Past Events

This evening of poetry will cut across generations, space and sensibilities to showcase the diverse works of two Vietnamese American writers, Linh Dinh and Anhvu Buchanan.

Vietnamese-American poet, fiction writer and essayist, Linh Dinh will read from his Vietnamese writings and discuss how they differ from his English works.

Vietnamese-American poet, fiction writer and essayist Linh Dinh will discuss his preoccupation with collapse, including how the 1975 fall of South Vietnam influenced his thinking and writing.

Bobby Fischer’s cold-war era victory over Soviet champion Boris Spassky in 1972 capped off his meteoric rise to greatness, but few could have foreseen that it would also be the beginning of an enigmatic second act as a relative recluse and eventual exile. Liz Garbus’ film artfully traces the rise, and fall, of a man whose name is still synonymous with the game of chess.

Avenali Chair in the Humanities Ursula K. Le Guin has published twenty-one novels, eleven volumes of short stories, four collections of essays, twelve books for children, seven volumes of poetry and four of translation, and has received many awards. Her best-known fantasy works, the Earthsea books, have sold millions of copies and have been translated into sixteen languages.

The Berkeley Human Rights Seminar invites distinguished scholars across disciplines to present their recent research on human rights. This seminar features Marco Duranti's (University of Sidney) work, moderated by James Vernon (History).

Special Saturday gallery hours for the Kenneth P. Green photography exhibition, in observance of Black History Month. The exhibition highlights rarely seen photographs taken between 1965-1970 at DeFremery Park in Oakland, a center for community organizing and an important base for the Black Panther Party.

The Berkeley Human Rights Seminar invites distinguished scholars across disciplines to present their recent research on human rights. This seminar features Michael Rosen (Harvard) discussing his book Dignity: Its History and Meaning (Harvard 2012).

A brown bag lunch conversation with Professor Daniel Cohen, historian and internationally recognized leader in the digital humanities. Cohen, who developed Zotero and co-founded the Humanities and Technology (THAT) Camp, will lead a conversation on digital humanities style research in a university setting, with special attention to the role of the institution.

Playwright Philip Kan Gotanda will speak with Stan Lai about his creative process, and the influence of his Berkeley years, both as a graduate student in the 1980s and as a Regents Lecturer in 2000.