Lectures
Monday, May 1, 2017
Armenian in New York City: A Fascinating History
Lecture | May 1 | 12-2 p.m. | 270 Stephens Hall
Harold Takooshian, Professor of Psychology & Urban Studies; Director of the Organizational Leadership Program, Fordham University
Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES), Armenian Studies Program
The Armenian diaspora has a fascinating history in the USA. In New York City, this includes some notable facts across the past two centuries--a rich history of triumph, scandal, tragedy, achievement despite adversity, with such colorful notables as Kristapor der Seropian, M. Vartan Malcom, Raymond Damadian, Nicholas Kristoff, Haik Kavookjian.
Harold Takooshian, PhD, is on the faculty of... More >
The Future of Western Democracies: Defending Freedom and Open Societies
Lecture | May 1 | 12-1 p.m. | Moses Hall
Ralf Fücks, President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation
In his most recent book “In Defense of Freedom – How We Can Win the Battle for Our Open Societies”, Ralf Fuecks analyses the reasons behind racism, nationalism, and the collapse of the political center. We are in the midst of a crisis of liberal democracy. The widespread fear of economic decline, unchecked globalization, and uncontrolled migration is resulting in increasingly nationalist rhetoric... More >
Dissertation Talk: Optomechanical Dynamics in Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers
Lecture | May 1 | 2-3 p.m. | Cory Hall, 540AB (DOP Center)
S. Adair Gerke, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley
The Future of Media in the Trump Era: Dave Pell, moderated by Deirdre English
Lecture | May 1 | 6:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Osher Theater
Townsend Center for the Humanities, Arts + Design
Dave Pell is the founder and editor of NextDraft, a curated compilation of daily news and analysis. Deirdre English is former editor-in-chief of Mother Jones magazine.
Arts + Design Mondays: The Future of Media in the Trump Era, with Dave Pell and Guests
Lecture | May 1 | 6:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Dave Pell is a writer, angel investor, and founder of NextDraft, a curated compilation of daily news and analysis. He has degrees from UC Berkeley and Harvard University and has written for numerous media sites, including Gizmodo, NPR, Medium, and Forbes.
This event is part of The Future of Cultural Criticism, a series featuring some of the most innovative and incisive commentators on culture,... More >
Admission to this event is free
The Great American Eclipse: Benjamin Dean Astronomy Lectures
Lecture | May 1 | 7:30-9 p.m. | California Academy of Sciences, Planetarium
55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118
Dr. Laura Peticolas, Space Science Laboratory, UC Berkeley
For the first time since 1918, there will be a total solar eclipse crossing the United States from the Pacific to the Atlantic on August 21, 2017. Dr. Peticolas will provide an overview of the eclipse, describe research that will result during this eclipse, and invite members of the audience to participate in gathering images for the Eclipse Megamovie.
$12 Members, $15 General, $12 Seniors
Reservations: Members: $12, General $15, Seniors $12. Seating is limited and advanced ticketing is required. To reserve a place today, buy a member or non-member ticket online or over the phone at 1-877-227-1831. Tickets go on sale April 25. Buy tickets online or by calling California Academy of Sciences at 877-227-1831
The Great American Eclipse
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
An Orderly Mess: A Lecture by Dr. Helga Nowotny, Founding Member, European Research Council
Lecture | May 2 | 2-4 p.m. | 820 Barrows Hall
Dr. Helga Nowotny, President, European Research Council
Social Science Matrix is proud to welcome Helga Nowotny, Professor emerita of Science and Technology Studies, ETH Zurich, and a founding member of the European Research Council. Her lecture will focus on "messiness," which she explains is "a familiar condition that forms the background of our daily life and of society."
RSVP online by May 2.
