Lectures
Friday, November 1, 2019
Pakistan's Education Conundrum | Zia Akther Abbas
Lecture | November 1 | 4-6 p.m. | Eshleman Hall, ASUC Senate Chambers, Floor 5
The Discovery of Pulsars: A Graduate Student's Tale: 2019 Emilio Segrè Lecture
Lecture | November 1 | 5:30-6:30 p.m. | International House, Chevron Auditorium
Monday, November 4, 2019
Kabir in Song: Padmashri Prahlad Singh Tipanya and the Kabir Ensemble singing religious poetry from North India
Lecture | November 4 | 12-2 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)
BIDS Forum: Statistics and Machine Learning Forum
Lecture | November 4 | 1:30-2:30 p.m. | 190 Doe Library
Andreas Floer Memorial Lecture: From pseudo-rotations to holomorphic curves
Lecture | November 4 | 2:30-3:30 p.m. | 748 Evans Hall
On Lyric Erring: The Weak Position in Arkadii Dragomoshchenko
Lecture | November 4 | 4-6 p.m. | B-4 Dwinelle Hall
Transience, Replication, and the Paradox of Social Robotics
Lecture | November 4 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Unraveling the Dark Matter Mystery: In Theory and Experiment
Lecture | November 4 | 6:30-8 p.m. | 3 LeConte Hall
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
WASH Benefits: Randomized, controlled trials to evaluate the individual and combined impacts of water, sanitation, hygiene, and nutritional interventions on diarrhea and stunting in children in low-income, rural settings.
Lecture | November 5 | 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 5101 Berkeley Way West
Mapping the East Bay's Long Lost History
Lecture | November 5 | 12-1 p.m. | UC Berkeley Extension (Golden Bear Center), room 208
TSH Talk Tuesday at 5 pm: Margaret Fuller, Transcendental Gossip, and the Strange Case of Electrical Psychology
Lecture | November 5 | 5 p.m. | 330 Wheeler Hall
Cultural Legacy of the Pre-Ashkenazic Jews in Eastern Europe: 2019 Taubman Lectures: Moshe Taube
Lecture | November 5 | 5:30-7 p.m. | Easton Hall
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Archaeometallurgy and Historical Ecology on the 5th Century Osaka Plain
Lecture | November 6 | 12-1 p.m. | 101 2251 College (Archaeological Research Facility)
i4Y CMYE Speaker Series: "Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Family Planning Options in Armenia"
Lecture | November 6 | 1-2 p.m. | 5101 Berkeley Way West
Katharine Hayhoe: Science in a Fact-Free World
Lecture | November 6 | 4-6 p.m. | International House, Chevron Auditorium
Fung Institute presents: Engineering Leadership Speaking Series
Lecture | September 4 – November 20, 2019 every Wednesday with exceptions | 4-5:30 p.m. | 310 Sutardja Dai Hall
Life and Death from Yemen to Euphrates: Syrian Governor Cemal Pasha
Lecture | November 6 | 6:30-8 p.m. | 3335 Dwinelle Hall
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Allison Arieff: Architecture, Urban Planning, and Well-Being
Lecture | November 7 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Bringing Health to Life: An Institutional Ethnography of the Social Determinants of Health and the Life Course Perspective: Maggie Downey Doctoral Mock Job Talk
Lecture | November 7 | 12:10-1:30 p.m. | Haviland Hall, Commons 116 | Note change in date
Activism: Then and Now!: Celebration of 50th Anniversary of Ethnic Studies
Lecture | November 7 | 12:50-2 p.m. | Boalt Hall, School of Law, Room 170
Coming to Terms: Sloganization in Language Education Discourse
Lecture | November 7 | 3-5 p.m. | Dwinelle Hall, B-4 (Classroom side)
American Higher Education in 2040
Lecture | November 7 | 4-5:30 p.m. | International House, Chevron Auditorium
Gerald D. and Norma Feldman Annual Lecture: The Times of Power
Lecture | November 7 | 4 p.m. | Bancroft Hotel
Francis Cody | Defamation Machine: Law, Free Speech, and the Political Body
Lecture | November 7 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)
"As on the First Day": The Struggle of Firsts in Heidegger's "First Elaboration" of his "Origin of the Work of Art"
Lecture | November 7 | 5-7 p.m. | 370 Dwinelle Hall | Note change in date
Digital Semiotics: German Idealism, Cybernetics, and the Sign
