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| JULY 2008 |
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| Jane Hirshfield: An Afternoon with the
Poet |
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Tuesday, Jul. 29 |
4:00 PM |
| In verse called "radiant and
passionate" by the New York Times, Jane Hirshfield's four collections of
poetry articulate the interconnection of human and natural worlds. Tune in
for this reading before an audience at UC Santa Barbara. |
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| Regenerative Medicine in Historical
Context: From Transplantation to Translation |
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Monday, Jul. 21 |
2:00 PM |
| Jane Maienschein of Arizona State
University is a former Congressional Fellow and Senior Science Advisor. She
debunks the common idea that stem cell science began in 1998 and maintains
that stem cell science is actually nearly a century old. History may provide
lessons for researchers and the public concerned about the social, political,
and religious status of the embryo. Professor Maienschein's talk was part of
UC Santa Barbara's popular New Visions of Nature, Science, and Religion
initiative. |
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Tuesday, Jul. 22 |
6:00 PM |
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Tuesday, Jul. 22 |
9:00 PM |
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Wednesday, Jul. 23 |
4:00 AM |
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Thursday, Jul. 24 |
10:00 AM |
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Friday, Jul. 25 |
1:00 AM |
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Saturday, Jul. 26 |
7:00 AM |
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Sunday, Jul. 27 |
8:00 AM |
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| Biology and Ethics |
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Monday, Jul. 28 |
2:00 PM |
| Paul Farber, of Oregon State University
explores whether nature is a guide for human actions and if humans have an
evolutionary ethic. Many biologists have been uneasy with seeking moral
guidance from nature rather than from the more traditional disciplines that
focus on ethics and morality. Professor Farber's talk is part of the New
Visions of Nature, Science, and Religion initiative at UC Santa Barbara. |
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Tuesday, Jul. 29 |
6:00 PM |
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Tuesday, Jul. 29 |
9:00 PM |
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Wednesday, Jul. 30 |
4:00 AM |
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Thursday, Jul. 31 |
10:00 AM |
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| Interrogating African Modernity: Art,
Cultural Politics and Global Identities (part 4) |
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Monday, Jul. 21 |
6:00 AM |
| This conference examines the history and
critical reception of modern African art in art history and cultural studies.
Major international scholars explore the central question—when was (or is)
modern African art? Presented by the Mbanefo Foundation and UC Santa Barbara. |
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Tuesday, Jul. 22 |
3:00 AM |
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Wednesday, Jul. 23 |
9:00 AM |
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Thursday, Jul. 24 |
12:00 AM |
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Friday, Jul. 25 |
1:00 PM |
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Saturday, Jul. 26 |
5:00 PM |
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Saturday, Jul. 26 |
8:00 PM |
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Sunday, Jul. 27 |
9:00 AM |
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| The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global
Economy - The Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade |
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Monday, Jul. 21 |
10:00 AM |
| Georgetown business professor Pietra
Rivoli reveals the economic and political lessons from the life story of a
simple t-shirt. From a Texas cotton field to a Chinese factory to a clothing
market in Africa, Rivoli investigates compelling questions about the
politics, economics, and history of modern business and globalization. |
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Monday, Jul. 21 |
11:00 PM |
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Tuesday, Jul. 22 |
2:00 PM |
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Wednesday, Jul. 23 |
6:00 PM |
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Wednesday, Jul. 23 |
9:00 PM |
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Thursday, Jul. 24 |
7:00 AM |
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Friday, Jul. 25 |
4:00 AM |
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Saturday, Jul. 26 |
1:00 AM |
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Sunday, Jul. 27 |
3:00 PM |
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| The Traveling Box: Container as Global
Icon of Our Era - Containers as Art and Housing |
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Monday, Jul. 21 |
1:00 AM |
| The series focuses on containers and
containerization as a thematic umbrella under which to consider the social,
economic, and cultural impact of the shipping container. This panel looks at
containers as art and housing. |
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Tuesday, Jul. 22 |
7:00 AM |
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Wednesday, Jul. 23 |
2:00 PM |
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Thursday, Jul. 24 |
6:00 PM |
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Thursday, Jul. 24 |
9:00 PM |
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Friday, Jul. 25 |
10:00 AM |
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Saturday, Jul. 26 |
4:00 AM |
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Sunday, Jul. 27 |
6:00 AM |
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| Location, Location, Location: The Greening
of Hollywood |
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Monday, Jul. 28 |
1:30 AM |
| Panel of experts examines the greening of
Hollywood, from creating environmentally sustainable media production
practices to building green consciousness in the media industries and their
audiences. |
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Tuesday, Jul. 29 |
7:30 AM |
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Wednesday, Jul. 30 |
2:30 PM |
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Thursday, Jul. 31 |
6:30 PM |
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Thursday, Jul. 31 |
9:30 PM |
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| Interrogating African Modernity: Art,
Cultural Politics and Global Identities (part 5) |
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Monday, Jul. 28 |
6:00 AM |
| This conference examines the history and
critical reception of modern African art in art history and cultural studies.
