University Calendar

Fantastic & Strange: Reflections of Self in Science Fiction Literature

Tuesday, September 18 - Friday, July 26 All Day - Tseng Gallery, Oviatt Library
http://library.csun.edu/blogs/goingson/fantastic-strange/

Science fiction literature, one of the most popular and entertaining genres in modern fiction, has been read and loved by children and adults for decades. From the earliest pulp publications to modern masterpieces, science fiction short stories and novels have often functioned as a lens through which we express our sense of wonder, marvel at the possibilities of new technologies, and engage in our wildest imaginings. Join us as we celebrate the fantastic and strange in science fiction literature.

A Conversation with Danny Glover

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Grand Salon
http://www.csun.edu/csbs/departments/pan_african_studies/pdf/CSUN_PAS_Danny_Glover_Fly_BHM_1-13.pdf

BLACK HISTORY MONTH - 2013

The Department of Pan African Studies Presents:

A Conversation with Danny Glover - Political Prisoners and Mass Incarceration

Also included:

Film Screenings "Bring Home Herman Bell" and "The House I Live In"

A Conversation with Danny Glover

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Grand Salon
http://www.csun.edu/csbs/departments/pan_african_studies/pdf/CSUN_PAS_Danny_Glover_Fly_BHM_1-13.pdf

BLACK HISTORY MONTH - 2013

The Department of Pan African Studies Presents:

A Conversation with Danny Glover - Political Prisoners and Mass Incarceration

Also included:

Film Screenings "Bring Home Herman Bell" and "The House I Live In"

A Conversation with Danny Glover

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Department of Pan African Studies Presents:

A Conversation with Danny Glover - Political Prisoners and Mass Incarceration

Also included:

Film Screenings "Bring Home Herman Bell" and "The House I Live In"

Memorable Movement

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - Juniper Hall 2204

The Department of Pan African Studies presents:

Dr. Aimee Glocke - "Memorable Movement:  African/Black Dance as a Form of Resistance"

Thursday, February 7, 2013; 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. in Juniper Hall (2204)

Dr. Glocke is an Assistant Professor in Pan African Studies, a dancer, and guest co-editor of the special edition of the Journal of Pan African Studies on African/Black Dance.

For more information, please contact Dr. Aimee Glocke at 818-788-3380 or aimee.glocke@csun.edu

Discovering Israel Through Archaeology: Past, Present, and Future Presented by Moshe Goldin

9:30 am - 10:45 am - Jerome Richfield 245
http://www.csun.edu/jewish.studies/

Discovering Israel Through Archaeology: Past, Present, and Future
Presented by Moshe Goldin

Moshe Goldin, a licensed Israel tour guide and former geography teacher, will speak about archaeology in Israel today. In addition to showing examples of pottery and artifacts found in archeological sites, he will also discuss some of the current controversies within present-day Israeli archeology.

Please call (818) 677-4724 or email jewish.studies@csun.edu to reserve a seat.

Memorable Movement

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - Juniper Hall 2204

The Department of Pan African Studies presents:

Dr. Aimee Glocke - "Memorable Movement:  African/Black Dance as a Form of Resistance"

Thursday, February 7, 2013; 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. in Juniper Hall (2204)

Dr. Glocke is an Assistant Professor in Pan African Studies, a dancer, and guest co-editor of the special edition of the Journal of Pan African Studies on African/Black Dance.

For more information, please contact Dr. Aimee Glocke at 818-788-3380 or aimee.glocke@csun.edu

Swimming with Sharks

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Whitsett Room, Sierra Hall 451

The Department of Urban Studies and Planning presents their Visiting Distinguished Lecture Series for Spring 2013:

Swimming with Sharks - Leading the Puerto Rico Planning Board, 2011-2012

A special presentation by Ruben Flores-Marzan, AICP

Mr. Flores was the president of the Puerto Rico Planning Board, the state planning agency in the Commonwealth, from April 2011 to December 2012.  He has now accepted the post of Director of Planning and Urban Development for Providence, Rhode Island.

Join us in the Whitsett Room, SH 451 on Thursday, February 7th at 6:00 p.m.

