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UCSB history student Michael Sanders recently organized the “Justice for George Floyd: Solidarity March,” to support the Black Lives Matter movement by peacefully protesting against police brutality. He sat down with HFA intern Raymond Matthews to talk about the protest and the experience of Black students.
New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis and Art House Convergence managing director Alison Kozberg say that art house film makers and large film production companies will continue to prioritize streaming over in-person moviegoing once the COVID-19 pandemic ends. They spoke at a recent Carsey-Wolf Center virtual event: "Moviegoing in the Age of COVID-19.
English major Natalie Gomez reminisces about Isla Vista’s pre COVID-19 film culture by spotlighting Magic Lantern Films, a film screening program sponsored by UCSB’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center.
UC Santa Barbara’s music department is adapting online teaching methods to create virtual solo and chamber music sessions in light of COVID-19 social distancing measures.
Jill Lepore, a Harvard historian and New Yorker columnist discusses how she uses narrative techniques with historical arguments to explain modern political and social issues. The presentation was sponsored by UC Santa Barbara’s History Department.
Andrew Hartman, a U.S. political history professor at Illinois State University, visited UC Santa Barbara to discuss Marxism’s impact on modern American politics and economics.
UC Santa Barbara’s Classics department’s work with historically black colleges and universities has been recognized by the Society for Classical Studies with its 2019 Equity Award. Classics professor Brice Erickson discusses the department’s groundbreaking summer project with Howard University students.
Bonnie Ruberg, a UC Irvine assistant professor of Informatics says that video games have always been queer because their design allows game engineers to resist sexual and gender norms and they allow individual gamers to do the same through gameplay. Ruberg was on campus as a guest speaker hosted by UC Santa Barbara’s Film and Media Department.
Production Designer Michael Bricker visited UC Santa Barbara’s Pollock Theater to discuss how his use of cinematography and set design shaped the plot and aesthetic behind Netflix’s original series, Russian Doll.
UC Santa Barbara Art professor Sarah Rosalena Brady recently presented her work with the National Museum of the American Indian and Jet Propulsion Laboratory in an event sponsored by the Media Arts & Technology Department. Brady is a multi-media artist who combines computer craft like coding & 3D modeling with traditional art-forms like clay sculpting.