Major international scholars explore the central question Ð when was (or is)
modern African art? Presented by the Mbanefo Foundation and UC Santa Barbara. |
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Tuesday, Jul. 29 |
3:00 AM |
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Wednesday, Jul. 30 |
9:00 AM |
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Thursday, Jul. 31 |
12:00 AM |
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| AUGUST 2008 |
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| Jane Hirshfield: An Afternoon with the
Poet |
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Sunday, Aug. 03 |
3:00 AM |
| In verse called "radiant and
passionate" by the New York Times, Jane Hirshfield's four collections of
poetry articulate the interconnection of human and natural worlds. Tune in
for this reading before an audience at UC Santa Barbara. |
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| Religion, Gender and Ethnic Identity in
Fiction and Poetry |
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Monday, Aug. 04 |
3:00 AM |
| Novelist and poet Demetria Martinez reads
and discusses her novel of the sanctuary movement of the 1980's. Martinez
links religious, gender and ethnic concerns in her powerful narratives and
poetic compositions. |
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Tuesday, Aug. 05 |
12:00 AM |
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6:00 AM |
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11:00 PM |
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Thursday, Aug. 07 |
1:00 PM |
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Friday, Aug. 08 |
5:00 PM |
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Friday, Aug. 08 |
8:00 PM |
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Saturday, Aug. 09 |
9:00 AM |
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Sunday, Aug. 10 |
7:00 AM |
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| Piano Recital-Philipp Richardsen |
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Monday, Aug. 11 |
7:00 AM |
| The recital consists of three major works
by L. v. Beethoven, and each of the selected pieces, by representing a
different era in the composer's professional career, reflects different
approaches to classical music. |
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Saturday, Aug. 16 |
9:00 PM |
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Sunday, Aug. 17 |
1:30 AM |
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| 3rd Annual Nakupenda Valentine's Concert:
Eclectic Musings |
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Monday, Aug. 25 |
6:00 AM |
| The Afro Inventions featured in this
program were inspired by the jazz baroque of the Modern Jazz Quartet, the
contrapuntal stylings of jazz pianist Billy Taylor and, of course, the
inventions of Johann Sebastian Bach. This concert features works, both music
and written, by Earl Stewart, Professor in the Department of Black Studies at
UC Santa Barbara. |
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Tuesday, Aug. 26 |
3:00 AM |
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9:00 AM |
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Thursday, Aug. 28 |
12:00 AM |
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Friday, Aug. 29 |
1:00 PM |
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Saturday, Aug. 30 |
5:00 PM |
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Saturday, Aug. 30 |
8:00 PM |
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Sunday, Aug. 31 |
3:00 AM |
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Sunday, Aug. 31 |
2:30 PM |
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| Clarence Barlow |
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Monday, Aug. 04 |
7:00 AM |
| Clarence Barlow is a composer of classical
and electroacoustic works and holds the Corwin Chair of Composition at UC
Santa Barbara. While he has been a driving force in interdisciplinary and
technological advances, his music is grounded in tradition and primarily for
traditional instruments. |
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Monday, Aug. 04 |
11:00 PM |
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Tuesday, Aug. 05 |
4:00 AM |
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10:00 AM |
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Thursday, Aug. 07 |
1:00 AM |
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Friday, Aug. 08 |
2:00 PM |
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Saturday, Aug. 09 |
6:00 PM |
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Saturday, Aug. 09 |
9:00 PM |
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Sunday, Aug. 10 |
6:00 AM |
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| Biology and Ethics |
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Friday, Aug. 01 |
1:00 AM |
| Paul Farber, of Oregon State University
explores whether nature is a guide for human actions and if humans have an
evolutionary ethic. Many biologists have been uneasy with seeking moral
guidance from nature rather than from the more traditional disciplines that
focus on ethics and morality. Professor Farber's talk is part of the New
Visions of Nature, Science, and Religion initiative at UC Santa Barbara. |
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Saturday, Aug. 02 |
7:00 AM |
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Sunday, Aug. 03 |
12:00 AM |
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| Michael Oren: Power, Faith and Fantasy -
America in the Middle East |