Swimming withSharks

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Whitsett Room, Sierra Hall 451

The Department of Urban Studies and Planning presents their Visiting Distinguished Lecture Series for Spring 2013:

Swimming with Sharks - Leading the Puerto Rico Planning Board, 2011-2012

A special presentation by Ruben Flores-Marzan, AICP

Mr. Flores was the president of the Puerto Rico Planning board, the state planning agency in the Commonwealth, from April 2011 to December 2012.  He has now accepted the post of Director of Planning and Urban Development for Providence, Rhode Island.

Join us in the Whitsett Room, SH 451 on Thursday, February 7th at 6:00 p.m.

Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Juniper Hall, Room 2204

The Department of Pan African Studies and the Hip Hop Think Tank present:

Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa

Film screening of Democracy in Dakar & Discussion with Waterflow of Wageble, Hip Hop from Senegal, West Africa

February 12, 2013, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.; Juniper Hall, Room 2204

Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Juniper Hall, Room 2204

The Department of Pan African Studies and the Hip Hop Think Tank present:

Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa

Film screening of Democracy in Dakar & Discussion with Waterflow of Wageble, Hip Hop from Senegal, West Africa

February 12, 2013, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.; Juniper Hall, Room 2204

GROOV3

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - Redwood Hall 292

The Departments of Pan African Studies and Kinesiology have joined forces to present:

GROOV3^TM - Old School Hip Hop Dance Class.  This class will be taught by Benjamin Allen with DJ Kevin Cider

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Redwood Hall 292.

This class is free and open to the public.  Waiver forms will be given out upon arrival and are required for participation.

For more information, please contact Dr. Aimee Glocke at 818-677-3380 or aimee.glocke@csun.edu

Psychology Department GE Brown Bag Series

Friday, February 15 12:00 pm - Saturday, May 11 1:00 pm - Sierra Hall 322

The General Experimental option for the MA in Psychology is pleased to present another series of brown bag talks during Spring 2013.  Please mark your calendars as follows:

February 15 - Rescheduled due to the CSUN Creative Works Symposium.  Please see 5/10/13 instead

March 15 - Revising Your Beliefs:  How the Scope of a Rule Affects Your Decision-Making by Alex Swan, UC Santa Barbara

April 5 - The Linguistic and Social Development of Mexican Immigrant Children by Allison Wishard, UCSD

April 19 - Alumni Panel organized and hosted by Mark Otten, Department of Psychology, CSUN

May 3 - The Development of Human Amygdala Function and Connectivity Following Early Life Stress by Nim Tottenham, Department of Psychology, UCLA

May 10 - Foster Care:  Attachment, Resilience, and Cultural Identify by Leslie Ponciano, Department of Early Childhood Education, Loyola Marymont University

A Special President's Day Lecture

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Thousand Oaks Room, University Student Union

Dr. Maulana Karenga, Professor and Chair, Africana Studies at California State University, Long Beach presenting

Situating President Obama in Black History:  Issues of Community, Culture, and Struggle

This event is co-sponsored by the Black Student Union and Black Alumni Association.

Monday, February 18th, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. in the Thousand Oaks Room, University Student Union.

For more information, contact the Department of Pan African Studies at 818-677-3311.

A Conversation with Governor Michael Dukakis

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Grand Salon, University Student Union
http://www.csun.edu/csbs/departments/political_science/pdf/Political_Science_Dukakis_Lecture_Postcard_02-19-13.pdf

A Conversation with Governor Michael Dukakis

The 2012 Election Results - What it Means for Governing in 2013 and Beyond

Michael Dukakis was Governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991.  In 1988 he was the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.  Since leaving office in 1991, he has been a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University and a Visiting Professor in the School of Public Affairs at U.C.L.A.

Reservations are requested.  For more information, call 818-677-3488.

Blood Drive

9:00 am - 3:30 pm - Near Matador Bookstore
http://www.CSUN.givesblood.org

On Tuesday, February 19 from 9:00am to 3:30pm the Blood Mobile will be parked near the Matador Bookstore.

Donors will receive a pint of Baskin Robbins Ice Cream "A pint for a pint."

To sign up visit www.CSUN.givesblood.org. Appointments are preferred... walk-ins are welcome!

