Globalization, along with cultural diversity, and racial justice at home call for the knowledge and comparative methods of the humanities. These methods are essential to sustaining multicultural and multilingual societies, to dismantling structural racism, and to cultivating a strong democratic culture.
As presented by the SAGE Center, Edward Slingerland, professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia, will give a talk on chemical intoxicants and the ways being intoxicated has historically helped humans through stress, relationship building, and creative journeys.
Mimi Khúc, writer, scholar, and teacher, will visit UCSB to hold three separate workshops—one for instructors, one for undergrads, and one for grad students, on ableism and unwellness in the university. See the flier below for specific times and locations.
In an event presented by the Film and Media Studies Department, Mette Simonsen, associate professor at Aalborg University, will be presenting her research on the ways digital infrastructures (wi-fi networks, satellites, etc,.) affect those living ‘on the margins.’
In a presentation co-sponsored by the Walter H. Capps Center, Dina Gilio-Whitaker, author and lecturer at CSU San Marcos, will give the 40th Manley Lecture. In her talk, she will discuss indigenous struggles, leadership, and environmental justice.
In a Classics sponsored event, Thomas Moody, Classics professor, will give a talk titled, “Socrates, Hestia, and the Hearth of the City.”
UCSB Music, UCSB Theater and Dance, and Ventura College of Performing arts will be joining forces to present an evening of Opera, directed by UCSB’s own head of voice program, Isabel Bayrakdarian.