Lectures
Monday, February 5, 2018
What's in a grape? Science, politics, and the race for authenticity in the West Bank wineries
Lecture | February 5 | 12:30-2 p.m. | 340 Stephens Hall
John E. Cort | No One Gives like the Guru
Lecture | February 5 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)
Connectivity as Human Right
Lecture | February 5 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Cognitive Adaptations to Harsh Environments
Lecture | February 6 | 10-11:30 a.m. | 5101 Tolman Hall
An Epidemiologic Characterization of the TMPRSS2: ERG Subtype of Prostate Cancer
Lecture | February 6 | 2:30-3:30 p.m. | 150 University Hall
GFI Talk: The Future of Protein: How Your Business Will Save the World
Lecture | February 6 | 8-9 p.m. | 20 Wheeler Hall
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Townsend Center Berkeley Book Chat: David Marno: Death Be Not Proud: The Art of Holy Attention
Lecture | February 7 | 12-1 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Geballe Room, 220 Stephens
A Talk with Ken Ueno
Lecture | February 7 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
From Saliva to Saints: (m)oral Hygiene in the Middle Ages and the Case of Late Medieval Villamagna
Lecture | February 7 | 12-1 p.m. | 101 2251 College (Archaeological Research Facility)
Bowen Lectures: Lecture 1: Mathematics and Computation (through the lens of one problem and one algorithm). The problem, the algorithm and the connections.
Lecture | February 7 | 4:10-5 p.m. | Calvin Laboratory (Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing), Auditorium
Book Lecture | David Biale on Hasidism: A New History
Lecture | February 7 | 5:30-7 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
ARCH Lecture: 2017 Branner & Stump Fellows
Lecture | February 7 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | 112 Wurster Hall
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Improving prediction of intervention effects across populations
Lecture | February 8 | 2:30-3:30 p.m. | 150 University Hall
The EU’s ad hoc Policy Towards the Middle East after the Refugee Crisis. A View From Central Europe
Lecture | February 8 | 4-5:30 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Geballe Room, 220 (Townsend)
Working Together: How the Supreme Court Divided the Labor and Civil Rights Movements
Lecture | February 8 | 4 p.m. | 2521 Channing Way (Inst. for Res. on Labor & Employment)
After the Airlifts: Battling over Vietnamese Children and the Place of Vietnamese Refugees
Lecture | February 8 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 180 Doe Library
The Berkeley Seminar on Global History: Karl Jacoby on The Strange Career of William Ellis
Lecture | February 8 | 4-6 p.m. | 3335 Dwinelle Hall
Bowen Lectures: Lecture 2: Mathematics and Computation (through the lens of one problem and one algorithm). Proving Algebraic Identities.
Lecture | February 8 | 4:10-5 p.m. | 60 Evans Hall
Buddhism and Divination in Tibet
Lecture | February 8 | 5-7 p.m. | Faculty Club, Heyns Room
We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria
Lecture | February 8 | 5:30-7 p.m. | 340 Stephens Hall
A Long Civil War or a Long Reconstruction?: A Case for 1865
Lecture | February 8 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | 300 Wheeler Hall
SOLD OUT - The Science of Cannabis: The Genetics of Cannabis Breeds
Lecture | February 8 | 6-7:30 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Celebrate Michael Krasny’s 25 Years as host of KQED’s Forum
Lecture | February 8 | 6:30-7:30 p.m. | North Gate Hall, North Gate Hall Library
Hilton Als in Conservation with Stephen Best
Lecture | February 8 | 7:30 p.m. | Nourse Theater
Memory and the Ear: Sather Lecture #1
Lecture | February 8 | 8 p.m. | Wheeler Hall, Maud Fife Room | Note change in time and location
Friday, February 9, 2018
Austria in a Changing Europe. Diplomatic Perspectives
Lecture | February 9 | 12-1 p.m. | 180 Doe Library
Leveraging Big Data to Improve Operational Performance, Reliability, and Efficiency
Lecture | February 9 | 4 p.m. | 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building
Bowen Lectures: Lecture 3: Mathematics and Computation (through the lens of one problem and one algorithm). Proving Analytic Inequalities.
Lecture | February 9 | 4:10-5 p.m. | Calvin Laboratory (Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing), Auditorium
Hesiod, the Presocratics and Hellenistic Poetry
Lecture | February 9 | 5 p.m. | Dwinelle Hall, Nestrick Room (142)
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Career Clinic: Making A Successful Career Transition: Roadmap for Change
Lecture | February 10 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. | UC Berkeley Extension (Golden Bear Center), Room 204