Requirements:

• Be in good health
• Bring valid photo ID
• Weight at least 110 lbs
• Drink plenty of fluids
• Eat a nutritious meal
• No tattoos within the last 12 months
• Be at least 17 years old (16 with Hospital Parental Consent)

A Conversation with Governor Michael Dukakis

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Grand Salon, University Student Union
http://www.csun.edu/csbs/departments/political_science/pdf/Political_Science_Dukakis_Lecture_Postcard_02-19-13.pdf

A Conversation with Governor Michael Dukakis

The 2012 Election Results - What it Means for Governing in 2013 and Beyond

Michael Dukakis was Governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991.  In 1988 he was the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.  Since leaving office in 1991, he has been a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University and a Visiting Professor in the School of Public Affairs at U.C.L.A.

Reservations are requested.  For more information, call 818-677-3488.

The Department of Sociology Presents

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm - Johnson Auditorium

Professor Alice O'Connor

Alice O'Connor is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.  She teaches and writes about poverty and wealth, social and urban policy, and inequality in the United States.  Among her publications are Poverty Knowledge:  Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History (2001); and Social Science for What?  Philanthropy and the Social Question in a World Turned Rightside Up (2007).

For more information, please contact the Department of Sociology at 818-677-3591.

The Department of Sociology Presents

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm - Johnson Auditorium

Professor Alice O'Connor

Alice O'Connor is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.  She teaches and writes about poverty and wealth, social and urban policy, and inequality in the United States.  Among her publications are Poverty Knowledge:  Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History (2001); and Social Science for What?  Philanthropy and the Social Question in a World Turned Rightside Up (2007).

For more information, please contact the Department of Sociology at 818-677-3591.

Stories for Social Change

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm - Valley Performaning Arts Center, Lecture Auditorium Room 181

The Power of Stories for Social Change

The storytelling of everyday people can serve as a living record of the human experience.  By creating oral and visual histories we remove the filter of an accepted narrative about an individual's or a community's experience.

Stories surround us but what do they do beyond entertain us?  How do stories bring about social change?  Explore the use of stories in the classroom and in the community and bring the results to a day of "stories for social change" in public education.

Panelist: 

Dr. Stacy Holman Jones - Storytelling in Performance

Dr. Marcella De Veaux - Storytelling in the Classroom

Dr. Theresa White - Storytelling in Documentary Film

The panel will be moderated by Nate Thomas.

This event is scheduled for Wednesday, February 20, 2013 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the VPAC Lecture Auditorium, Room 181.

Stories for Social Change

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

The Power of Stories for Social Change

The storytelling of everyday people can serve as a living record of the human experience.  By creating oral and visual histories we remove the filter of an accepted narrative about an individual's or a community's experience.

Stories surround us but what do they do beyond entertain us?  How do stories bring about social change?  Explore the use of stories in the classroom and in community and bring the results to a day of "stories for social change" in public education.

Panelist: 

Dr. Stacy Holman Jones - Storytelling in Performance

Dr. Marcella De Feaux - Storytelling in the Classroom

Dr. Theresa White - Storytelling in Documentary Film

The panel will be moderated by Nate Thomas.

This event is scheduled for Wednesday, February 20, 2013 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the VPAC Lecture Auditorium, Room 181.

Celebrating Black History Month

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Jack and Florence Ferman Presentation Room, Oviatt Library

The Department of Pan African Studies presents:

Professor Paul Von Blum

"The Civil Rights Movement:  Personal Reflections from a Participant"

Friday, February 22, 2013; 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Professor Von Blum is currently a Senior Lecturer in Afro-American Studies and Communication Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

For more information, please contact Dr. Aimee Glocke, 818-677-3380 or aimee.glocke@csun.edu

Celebrating Black History Month

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Jack and Florence Ferman Presentation Room, Oviatt Library

The Department of Pan African Studies presents:

Professor Paul Von Blum

"The Civil Rights Movement:  Personal Reflections from a Participant"

Friday, February 22, 2013; 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Professor Von Blum is currently a Senior Lecturer in Afro-American Studies and Communication Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

For more information, please contact Dr. Aimee Glocke, 818-677-3380 or aimee.glocke@csun.edu

Diversity Day

8:30 am - 3:30 pm - Northridge Center

Announcing the Department of Social Work's 4th Annual DIVERSITY DAY!

