com/Globalw24
Webinar, organized by Orfalea Center
Racial Justice in Rio de Janeiro's Carnival, with Vítor Antunes
Location: via zoom
Meeting for students, hosted by LAIS
LAIS/EAP Informational Meeting
Location: Girvetz 2320 and via zoom
Global Studies Colloquium, co-sponsored with LAIS
This Chapter May Contain: Fats, Oils, and Other Interchangeable Elements of Power, with Jayson M. Porter
Location: In-Person: SSMS 2001 and via zoom: tinyurl.com/Globalw24
Panel, hosted by Orfalea Center
LGBTQ Migrations en Argentina: A Dialog Between Artists and Activists
Location: In person at ILP 1320; register for webinar here.
Book Launch, hosted by CMES and Film and Media Studies, co-sponsored by Interdisciplinary Humanities Center
Arabic Glitch
Location: McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
Lecture, hosted by Orfalea Center
Digital Humanities as a Network of Self-Descriptions, with Manuel Portela
Location: LSB 1001
Book Talk, hosted by Global Studies Department, co-sponsored by CMES and Orfalea Center
Elastic Empire: Refashioning War through Aid in Palestine, with Lisa Bhungalia
Location: This is a hybrid event. In person talk in SSMS 2001 and zoom link here. Lunch will be served at noon.
Symposium, organized by Central American Studies Working Group and co-sponsored by LAIS
The Horacio Roque Ramirez Memorial Symposium
Location: MCC Theater
Lecture, co-sponsored by Dept of Spanish and Portuguese, Comparative Literature Program, and LAIS
At First Blush: Race, Cosmetics, and the Transnational Performance of Turning Red, with Paul Michael Johnson
Location: Henley Boardroom, Mosher Alumni House
CMES Spotlight Series: a graduate fellows panel
Survival, Technology, and Science
Location: Via Zoom: register here
Webinar, hosted by Orfalea Center
Grounding Circulations of the Global in China and Angola
Location: Via Zoom: link here
Talk, hosted by LAIS & Central American Working Studies Group
An Analysis of the National Situation in Guatemala, a conversation with Baltzarar de la Cruz Rodríguez
Location: Dolores Huerta Room, South Hall 1623 * This event will be conducted in Spanish
Webinar, hosted by Orfalea Center
Angola: Southern Africa and the Future of the Global South
Location: Zoom webinar link: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/89436458355
Orfalea Research Fellows Forum
Orfalea Cluster Forums on Global Sexualities; Global Carceral States; and Water & Infrastructure
Location: Girvetz 2320
Lecture, hosted by EAC, EALCS, and IHC
Genre Matters: Women Reclaiming Narrative Tropes in Qing China, with Maram Epstein
Location: PSYCH 1902
Tertulia, hosted by LAIS
Historical Maya Displacements and the Invasion of Extractive Industries in Guatemala, with Giovanni Batz
Location: HSSB 4020
Book launch, hosted by Orfalea Center
Religious Othering-Global Dimensions, with Mark Juergensmeyer, Kathleen Moore, and Dominic Sachsenmaier
Location: Girvetz 2320
Lecture, co-sponsored by EAC, IHC, Comparative Literature, and Translation Studies
Alice in Wonderland as a Fairytale and a Resource Book in China, with Zongxin Feng
Location: Zoom attendance link
Colloquium, hosted by Africa Initiative
Kasambabezi: The Terrorist Loot Economy and the Cosmos of African Resistance, with Mhoze Chikowero
Location: Girvetz 2320 or via zoom at this link
Lecture, hosted by Orfalea Center
Queer Ruin: Postcolonial Remix and Classical Remit in Shahzia Sikander's Work, with Sadia Abbas
Location: Girvetz 2320
A panel, co-sponsored by Central American Studies Working Group, LAIS, and Las Maestras Center
El retorno del libro: La devolución del Chilam Balam al pueblo maya
Location: MCC Theater
Lecture, co-sponsored by Central American Studies Working Group, LAIS, and the Collective of Pueblos Orginarios in Diaspora the
Racialization of Central Americans in Los Angeles, with Alejandro Villalpando
Location: South Hall 1623
Lecture, hosted by the Department of Music and co-sponsored by EAC
Musical Networks and Community Building in Indonesia and Beyond, with Wok the Rok
Location: Music Library 2406
Webinar, hosted by Orfalea Center
Sudan: Revolutionary Consciousness & Transnational Solidarity
Location: Link to webinar: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/86359448348
Workshop, co-sponsored by EAC, Dept of Religious Studies, College of Letters and Science, Shinto Studies, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, and others.
