Week of Events
4th Annual Ask-A-Vet Forum
4th Annual Ask-A-Vet Forum
A panel of UCSB student veterans will participate in this event, now in its fourth year. The students will discuss their experiences in the armed forces, including service in Iraq and Afghanistan, and their transition to university life. This event is sponsored by Student Veterans at UCSB, a non-partisan student group sponsored by the Office […]
Migrant Rights and Migrant Melodrama, or Elvira Arellano as Suffering Mother and Evil Mother, Criminal and Saint
Migrant Rights and Migrant Melodrama, or Elvira Arellano as Suffering Mother and Evil Mother, Criminal and Saint
Date: Thursday, Feb. 24th from 5:00-6:00 p.m.Location: 2nd Floor conference room, #2135, Social Sciences and Media Studies building Abstract of Talk: Ana Elena Puga trains a theater/performance studies lens on the struggle to control public perception of undocumented migrant rights activist Elvira Arellano, who was deported in 2007. Puga coins the term "migrant melodrama" to […]
When Wall Street Met Main Street, 1890-1932
When Wall Street Met Main Street, 1890-1932
Please join us for a talk by JULIA OTT, New School for Social Research, “When Wall Street Met Main Street, 1890-1932.” Ott’s book of the same title will be published by Harvard University Press in the spring of 2011. Her next project considers the enduring influence of financial institutions and pro-investor ideology in recent U.S. […]