Dr. Helga Nowotny
Seabury Lecture: Karina Walters, UW: Iyyi Kowa ("Broken Foot") Transcending Historical Trauma through Collective Action - The Yappalli Choctaw Road to Health Study
Lecture | May 2 | 5-6:30 p.m. | Haviland Hall, Haviland Commons
Social Welfare, School of, Equity and Inclusion, Vice Chancellor
Dr. Karina Walters, University of Washington School of Social Work
(Choctaw nation of Oklahoma)
Associate Dean for Research and Katherine Chambers Hall University Professor, Co-Director, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute
This presentation will describe a culturally centered approach to transcending historical trauma. Specifically, we will provide an overview of the design and... More >
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Love in the Ruins: Jewish Life in Lower Silesia 1945-1968 in the voice of the oral history
Lecture | May 3 | 12-1 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
Agnieszka Ilwicka, Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Love in the Ruins: Jewish Life in Lower Silesia 1945-1968 in the voice of the oral history
Polish-born Yiddishist and oral historian Agnieszka Ilwicka will talk about her research project "Love in the Ruins: Jewish Life in Lower Silesia 1945-1968." After World War II, Lower Silesia was the largest Jewish settlement in Europe. Ilwicka will share her journey through Yiddish, Polish, Hebrew, and... More >
Policy Entrepreneurship
Lecture | May 3 | 12-1 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, 310, Banatao Auditorium | Note change in date
Tom Kalil, UC Berkeley and the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Group
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Tom Kalil is an expert on technology and innovation policy, and served both the Clinton and Obama admistrations, most recently Deputy Director for Policy for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He also served as the Senior Advisor for Scienc
Free
Free lunch at UC Berkeley if you register by the Monday before the talk (lunches limited). Register online
Ayotzinapa: La verdadera noche de Iguala
Lecture | May 3 | 12-2 p.m. | 5125 Dwinelle Hall
Anabel Hernández
Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Dr.
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UC Berkeley, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Global Exchange, and Escuelita Comunitaria invite the community to:
Anabel Hernández’s presentation of her new book on Ayotzinapa, La verdadera noche de Iguala
Wednesday, May 3rd, 12:00 – 2:00 pm
5125 Dwinelle Hall, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Artist’s Talk: Sam Contis
Lecture | May 3 | 12:15 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
MATRIX artist Contis talks about her photographs and shifting notions of place, identity, and gender in the American West.
Free for BAMPFA members, UC Berkeley students, faculty, staff, retirees; 18 & under + guardian | $10 Non-UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons | $12 General admission Event is included with admission
Interpreting Communal Violence in Myanmar
Lecture | May 3 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 180 Doe Library | Note change in date
Dr. Nick Cheesman, Research Fellow, Political & Social Change, Australian National University
Center for Southeast Asia Studies
From 2012 to 2014, Myanmar experienced recurrent acts of lethal violence, realised through repeated public expressions that Muslims constitute an existential threat to Buddhists. This talk will make a case for classing and analyzing the violence as “communal”. This lecture has been re-scheduled from its original March date.
Nick Cheesman
Heller Lecture: Mind the Gap: Vergil and the Poetics of Narrative
Lecture | May 3 | 5:30-7 p.m. | Dwinelle Hall, Nestrick Room - 142
Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer, Helen A. Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor of Classics and the Program in Gender Studies, University of Chicago
Microbiomes in Health and Disease: A Science Cafe Event
Lecture | May 3 | 7 p.m. | Restaurant Valparaiso
1403 Solano Ave., Albany, CA 94706
Dr. Michael Shapira, Assistant Professor in Residence, Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
What do we know about our internal microbial communities – their roles in healthy living and disease? Michael Shapira will explore some intriguing ideas about the contribution of our internal flora and fauna to evolution.
Intestinal Flora (Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory).