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Monday, Aug. 18 |
11:00 AM |
| Michael B. Oren, Senior Fellow at the
Shalem Center in Jeruslame, specializes in the diplomatic and military
history of the Middle East. He has written extensively for The New York
Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic, of which he is a contributing
editor. Oren discusses his book - Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the
Middle East, 1776 to the Present. |
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Tuesday, Aug. 19 |
11:00 PM |
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10:00 PM |
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Sunday, Aug. 24 |
11:00 AM |
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| In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
with Michael Pollan |
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Monday, Aug. 25 |
2:00 AM |
| "Eat Food.
Not too much. Mostly plants." These words to live by from the award-winning
author Michael Pollan resonate at the heart of his newest work, "In Defense
of Food: An
Eater's Manifesto." He considers what science does and does not know about
diet and health, proposing a new way of thinking about food that is informed
by ecology and tradition. Pollan is Knight Professor of Journalism at UC
Berkeley. |
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Monday, Aug. 25 |
12:00 PM |
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Tuesday, Aug. 26 |
8:00 AM |
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3:00 PM |
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Thursday, Aug. 28 |
7:00 PM |
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Thursday, Aug. 28 |
10:00 PM |
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Friday, Aug. 29 |
11:00 AM |
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Saturday, Aug. 30 |
5:00 AM |
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Sunday, Aug. 31 |
7:00 AM |
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| Abraham's Quest: The Common Link Between
Judaism, Christianity, And Islam in the Journey Towards Peace |
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Monday, Aug. 25 |
12:00 AM |
| Acknowledged as the common patriarch of
Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Abraham links these three cultures
throughout the Middle East. William Ury, co-founder and director of the
Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, explores ways that programs like
the Abraham Path Initiative, which he chairs, can serve as a bridge to a
lasting peace in the Middle East and how the story of Abraham has the power
to inspire cross-cultural exchange and mutual understanding. |
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Tuesday, Aug. 26 |
6:00 AM |
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1:00 PM |
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Thursday, Aug. 28 |
5:00 PM |
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Thursday, Aug. 28 |
8:00 PM |
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Friday, Aug. 29 |
9:00 AM |
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Friday, Aug. 29 |
11:00 PM |
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Saturday, Aug. 30 |
3:00 AM |
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Sunday, Aug. 31 |
8:00 AM |
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| The Gospel of Cesar Chavez: My Faith in
Action |
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Monday, Aug. 18 |
1:30 AM |
| Mario T. Garcia,
author of several books on Mexican American leaders, is the editor of the
recently released
collection of Cesar Chavez's reflections on a variety of spiritual topics
such as the power of faith, self-sacrifice, nonviolence, social justices,
fasting, and pilgrimage. A panel discussion follows introductory remarks. |
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Thursday, Aug. 21 |
9:30 PM |
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Sunday, Aug. 24 |
12:00 AM |
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| Creating a World Without Poverty: Social
Business and the Future of Capitalism |
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Monday, Aug. 04 |
11:00 AM |
| Revolutionary
economist Muhammad Yunus's new book Creating a World Without Poverty outlines
his vision for an original
business model that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a
more humane world—and tells the inspiring stories of companies that are
doing this work today. Yunus is the founder of Grameen Bank, a pioneer of
microcredit—an economic movement that has helped lift millions of families
around the word out of poverty—and the author of Banker to the Poor:
Micro-lending and the Battle Against World Poverty. |
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Tuesday, Aug. 05 |
3:00 PM |
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7:00 PM |
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10:00 PM |
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Thursday, Aug. 07 |
8:00 AM |
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Friday, Aug. 08 |
5:00 AM |
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Saturday, Aug. 09 |
2:00 AM |
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Sunday, Aug. 10 |
8:00 AM |
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| Communicating
About Clean Air: Managing Relationships Among California's Government, the
Public, and the Business
Community with Leo Kay |
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Monday, Aug. 11 |
10:00 AM |
