Phantom Africa: A Discussion with Brent Hayes Edwards Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021 Time: TBA Brent Hayes Edwards is the Peng Family Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where he is also affiliated with the Center for Jazz Studies and the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society. He will present his recent [...]
In conversation with Joseph Jeon. Come hear prize-winning novelist Chang-rae Lee read from and discuss his new novel My Year Abroad with CCKS director, Joseph Jeon. This event is free and open to the public, though registration is required. Chang-rae Lee is the author of six novels: Native Speaker (1995); A Gesture Life (1999); Aloft (2004); The Surrendered, which was a Finalist for [...]
Cathy Park Hong in conversation with Professor Jerry Lee and Dr. SueJeanne Koh About this Event Cathy Park Hong in conversation with Professor Jerry Lee and Dr. SueJeanne Koh In Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning, poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths [...]
Reimagining the Latinx Experience in America: Edward Telles, Durable Ethnicity Thursday, April 15 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm Virtual Event RSVP Mexican Americans are unique in the panoply of American ethno-racial groups in that they are the descendants of the largest and longest lasting immigration stream in US history. Today, there are approximately 24 million Americans of Mexican [...]
April 14, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (student Q & A) and April 15, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. (book conversation) Cathy Park Hong, author of the best-selling Minor Feelings, fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America. Cathy Park Hong in conversation with Professor Jerry Lee [...]
Reimagining the Latinx Experience in America: Ian Haney López, Merge Left Thursday, April 8 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm Virtual Event Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America RSVP In 2014, Ian Haney López in Dog Whistle Politics named and explained the coded racial appeals exploited by right-wing politicians over the last half century—and thereby anticipated [...]
In this event, author Lisa See will talk about her novel, “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane” and take questions from the audience. About this Event In this event, author Lisa See will talk about her novel, “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane” and take questions from the audience. About the book From #1 New [...]
Please join us on Wednesday, February 17th, from 4:00-5:00 p.m. PST for our second Work-in-Progress presentation by Jonathan Alexander, Chancellor's Professor of English! Work-in-Progress Series: The Work-in-Progress series provides faculty and students from around campus the opportunity to showcase their research projects that engage with the intersection of medicine, arts, and the humanities. This year, the center [...]
UCI Great Big Read Zine Making - February 17 Join a fun-worthy virtual event to learn about the history and culture of physical and digital zines and to make your own. This event will include discussion of the current book, Becoming by Michelle Obama, and other autobiographies. Please join us for an interactive zine making session: WHAT: [...]
UCI Great Big Read Book Club on Becoming 2/11/21 Thank you for reading Becoming by Michelle Obama for our next UCI Great Big Read discussion. Please join our co-facilitated Book Club. WHAT: Becoming Book Discussion - presented by Jessica Millward (Associate Professor of History) and Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth (Office of Inclusive Excellence) WHEN: noon-1:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 11, 2021 [...]