Past Events

Reimagining the Urban

Methods of Investigating the City, Arts & Public Space
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| Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way

A symposium discussing art, nature, economic development and equity in the Bay Area.

Video Advocacy & Human Rights

Sam Gregory
Berkeley Human Rights Seminar
| Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

Sam Gregory (WITNESS) will discuss the role of video advocacy in advancing human rights.

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| D-Lab Convening Room, 356 Barrows

The first in a two-part workshop for faculty, graduate students, and staff who want to start a digital project that includes a web presence. This session will cover how to set up and configure a basic Drupal site using free hosting, and how to develop well-structured "content types" to store your data.

Bomb It (2007)

Directed by Jon Reiss
Depth of Field Film + Video
| Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

Director Jon Reiss presents graffiti art as both a local and global expression of the individual artist, of politics, and of community.

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship Information Session

Led by Nicole A. Stahlmann (Director, Fellowship Programs, ACLS)
| Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship Information Session on funding opportunities and research proposal preparation for faculty and advanced graduate students in the humanities. Led by Nicole Stahlmann (Director, Fellowship Programs, ACLS).

| Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

The Course Threads Symposium is a capstone forum for students who have completed all requirements of the Course Threads Program. Students will present on the topics they studied within their thread, discussing the ways in which interdisciplinary course work informed their knowledge of the topic.

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| Dwinelle, Durant and Barrows Hall

This afternoon of events will offer an interdisciplinary perspective on the potential of digital humanities research, as well as hands-on experience with widely applicable tools.

Law and Human Trafficking

Beth Simmons
Berkeley Human Rights Seminar
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| 3335 Dwinelle

The Berkeley Human Rights Seminar invites distinguished scholars across disciplines to present their recent research on human rights. This seminar features Beth Simmons (Harvard) discussing the global diffusion of law relating to transnational crime and the case of human trafficking.