Townsend Events

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| Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

Claire Kahane recounts her nine-decade journey of self-transformation, moving from free-spirited rebel in the 1950s to feminist scholar, and confronting personal and historical traumas along the way.

Avgi Saketopoulou

Fighting Fire with Fire: Aesthetics, Exigent Sadism, Insurgency
Avenali Lecture
Monday, Oct 6, 2025 5:00 pm
| Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall

Psychoanalyst and scholar Avgi Saketopoulou, the 2025-26 Avenali Chair in the Humanities, is the author of Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia.

Tuesday, Oct 7, 2025 5:00 pm
| Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

Avgi Saketopoulou, the 2025-26 Avenali Chair in the Humanities, engages in conversation with UC Berkeley faculty members.

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| Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall

Hannah Zeavin tells the complicated story of American techno-parenting, for an object lesson in how using technology in our most intimate relationships became a moral flash point.

Highway Thirteen: Stories

Fiona McFarlane
Berkeley Book Chats
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| Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

Fiona McFarlane's gripping collection of short stories explores the reverberations of a serial killer’s crimes in the lives of everyday people.