Lecture | November 7 | 5 p.m. | Wheeler Hall, 300 Wheeler Hall
Author Reading: Alberto Ledesma: The Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer: Undocumented Vignettes from a Pre-American Life
Lecture | November 7 | 5:30-7 p.m. | 30 Stephens Hall
C18/Romanticism Colloquium Talk: Leif Weatherby
Lecture | November 7 | 5:30 p.m. | 300 Wheeler Hall
Catastrophic Fires, Colonialism, and Indigenous Landscape Practices: The Relevancy of Archaeology in Rethinking the Stewardship of Public Lands in California
Lecture | November 7 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Hillside Club
Astronomy Night at UC Berkeley
Lecture | November 7 | 7-9:30 p.m. | 131 Campbell Hall
AIA Lecture - The Actions and Meanings of Visible and Hidden Spaces at Formative Chiripa, in the Lake Titicaca Basin, Boliva
Lecture | November 7 | 8 p.m. | 370 Dwinelle Hall
Friday, November 8, 2019
On “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” with Curator Mark Godfrey, Tate Modern: in conversation with Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle
Lecture | November 8 | 4-6 p.m. | David Brower Center
Kannan M. | The Structure of Indian Studies: A View from Below
Lecture | November 8 | 4-6 p.m. | Dwinelle Hall, 341 (SSEAS Library)
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Shahidul Alam | The Challenge of being a Journalist in Bangladesh Today: The Chowdhury Center Distinguished Lecture for 2019
Lecture | November 9 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Dissertation Talk: e-mission: an open source, extensible platform for human mobility systems
Lecture | November 12 | 10:30-11:30 a.m. | 380 Soda Hall
Chronic Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Cancer Risk: Are we all Susceptible?
Lecture | November 12 | 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 5101 Berkeley Way West
Amman: City in the Middle, An Overview | Marwan Hanania
Lecture | November 12 | 12:30-2 p.m. | 340 Stephens Hall
Proving Student Competence in Higher Education
Lecture | November 12 | 3-4 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Room 630, Bechtel Board Room
Before the Flood: The Itaipu Dam and the Visibility of Rural Brazil A Conversation with the Author
Lecture | November 12 | 4-5 p.m. | 2334 Bowditch (Center for Latin American Studies)
Bernard Moses Memorial Lectures featuring Waldo E. Martin, Jr.: DEEP SOUL: Twentieth-Century African American Freedom Struggles and the Making of the Modern World
Lecture | November 12 | 4:10 p.m. | Alumni House, Toll Room
"Lampedusa: Migrant Tragedy" a Lecture with John Kerrigan
Lecture | November 12 | 5-7 p.m. | Wheeler Hall, Maude Fife Room 315 Wheeler Hall | Note change in date
Aishwary Kumar | Can the People Rule? Gandhi, Dignity, and Resentment: Celebrating the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
Lecture | November 12 | 5-7 p.m. | 10 Stephens Hall
Health vs Havoc: A discussion of nutrition, sanity and unapologetic deliciousness
Lecture | November 12 | 5:30-8 p.m. | Berkeley Way West, First Floor Colloquia
A Debate on Breaking Up Big Tech at the Berkeley Forum: Resolved: The U.S. Federal Government should invoke antitrust legislation to break up big technology corporations such as Amazon, Google, and Facebook
Lecture | November 12 | 6-7 p.m. | N100 Chou Hall
Land to the Tiller?: Gender and the Distribution of Land in Latin America
Lecture | November 12 | 6:30-7:30 p.m. | Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Artist's Talk: Sylvia Fein
Lecture | November 13 | 12 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Archaeology and Heritage of Slavery at the Jesuit Vineyards of Nasca
Lecture | November 13 | 12-1 p.m. | 101 2251 College (Archaeological Research Facility)
Hanif Qureshi | The Police and Rape Myths in India
Lecture | November 13 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 10 Stephens Hall
Creating Balance: The Mission of Economic Policy
Lecture | November 13 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 180 Doe Library
504 and Beyond: Disability Politics and the Black Panther Party
Lecture | November 13 | 4-6 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, 630 Bechtel Room