| Leo Kay, the Communications Director for
the agency charged with carrying out California's landmark global warming
program, discusses how his office is working with print, TV, radio and the
Web to explain how the Air Resources Board is building the country's first
regulatory program to curb greenhouse gas emissions. |
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9:00 PM |
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Thursday, Aug. 14 |
11:00 PM |
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Sunday, Aug. 17 |
5:00 AM |
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| Loser Take All: Election Fraud and the
Subversion of Democracy with Mark Crispin Miller |
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Monday, Aug. 18 |
10:00 AM |
| Mark Crispin Miller, professor of Media,
Culture and Communications at New York University, discusses election fraud
in the 2000 and 2004 national and state elections, emphasizing the process
and consequences of compromised democracy, and the implications for the 2008
election. |
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9:00 PM |
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Friday, Aug. 22 |
4:00 PM |
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Sunday, Aug. 24 |
5:00 AM |
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Sunday, Aug. 24 |
3:00 PM |
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| Location, Location, Location: The Greening
of Hollywood |
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Friday, Aug. 01 |
10:30 AM |
| Panel of experts examines the greening of
Hollywood, from creating environmentally sustainable media production
practices to building green consciousness in the media industries and their
audiences. |
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Saturday, Aug. 02 |
4:30 AM |
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Sunday, Aug. 03 |
6:00 AM |
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| Technology Management Program UCSB:
Biopharmaceuticals |
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Monday, Aug. 04 |
2:00 PM |
| Dr. Krisztina M. Zsebo describes the
future technology of the healthcare industry and it's impact on society. |
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Tuesday, Aug. 05 |
6:00 PM |
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Tuesday, Aug. 05 |
9:00 PM |
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4:00 AM |
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Thursday, Aug. 07 |
10:00 AM |
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Friday, Aug. 08 |
1:00 AM |
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Friday, Aug. 08 |
12:00 PM |
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Saturday, Aug. 09 |
7:00 AM |
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Saturday, Aug. 09 |
11:00 PM |
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Sunday, Aug. 10 |
10:00 AM |
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| Technology Management Program UCSB: Media
Technology |
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Monday, Aug. 11 |
2:00 PM |
| Bruce Lyon, CEO of Integrated Media
Technologies, Inc. explores products and services for video, storage and
information technology consulting. |
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Tuesday, Aug. 12 |
9:00 PM |
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Friday, Aug. 15 |
12:00 PM |
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Sunday, Aug. 17 |
10:00 AM |
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| Technology Management Program UCSB:
Nanotechnology |
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Monday, Aug. 18 |
2:00 PM |
| Chet Sandberg, Technical Strategy Manager
for Altairnano, discussing the emerging energy needs of our times, the
development of lithium batteries at Altairnano to meetesese needs in
vehicles, and some of the vehicles in which these new batteries were used
successfully. |
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Tuesday, Aug. 19 |
9:00 PM |
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Friday, Aug. 22 |
12:00 PM |
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Sunday, Aug. 24 |
10:00 AM |
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| Technology Management Program UCSB: New
Venture |
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Monday, Aug. 25 |
2:00 PM |
| Jim Andelman, co-founder and General
Partner of Rincon Venture Parners, explores venture capital investing,
technology investment banking and advisory services and strategic business
consulting. |
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Tuesday, Aug. 26 |
6:00 PM |
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Tuesday, Aug. 26 |
9:00 PM |
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4:00 AM |
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Thursday, Aug. 28 |
10:00 AM |
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Friday, Aug. 29 |
1:00 AM |
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Friday, Aug. 29 |
12:00 PM |
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Saturday, Aug. 30 |
7:00 AM |
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Sunday, Aug. 31 |
10:00 AM |
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| Interrogating African Modernity: Art,
Cultural Politics and Global Identities (part 5) |
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Friday, Aug. 01 |
1:00 PM |
| This conference examines the history and
critical reception of modern African art in art history and cultural studies.
