UCI Humanities Center

Ernest Sosa, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University, joins the Center for Knowledge, Technology & Society for its Social and Applied Epistemology Lecture Series. Join us for a lecture on moral epistemology and metaphysics on Monday, October 26th at 1pm. Find more information and register here: https://www.humanities.uci.edu/centerknowtech//events.php

"Freedom is not a destination but a process." Prof. Dawn Norfleet, composer, flutist, vocalist and scholar, is a speaker as well as the moderator at the October 27th 1619 Project event: The Sound of Freedom. Go here to read more about Prof. Norfleet and to register for this event. https://www.humanities.uci.edu/humanitie/spotlight_det.php

Financial Legacies: Slavery and the History of Banking The 1619 Project charts the impact of slavery on the country’s founding principles, economy, health care system, racial segregation of neighborhoods and schools, popular music and visual representations. Conversations around the 1619 project have served as a flashpoint for intensive ideological debates about its content and impact. It has been both widely lauded and subjected to critiques from academics, journalists, pund...its and policymakers who challenge its accuracy and its interpretation of history. Tonight we discuss slavery’s impact on black economic empowerment and neighborhood segregation. In conversation with Bill Maurer (Social Sciences), Peter Hudson (UCLA), and Mehrsa Baradaran (UCI Law) Moderated by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Princeton) Discussion facilitated by Tonya Bradford (Business) and Mrinalini Tankha (Portland State University) #BlackThrivingInitiative #UCI1619Project

Sentimientos y Terrenos Three UCI students worked with Professor Rosas on this digital quilt project: Through Tumultuous Times: Rebuilding and Reimagining 'America' Community Memorial Quilt, providing a creative response the Covid-19 pandemic.... Go here to learn more about this project: https://www.humanities.uci.edu/humanitie/spotlight_det.php Go here to learn more about Imagining America https://imaginingamerica.org/

African American Music: The Sound of Freedom's Journey Join the 1619 Project for a focus on the arts October 27th at 4PM. Speakers: Prof. Dawn Norfleet (Music) Prof. Stephen Tucker (Music)... JoVia Armstrong (Composer/Performer), Dr. Minneta Daniel-Cox (University of Dayton Go here to register for this event. https://ucihumanities.zoom.us//r/WN__W3TBz66ShiKV7fGdlYDwA

"Teaching is where I can make the biggest impact on society." Kyle David facilitates the Humanities Pedagogical Certificate for a second time, continuing to share his pedagogical passion and skills, this time remotely. Go here to read the feature from the UCI Humanities Center: https://www.humanities.uci.edu/humanitiescenter/index.php

The Black Liberation Movement and Radical Community Education How might education fuel Black liberation? Join us to learn!... Moderator: Krystal Tribbett (UCI Libraries) Speakers: Ericka Huggins (Facilitator of Conversations on Racial Equity, Leader of the Black Panthers, Human Rights Activist and Poet) Angela LeBlanc-Ernest (Independent Scholar and Filmmaker; Director: The Oakland Community School Documentary Project; Co-Founder: The Intersectional Black Panther Party History Project) Damien Sojoyner (Anthropology) Roderic Crooks (Informatics) Discussion Facilitators: Jessica Gonzalez (Logic and Philosophy of Science) Toni Hays (English) Bryan Murray (Linguistic Studies, Education)

Professor Bill Maurer, Professor of Anthropology and Dean of Social Sciences, is a speaker at the October 22nd 1619 Project event, Financial Legacies: Slavery and the History of Banking. Go here to read an introduction to his panel for the event that will focus on "the hidden histories of slavery in banking and financial institutions." https://www.humanities.uci.edu/humanitie/spotlight_det.php

The 1619 Project continues with this discussion about the impacts of slavery in the financial world. Join the UCI Humanities Center October 22nd at 5PM. Moderator: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Princeton)... Speakers: Bill Maurer (Social Sciences) Peter Hudson (UCLA) Mehrsa Baradaran (UCI Law) To register: https://ucisocsci.zoom.us//regis/WN_MgBdZTd-R3aPTzILlQm_1Q

Intersecting Realities: Health, Race, and the Ongoing Legacies of Slavery and Jim Crow The 1619 Project, published by the New York Times, retells the history of the U.S. by foregrounding the arrival 401 years ago of enslaved Africans to Virginia. Through a series of essays, photos, and podcasts, The 1619 Project charts the impact of slavery on the country’s founding principles, economy, health care system, racial segregation of neighborhoods and schools, popular music and vis...ual representations. Tonight, Gwendolyn R. Majette (Cleveland-Marshall College of Law) will moderate a conversation with: Sabrina Strings (UCI Sociology) Candice Taylor Lucas (UCI Health Sciences) Michele Goodwin (UCI Law) Following our panel, we will then hold a 30-minute Q&A facilitated by: Srimayee Basu (UCI English) Sherine Hamdy (Anthropology)

On Thursday October 15th, Sisters Lead Sisters Vote is hosting a two-part panel on two of the top election issues: COVID-19 and climate change. For an overview of speakers and more, please refer to the posters below. If interested, please register at the following link: https://forms.gle/jtnzwkkwez2XECPV9 And learn more about Sisters Lead Sisters Vote here: https://sistersleadsistersvote.org/index.html

Come and join our Inaugural Latinx Heritage Month Keynote Speaker, Dr. Gina Garcia, who is the leading expert on Hispanic Serving Institutions, on October 21st will spend the day with us virtually. She will be leading the day with a keynote titled Transforming Hispanic Serving Institutions followed by two workshops. The workshops are limited in numbers. We will end the week on Thursday, October 22nd with a webinar collaboration with the Chicano/Latino Studies Department, titled, "Afro-Latinidades in Central America."

The Black Liberation Movement and Radical Community Education The Humanities Center's 1619 Project continues October 19th at 4PM. Speakers: Ericka Huggins (Former Leader of the Black Panthers, Human Rights Activist and Poet) Angela LeBlanc-Ernest (Independent Scholar & Documentary Filmmaker of the Oakland Community School and the Intersectional Black Panther Party Research Project) ... Damien Sojoyner (Anthropology), Roderic Crooks (ICS) Moderator: Krystal Tribbett (UCI Libraries) Go here to register. https://ucihumanities.zoom.us//r/WN_y9YGJHozTmieHbbs5QXLHg