Lectures
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Camptown Races: Blackface Minstrelsy, Stephen Foster, and Americanization in Japanese Internment Camps
Lecture | March 19 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 3335 Dwinelle Hall
Dr. Rhae Lynn Barnes, Assistant Professor of History, Princeton University
This talk will contextualize the recent blackface scandals in Virginia by examining the central role amateur blackface minstrel shows played in the United States government. In the century spanning the end of the Civil War to the birth of the Civil Rights Movement (an era called “Jim Crow,” after the first blackface character), the American government refocused domestic and foreign policy... More >
Dr. Rhae Lynn Barnes
Helke Sander's dffb Cinema, 1968 and West Germany's Feminist Movement
Lecture | March 19 | 2-3 p.m. | 201 Moses Hall
Christina Gerhardt, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Helke Sander was a key figure of the early dffb (Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin), where she studied between 1966 and 1969. Returning to her political organizing and her films of the era revises three crucial narratives:
1. it expands narratives about 1968 to include the establishment of feminism as part of it (The Tomatenwurf), which is often read as a 1970s phenomenon;
2. it... More >
Christina Gerhardt
Citrin Center for Public Opinion
Lecture | March 19 | 4-5:30 p.m. | Barrows Hall, 8th floor Social Science Matrix Conference Room
Morris Levy, Professor, University of Southern California; Cecilia Mo, Professor, UC Berkeley; Cara Wong, Professor, University of Illinois
Laura Stoker, Professor, UC Berkeley
Department of Political Science, Social Science Matrix, Citrin Center for Public Opinion, Berkeley Law, Institute of International Studies, Insitute for the study of Societal Issues
American Opinion on Immigration: Implications for Policy
Wai Wai Nu | On Rohingya Citizenship Rights: Talk followed by community updates by UC Berkeley's Rohingya Working Group
Lecture | March 19 | 4-6 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)
Wai Wai Nu, Visiting Scholar, Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley
Eric Stover, Faculty Director of the Human Rights Center and Adjunct Professor of Law and Public Health, UC Berkeley
Yoshika Crider, PhD Student | Energy & Resources Group
Samira Siddique, MS PhD Student | Energy & Resources Group
The Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, Institute for South Asia Studies, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, Human Rights Center
A lecture on the Rohingya Crisis
Faculty Research Lecture: Life History and Learning: When (and Why) Children Are Better Learners than Both Adults and A.I.: Faculty Research Lecture by Alison Gopnik
Lecture | March 19 | 4-5 p.m. | International House, Chevron Auditorium
Alison Gopnik, Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy
Alison Gopnik received her B.A. from McGill University and her Ph.D. from Oxford University. She is an internationally recognized leader in the study of cognitive science and of children’s learning and development and was one of the founders of the field of “theory of mind,” an originator of the “theory theory” of children’s development, and, more recently, introduced the idea that probabilistic... More >
Islamophobia Series, Episode 2: Islamophobia and Bullying in K-12
Lecture | March 19 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 691 Barrows Hall
Amna Salameh has a background in education, she serves on both the Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) committee and the Office of Educational Equity (OEE) committee at the Elk Grove Unified School District. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Louisiana State University, and finished her Master of Arts in Education, with a concentration in Curriculum... More >
The Specter Haunting Singapore: Why the People's Action Party Cannot Get Over Operation Coldstore
Lecture | March 19 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 180 Doe Library
Dr. Thum Ping Tjin, Managing Director, New Naratif
Center for Southeast Asia Studies
This talk looks at the significance for Singapore's history of "Operation Coldstore" - the 1963 arrest and detention without trial of over 112 opposition politicians, trade unionists, and political activists on grounds of a communist conspiracy - including how it has shaped Singapore's governance, and why it matters to the ruling party today.
Thum Ping Tjin
Universal Coverage: Is “Medicare for All” the answer?
Lecture | March 19 | 5-7 p.m. | Berkeley Way West, Colloquia
Around Arthur Szyk: Berkeley Scholars on Art and History: Visual Judaica: Jewish Icons and Collecting Patterns in the early 20th century
Lecture | March 19 | 5:30-7 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
The highly decorative works of Arthur Szyk contain key Jewish visual elements such as the Lion of Judah, the dove, and the seven spices mentioned in the bible as typical of the Land of Israel. These themes are repeated in Szyk’s oeuvre throughout his life and can be found in his early pieces ("Book of Esther," 1925) as well as in later ones ("Pathways Through the Bible," 1946). In this talk, we... More >
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