Big Lecture: Jesse Williams
Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Come for a great evening with Jesse Williams: acclaimed actor, producer, and activist. This moderated Q+A will discuss his experience with social activism, intersectionality, as well as his time on Grey’s Anatomy. Read more
Middle-level theory: Without it what could anyone do?
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
The Philosophy Department, Liberal Studies Program, and the College of Humanities Distinguished Visiting Speakers Program at CSUN present an invited talk by Prof. Nancy Cartwright. Nancy Cartwright is Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, University of Durham and at the University of California, San Diego. Her research interests include philosophy and history of science (especially physics and economics), causal inference, causal powers, scientific emergence and objectivity, evidence, especially for evidence-based policy [EBP] and the philosophy of social technology. Her current work, for the project ‘Knowledge for Use’ [K4U], investigates how to use scientific research results for better policies. Read more
Gohstand Reading Room Biennial Lecture Series: Maryanne Wolf
Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Join us for our Robert and Maureen Gohstand Reading Room Lecture series featuring Dr. Maryanne Wolf, author of Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World. Read more
CSUN-al Gardening Class: Backyard Beekeeping - What's the Buzz About?
Saturday, January 19, 2019 - 9:00am to 11:00am
Honeybees provide pollination services to many fruits and vegetables in the home garden Read more
Education on the Edge - Derrick Gay
Monday, March 11, 2019 - 7:00pm to 9:30pm
Internationally recognized consultant on issues of Diversity and Inclusion, Cultural Competency, and Global Citizenship. He will be speaking on "A Double-Edged Sword: Reframing Diversity for the 21st Century" Read more
Sobibor - A film by Konstantin Khabensky
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 - 4:00pm
This is a story of the rebellion of the human spirit again the mindless exterminating machine. In October 1943 the prisoners of the Nazi camp Sobibor led by Alexander Pechersky organized a revolt – the only successful rebellion in the death camps in history. Read more
Meet Author Lucha Corpi
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Join the renown Chicana poet and writer Lucha Corpi, as she talks about her bilingual writing and her perception of La Malinche (the key figure of Mexican history and the legendary interpreter of Hernán Cortés), Read more
Dao Becomes Female and Its Discontentment - Presented by Dr. Robin Wang
Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 12:45pm to 2:45pm
This talk will take the femininity/feminine/female as a center stage to investigate Daoist thought and its possible contribution to contemporary feminist critiques. Robin R Wang is Robert H. Taylor Professor in Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and 2016-2017 Berggruen Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University.
Read moreGIS Day: Missing Maps Project
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Make a hands-on contribution to mapping which will be used by UN agencies and local organizations to deliver aid to refugees and help track and prevent the spread of contagious diseases. Read more
49th Annual Africana Studies Week
Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 5:00pm to Monday, November 5, 2018 - 2:00pm
Please join us for the 49th Annual Africana Studies Week. For a schedule of events, please Read more