Major international scholars explore the central question—when was (or is)
modern African art? Presented by the Mbanefo Foundation and UC Santa Barbara. |
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Saturday, Aug. 02 |
5:00 PM |
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Saturday, Aug. 02 |
8:00 PM |
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Sunday, Aug. 03 |
9:00 AM |
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| Claudia Koonz—Hitler's Assault on the
Golden Rule |
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Monday, Aug. 04 |
12:00 AM |
| Using examples from visual and print media
from the 1930s, Claudia Koonz explores the moral culture that normalized
state-sanctioned persecution, theft, and murder under the Nazis. |
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Monday, Aug. 04 |
12:00 PM |
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Tuesday, Aug. 05 |
6:00 AM |
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1:00 PM |
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Thursday, Aug. 07 |
5:00 PM |
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Thursday, Aug. 07 |
8:00 PM |
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Friday, Aug. 08 |
9:00 AM |
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Saturday, Aug. 09 |
3:00 AM |
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Sunday, Aug. 10 |
2:00 AM |
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Sunday, Aug. 10 |
11:00 AM |
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| New Media Entrepreneurship |
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Monday, Aug. 11 |
12:00 AM |
| John Hartmann began his professional
career in the famous mailroom of the William Morris Agency. He later served
as the Morris office liason to Colonel Tom Parker the legendary manager of
Elvis Presley. A veteran agent, personal manager and record executive, John
has provided career direction for such luminaries as Chad & Jeremy, Sonny
& Cher, Buffalo Springfield, Canned Heat, Peter, Paul & Mary, Crosby,
Stills & Nash, Eagles, Jackson Browne, America, Poco, Ringo Starr and
many others. |
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Monday, Aug. 11 |
12:00 PM |
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Thursday, Aug. 14 |
8:00 PM |
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Friday, Aug. 15 |
11:00 PM |
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Sunday, Aug. 17 |
9:00 AM |
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| Amir Eshel: History as a Gift: Postwar
German Literature and the Quest for the Past |
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Monday, Aug. 18 |
12:00 AM |
| Amir Eshel is professor of German Studies
and Comparative Literature, and the director of the forum on Contemporary
Europe at Stanford University. Eshel's work focuses on the German-Jewish
literary and philosophical tradition, on postwar German literature, on
contemporary Hebrew prose as well as theoretical approaches to the study of
memory and history. |
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Monday, Aug. 18 |
12:00 PM |
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Thursday, Aug. 21 |
8:00 PM |
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Friday, Aug. 22 |
11:00 PM |
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Sunday, Aug. 24 |
7:00 PM |
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Sunday, Aug. 24 |
10:00 PM |
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| Exploring the Contributions of Walter
Capps to the Study of Religion: Religious Studies; International Politics |
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Monday, Aug. 04 |
1:30 AM |
| As a professor
of religious studies at the UC Santa Barbara for more than three decades,
Walter Capps influenced
thousands of students. Many went on to careers in teaching and research and
carried his legacy into their own work. Robert Orsi, of Northwestern
University, speaks on Capps' contribution to the ethos and ethics of
religious studies; and Giles Gunn, Professor of English and of Global and
International Studies, UC Santa Barbara, looks at international politics. |
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Tuesday, Aug. 05 |
7:30 AM |
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2:30 PM |
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Thursday, Aug. 07 |
6:30 PM |
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Thursday, Aug. 07 |
9:30 PM |
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Friday, Aug. 08 |
10:30 AM |
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Saturday, Aug. 09 |
4:30 AM |
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Sunday, Aug. 10 |
12:00 AM |
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Monday, Aug. 11 |
1:30 AM |
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Thursday, Aug. 14 |
9:30 PM |
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Sunday, Aug. 17 |
12:00 AM |
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