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 […]

Transnational Feminist Solidarities Conference (April 18 & 19)

You are invited to the Transnational Feminist Solidarities Conference, which will take place on Thursday, April 18, and Friday April 19, 2024, at CSULB. This conference is organized with the support of the CLA Thematic Initiative and funded by a generous contribution from former CLA Dean Dorothy (Dee) Abrahamse. Transnational feminism offers a critique of Western-Eurocentric and […]

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 […]

Conference In Jainism

Various - see program , United States

The Bhagwan Suvidhinath Endowed Chair in Jain Studies at California State University, Long Beach presents a Conference in Jainism – April 21-23, 2024 This conference aims to integrate Jainism’s fundamental principle of nonviolence (Ahimsā) with our relationship to the environment. While embracing nonviolence in a holistic manner, the conference theme merges with the ecological concept […]

SIG Event: Talk by Dr. Raúl Pérez, “The Souls of White Jokes”

University Library Room 201

Dr. Pérez will be discussing his recent book, The Souls of White Jokes: How Racist Humor Fuels White Supremacy (Stanford UP, 2022). Dr. Pérez' research tracks the use of humor from blackface minstrelsy to contemporary contexts, including police culture, politics, and far-right extremists. Rather than being harmless fun, a thing of the past, or “just […]

Black Studies, Truth Speaking and the Ethical Urgency of Resistance: Radically Imagining and Achieving a Just and Good World

Zoom

On behalf of the Department of Africana Studies, please find below an announcement and invitation to our Annual Africana Studies Day Forum titled this year: "Black Studies, Truth Speaking and the Ethical Urgency of Resistance: Radically Imagining and Achieving a Just and Good World" Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 11:00am (virtual). We apologize for the lateness of the announcement, but we could only confirm this weekend […]