Spring 2011
Intersectionality: Origins and Possibilities
Tuesday, April 5 at 6:15 pm
Los Angeles Room, 3rd floor, University-Student Union
In anticipation of Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw’s lecture on Thursday,
April 14, we will offer an accessible account of the origins of this
metaphor in Black feminist thought, as well as its unrealized
implications for social movements.
An Evening with Kimberlé
Crenshaw
Racing to Post-Racialism: Critical Race Theory, Constitutional Law, and
Sustaining Communities
Thursday, April 14 at 6:15 pm
Los Angeles Room, 3rd floor, University-Student Union
Join us for a distinguished lecture and discussion by Kimberlé Crenshaw,
Professor of Law at UCLA and Columbia Law School. Crenshaw is a leading
authority in the area of Civil Rights; Black feminist legal theory; and
race, racism and the law. Her articles have appeared in the Harvard
Law Review, National Black Law Journal, Stanford Law
Review and Southern California Law Review. A specialist on
race and gender equality, she has facilitated workshops for human rights
activists in Brazil and in India, and for constitutional court judges in
South Africa. Reception to follow.
Mediating Environments
Wednesday, April 27 at 3:30 pm
Los Angeles Room, 3rd floor, University-Student Union
Join us as scholars, artists, and journalists examine the role of media
in contemporary environmental relations as they discuss such questions
as: How and to what ends is environment represented in different media?
How do such representations contribute to changes in built and wild
environments? What are the uses of such representations in sustaining
communities? How do they enable and/or hinder the spatial practices
that may occur within them? Reception to follow.
Scheduled to Appear:
Rebeca Mendez, Media and Design, UCLA
Rick Nahmais, Photographer
Steven Rousso-Schindler, Anthropology, CSU Long Beach
Sharon Sharp, Communication Studies, CSU Dominguez Hills
Kate Sullivan, Anthropology, CSULA
Change in
the Middle East and US Responses: Promises, Pitfalls, and Possibilities
Tuesday, May 3, 1:30-3pm
Los Angeles Room, 3rd Floor, University-Student Union
Reception to Follow
Join us as scholars, activists, and
journalists explore the unique political, social,
religious, and economic forces prompting the recent uprisings; the roles
of youth, women, and new media in the events; and the implications for
US policy.
Scheduled to appear: Dr. Emily Acevedo,
Political Science, CSULA
Dr. Atef Laouyene, English, CSULA and blogger
Mike Shuster, Broadcast Journalist, NPR
Najeeba Syeed-Miller, Claremont School of Theology.
Moderator: Jon Beaupre
American
Communities Program Symposium
Sustainability and Sustaining Communities
Tuesday, May 10 at 1:30 pm
Los Angeles Room AB, 3rd floor, University-Student Union
Join us as the 2010-2011 ACP Fellows share their current research.
Reception to follow.
Rob DeChaine, Liberal Studies, "Humanitarian Conscience and Corporate
Power: Sustainability, Community Partnership, and the Rhetoric of
Corporate Social Responsibility"
Kate Sullivan, Anthropology, “Reconfiguring Marine Environments:
Narrative and Spatial Practices”
Winter 2011
The Role and Practice of the Artist in Society
Saturday, January 22 at 6pm
U-SU Theater, 1st Floor
Join us for a lecture by Dr. Peter Lukehart, Center for Advanced Studies
in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC).
Sustaining Communities: Forging Collective Memories
Monday, January 31, 4:30 pm
Theater, 1st floor, University-Student Union
Join scholars, cultural theorists, and artists as they explore the ways
and rituals through which specific communities are performed,
remembered, memorialized, and narrativized. Speakers include:
- Elizabeth Chin,
Anthropology & Critical Theory and Social Justice, Occidental
College
- David Delgado Shorter, Anthropology, University of California Los Angeles
- Kianga Ford,
Sound Artist, The Story of This Place, a site-specific
project that explores relationships between physical and cultural
proximity
- Ari Kletzky,
Artist, CalArts, Islands of LA, an exploration of the use and
availability of traffic islands as public space to foster discussion
and create community
ACP Works-in-Progress Colloquium
“Forced Disappearance, State Terror, and
Traumatic Memory”
Tuesday, February 15, 1:30 pm, King Hall D 4050
Join us as CSULA professors Dr. Gabriela Fried Amilivia, Department of
Sociology, and Dr. Angela Vergara, Department of History, share their
current research.
