58TH ANNUAL COMPARATIVE LITERATURE CONFERENCE

Zoom and Various

The conference will be April 16-18 (Tues-Thurs). This year’s theme is a heavy one, Writers of Extreme Situations, and we have 18 panels with 70 papers plus the Plenary, with scholars from around the world, as well as some of our CLA faculty, like José Rodriguez (COMM), Amir Sharifi (LING), Clorinda Donato (RGRLL), Robert Blankenship […]

The Palestine Exception – film screening & talkback

LA4-120

We’d like to invite you and your students to a screening of The Palestine Exception, a new documentary film produced by Al Jazeera's Fault Lines that investigates the suppression of Palestine advocacy on college campuses in the United States. The screening will be followed by a talk-back with the film's producer Amina Waheed. This event is sponsored by […]

Elena Diane Curris Global Issues Lecture: The Critical Role of the UN Human Rights Council within a Complex World

Earl Burns Japanese Garden

You Are Invited To: The 2024 Elena Diane Curris Global Issues Lecture "The Critical Role of the UN Human Rights Council within a Complex World" Featuring Speaker Eric Tistounet   Join Cal State Long Beach's Global Studies Institute as Eric Tistounet delivers a lecture, "The Critical Role of the UN Human Rights Council within a Complex World." The event […]

SIG Event: 2024 Multicultural/Cross-cultural Dance & Performance Event: Unity in Motion

Central Quad & PSY-150

12:30 - 1:45 pm in the Central Quad - Dance performances by: CSULB K-Pop Dance Cover Group A traditional Oneida Smoke Dance performed by Dr. Thomas “TJ” Reed Choctaw Snake Dance performed by the CSULB American Indian Student Council CSULB Grupo Folklorico Mexica will be in attendance to recruit for their club! Snacks & drinks […]

Crossing the Impossible Bridge in a Dynamite Truck: Observations on Film, Friendship and Collaboration

Anatol Center AS-119

In the context of the annual CWL conference (April16-18) on Writers of Extreme Situations, Christopher Goffard “Crossing the Impossible Bridge in a Dynamite Truck: Observations on Film, Friendship and Collaboration” In “Crossing the Impossible Bridge in a Dynamite Truck,” Goffard will reflect on his friendship and collaboration with one of cinema’s great poets of desperation […]

SIG Event: Radical & Cultural Geographies of Deep Space Nine

SPA-111

Please join the American Studies program on Wednesday, April 17th in SPA 111 at 6:30pm for a talk by Dr. David Seitz. The talk, “Radical & Cultural Geographies of Deep Space Nine,” will celebrate and feature Dr. Seitz recent book, A Different Trek. Co-sponsored by AMST, History, Geography, and the CLA Scholarly Intersections program, this […]

52nd Annual Psych Day

Psych Quad in the Psychology Building

The Psychology Student Association and International Honor Society in Psychology (PSA/Psi Chi) is hosting the 52nd Annual Psych Day on Thursday, April 18th, 2024 from 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM. The programming will be located directly in the Psych Quad in the Psychology Building. This event is open to all students on campus and is […]

SIG Event: Food Justice in Ethnic Studies

Zoom

Please join us for a relational discussion of the ways that foodways, food justice, and food sovereignty are theorized and practiced in racialized communities in the United States. The guest speakers for this event include: Abel Ruiz, Lead Farmer at CRECE Urban Farming; Nyenyekevu Diane Moss, Founder of Project New Village; Sara Calvaso Olson (Karuk), author […]

The Eighth Annual Helena Maria Viramontes Lecture in Latina/o/x Literature Featuring Ana Castillo – Massacre of the Dreamers

UTC-108

The Eighth Annual Helena María Viramontes Lecture in Latina/o/x Literature welcomes the distinguished and celebrated artist, poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, translator, and short story writer Ana Castillo to CSU Long Beach. Dr. Castillo has contributed to a long list of periodicals, online venues, and national magazines, including More and the Sunday New York Times. Dr. […]

21st Annual Solanki Lecture: How Inclusive is “Inclusive Innovation”? Understanding Technology-Enabled Empowerment in India

CPaCE Building Room 100A

The Yadunandan Center for India Studies is proud to present the 21st Annual Solanki Lecture How Inclusive is “Inclusive Innovation”? Understanding Technology-Enabled Empowerment in India with Shobita Parthasarathy International development institutions, governments, and social entrepreneurs have become increasingly enthusiastic about ‘inclusive innovation.’ The term refers to efforts to use science and technology to alleviate poverty and […]