Humanities and Social Sciences Lecture Series

The 2018-2019 College of Humanities and Social Sciences Lecture Series will focus on the theme of “Interdisciplinary Conversations on Community, Identity, and Belonging."  The selection of this year's theme was inspired and provoked by both current events and a powerful historical context.  Through lecture, readings, and discussion, each "conversation" will invite participants to consider the concept of crossing borders from a number of disciplinary and methodological perspectives.

Events will take place during the midday class period on selected Mondays and Tuesdays throughout the academic year. Faculty and students are invited to bring their lunches; the Dean’s office will provide drinks and dessert.

 

Fall 2018 Events:

Coming soon!

 

 

 

Spring 2018 Events: 

Tuesday, February 13 / 11:30 - 12:50 / PLS-360

Elaine Lewinnek & Sara Fingal, American Studies

"Alternative Histories of Southern California"

 

Michael Perez, Sociology

“Diasporic Indigenous Educational Trajectories and Chamoru/Chamorro Articulations
in Historical Context"

 

Tuesday, March 13 / 11:30 - 12:50 / PLS-360

Jawad Ali,  Liberal Studies

"Too Perfect to be True: ‘Fake’ Research or Yet Another Crisis for the Academy"

 

Kevin Lambert, Liberal Studies

“Science and Politics in the Age of Alternative Facts”

 

Monday, April 16 / 12:00 - 12:50 / PLS-360

Marti Klein,  Liberal Studies

"The father, the son, and the spectre of anxiety: the deception of Richard Henry Dana, Jr”

 

Emily S. Lee, Philosophy

“Being-as-a-model minority”

 

Tuesday, May 8 / 11:30 - 12:50 / PLS-360

Aitana Guia,  History Studies

"A Refugee Crisis in Europe? Words, Facts, and the Politics of Fear"

 

Kate Burlingham, History

“Distinguishing Fact from Fiction: The Moral and Ethical Difficulties of Working with
Forced Confessions"

 

 

Fall 2017 Events:

Monday, September 25 / 12:00 - 12:50 / PLS-360

Tyler D. Parry, African American Studies

"Slavery, Memory, and the Persistence of Alternative Facts"

Arlene Ring, American Studies

"When Fake Becomes Real: Why We Changed Our Minds About Animal Stories"

 

Tuesday, October 17 / 11:30 - 12:50 / PLS-360

Nancy Segal, Psychology

"What Twins Tell Us About Who We Are: The Science Behind the Fascination"

Jay Wachtel, Division of Politics, Administration, and Justice

"Polarized Policing"

 

Tuesday, November 7 / 11:30 - 12:50 / PLS-360

Nancy Fitch, History

 “The Dreyfus Affair: Fake Facts, Fake News, and a Suspicious Investigation that Continues to Haunt France”

Stephen Neufeld, History

“Mexico under President Pancho Villa…? Storytelling, History, and the Counterfactual”