Jails Are Not Homes: Transforming Skid Row
Monday, February 28, 4:30 pm
U-SU Theatre, 1st floor, University-Student Union
Join us for a compelling multimedia presentation on the campaign to
build a sustainable community in the downtown Los Angeles community of
Center City East (Skid Row). Residents and activists associated with the
Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN) will present their
stories, poems, and short films on the resilience of residents in the
face of economic recession, homelessness, displacement policies, and
negative media representations. This event is made possible by the
generosity of Dr. Joseph A. Bailey II .
Fall 2010
LATINO
BOOK AND FAMILY FESTIVAL
Saturday, October 9 and Sunday, October 10, Greenlee Plaza, CSULA
Join us for a two-day celebration of literacy, Latino/a authors, and
family fun. Events include panel discussions, children's stage and story
time, and readings by acclaimed and bestselling authors. For more
information and specific event locations, see www.lbff.us.
WHAT
IS SUSTAINABILITY?
Wednesday, October 20, 4:30pm, Los Angeles
Room, U-SU
Join us for a conversation that explores how various scholars,
environmentalists, and community activists define sustainability--its
ethics and economics—as well as trace the effects of sustainability
initiatives on particular communities. RECEPTION TO FOLLOW.
Scheduled to appear:
Moderator: Kate Sullivan, Anthropology, CSULA
Participants:
Timothy Brick, Metropolitan Water District
Rob Dechaine, Liberal
Studies, CSULA
Adriene Hill, Sustainability Desk, Marketplace, NPR
Denise Lawrence, Center for Regenerative Studies, Cal Poly Pomona
Stephanie Smith, Founder, Ecoshack
CALIFORNIA
AND BEYOND: 2010 ELECTION ROUNDTABLE
Tuesday, October 26, 4:30pm, Los
Angeles Room, U-SU
Join us for an engaging and informative discussion as scholars,
journalists, and community activists share their perspectives on a
variety of issues related to the November 2 elections, including the
gubernatorial and senate races, President Obama’s agenda at the midterm,
and the legalization of marijuana. RECEPTION TO FOLLOW.
Scheduled to appear:
Moderator: Chris Endy, History, CSULA
Participants: Madeleine Brand, NPR
Allan Hoffenblum, Publisher, California Target Book, and
Republican
Political Strategist
Nadine Koch, Political Science, CSULA
Darry Sragow, Democratic Political Strategist, USC/LA Times Opinion Poll
COLORBLIND: THE RISE OF POST-RACIAL POLITICS
AN AFTERNOON WITH TIM WISE
Wednesday, November 10, 5pm, Los
Angeles Room
Tim Wise, one of the most prominent and sought-after social
commentators, explores the notion of a colorblind society, unpacks white
privilege, and analyzes US politics in the age of Obama. His most recent
book is Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat
from Racial Equity. RECEPTION TO FOLLOW. This event is made possible by the generosity of Dr. Joseph A. Bailey II
.
OXFAM AMERICA HUNGER BANQUET (5pm)
SCREENING OF FOOD, INC. (6:15pm)
Thursday, November 18, Los Angeles Room
Join us for CSULA’s first-ever Hunger Banquet, an interactive simulation
of global economics that brings to life the inequalities related to
food, hunger, shelter, and personal income, and allows participants to
experience how their decisions affect others in the world. The banquet
will be followed immediately by a screening of the award-winning
documentary, Food, Inc. (Directed by Robert Kenner and Eric
Schlosser, 2008, 91 minutes).