Thursday, May 4, 2017
35th Annual Geo-Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series
Lecture | May 4 | 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center
Jonathan Stewart, PhD, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles; Robert Kayen, PhD, Research Civil Engineer, US Geological Survey and Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley and UCLA; Robb Moss, PhD, Professor, California Polytechnic State University, San Louis Obispo; Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Michigan; Onder Cetin, PhD, Professor, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey; C.Y. Ou, PhD, Chair and Professor, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology; Raymond Seed, PhD, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Join us for the 35th Distinguished Lecture Series THURSDAY MAY 4th, 2017 jointly sponsored by the San Francisco Geo-Institute (SFGI) and UC Berkeley. We are dedicating this year's program to honor the career of our esteemed colleague, Ray Seed, who is retiring from Berkeley at the end of the current semester.
The Euro Crisis: A Look Back and a Look Forward
Lecture | May 4 | 12-1 p.m. | 201 Moses Hall
Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science at the UC Berkeley
Institute of European Studies, Clausen Center
This lecture will provide a retrospective on the euro crisis -- which aspects were a surprise and which were predictable -- and sketch a viable way forward for the Eurozone.
Professor Eichengreen has published widely on the history and current operation of the international monetary and financial system. He was a senior policy advisor to the International Monetary Fund in 1997 and 1998,... More >
A Journey Around Color
Lecture | May 4 | 4-5 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
It is not just a question of color as decoration, the idea of color is far more rich and complex than that. Color can be a useful tool to reach different goals in our everyday lives, homes, offices, and institutions.
Pia Lopez-Izquierdo, Architect and Visiting Scholar in the Department of Philosophy, will lead us through this talk on how colors belonging to our environment can make spaces... More >
Free with Garden Admission
Register online or by calling 510-664-9841, or by emailing gardenprograms@berkeley.edu
Portrait of the Physician As A Writer
Lecture | May 4 | 5-7 p.m. | Dwinelle Hall, 4229 - French Department Library
Martin Winckler, Physician-Writer, The French Consulate, San Francisco
The French Department and the Cultural Services of the French Consulate, San Francisco, welcome Martin Winckler, Physician-Writer
The Next 82 Years: Faculty and Students Confronting Existential Challenges
Lecture | May 4 | 5-7 p.m. | 150 University Hall
Malcolm Potts, School of Public Health
Since 1950, the global population and the global economy together have grown at 3.9 percent per year—doubling every 17 years. Such exponential growth cannot continue on a finite planet. Will it end in pain or in achievable policies? Many scientists agree that human activity has passed—or will pass shortly—the biological capacity of the planet to sustain life as we know it.
Join Professor... More >
Registered guests will be seated first. Registration opens April 6. Register online by May 3.
Friday, May 5, 2017
Increasing Freeway Capacity by Efficiently Timing its Nearby Arterial Traffic Signals
Lecture | May 5 | 4-5 p.m. | 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building
David Kan, UC Berkeley
Institute of Transportation Studies
Abstract: The objective of freeway on-ramp metering is to regulate the entry of vehicles to prevent capacity drop on the freeway mainline. However, the nearby arterial traffic signals facilitating freeway access fail to recognize that the metered on-ramps can be oversaturated due to the flow restriction and limited storage. Instead, the arterial traffic signals provide long cycles in order to... More >
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Challenges and Opportunities in the Global Fight Against Emerging Infectious Diseases
Lecture | May 6 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 206 UC Berkeley Extension (Golden Bear Center)
Yvette Girard, M.P.H., Ph.D.
New, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, such as pandemic viruses and resistant bacteria, pose a serious public health challenge. A concerted effort of experts from multiple disciplines—microbiologists, immunologists, clinical diagnosticians and epidemiologists—can address this problem by researching the mechanism of disease process (pathogenesis), discovering therapeutics and devising... More >
free. Register online
Artist’s Talk and Conversation: Sam Contis
Lecture | May 6 | 4 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Join the artist for an exhibition walkthrough focusing on her use of photography and archival research to explore the relationship of bodies and landscape. Deep Springs College alumnus Abdramane Diabate joins Contis in conversation.
Free for BAMPFA members, UC Berkeley students, faculty, staff, retirees; 18 & under + guardian | $10 Non-UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons | $12 General admission Event is included with admission
