Virtual Info Session: Woodrow Wilson Fellowship

@ In this virtual info session, we will introduce the Woodrow Wilson Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program, step you through the application process, give tips on putting together the various application elements, and answer your questions. The Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, which provides $10,000 of funding for a three-year research project, is available only to first-year students […]

Bodian Seminar: Robbe Goris

@ Robbe Goris, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology University of Texas at Austin Title: Inference and introspection in the primate visual system To accomplish goals, humans and other animals must infer properties of theenvironment in the face of uncertainty and change. I will discuss psychophysical, physiological,and theoretical work from my lab that interrogates the computational […]

Suyoung Son, Associate Professor in Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University

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Cooking Recipes and the Ways of Transmitting Knowledge @ How can the written recipes convey the embodied practice of cooking? While cooking traditionally relies on direct transformation and oral explication, what circumstances lead to the translation of this mute skill into written form? This talk examines two 17-century cooking recipes from Chosŏn Korea (1392–1897), exploring […]

Mary Ruefle: Sullivan and Elder Visiting Poet

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@ Mary Ruefle is the author of many books, including The Book  (Wave Books, 2023), Dunce (Wave Books, 2019), which was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize, longlisted for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics’ Circle Award, as well as a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. She is also the author of My Private […]

“Three Moments in the History of Antisemitism” Giacomo Loi & Aamir Mufti (respondent)

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"Three Moments in the History of Antisemitism" This talk explores three pivotal moments in the history of antisemitism, tracing its evolution from antiquity through the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. In antiquity, we will examine the roots of anti-Judaic sentiments in the Greco-Roman world, zooming in on the famous Alexandria riot in the first […]

East Asia Studies Student Advisory Council

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@ On November 7 join EAS SAC from 4:30PM to 6:00pm in Mergenthaler 426 for pizza and ask all the questions you can think about the East Asia Studies Program, its activities, courses, research and travel opportunities! Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live

LACLxS Research Grantees Symposium

@ Levering Conference Room A Webinar zoom ID: 9869927 9108 Join us for presentations by the 2024 LACLxS student research grantees! Featuring: 9:30-9:50 am Rhiannon Clarke, Spanish & Portuguese: “Lorca and the Mexico That Might Have Been” 10:00 -10:20 am Jaclyn Dyson, International Health: “Process Evaluation of Maternal-Child Health Interventions in Guatemala” 10:30 -10:50 am […]

German Club Kaffeestunde

Gilman Atrium

@ Come and join the German Club for coffee, games, and conversation. Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live

German Club Kaffeestunde

Gilman Atrium

@ Come and join the German Club for coffee, games, and conversation. Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live

Power, by Yance Ford (documentary screening & panel discussion)

The Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, & Colonialism is pleased to sponsor a free screening of the documentary film Power by Yance Ford (2024) at Red Emma’s. After the screening, Yance Ford and Chloe Center director Stuart Schrader, who was a consulting producer on the film, will hold a Q+A, moderated by Steph Saxton.

Passage, by Christopher Chen (play & panel discussion with actors and director Annalisa Dias)

The Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, & Colonialism is co-sponsoring a “talkback” panel discussion about Passage with the actors and director Annalisa Dias. Christopher Chen’s Passage asks about the possibility of friendship in a world distorted by power and dominance. When one country has colonized another, when one group has taken for granted its social and economic superiority, can anyone, the colonizer or the colonized, find a path toward better human relations?

Crystal Baik, Associate Professor, Gender & Sexuality Studies

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University of California, Riverside Before the Fire Dogs Steal the Sun: An Elegy @ In this talk, Professor Crystal Mun-hye Baik offers a glimpse into her second book project, Before the Fire Dogs Steal the Sun: An Elegy. An intimate cultural history of war, illness, and estrangement framed through her family history, Before the Fire […]