The Makers of Buddhism
Location: Robertson Gymnasium, Seminar Room 1005
International Conference, organized by the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies
The Future of the Amazon
Location: McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
Tertulia & Welcome Back Lunch, hosted by LAIS
Khipu, an Andean Instrument of Management, Memory, and Power with Dr. Lydia Fossa
Location: McCune Conference Room, HSSB 6020
Book Talk, hosted by EAC, EALCS, IHC, and Anthropology
Ryo Morimoto on "Nuclear Ghost: Atomic Livelihoods in Fukushima's Gray Zone"
Location: SSMS 2135
Film Screening, Co-Sponsored by Carsey-Wolf Center, Religious Studies, & CMES
CWC Global: Lamya's Poem
Location: Pollock Theater
Lecture, hosted by CMES
Sergey Salushchev on Women Negotiating Shariʿa, Zakon, and Adat in the Nineteenth Century Caucasus
Location: Via Zoom, register to attend here.
Book Launch, hosted by Africa Initiative and Mellon-Sawyer Seminar
Gabrielle Hecht & Satyajit Singh on "A Dam for Africa" by Stephen Miescher
Location: HSSB 1174
Graduate Student Seminar, hosted by EAC
Andrew B. Liu on Industrious and Flexible: China’s 1980s reforms, East Asian capitalism, and flexible accumulation
Location: 2320 Girvetz
Lecture, hosted by EAC
Andrew B. Liu on End of an Era? China's Changing Place in the World Market
Location: 2135 SSMS
symposium, organized by Iranian Studies Initiative and co-sponsored by CMES
Iranian Studies Symposium
Location: Digital Image Lab in the IRC, Arts 1245
public art projection hosted by Arts & Lectures Justice for All, co-presented with AGI and other campus partners.
Woman.Life.Freedom Public Art Projection
Location: The public art projection will run from 8pm - 11pm on the façade of the UCSB Art, Design, and Architecture Museum. This event is free and the UCSB community is welcome to stop by at anytime during the projection.
Panel, hosted by Capp Center and co-sponsored by EAC and CMES
Manjusha Kulkarni on Challenging Hate: How to Stop Anti-AAPI Violence and Bias
Location: UCSB Multicultural Center Theater and YouTube Livestream here.
Panel, hosted by Capp Center and co-sponsored by EAC and CMES
Asian American Activism: Drawing on History, Inspiring the Future
Location: UCSB Multicultural Center Theater and YouTube Livestream here.
"Conference, hosted by Dept of Spanish and Portuguese and co-sponsored by LAIS and the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind)"
Celebrating the Carnation Revolution: A Conference in Honor of Eduardo Lourenço
Location: 6020 McCune Conference Room, HSSB
Roundtable, hosted by the Department of Spanish & Portuguese and moderated by Burdick Fellow
Elisa Loncón on Popular Power and Constitutional Change: Reflections from Chile
Location: Loma Pelona Center Conference Room
Conference, hosted by Dept of Spanish and Portuguese and co-sponsored by LAIS
Political Reconfigurations, Cultural Practices, and Artistic Manifestations of First Nations of the (Abya Yala) Americas
Location: Thursday April 20 at Loma Pelona Center & Friday April 21 at State Street Room UCen
Lecture, co-hosted by Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Music, Ethnomusicology Forum, Iranian Studies Initiative, and CMES
Farzaneh Hemmasi on Live, Die, Repeat: Burying and Resurrecting Iranian Pop Stars in Southern California
Location: 2406 Music Library
Lecture, hosted by King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Chair in Islamic Studies and CMES
Dana Sajdi on The Pasha's New Clothes: The History Section of an 18th Century Library from Acre
Location: 4080 HSSB
Workshop, hosted by German Historical Institute and UCSB Migration Initiative, co-organized by CMES faculty affiliate
Knowledge Production in Displacement and Forced Migration Workshop
Location: U-Cen, Flying A room
Graduate Fellows Panel, hosted by CMES
The Land and What Lies Beneath It: Food, Maps & Sanitation
Location: Via Zoom; register to attend here.