Fung Institute presents: Engineering Leadership Speaking Series
Lecture | September 4 – November 20, 2019 every Wednesday with exceptions | 4-5:30 p.m. | 310 Sutardja Dai Hall
On the Edge of Chaos: Khirbet er-Ra'i in the 11th Century BC
Lecture | November 13 | 5-6 p.m. | Kroeber Hall, 102 (Phoebe Hearst Museum Gallery)
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Julien Beller in Conversation: Atypical Architectures and Urban Belonging
Lecture | November 14 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Writing the Self in Mediterranean History
Lecture | November 14 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 270 Stephens Hall
Aging Services Faculty Search Candidate Talk
Lecture | November 14 – December 5, 2019 every Thursday with exceptions | 12:10-1:30 p.m. | Haviland Hall, Haviland Commons
CRG Distinguished Guest Lecture: Ojichaagwag Waaseyaaziwag (Radiant Souls): Four Women Masters of Social Self-Expression
Lecture | November 14 | 4-6 p.m. | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, Multicultural Community Center (Suite 220)
Rahuldeep Singh Gill | Ante-Colonial Anti-Imperial Sikh Tradition: Reflections on the 550th Anniversary of Guru Nanak's Birth
Lecture | November 14 | 5-7 p.m. | 10 Stephens Hall
DCRP Lecture Series: 12th Annual Martin Wachs Lecture by Elizabeth Deakin
Lecture | November 14 | 5:30-7 p.m. | 112 Wurster Hall
Wachs Lecture: Integrating Transportation, Land Use, and Environmental Planning for Social Justice and Carbon Reduction: Finding a Way that Works
Lecture | November 14 | 5:30-7 p.m. | Wurster Hall
Illuminating the Dark: First Stars in the Universe: CLEAR PubScience
Lecture | November 14 | 6-8 p.m. | Little HIll Lounge
Friday, November 15, 2019
The Crisis in News Media: Why it matters and what should be done
Lecture | November 15 | 12-1 p.m. | North Gate Hall, Logan Multimedia Center
Italy and the Future of Europe
Lecture | November 15 | 12-1 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall | Canceled
Hilton Als - I Don't Remember
Lecture | November 15 | 3 p.m. | Wheeler Hall, Maude Fife Room 315 Wheeler Hall
Sanjay Srivastava | Work, youth culture and the meanings of ‘caste politics’ in Kerala
Lecture | November 15 | 3-5 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)
2019 Annual Tang Lecture: Over Mountains and Steppes: Tracing ancient tracks of Asia’s Silk Roads
Lecture | November 15 | 5-7 p.m. | Alumni House, Toll Room
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Ravish Kumar | Gandhi, Godse, and Memory in Modern India: The 3rd Bhattacharya Lecture on the "Future of India"
Lecture | November 16 | 4-6 p.m. | Haas School: Andersen Auditorium | Note change in location
Monday, November 18, 2019
Insurgent Aesthetics: Flight, Freedom, and Fantasy on the Frontiers of US Empire
Lecture | November 18 | 12:30-2 p.m. | Moffitt Undergraduate Library, BCNM Commons - 340
Expanded Internet Art
Lecture | November 18 | 12:30-2 p.m. | Moffitt Undergraduate Library, BCNM Commons, Room 340
‘She had…a Womb Subjected to Bondage’: The Afro-Atlantic Origins of British Colonial Descent Law
Lecture | November 18 | 12:45-2 p.m. | Boalt Hall, School of Law, Selznick Seminar Room, 2240 Piedmont Avenue
BIDS Forum: Statistics and Machine Learning Forum
Lecture | November 18 | 1:30-2:30 p.m. | 190 Doe Library
Korean Conglomerates (Chaebol) in Times of Crisis
Lecture | November 18 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 180 Doe Library
Two Talks: “Generalization through Memorization: Nearest Neighbor Language Models” and “Probing Neural NLP: Ideas and Problems”
Lecture | November 18 | 4:10-5 p.m. | 202 South Hall
My Place Is the Placeless: Sherin Guirguis
Lecture | November 18 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
SPH Brown Bag: Youth-Led Participatory Action Research (YPAR): Overview, Research Advances, and Challenges
Lecture | November 19 | 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 5101 Berkeley Way West
Carlo Rotella: Craft: How Writers, Musicians, Athletes, and Others Cultivate Their Talent
