Past Events

Jamaica Kincaid, one of the most celebrated writers of her generation, is the 2024-25 Avenali Chair in the Humanities. She talks with Townsend Center director Stephen Best.

Beginning with four films chosen and presented by the director himself, this extensive retrospective at BAMPFA includes all of Todd Haynes’s feature films and a selection of early works.

Eduardo Cadava (Princeton University) delivers the keynote lecture for a symposium held in conjunction with the BAMPFA exhibit Abounaddara: The Ruins We Carry, whose works explore life during the Syrian Revolution.

Chamber opera Both Eyes Open, with libretto by Philip Kan Gotanda, recasts the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

In this deeply poetic book, Fumi Okiji gathers a chorus of thinkers and artists to examine sites of intemperance and equivocation in black thought and music.

This online public seminar led by Anthony Cascardi offers information and advice to scholars seeking to publish their book manuscript with an academic press.

UC Berkeley is justifiably identified as the top public university in the US, but its structure is often unclear even to its core constituents. This online public seminar led by Anthony Cascardi presents a broad overview of the political/public context in which UC Berkeley operates.

In residence at BAMPFA, filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa is considered one of the most insightful commentators on a range of political and socioeconomic issues related to Ukraine, Russia, and the former Soviet bloc countries.

Agnes Callard and Judith Butler discuss Callard's new book, Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life, which explores how the work of Socrates can be used to ask and answer life’s most important questions.

Intended for graduate students at all levels, this online public seminar led by Anthony Cascardi provides information and advice about career-building skills for those considering opportunities outside the walls of academe.