The Role of Community Radio in Honduras
Monday, April 17, 2017 - 2:00pm to 3:15pm
"The Role of Community Radio in Honduras", with Leonardo Guevara, News Coordinator at Radio Progreso, the Voice of Dissent in Times of Violence Read more
Gloria Chacón: The Contemporary Indigenous Novel in Mayan and Zapotec Lands
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:45pm
Gloria Chacón: The Contemporary Indigenous Novel in Mayan and Zapotec Lands Read more
Rembrandt and the Rabbis: Classical Rabbinic Interpretations in Rembrandt’s Biblical Scenes
Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 11:00am to 1:15pm
Rembrandt, the great 17th century Dutch Calvinist artist, is famous for his portraits; but he also painted or etched many images of biblical stories. Do his scenes from the Hebrew Bible reveal a pattern of borrowing from sophisticated rabbinic interpretations in the Talmud and Midrash? If so, how did he obtain access to these esoteric sources? Jerry Rabow will consider the evidence by examining some prominent artworks by Rembrandt together with their related biblical texts and ancient and medieval commentaries. Read more
14th Annual Take Back the Night Rally and March
Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Take Back the Night is a rally and march to end violence against women. Meet us at the Plaza del Sol at 6pm to hear Selina Carrera perform. Following her performance we'll have speakers, spoken word, monologues, poster making, and the Clothesline Project. At 7:30pm we'll light candles and march back the Women's Research & Resource Center where we will come together as a community to share our stories. Read more
Earth Fair 2019
Thursday, April 11, 2019 - 10:00am to 3:00pm
Earth Fair, April 113th from 10am to 3pm, aims to educate students on local and global environmental issues through vendors, games and more. Read more
TRENDS Student Fashion Show - Transcendent: Beyond the Ordinary
Sunday, May 7, 2017 - 6:00pm to 7:45pm
CSUN's fashion design students bring their creations to life on the runway and produce a professional fashion show. 2017 marks the 38th year for this student-driven production. The TRENDS Annual Fashion Show highlights design through ambiance and fluidity on the runway and throughout the venue. It's a collaborative effort between TRENDS members, the Fashion Show Production class in Family and Consumer Sciences' Apparel Design and Merchandising program, and graduating student designers. If you're looking for inspiration beyond the ordinary, this is Transcendent! Read more
Agness Underwood: First Lady of the Newsroom
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 7:00pm
Documentary Screening & Panel Discussion. Read more
The Lost and the Living: One Family's Journey Between the Old and New Worlds
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 - 12:30pm to 1:45pm
Los Angeles native Lisa Lainer-Fagan presents her extraordinary research and the family trip to Lithuania designed to discover the fate of her great-uncles and aunts who disappeared during the Holocaust. This slide-lecture will feature photographs of the many clues they followed in learning the truth – actual letters, survivor testimony, historical photos, government documents, maps – and the actual sites in Lithuania that they visited. Read more
Visualize This! The Creative Side of Copyright
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 - 8:30am to 4:00pm
Join us as we discuss matters such as fair use, intellectual property, reuse, and the proliferation of online access as it applies to visual formats such as photography, comics, digital media - even 3D printing! Read more
Lane Ryo Hirabayashi - Executive Order 9066: déjà vu or redux?
Friday, March 17, 2017 - 11:30am to 1:30pm
The Friends of the Oviatt Library invite you to join us for a buffet luncheon and Presentation by Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, professor in the Department of Asian American Studies at UCLA, where he is also the inaugural "George & Sakaye Aratani Chair in Japanese American Incarceration, Redress, and Community.” Read more