Events
Week of Events
Sunday, October 14, 2018
No events on this day.
Monday, October 15, 2018
- October 15, 2018 -Ben Breen, When Drugs Became Global: Technologies of Intoxication in the Enlightenment
Ben Breen, When Drugs Became Global: Technologies of Intoxication in the Enlightenment
Over the course of the seventeenth eighteenth centuries, psychoactive substances from opiates to cannabis to coffee underwent rapid globalization. Enlightenment thinkers were by no means immune to the allure of these novel drugs. Scientists and physicians tried to discover the “occult virtues” of these drugs through an array of experimental methods, including testing them on themselves. This […]
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
No events on this day.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
- October 17, 2018 -Sharad Chari: “Apartheid Remains”
Sharad Chari: “Apartheid Remains”
“Apartheid Remains” explores how people subjected to life in a patchwork landscape of industry and residence in the Indian Ocean City of Durban, South Africa, have sought to contest their social and spatial subjection across the 20th century, particularly in the revolutionary 1970s and 1980s, and in today’s racial capitalism. Event Photos: Sharad Chari […]
Thursday, October 18, 2018
- October 18, 2018 -UCHRI Funding Workshop
- October 18, 2018 -David Lee: “Pictures of the Past – Introduction to the Rock Art of Western North America”
UCHRI Funding Workshop
UCHRI has just announced their call for applications for the 2018-2019 Academic Year. Join us for an Information Session with Kelly Anne Brown (Associate Director, UCHRI) and Shana Melnysyn (UCHRI Competitive Grants) to learn more. UCHRI has released six new competitive grants. The workshop will address these new opportunities and cover what you need to […]
David Lee: “Pictures of the Past – Introduction to the Rock Art of Western North America”
Ancient hunter-gatherer peoples across the globe painted and carved designs on rock walls for tens of thousands of years. The deserts of western North America contain some of the largest and most complex rock art sites known, and careful documentation of them has helped us to understand how these enigmatic images fit into the lives […]
Friday, October 19, 2018
- October 19, 2018 -PhD+ Workshop: “Navigating Career Choices Post-PhD – Reflections on Work and Identity”
PhD+ Workshop: “Navigating Career Choices Post-PhD – Reflections on Work and Identity”
"Navigating Career Choices Post-PhD: Reflections on Work and Identity" This workshop will provide space to discuss, critique, and engage with some of the thorny questions about transitioning to non-tenure track careers. Kelly Anne Brown, Associate Director of UCHRI, and Shana Melnysyn, Competitive Grants Officer at UCHRI, will share their perspectives as PhDs at work in […]
Saturday, October 20, 2018
No events on this day.