Spring 2010
THE END WAS NEAR: LOS ANGELES AND NATIONAL DECLINE BETWEEN WATTS
AND WATERGATE
Saturday, April 24 at 10:30am
U-SU Theater
Dr. Eric Avila, Professor of Chicano Studies, History, and Urban
Planning at UCLA, discusses the ways in which Los Angeles
inspired a set of cultural adventures into the dark side of
human experience and consciousness between 1965-1974.
LA NOIR/ORANGE COUNTY NOIR: A FICTIONAL EXPLORATION
Monday, May 3 at 6pm
Alhambra Room, U-SU
Join us for tales of crime, passion, and betrayal in Los
Angeles and Orange County as authors Mary Castillo, Denise
Hamilton, Gary Phillips, and Jervey Tervalon share their
contributions to LA Noir and Orange County Noir anthologies.
STATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE STATE: A ROUNDTABLE ON
PRESERVING ACCESS AND QUALITY IN CALIFORNIA
Thursday, May 6, 4:30-7pm
San Gabriel Room, U-SU
Reception to Follow
Join us for a roundtable discussion of the challenges and
possibilities facing public education in California.
Seating is limited. Please arrive early. Scheduled to
appear:
Steve Zimmer, LAUSD Board Member
Lillian Taiz, President, California Faculty Association,
and Professor of History, CSULA
Henry Perez, Inner-City Struggle
Veronica Plascencia, Teresa Hughes Elementary/Magnet
School, LAUSD
Moderators: Alejandra Marchevsky, Liberal Studies, and Jennifer
McCormick, Charter College of Education, CSULA
BORDER KNOWLEDGES: A CONVERSATION WITH TRACY
WILKINSON, L.A. TIMES MEXICO BUREAU CHIEF
Wednesday, May 12 at 6:30pm
Theater, First Floor
, U-SU
Reception to Follow
Dr. Enrique
Ochoa (Professor of History and Latin American
Studies, CSULA) will moderate a conversation with Ms.
Wilkinson about drug, gun, and human trafficking and their
reportage.
Winter 2010
LEIMERT PARK
FILM SCREENING
Thursday, January 28 at 6:15 PM
U-SU Theatre
Join us to
view this compelling documentary on the African-American
arts/writing movement centered in this South Los Angeles
neighborhood.
This event is made possible by the generosity of Dr. Joseph A.
Bailey II .
ACP WORKS-IN-PROGRESS COLLOQUIUM: "SCIENCE
AND NARRATIVE IN SCIENCE FICTION"
Tuesday, February 9 at 3:30 PM
Engineering and Technology, Wing A,
Room 631
Join us as
CSULA professors share their current research. Patrick Sharp,
CSULA Department of Liberal Studies, will speak on "Genre and
Evolution in Early Science Fiction" and Kate Sullivan, CSULA
Department of Anthropology, will speak on “The Science of
Origins in the New Battlestar Galactica.”
MEMORIES OF SURVIVAL, THE HOLOCAUST,
AND SCHINDLER’S LIST:
AN EVENING WITH LEON LEYSON
Wednesday, February 24 at 6 PM
Los Angeles Room, U-SU
Reception to Follow
Join us as Leon Leyson (CSULA ’58), the last surviving person
rescued by Oskar Schindler, the German industrialist credited
with saving more than 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust, recounts
his experiences of persecution and survival. Mr. Leyson is a
renowned Holocaust educator and will be speaking on the past as
well as its impact on the present.
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). This event is made possible by the generosity of Dr. Joseph A. Bailey II
.
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”
This event is made possible by the generosity of Dr. Joseph A. Bailey II
.
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. This event is made possible by the generosity of Dr. Joseph A. Bailey II
.
Winter 2009
Made in LA
Thursday, January 15, 6:15 pm, U-SU Theater, Room 106
Through the voices of
three garment workers, this award-winning documentary examines
immigration, labor, and consumer choices in the Los Angeles garment
industry. The filmmaker, Almudena Carracedo, will be present to
discuss the film.
Walls of Passion: The Murals of Los Angeles
Opening Reception and Colloquium
Saturday, January 31, 6-10pm
Exhibit
Saturday, January 31-Saturday, February 28
Fine Arts Gallery, First Floor, Fine Arts Building
The colloquium, opening reception, and exhibit feature scholars and
mural artists discussing the cultural and political meanings behind the
formal and informal murals designed in Los Angeles.