Lecture, hosted by King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Chair in Islamic Studies and CMES
Keelan Overton on The Deccani Trails of the St Andrews Qur'an Manuscript
Location: 3001E HSSB
Colloquium, hosted by Africa Initiative and History Department
Nyasha Mboti and Steve Zipperstein on Dialogues in History: Conversations on Black life, race, and antiblackness in history
Location: *Note the location of this event has changed to the UCSB MultiCultural Center Lounge.
Lecture, hosted by CMES
Nasser Rabbat on Al-Maqrizi’s Khitat: A Transhistorical Paean to Cairo
Location: 3230 Girvetz Hall
Workshop, hosted by Center for Taiwan Studies and EAC
Global Storytelling: Narrating Childhoods in Taiwan Workshop
Location: UCSB Loma Pelona Conference Center, Room 1108
Colloquium, hosted by Film & Media Department and organized by CMES faculty affiliate
Pelle Valentin Olsen on A Tale of Three Brothers: Ezra, Me’ir, and Hayyawi Sawda’i and a History of Cinema in Iraq
Location: 2135 SSMS
Lecture, hosted by Center for Taiwan Studies
Kristina Kironska on Formosa as a Safe Haven?
Location: 2135 SSMS
Lecture, hosted by LAIS, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, & Comparative Literature Program
Efráin Kristal on War and Translation in Jorge Luis Borges
Location: 1508 Phelps Hall
Lecture, hosted by Africa Initiative
Saki Mafundikwa on Black Ingenuity, White Profits
Location: 2314 Girvetz
Book Talk, hosted by EAC & History Department
Aaron Skabelund on Inglorious, Illegal Bastards: Japan's Self-Defense Force During the Cold War
Location: 4020 HSSB
Book Talk, hosted by Orfalea Center
Lisa Hajjar & David Nevin on The Last Front in the War in Court: Torture and Law at Guantanamo
Location: 6020 HSSB
Book talk, hosted by Orfalea Center & CMES
Jillian Schwedler on Understanding Geographies of Protests: Insights from Jordan
Location: 6020 HSSB
Lecture, hosted by EAC, Center for Taiwan Studies & the Dalai Lama Endowment
Venerable Yifa on Chinese Buddhism and Environmental Ethics
Location: 6020 HSSB
Graduate Fellows Panel, hosted by CMES
The Politics of the Everyday: Crime, Charity & Economy
Location: Via Zoom
Seminar, hosted by CMES and King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Chair in Islamic Studies
Kathryn Babayan on Archival Practices Beyond the State
Location: 2320 Girvetz
Lecture, hosted by Africa Initiative and Orfalea Center
Admire Mseba on The Politics of Land and Power in Northeastern Zimbabwe
Location: 2320 Girvetz
Lecture, hosted by CMES and King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Chair in Islamic Studies
Kathryn Babayan on Anthologizing the City of Isfahan: Family Archives & Urban Knowledge
Location: HSSB 4080
Lecture, hosted by EAC
Mercedes Valmisa on Rethinking Agency for Social and Political Change
Location: Via Zoom
Roundtable, hosted by LAIS
João Roberto Martins Filho and Fabio de Sa e Silva on Populism, Authoritarian Governments, and Brazil Elections
Location: Via Zoom
Graduate Fellows Panel, hosted by CMES
The Native Other: Language, Race & Migration
Location: Via Zoom