Lecture | November 19 | 4 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Geballe room, 220 Stephens
The Cuban Revolution and the Transformation of Nature during the Cold War
Lecture | November 19 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 3335 Dwinelle Hall
The Myanmar Shwe: Rule of Law in the New Burma
Lecture | November 19 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 180 Doe Library
The Mystery of Van Gogh's Ear
Lecture | November 19 | 5-7 p.m. | Doe Library, Morrison Library
GUH Lecture: “The World is Always Coming to An End: Pulling Together and Apart in a Chicago Neighborhood”
Lecture | November 19 | 7-8:30 p.m. | 315 Wheeler Hall
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Berkeley Boosts Webinar: "Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber" with Mike Isaac, The New York Times: Online Program
Lecture | November 20 | 10-11 a.m. | Online Program
DCRP Lecture Series: Ben Metcalf
Lecture | November 20 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 305 Wurster Hall
Townsend Book Chat with Sugata Ray: Climate Change and the Art of Devotion: Geoaesthetics in the Land of Krishna, 1550-1850
Lecture | November 20 | 12-1 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Geballe Room, 220 Stephens
Fung Institute presents: Engineering Leadership Speaking Series
Lecture | September 4 – November 20, 2019 every Wednesday with exceptions | 4-5:30 p.m. | 310 Sutardja Dai Hall
Sol and Arthur at the Seige of Mafeking: Lecture with Jane Taylor
Lecture | November 20 | 4 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall
An evening with Dr. Louise Aronson, author of “Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life”
Lecture | November 20 | 5:30-8:30 p.m. | The David Brower Center
Tri-Valley: Aging and Alzheimer's Disease: Can lifestyle practices protect the brain?
Lecture | November 20 | 5:45-8 p.m. | Roundhouse Market & Conference Center
Aging and Alzheimer's Disease: Can lifestyle practices protect the brain?
Lecture | November 20 | 5:45-8:05 p.m. | Roundhouse Market & Conference Center
Artist’s Talk: Edie Fake in Conversation with Elaine Yau
Lecture | November 20 | 6 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Arms Trafficking: Its Past, Present, and Future
Lecture | November 20 | 7-8:15 p.m. | Faculty Club, Great Hall
Thursday, November 21, 2019
View from the Top: Craig Federighi: Questionable Advice from One Very Lucky Berkeley Engineer
Lecture | November 21 | 12-1 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium, 3rd floor
Bancroft Library Roundtable: “To make letters live, that men themselves may have more life”: Manuscript Analysis and the Lettering Arts
Lecture | November 21 | 12-1 p.m. | Faculty Club, Lewis-Latimer Room
Amy Franceschini: Presence as Practice
Lecture | November 21 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Aging Services Faculty Search Candidate Talk
Lecture | November 14 – December 5, 2019 every Thursday with exceptions | 12:10-1:30 p.m. | Haviland Hall, Haviland Commons
Spectacle of Empire: The Visual Destruction of Iraq | Dena Al-Adeeb
Lecture | November 21 | 12:30-2 p.m. | 340 Stephens Hall
Member's Walk: Australasia
Lecture | November 21 | 1-2:30 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Anthony W. Fontes Mortal Doubt: Transnational Gangs and Social Order
Lecture | November 21 | 4-5 p.m. | 2334 Bowditch (Center for Latin American Studies)
Foerster Lectures on the Immortality of the Soul featuring Jane Taylor: On Uncertainty: Wittgenstein: Habits of Thought and Thoughts of Habit
Lecture | November 21 | 4:10 p.m. | Alumni House, Toll Room
Singing Schubert, Hearing Race: Black Concert Singers and the German Lied in Interwar Central Europe
Lecture | November 21 | 5-6:30 p.m. | 201 Moses Hall
35th Colin and Elsa Miller Lecture: Elections and Protests: Government Influence and Social Attitudes in Today’s Russia
Lecture | November 21 | 5:15-6:45 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Geballe Room, 220
The Daily Life of Betel: from Leaf to Nut, Preparation to Ritual
Lecture | November 21 | 6-7:30 p.m. | Hearst Museum of Anthropology