Hosted by the Department of Social Work featuring keynote speaker:  Tchicaya Missamou

Born into the Congolese wilderness, Tchicaya Missamou became a child solder at age 11.  As a horrific civil war loomed across his country, Missamou began using his militia connections to ferry jewels, cash, computers, and white diplomats out of the country.  By 17, he was rich.  By 18, he was a hunted man, his house destroyed, his family brutalized in front of him by his own militia.  By 19, he'd left behind everything he'd ever known, escaping to Europe and, eventually to America.  Incredibly, that was only the start of his journey.

Social Work's Fourth Annual Diversity Day will focus on the resilience of trauma survivors and provide education on evidence based trauma-informed interventions and assessment utilizing intersectionality and strengh-based perspectives. 

African-American Nature Tourists in Industrial Chicago

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - Thousand Oaks Room, USU

The First Annual Maurice Amado Foundation Lecture in Jewish Ethics,"The Ethics of Wealth and Work"

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm - Valley Beth Shalom
http://www.csun.edu/jewish.studies/calendarS13.html

Valley Beth Shalom
15739 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, CA 91436

The First Annual Maurice Amado Foundation Lecture in Jewish Ethics: "The Ethics of Wealth and Work" 

Work helps us to survive, acquire material comforts, and be secure and independent. We learn conflicting values from American culture and Jewish tradition about wealth and work. How do we reconcile them in our individual lives and in society? Dr. Jennifer Thompson, (Ph.D., Ethics and Society, Emory University), the new Maurice Amado Assistant Professor of Applied Jewish Ethics and Civic Engagement at CSUN, will help us explore these issues with the help of a variety of Jewish ethical texts.

Free public lecture. RSVP please (818) 677-4724 or email jewish.studies@csun.edu

The First Annual Maurice Amado Lecture in Jewish Ethics

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm - Valley Beth Shalom, 15739 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA 91436
http://www.csun.edu/jewish.studies/calendarS13.html

The First Annual Maurice Amado Foundation Lecture in Jewish Ethics: "The Ethics of Wealth and Work"

Work helps us to survive, acquire material comforts, and be secure and independent. We learn conflicting values from American culture and Jewish tradition about wealth and work. How do we reconcile them in our individual lives and in society? Dr. Jennifer Thompson, (Ph.D., Ethics and Society, Emory University), the new Maurice Amado Assistant Professor of Applied Jewish Ethics and Civic Engagement at CSUN, will help us explore these issues with the help of a variety of Jewish ethical texts.

Free public lecture. RSVP please (818) 677-4724 or email jewish.studies@csun.edu

ARCADIA by Tom Stoppard

Friday, March 01 7:30 pm - Sunday, March 03 2:00 pm - CSUN Little Theatre (NH121)
http://www.csun.edu/theatre

CSUN Dept of Theatre presents ARCADIA, a time-bending tale of wit and romance by Tom Stoppard (Academy Award-winner for SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE). Not far from Britain's Downton Abbey resides Sidley Park manor, where nature and The Nature of Things are explored.

March 1-3, 6-10  7:30 pm except Sundays at 2pm

COMEDY: ARCADIA by Tom Stoppard

Wednesday, March 06 7:30 am - Sunday, March 10 2:00 pm - CSUN Little Theatre (NH121)
http://www.csun.edu/theatre

CSUN Dept of Theatre presents ARCADIA, a time-bending tale of wit and romance by Tom Stoppard (Academy Award-winner for SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE). Not far from Britain's Downton Abbey resides Sidley Park manor, where nature and The Nature of Things are explored.

March 1-3, 6-10

Equal Work Equal Pay with Lilly Leadbetter

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Grand Salon, University Student Union
http://www.csun.edu/ws/WRRC.html

CSUN�s Women�s Research and Resource Center (WRRC) was one of nine campuses recently awarded a grant by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to implement community-based solutions in response to AAUW�s new research, �Graduating to a Pay Gap: The Earnings of Women and Men One Year After College Graduation.� Thanks in large part to this grant from AAUW, the WRRC and co-sponsors will host an event featuring Lilly Ledbetter, who fought for 10 years to close the gender pay gap.

That Supreme Court ruling was in turn legislatively nullified by the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the first major piece of legislation President Barack Obama signed into law. Ledbetter will speak about "Equal Work, Equal Pay" on March 6th in the Grand Salon at 4 p.m., after which there will be a Q&A and a signing of her new book, Grace and Grit.

