UPCOMING EVENTS, Winter and Spring, 2010
Border Violence: A Conversation with Tracy
Wilkinson
LA Times, Mexico Bureau Chief.
Date TBA
Dr. Enrique Ochoa (Professor of History and Director of the Latin
American Studies Program, CSULA) will moderate a conversation with Ms.
Wilkinson about drug, gun, and human trafficking and its reportage.
Memories of
Survival, the Holocaust, and Schindler's List: A Public Lecture by Mr.
Leon Leyson
February 24, 6pm
Los Angeles Room
Join us as Mr. Leon Leyson, the youngest member of Schindler's List and
renowned Holocaust educator, recounts his experiences.
Fall 2009
Los Angeles
Latino Book and Family Festival
October 10-11
Greenlee Plaza
CSULA
Join us for a two-day celebration of literacy, Latino authors,
and family fun. Events include panel discussions, children's
stage and storytime, and readings by dozens of acclaimed
authors. For more information and specific event locations, see
www.lbff.us
or email Dr. Maria Karafilis at
mkarafi@calstatela.edu.
Paper Fortunes: American Literature's Investment in Liquidity
ACP Works-in-Progress Colloquium with Dr. Andrew Knighton
Wednesday, October 21, 3:30-4:30pm
Engineering and Technology Building, Wing A, Room 631
Join us as Dr. Knighton (Department of English) shares his current research on economic theory, literary studies, and aesthetics.
New
Technologies, New Media, and Knowledge: A Roundtable
Discussion
Wednesday, November 18, 6pm
Reception to Follow
Room TBA
Join us as award-winning journalists, bloggers, and scholars discuss how new media and technologies affect the ways that we generate and disseminate knowledge about ourselves as well as local and global communities. Scheduled to appear: Madeleine Brand (broadcast journalist, NPR); Megan Garvey (LA Times, co-founder of the Mapping LA project); Dr. Kavita Philip (Department of Anthropology, UC Irvine, and specialist on New Technologies Theory and Women's Studies); Raquel Hunter (blogger, Mama's Health); and Dr. Jon Beaupre (Professor of Communication Studies and radio host, KPPC).
Spring 2009
Graffiti Report:
Debating Public Art in Los Angeles
An ACP Works-in-Progress Colloquium with Professor Victor Viesca
Tuesday,
April 14, 3:30-4:30 pm
Integrated Humanities Center, KH D4050
Victor Viesca, Department of Liberal Studies, share his latest research.
Barack Obama’s First
100 Days: A Roundtable Discussion
Wednesday,
May 6, 3:30-5:30 pm
Los Angeles Room AB, 3rd floor, University-Student Union
Join journalists, scholars, and community members as we discuss the
early days and possible futures of the Obama Administration. Panel
includes commentary by Dr. Melina Abdullah (Pan African Studies), Erin
Aubrey-Kaplan (L.A. Times), Madeleine Brand (broadcast journalist), and
Dr. Philip Romero (Dean, Business and Economics).
Political Affect and
Political Effect: Rhetoric, Representation, and Responsibility
The American Communities Program Spring Symposium
Thursday,
May 14, 3:30-5:00 pm
Alhambra Room, 3rd floor, University-Student Union
Join us as the 2008-09 ACP Fellows share their research:
- Dr. Manuel Aguilar-Moreno (Art), “Walls of Passion: The Murals of Los Angeles”
- Dr. Beth Baker-Cristales (Anthropology), “Black and Brown in Black and White: the Los Angeles Sentinel on Latinos and Immigration”
- Dr. Andrew Knighton (English), “Speaking Volumes: The Syntax of American Utopianism in Public Library Architecture”
Roundtable: Musical
Theatre as Social Commentary
Opening Night: Urinetown
Friday,
May 15
Roundtable: 6:00 p.m.
Performance: 8:00 pm
State Playhouse, 1st floor, Music Building
Reception to Follow
This roundtable features actors, writers, and directors of musical
theater, along with activists and scholars, to discuss the genre's
increasing engagement with social and political issues. The roundtable
will be followed by the opening-night performance of CSULA's production
of Urinetown, an award-winning musical satire that enjoyed a
multiyear run on Broadway. Urinetown examines capitalism and
corruption in a city short on water, and the
setting of this production evokes contemporary Los Angeles. A limited
number of reduced-price tickets for the performance will be available.
For more information, contact Dr. Maria Karafilis at mkarafi@calstatela.edu.
A Cure for
Color-Blindness: Why Anti-Racism Matters Now
A Conversation with Dr. George Lipsitz
Thursday,
May 21 at 6 pm
Reception to Follow
U-SU Theatre, 1st floor, University-Student Union
Dr. George Lipsitz, Department of Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara,
discusses why “post-racial” is not synonymous with the end of racism in
the United States.