News and Events
2013
The 2013 Envisioning California Lecture with Larry Mantle & Raphael Sonenshein
April 16, 2013A Conversation with Governor Michael Dukakis - "The 2012 Election Results: What it Means for Governing in 2013 and Beyond"
February 19, 2013Helping Families Change Conference
February 13 to 15, 20132012
Richard W. Smith Lecture – "Recent Research on Brain Chemistry: A Revolution in the Sciences of Good and Evil", Paul Zak
November 13, 2012Valley Pioneer Lecture Series in California History – “The Red Power Movement in Los Angeles and other cities in the 1970s” with Dr. Nicolas G. Rosenthal
November 7, 2012Pan African Studies 43rd Anniversary Celebration
November 1-2, 20122012 Film Festival of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
October 3 - October 5, 2012Political Science and Linguistics Program present a Distinguished Guest Speaker Event with Henry De Sio, Jr.
September 27, 2012History Department: Professional Development Series for Teachers: 2011-2012
2011 - 2012Anthro Expo 2012
April 26, 2012"Human Behaviors: What the Study of Twins Reared Apart Reveals About Heredity & Environment" with Nancy Segal, Ph.D.
April 16, 2012Sociology Presents Dr. Ellen Reese
3/28/2012W.P. Whitsett Lecture and Graduate Seminar in California History
3/22/2012Keith Morton Lecture: "Ethnic/Cultural Tourism and Problematizing Indigeneity"
3/1/20122011
In memoriam: Eleazu Obinna December 2011
Geography Professor James P. Allen Honored by His Peers November 2011
CSUN Model UN Team Wins Outstanding Delegation Award October 20-24, 2011
"Authoritarian Personalities: Their Danger to Our Society" with John W. Dean 9/21/ 2011
History Department Historical Field Study Trip 2011 "Revolutionary France" 6/26/2011– 7/4/2011
Urban Studies Classes Win Academic Excellence Award 4/26/2011
CSUN Model UN Team Wins Outstanding Delegation and Outstanding Position Papers Award
4/25/2011Cross-Examine the Judges Night 4/13/2011
The Institute for Sustainability is hosting Water Day 3/22/2011
CSUN Model UN Team Garner Several Awards
3/19/2011Political Science Pre-Law Information Session 3/3/2011
Islands as Model Systems for Human Ecodynamics 3/2/2011
A Discussion of the Obama Presidency with Michael Haas and Michael Dukakis 3/1/2011
"America's Culture Struggle: Religion and Politics" with Michael Parenti, Ph.D. 2/17/2011
Does Los Angeles Have a Future? A Special Presentation by Joel Kotkin 2/2/2011
2010
Adaptive Ecosystems in the Era of NAFTA: Tijuana's Informal Communities 12/3/2010
Pre-Law Information Session 11/17/2010
Book Discussion: All Souls: A Family Story from Southie 11/2/2010
Annual Valley Pioneer Lecture: The Banning Family, the "Magic Isle" and Southern California Tourism 10/26/2010
California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It 10/12/2010
The Eugene Price Forum: A Discussion on the 2010 Midterm Elections 09/29/2010
"Sexual Abuse, Cover-Up, and the History of the Catholic Church" with Blase Bonpane, Ph.D. 09/23/2010
Josh Sides - Director, Center for Southern California Studies - Featured in Documentary About Compton, CA August 2010
Urban Studies Professor and Students Recognized By American Planning Association
6/8/2010Bess Lomax Hawes Memorial 5/23/2010
History Department Retirement Party 5/15/2010
Whitsett Graduate Seminar and Whitsett Lecture 4/15/2010
Cross-Examine the Judges Night 4/14/2010
Keith Morton Lecture: "Rethinking Colonial Encounters with Hunter-
Gatherers in California" by Kent G. Lightfoot, Ph.D. 2/25/2010
PAS: Shubha Venugopal's short stories performed live 2/14/2010
Interview with writer Shubha Venugopal 2/11/2010
2009
2009 Virtual Research and Publication Fair 2009
The Urban Planning and Sustainability Project - UPSP
2009Anthropology Professor Presents at Provost's Research Fellows Colloquium
12/16/2009CSUN Model UN Team Garner Several Awards
12/4/2009PAS 40th Anniversary Gala 11/7/2009
Anthropology Student Wins First Gelvin Scholarship
11/16/2009History Alumni Book Discussion 11/9/2009
“Abstract Art, Urban Bohemians
and the Politics of Postwar Modernism in Los Angeles” 11/5/2009"Witchcraft, Folklore and the Ancestors of Harry Potter: Behind the Mirror of Erised"10/26/2009
"Maps and Manifest Destiny,” A Lecture by Dr. Stephen Aron 09/24/2009
Psychology and Social Science Inform Climate Campaigns
8/11/2009Psychology Professor Coordinating Program to Improve Memory of Senior Citizens
6/23/2009COR: Undergraduates Present Findings from Community Partnerships and Honors Theses
5/12/2009History Professor Wins a 2009 Walter Craddock Award
4/28/2009Julie Laity Wins 2009 CSUN Preeminent Scholarly Publication Award
4/28/2009Cross-Examine the Judges Night
4/23/2009
The Crimes of the Bush Administration & Obama's Dilemma
4/22/2009The Current Financial Crisis
4/21/2009Geography Professor Yifei Sun One of Eight Faculty Members Named as CSUN Research Fellows
4/20/2009Geography's Lisa Baughn Wins 2009 CSUN Outstanding Graduate Student Award
4/20/2009Students Take Distinguished Delegation Award at Model United Nations Conference
4/13/20095th Annual Anthropology Expo
4/1/2009History Major Wins Award for Music Video
4/1/2009"Brain and Culture: Neurobiology, Ideology and Social Change" with Bruce Wexler, Ph.D.