Rushing Waters, Rising Dreams: How the Arts Are Transforming a Community

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - Oviatt Library, Ferman Presentation Room

The Friends of the Oviatt Library invite you to join us for a book signing and documentary viewing with Denise M. Sandoval, Ph.D. CSU, Northridge Chicano Studies Professor and John Cantú, Independent Filmmaker as they discuss the book and documentary:

Rushing Waters, Rising Dreams: How the Arts Are Transforming a Community

The Northeast San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles is the second largest community of Mexicans and Central Americans in the United States with 500,000 people. The book explores twenty years of how the lack of neighborhood cultural spaces adversely affects struggling families and communities, and how the example of Tia Chucha's inspires a cultural awakening and a revival of the economy and community spirit. The book speaks to a need for a national arts policy of cultural spaces, arts education, independent bookstores, public art projects, and more.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013
2:00 p.m.
California State University, Northridge
Oviatt Library, Ferman Presentation Room

Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore will be providing books for purchase and signing.

Parking $6.00. For information call (818) 677-2638. Persons with disabilities needing assistance and deaf and hard of hearing persons needing interpreters, please call in advance for arrangements.

COMEDY: ARCADIA by Tom Stoppard

Wednesday, March 06 7:30 am - Sunday, March 10 2:00 pm - CSUN Little Theatre (NH121)
http://www.csun.edu/theatre

CSUN Dept of Theatre presents ARCADIA, a time-bending tale of wit and romance by Tom Stoppard (Academy Award-winner for SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE). Not far from Britain's Downton Abbey resides Sidley Park manor, where nature and The Nature of Things are explored.

March 1-3, 6-10

15th Annual Keith Morton Memorial Lecture

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Whitsett Room, Sierra Hall 451
http://www.csun.edu/csbs/departments/anthropology/index.html

You are invited to join the Department of Anthropology for the 15th Annual Keith Morton Memorial Lecture, to be delivered by Dr. Normal Yoffee, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan and now Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Senior Fellow, Institute for the Study of the Ancient world, NYU.

Professor Yoffee will speak on "The Evolution of Fragility" in the context of sociopolitical and economic systems. He writes, "Archaeologists and others have characterized ancient states and "complex societies" as "integrated." That is, religious and political institutions recombined various social and economic groups into functioning wholes, either through consensus or repression. This process of integration has been described as "social evolution." In this talk, I examine these common suppositions. I begin with Mesopotamia, the region of my specific research, but drift dangerously into areas far from my expertise. Many early societies were far from integrated and stable, but the opposite, fragile. I explore the nature and implications of social fragility."

Please RSVP to the Department of Anthropology:  818-677-3331

COMEDY: ARCADIA by Tom Stoppard

Wednesday, March 06 7:30 am - Sunday, March 10 2:00 pm - CSUN Little Theatre (NH121)
http://www.csun.edu/theatre

CSUN Dept of Theatre presents ARCADIA, a time-bending tale of wit and romance by Tom Stoppard (Academy Award-winner for SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE). Not far from Britain's Downton Abbey resides Sidley Park manor, where nature and The Nature of Things are explored.

March 1-3, 6-10

COMEDY: ARCADIA by Tom Stoppard

Wednesday, March 06 7:30 am - Sunday, March 10 2:00 pm - CSUN Little Theatre (NH121)
http://www.csun.edu/theatre

CSUN Dept of Theatre presents ARCADIA, a time-bending tale of wit and romance by Tom Stoppard (Academy Award-winner for SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE). Not far from Britain's Downton Abbey resides Sidley Park manor, where nature and The Nature of Things are explored.

March 1-3, 6-10

COMEDY: ARCADIA by Tom Stoppard

Wednesday, March 06 7:30 am - Sunday, March 10 2:00 pm - CSUN Little Theatre (NH121)
http://www.csun.edu/theatre

CSUN Dept of Theatre presents ARCADIA, a time-bending tale of wit and romance by Tom Stoppard (Academy Award-winner for SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE). Not far from Britain's Downton Abbey resides Sidley Park manor, where nature and The Nature of Things are explored.

