Jeremy Kamal, Black culture scholar and professor at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, showed three futuristic, digitally-realized landscapes for a UC Santa Barbara audience. These landscapes, which are part of a fictional world called “Mojo,” each represent parts of Black identity.
Santa Barbara Dance Theater held its first show of winter quarter, presenting a series of performances curated by artistic director Brandon Whited with guest choreographers Helen Simoneau and David Maurice.
UC Santa Barbara’s department of Theater and Dance put on its third annual LAUNCH PAD AMPLIFY Reading Series Festival earlier this month. LAUNCH PAD and AMPLIFY, two UCSB initiatives in theater, co-organized the festival and brought four playwrights from around the nation to workshop their new plays. The festival ended with staged readings.
Reed College Classics scholar Sonia Sabnis spoke on the love story between the Roman gods Cupid and Psyche, and how this second-century myth’s darker themes impacted 20th-century American literature at an annual lecture sponsored by Center for the Study of Ancient Fiction at UC Santa Barbara.
Rob Boddice, author and historian, spoke as the inaugural speaker for the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center’s new Research Focus Group of the History of Emotions. Bodice highlighted the importance of different scholarly fields working together to continue making progress for research on emotions.
UC Santa Barbara history professor Anthony Barbieri has published his fifth book, The Many Lives of the First Emperor of China. The book unites the past and the present day, exploring perceptions of First Emperor Ying Zheng as both hero and villain. In a recent interview, Professor Barbieri discussed his research and writing experience.
