SIG Event: Coarseness: Voicing and Moving Diaspora in Cambodia
LA1-302This event is funded by the CLA Scholarly Intersections Grant by the Departments of Asian & Asian American Studies the Comparative Literature. How do we understand Cambodian American-ness in Cambodia? Zheng, a Cambodian Chinese American, will unpack Phou’s film My Mother’s Tongue (2022) and Sokhomsan’s performance artwork titled Birthday (2023) to consider how Cambodians from the diaspora connect to […]
SIG EVENT: THE PROMISE AND PERILS OF DIGITAL INTERVENTIONS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT
PSY-153Digital apps and eHealth interventions show great promise for educating the public about sexual assault, teaching bystanders to effectively intervene and prevent sexual assault, providing therapeutic guidance and support to sexual assault survivors, and connecting the public to needed services. Such approaches are not without their pitfalls, however, and care needs to be taken in […]
Myriam Gurba Reading and Q&A
Anatol Center AS-119We invite you to join us for a reading and Q&A with the writer and artist Myriam Gurba, who will be discussing her new book, Creep: Accusation and Confessions (2023). Myriam Gurba is a writer and activist. Her first book, the short story collection Dahlia Season, won the Edmund White Award for debut fiction. O, the […]
The Welfare Effects of Behavior-based Price Discrimination in E-commerce
SSPA-204You are invited to the Economics Department seminar series, which continues with its third talk this Friday, April 12 from 11:00am-12:00pm in SSPA-204. Our speaker will be Francesco Gabriele who will present a paper entitled "The Welfare Effects of Behavior-based Price Discrimination in E-commerce" (flyer attached). Francesco is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Southern California. His research […]
58TH ANNUAL COMPARATIVE LITERATURE CONFERENCE
Zoom and VariousThe 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
LA4-120We’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 GardenYou 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-15012:30 - 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-119In 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-111Please 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 […]