Events

Events

Wed, February 27, 2019, 8:00 pm

370 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley

Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez, Associate Professor of American Studies, Honors Program Director, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

The Detours project takes seriously the power of form, and the reading practices and publics produced by the genre of the guidebook, which manifest the fantasy of Hawai‘i as an exotic island destination for the consumption of tourists. Detours deliberately perverts the guidebook to produce alternative narratives, tours, itineraries, mappings and images of the islands as...

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Tue, February 26, 2019, 12:00 am to 2:00 am

180 Doe Library, UC Berkeley

Duncan Williams, USC | Speaker Mark Blum, UCB | Discussant Carolyn Chen, UCB Ethnic Studies | Discussant Monday, February 25 | 4:00 – 6:00PM 180 Doe Library, UC Berkeley Campus   Duncan Ryūken Williams (University of Southern California) will discuss his new book “American Sutra” about Buddhism and the WWII Japanese American internment. The fact that the vast majority of Japanese Americans...

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Wed, February 20, 2019, 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm

554 Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley

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Tue, February 19, 2019, 7:30 pm

Toll Room, Alumni House (UC Berkeley)

Dr. Selena Couture, Assistant Professor of Drama, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta

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Wed, February 13, 2019, 1:00 am to 3:00 am

370 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley

Desmond Jagmohan, Assistant Professor of Politics, Princeton University

https://rhetoric.berkeley.edu/event/2018-11-19/rhetoric-spring-colloquium-desmond-jagmohan ...

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Fri, February 08, 2019, 8:00 am to Fri, May 17, 2019, 9:00 pm

542 Barrows Hall

Dr. Cynthia Medina

Let’s Talk! Drop-in hours provide easy access to brief, free, informal consultations with a UHS Psychologist. These confidential services can help you access supportive counseling and consultation, gain perspective, and explore resources and options that might help meet your needs. DROP-IN SCHEDULE Fridays, 2-4pm in Barrows 542 •No appointment or paperwork needed •Visits are first come, first serve. Cynthia Medina, PhD Specialty Areas/Interests: •Multicultural/social...

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Wed, February 06, 2019, 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm

554 Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley

Professor Rhacel Parreñas, USC

ñas, USC Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:00pm-1:30pm 554 Barrows Hall     Labor Regimes of Indenture – A Global Overview of Migrant Domestic Work   Across the globe, migrant domestic workers are unfree workers whose legal residency is contingent on their continued employment as a live-in worker with a designated sponsor. This talk examines the politics of their indenture. Providing a macro and...

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Tue, January 22, 2019, 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Mario Savio Steps, UC Berkeley

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Mon, November 26, 2018, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm

3335 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley

Catherine Ceniza Choy, Professor of Ethnic Studies

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Thu, November 15, 2018, 2:30 am to 4:30 am

Town School for Boys 2750 Jackson Street, San Francisco

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