Events
Virtual and In Person
Dalit Histories, Gender Formations: A Conversation with Journalist Meena Kotwal
Virtual and In PersonThis talk is co-sponsored by the Center for South Asia at Stanford University and the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of California Santa Cruz (CSAS). On May 1, 2024 , Meena Kotwal will be in conversation with Anjali Arondekar (Professor in Feminist Studies, UCSC and Founding Director, CSAS) at the Stanford University […]
Making a Killing: Capitalism, Cops, & the War on Black Life with Robin Kelley
Virtual and In PersonThe History of Consciousness department presents Making a Killing: Capitalism, Cops, & the War on Black Life with Robin Kelley, UC Los Angeles. This talk is a part of the Spring 2024 History of Consciousness Speaker Series. The History of Consciousness Speaker series is a quarterly series of talks by distinguished guests. To learn more […]
Black Enlightenment with Surya Parekh
Virtual and In PersonThe History of Consciousness department presents Black Enlightenment with Surya Parekh, Binghamton University. This talk is a part of the Spring 2024 History of Consciousness Speaker Series. The History of Consciousness Speaker series is a quarterly series of talks by distinguished guests. Recordings of previous lectures are available in the HistCon Speaker Series Archive. To […]
Opacity and Voice in Édouard Glissant and José María Arguedas with Benjamin Davis
Virtual and In PersonThe History of Consciousness department presents Opacity and Voice in Édouard Glissant and José María Arguedas with Benjamin Davis, Saint Louis University. This talk is a part of the Spring 2024 History of Consciousness Speaker Series. The History of Consciousness Speaker series is a quarterly series of talks by distinguished guests. Recordings of previous lectures […]
Humanities in the Age of AI Lunch meeting
Virtual and In PersonThe Humanities Institute Research cluster, “Humanities in the Age of AI,” is pleased to invite you to their lunch meeting scheduled for Monday, March 4th at 12pm in HUM 210. This meeting will have a hybrid attendance option on Zoom. Please join at noon to attend virtually. Presenting their work on Machine Translation (MT) with […]
The Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture with Maryana Iskander – Humans in the Loop: Wikipedia’s Future in the Age of AI
Virtual and In PersonWhat role will humans play in shaping the future of the internet, especially given the meteoric rise of generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT? Wikipedia is tech-enabled, but very human-led. Each month, it receives more than 15 billion visits as people search for information online. The CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts […]
Thenmozhi Soundarajan – The Trauma of Caste and the US Equity Movement: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
Virtual and In PersonThenmozhi Soundarajan is a Dalit American commentator on religion, race, caste, gender, technology, and justice. She is the Executive Director of Equality Labs and the author of The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition. This event is presented by the Center for South Asian Studies as a part of […]
The Micro as Macro: Narrating World Histories of Science, Technology, and Environment
Virtual and In PersonThe Center for World History presents the fourth Graduate Student Conference: “The Micro as Macro: Narrating World Histories of Science, Technology, and Environment” in Humanities 1, Room 210 (and online), 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. While world history topics have expanded recently to include diverse areas, the Euro-American experience continues to dominate scholarship and is […]
Transnational Turns and the Future of China Studies
Virtual and In PersonWhat does it mean to do China studies at this global conjuncture? What has “transnational” got to do with it, why now, and why again? What future promises and possibilities can it still bring? This two-day workshop featuring multi-disciplinary scholars of China and Chinese studies, as well as a conversation with Rey Chow, Duke University, […]
Let’s talk about ChatGPT Panel
Virtual and In PersonChatGPT rolled out as a disruptive and instantly polarizing new technology. Should we see it as an impediment or an asset to student learning? Should we just look to other new technologies to detect student use of ChatGPT, or could there be pedagogical applications of ChatGPT that could further learning? On campus, faculty are shaping […]