RSS FeedUpcoming EventsAmerican Thanatocracy vs Abolition Democracy: On Cops, Capitalism, and the War on Black Life, March 20https://events.berkeley.edu/live/events/239372-american-thanatocracy-vs-abolition-democracy-on

This lecture is part of the Jefferson Memorial Lecture series

About this lecture

This talk will examine how police in the neoliberal era–in tandem with other state and corporate entities—have become engines of capital accumulation, government revenue, gentrification, the municipal bond market, the tech and private security industry—in a phrase, the profits of death. The police don’t just take lives; they make life and living less viable for the communities they occupy. The growth of police power has also fundamentally weakened democracy and strengthened “thanatocracy”—rule by death– especially with respect to Black communities. And yet, these same communities have produced a new abolition democracy, organizing to advance a different future, without oppression and exploitation, war, poverty, prisons, police, borders, the constraints of imposed gender, sexual, and ableist norms, and an economic system that destroys the planet while generating obscene inequality.  

About Robin D.G. Kelley

Robin D. G. Kelley is Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he is the recipient of many awards and fellowships, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and Freedom Scholar Award. His books include the award-winning, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original; Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression; Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination; Race Rebels: Culture Politics and the Black Working Class; Yo’ Mama’s DisFunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America (Beacon Press 1997); Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times.

Kelley is currently completing two books, Making a Killing: Cops, Capitalism, and the War on Black Life and The Education of Ms. Grace Halsell: An Intimate History of the American Century (both forthcoming Metropolitan Books).

His essays have appeared in dozens of publications, including The Nation, New York Times,American Historical Review, American Quarterly, African Studies Review, Social Text, Metropolis, Journal of American History, New Labor Forum, and The Boston Review, for which he also serves as Contributing Editor.

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International House Celebration & Awards Gala, March 21https://events.berkeley.edu/live/events/239141-international-house-celebration-awards-gala

International House (I-House) at UC Berkeley will hold its Annual Celebration and Awards Gala on Thursday, March 21, 2024. I-House proudly celebrates and honors advocates and trailblazers who embody the purpose of I-House to promote a more just and peaceful world. This year we are pleased to highlight the contributions of the following individuals:

Chenming Hu (IH 1969-71) recipient of the Global Impact Award for his contributions to the semiconductor industry which have led to transformative improvements in computing and communications around the globe;

Chiara Medioli-Fedrigoni (IH 1993-94) recipient of the Alumna of the Year Award for promoting cultural heritage preservation efforts at universities, museums, archives, and libraries in Europe and throughout the world;

Okechukwu Iroegbu (IH 2022-24) recipient of the Executive Director’s Outstanding Community Leadership Award for his dedication to the mission of I-House and the positive impact his leadership has had on the resident community;

Ronald E. Silva (I-House Board Member) recipient of The Sherry and Betsey Warrick Mission Service Award for his dedication to the preservation and improvement of I-House.

Read their bios at ihouse.berkeley.edu/gala.

Proceeds from the Gala benefit The Fund for I-House. Shaun R. Carver, Executive Director I-House, points to this Fund as an important resource, providing for room and board scholarships and financial aid, mission-centered programming, and preservation of the historic 93-year-old building. “I-House, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, relies on philanthropic support from alumni, foundations, corporations and friends,” says Carver.

Reception and dinner will be provided by award-winning Executive Chef Abigail Serbins and our Dining, Catering and Events teams. Entertainment will be provided by the very talented residents of International House. For more information on our honorees, sponsorship opportunities, or to buy event tickets, visit ihouse.berkeley.edu/gala

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Free Speech and Higher Education A Conversation with Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Chancellor Carol T. Christ, March 25https://events.berkeley.edu/live/events/239680-free-speech-and-higher-education-a-conversation-with-

Monday, March 25, 2024

11 a.m.

Registration required: gobears.me/3u8Y9RJ

This event is free and open to the public. If you require an accommodation for effective communication or information about campus mobility access features in order to fully participate in this event, please contact events1@berkeley.edu with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7–10 days in advance of the event.

There will be a livestream link of this event. Registration is required for the link. 

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California Live! Will AI Be Humanity’s Last Act?, March 28https://www.eventbrite.com/e/will-ai-be-humanitys-last-act-tickets-721577185787https://www.eventbrite.com/e/will-ai-be-humanitys-last-act-tickets-721577185787Cal for All: Building an Inclusive STEM Pipeline: From Education to Industry, May 1https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cpBnFuokSyGbzYtRnjXhpghttps://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cpBnFuokSyGbzYtRnjXhpg