Past Events

Domestic Disturbances

Artist Ramiro Gomez in Conversation with Lawrence Weschler
| Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall

Lawrence Weschler in conversation with Ramiro Gomez, Los Angeles-based artist, and subject of Weschler’s recent piece in The New York Times Magazine and forthcoming book Domestic Scenes: The Art of Ramiro Gomez.

Sky Below

Selected Works by Raúl Zurita
| Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

Internationally renowned Chilean poet Raúl Zurita will read selections from his work.

The Work of the Dead

Thomas Laqueur
Berkeley Book Chats
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| Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

Professor of History Thomas Laqueur's book, The Work of the Dead, offers a richly detailed account of how and why the living have cared for the dead, from antiquity to the twentieth century.

Greek Models of Mind and Self

Anthony Long
Berkeley Book Chats
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| Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

Professor Emeritus of Classics Anthony Long’s book offers a wide-ranging study of Greek notions of mind and human selfhood from Homer through Plotinus.

The Wedding Song (Le Chant des mariées) (2008)

Directed by Karin Albou, 100 min
Depth of Field Film + Video
| The Magnes Auditorium, 2121 Allston Way

Friends since childhood, Muslim Nour and Jewish Myriam live in harmony in the same building in a humble Tunis neighborhood until the Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains their bonds of friendship.

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| Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

Professor of Philosophy John MacFarlane’s book gives a clear account of what it is to be a relativist about truth and uses this view to provide a fresh perspective of parts of our thought and speech that have resisted traditional methods of analysis.

A Play, An Opera, The Tango

Philip Kan Gotanda
Berkeley Book Chats
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| Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

Professor of Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies Philip Kan Gotanda will read and discuss excerpts from three current projects Remember the I-Hotel (play), Both Eyes Open (opera), and Chelsea & Rodney’s Tango (video).

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| Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

A discussion about groundbreaking cultural theorist and critic Stuart Hall led by Bill Schwarz (Queen Mary, London).

Turn Left at the End of the World (Sof ha-’olam smola) (2004)

Directed by Avi Nesher, 110 min
Depth of Field Film + Video
| The Magnes Auditorium, 2121 Allston Way

In a small settlement in late 1960s Israel, Jewish immigrants from India are confronted with a community of Moroccan Jews and find themselves embroiled in a clash of cultures.

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| Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

A multidisciplinary and cross-cultural consideration of the various manifestations and theories of the Imagination.