March 1-3, 6-10

Black and Latina/o Migrant Relations

4:00 pm - 6:30 pm - Thousand Oaks Room, University Student Union
http://www.csun.edu/~hfchs006/

Imagining a New Mexican American Girl

11:00 am - 12:00 pm - JR 319

A Faculty Literary Symposium XIV With Writers Writing

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm - JR 319

Blood Drive - National Cesar E. Chavez Blood Drive Challenge

9:00 am - 5:00 pm - Flintridge Room
http://www.migrantstudents.org/chavezchallenge2013.html

Chicanos for Community Medicine would like to invite you to help save a life. This blood drive will be held in the Flintridge Room (USU). The National Cesar E. Chavez Blood Drive Challenge celebrates Cesar E. Chavez's Legacy as an American civic leader by engaging college students to promote 1) health education, 2) health & science careers, 3) civic engagement and 4) saving lives! Student leaders organize a blood donor recruitment campaign on their college campus culminating in a campus-wide health service learning event. The event was founded in 2009 and is now expecting up to 250 colleges/universities and more than 30,000 students participate nationwide during the 2013 campaign.

Flintridge Room

Spirituality and Social Justice

4:00 pm - 6:45 pm - Music Recital Hall, Cypress Hall
http://www.csun.edu/ws/

The Civil Discourse and Social Change Initiative will host a panel discussion on spirituality and social justice, which will include representatives from each of the major religions. Located in the Music Recital Hall.

Women in Ancient Syria

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Whitsett Room, Sierra Hall 451

The Department of History is hosting a lecture by Dr. Mark Chavalas of the University of Wisconsin-LA Crosse.  Dr. Chavalas is a distinguished alumnus of the History Department, and taught here as a part-time faculty between 1985 and 1989.

In the past forty years, Syria has become a major center of archaeological investigation.  Among the thousands of cuneiform tablets excavated at the cities of Mari, Emar, Ebla, Terqa, and Shubat-Enlil, are a large number of letters concerning women during the first half of the 2nd millennium B.C., contemporary with Hammurabi's Babylon.  This talk will provide a glance at the life of women from these letters, some of which were written by women themselves.

Mark W. Chavalas is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, where he has taught since 1989.  His Ph.D. is from UCLA, where he studied ancient Near Eastern history, archaeology, and languages, specializing in Mesopotamia.  He has had fellowships from various universities, including Harvard, Yale, Cal Berkeley, Brown, Cornell, the Univ. of Arizona, and Wisconsin-Madison.  He also has had nine seasons of archaeological field experience in Syria.  His previous books include the co-edited New Horizons in the Study of  Ancient Syria (1992), Mesopotamia and the Bible (2002), Life and Culture in the Ancient Near East (CDL Press 2003), Emar:  The History, Religion, and Culture of a Syrian Town in the Late Bronze Age (1996), and Women in the Ancient Near East (in press).

Presentation by Irma Casas Franco, the director of Casa Amiga, a womens shelter in Juarez, MX.

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Whitsett Room

Irma Guadalupe Casas started working as a volunteer in Casa Amiga when it was established in 1999 while she was attending university and getting a degree in psychology. By 2005, and after finishing her M.A., Casas Franco became a full-time psychologist, and one year later, she started directing Casa Amiga's psychology unit. In 2008, she directed the operations of the shelter and in 2009, after Esther Chávez Cano passed away, Casas Franco became Casa Amiga's director, the position that she holds today.

Irma Guadalupe Casas visit to campus and this event are sponsored by:

The Department of Psychology
The Institute for Arts & Media
The Womens Research and Resource Center
The Department of Gender and Womens Studies
The Department of Chicano/a Studies

Water Day

11:00 am - 9:00 pm - USU Northridge Center
http://www.csun.edu/sustainability

The Institute for Sustainability is hosting its annual Water Day event on Wednesday March 20th in the USU Northridge Center (World Water Day- the official UN-designated day dedicated to water issues is March 22nd) from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm. There are two separate sessions (to coincide with class times), from 11:00 - 12:15pm and from 12:30 - 1:45pm.

In the first session, you will have the opportunity to see if you can taste the difference between bottled versus tap water. We will also show (part of) the documentary "Tapped" which deals with the issues of bottled water and privatization of water, and have a facilitated discussion of issues surrounding bottled water including the results of the taste test.