3/26/2009Psychology Students Go Green With Recycling Program
3/25/2009MSW Faculty Named Social Worker of the Year
3/20/2009The 4th Annual Whitsett Graduate Seminar in California History 3/20/2009
The Ahmad Eshraghi Endowed Scholarship in Political Science
3/17/2009
2008
History Department Sponsored Successful South American Trip Over Summer 2008
Third Annual Virtual Research and Publication Fair
12/1/2008GIS DAY
11/19/2008Reimagining China
11/13/2008History Alumni Chapter Event w/John Broesamle
10/29/2008Geography Map Library Participating in 3rd Annual Archives Bazaar
10/25/2008Richard W. Smith Lecture featuring Milton Diamond
10/23/2008Underground Undergraduates
10/14/2008"Native Americans and the Atlantic World"
10/3/2008History Professor Receives 'Historian's Award' from Kronauer Foundation
9/25/2008China’s Innovation Strategy and Policy
9/26/2008Forum on the 2008 Presidential Election
9/15/2008Geography Professor Leading the Charge in Mapping of Wetlands
8/30/2008Urban Studies Professor Launches Sustainability Blog for CSUN Greening Project
8/26/2008CSUN Students Interview a Member of the Madres of the Plaza de Mayo
8/4/2008History Professor Wins 2008 Keith Matthews Award
7/30/2008PAS Professor Wins Coveted Writing Contest
7/21/2008Political Science Professor Publishes Findings on Judiciary System
7/2/2008Geography Student Awarded Internship at Harvard Through California Pre-Doctoral Program
5/15/2008Geography Student Wins Annual CSU Student Research Symposium
5/2/20082008 Preeminent Scholarly Publication Award Won by Geography Professor
4/29/2008Geography Professor Co-Edits Latin American Text
4/29/2008Political Science Specialists Discuss the 2008 Presidential Election
4/29/2008Cross Examine Your Superior Court Judges
4/14/2008CSUN’s Model U. N. Team Wins Top National Awards—Again
4/3/2008Professor Ballard (Sociology) Awarded 2008 Haynes Faculty Fellowship
3/2008CSBS Faculty Member Among University Research Fellows
3/3/2008The Center for Southern California Studies Presents: An Evening with Erin Aubry Kaplan
2/28/2008"What's the Matter with Memory" with Elizabeth Loftus Ph.D.
2/21/2008Geography Professor's Research Cited in Wall Street Journal Article on Predatory Lending
2/12/20082007
2007 Virtual Research Poster and Publication Fair 2007
CSUN Expedition to Re-Trace Allied Invasion of Normandy with the History Department 2007
Richard W. Smith Lecture
11/28/2007History Professor Wins Award for Excellence in Mentoring
11/27/2007Psychology Professor Finds That Chocolate Makes Us All Sweeter
10/24/2007Africa Week 2007
10/22/2007-10/26/200719th Annual Envisioning California Conference
9/19/2007"Pirates in the Atlantic World" with guest speaker Dr. Marcus Rediker
9/11/2007CSBS Announces Sally Casanova Scholars for 2007-2008
7/17/2007"The True Meaning of the Separation of Church and State" with Edward Tabash
5/24/2007Second Annual Whitsett Graduate Seminar in California History
5/11/2007Cross Examine the Judges Night
4/26/2007“Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond”
4/25/2007CSBS Professor Nominated for Prestigious National Award
4/25/2007Political Science Professor Gives Perspectives on Islam
4/25/2007CSBS Students Win Awards in National Conference
3/30/2007What Does It Mean to Think Historically?
1/20072006
Richard Smith Lecture
12/5/2006Virtual Presentation Fair
12/1/2006CSBS New Web Page
11/21/2006