The Multicultural History of Boyle Heights: A
Lecture by Dr. George Sanchez
Thursday, February 12, 6pm, Los Angeles Room, 3rd floor, U-SU, Room
308A
Dr. George Sanchez, Professor of History and American Studies &
Ethnicity at USC, explores the racial, ethnic, class, and religious
diversity and history of the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.
This event is made possible by the generosity of Dr. Joseph A. Bailey II
.
Building Communities: Public Scholarship Across
the Disciplines
Friday, February 13, 8:30am-12pm, CSULA University Club.
This colloquium on community-based learning explores the intersections
of scholarship and civic service. RSVP required. Please
contact Dr. Maria Karafilis, Acting Director of the ACP, for more
information.
National Self Determination and Global Justice: An
ACP Works-in-Progress Colloquium with Dr. Mohammed Abed
Wednesday, February 18, 3:30pm, Integrated Humanities Center, King
Hall D4050
Dr. Abed, Department of Philosophy at CSULA, shares his current
research. Please contact Dr. Maria Karafilis, Acting Director of the ACP,
to obtain a copy of the work presented beforehand.
Fall 2008
Wednesday,
October 8, 6 pm, Alhambra Room, 3rd floor,
University-Student Union, Room 305
STATE OF MARRIAGE IN THE STATE: A ROUNDTABLE ON THE INITIATIVE TO
BAN SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN CALIFORNIA
Thursday, October 16, 3:30 pm, Los Angeles Room A, 3rd
floor, University-Student Union, Room 308
BARACK OBAMA AND LINCOLN’S LEGACY
On the eve of
Abraham Lincoln’s bicentennial, this roundtable examines his legacy
and the ways in which it informs and is mobilized by the
presidential candidacy of Barack Obama.
This event is made possible by the generosity of Dr. Joseph A.
Bailey II .
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:00
PM, State Playhouse, CSULA
SONGS OF PROTEST
Original musical compositions inspired by the current political
climate. Music director: John M. Kennedy. Performances by
CSULA Faculty Artists, the CSULA Concert Choir, the CSULA Chamber
Singers, and student and alumni instrumentalists.
Wednesday,
November 12, 3:30 pm, Integrated Humanities Center, 4th
floor, King Hall D4050
MARKERS OF MASCULINITY IN AMERICAN CINEMA: AN AMERICAN
COMMUNITIES PROGRAM WORKS-IN-PROGRESS COLLOQUIUM WITH DR. MEL
DONALSON
Dr. Mel Donalson, Department of English at Cal State L.A., will
share his current research on the markers of masculinity in American
Cinema.
This event is made possible by the generosity of Dr. Joseph A.
Bailey II .
Spring 2008
April 10, 6:15pm, Cross-Cultural Centers
Screening of Watermelon Woman followed by Q&A with the award-winning director, Cheryl Dunye.
This event is made possible by the generosity of Dr. Joseph A. Bailey II
.
April 17, 3:30pm, IHC
Works in Progress Colloquium
Dr. Richard Wearn, Department of Art, “RELATIONAL AESTHETICS AND THE TEACHING OF ART”
May 7, 1:30-4:30pm, Library Conference Room and Garden Patio
ACP Spring Symposium
Narrating Communities: Stories, Spaces, and Selves
Presenters: Dr. Marilyn Elkins (English), Dr. Alejandra Marchevsky (Liberal
Studies), and Dr. Suzanne Regan (Communication Studies)
reception to follow
Winter 2008
February 7, 1:30pm, IHC (KHD4050)
Works in Progress Colloquium
Dr. Andrew Knighton, Department of English, “HOLLYWOOD PANORAMATICS: NATHANAEL WEST'S BAROQUE MODERNITY”
March 5, 3:30pm, IHC
Works in Progress Colloquium
Dr. Talia Bettcher, Department of Philosophy, “TRANS IDENTITIES AND FIRST-PERSON AUTHORITY”
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