In the second session we will discuss water for the developing world and will be hosting a presentation by the Thirst Project (www.thirstproject.org). Is the water safe to drink? Not for 1 billion people! What can YOU do? The Thirst Project raised $2.6 million and have given 100,000 access to clean water. Thirst Project was started by students just like YOU!

At 7pm in the USU Theatre, we will be co-hosting a film screening of "Over Troubled Waters" with Food and Water Watch. An engaging discussion with experts will follow the film. Find out about the state of out water and what you can do. The fate of California's water is in your hands!

Please come and invite your students to join us for this educational event.

10th Annual Take Back the Night Rally

6:00 pm - 10:00 pm - Plaza del Sol Performance Hall (PH) and The Women's Resource and Research Center (WRRC)

10th Annual Take Back the Night Rally and March - Resource fair, rally, march, candlelight vigil and speak-out to end violence against women. Live performance by Natalia Zukerman. Located in the Plaza del Sol and the Women's Research and Resource Center.

Musical: RAGTIME

Friday, March 22 7:30 pm - Sunday, March 24 2:00 pm - CSUN Campus Theatre (NH100)
http://www.csun.edu/theatre

CSUN Departments of Theatre and Music present RAGTIME, the Musical.  Book by Terrence McNally, Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow.

A cast of 32 and a full orchestra tell the birth of the American Century, in all its glory and contradictions. Join Harry Houdini, Henry Ford, Booker T Washington and a host of historical characters for this tumultuous experience, and meet the families from New Rochelle, Harlem, and Ellis Island who are changed forever.

March 22-24, 27-30   7:30pm except Sundays 2pm. Add'tl Sat 2pm matinee on March 30

3rd Annual Cesar Chavez Service Fair

11:00 am - 2:00 pm - Cleary Walk West

The 3rd Annual Cesar Chavez Service Fair will take place on Wednesday, March 27th from 11am-2pm on Cleary Walk West. The fair will include the tabling of over 60 nonprofit organizations who will provide students with opportunities to network, volunteer, and intern with their respective organization.

This is a great opportunity for CSUN students, faculty, staff, clubs and organizations to find out ways they can directly impact their surrounding community.

This will be a festive day filled with food and music to fit within the Cesar Chavez theme- A very exciting day!

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Musical: RAGTIME

Wednesday, March 27 7:30 pm - Saturday, March 30 7:30 pm - Campus Theatre (NH100)
http://www.csun.edu/theatre

CSUN Departments of Theatre and Music present RAGTIME, the Musical.  Book by Terrence McNally, Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow.

A cast of 32 and a full orchestra tell the birth of the American Century, in all its glory and contradictions. Join Harry Houdini, Henry Ford, Booker T Washington and a host of historical characters for this tumultuous experience, and meet the families from New Rochelle, Harlem, and Ellis Island whose lives are changed forever.

March 22-24, 27-30   7:30pm except Sundays 2pm. Add'tl Sat 2pm matinee on March 30

Rescheduled -Born Belivers: The Science of Children's Religeous Belief

11:00 am - 12:15 pm - Grand Salon, University Student Union

What can children reveal about the naturalness of religion? Barrett investigates the way human beings have come to develop complex belief systems about God's omniscience, the afterlife, and the immortality of deities. For believers and nonbelievers alike, Barrett offers a compelling argument for the human instinct for religion.

Justin L. Barrett is Thrive Professor of Developmental Science and Director of the Thrive Center for Human Development in Fuller's Graduate School of Psychology. An experimental psychologist, Barrett is regarded as one of the founders of the Cognitive Science of Religion field.

Men of Color Enquiry

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - Northridge Center, University Student Union

Please join the students of PAS 325 at their 1st Annual Men of Color Enquiry & Student Poster Session

The students will present posters on their work concerning Black men.  This inquiry-based learning approach allows students to become actively involved in the learning process and gives them the opportunity to engage in course material.

Featured speaker is Dr. Frank Harris, III discussing ways in which men can successfully navigate college environments and achieve healthy masculinities.  Implications for college faculty and administrators will also be offered.

For more information, please contact Dr. Cedric Hackett, Department of Pan African Studies.