Past Events

Dylan Riley

Microverses: Observations from a Shattered Present
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| 820 Social Sciences Building

Dylan Riley responded to Covid lockdown with the tools of his trade, producing an extraordinary volume of over a hundred short essays inviting us to think about how critical sociology can speak to this troubled decade.

Francisco de Goya and the Art of Critique

Anthony Cascardi
Berkeley Book Chats
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| Online

In his innovative study of Goya's body of work, Anthony Cascardi argues that the artist is engaged in a thoroughgoing critique of the modern social and historical worlds.

Friday, Nov 18, 2022 3:30 pm
| BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street

South African artist William Kentridge is the 2022-23 UC Berkeley artist-in-residence. In this visually illustrated lecture, he reflects on the creation of his chamber opera Waiting for the Sibyl, and on his multifaceted artistic practice.

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| Online

In her history of the idea of "relevance" since the 19th century, Elisa Tamarkin explores the term as a means to grasp how something once disregarded, unvalued, or lost becomes interesting and important.

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| Online

Sophie Volpp considers fictional objects of the late Ming and Qing that defy being read as illustrative of historical things, and are instead often signs of fictionality itself.

Communities in China: Ethics, Laws, and Politics

In Dialogue with China: Art, Culture, Politics
Monday, Oct 31, 2022 4:00 pm
| 820 Social Sciences Building

Loubna El-Amine and Haiyan Lee contrast visions of the good life in communities in Early China and in today's PRC, using them as vantage points from which to explore the moral imagination.

Families in Imperial China

In Dialogue with China: Art, Culture, Politics
Monday, Oct 24, 2022 4:00 pm
| 820 Social Sciences Building

Exploring sources from travel diaries to legal casebooks, panelists address the complexities and contradictions surrounding the notion of the traditional family in mid- and late-imperial China.

Grant-Seeking in the Arts and Humanities

Professional Development
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| Online

This online workshop provides guidance for pursuing research and programmatic support from private foundations interested in the arts and humanities.

Cultural Heritage in China as Endangered Species?

In Dialogue with China: Art, Culture, Politics
Monday, Oct 17, 2022 4:00 pm
| 820 Social Sciences Building

In contemporary China, the concept of cultural heritage encompasses a range of political and economic considerations. Panelists ask who benefits from the policies and politics of heritage.