November 2015

Hilal Elver (UCSB Orfalea Center) November 23, 2015 1:00 PM McCune Conference Room Climate change poses a distinct threat to all aspects of food security, threatening livelihood of already vulnerable people, while current fossil fuel based agricultural practices are responsible for accelerating climate change. Moreover, some mitigation and...

Anjan Chatterjee (Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania) Thursday, November 19, 2015 / 4:00 PM McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB What can neuroscience possibly tell us about aesthetics and art? In this talk, Anjan Chatterjee will offer a framework from which a neuroscientist might deconstruct aesthetic experiences. Chatterjee will discuss findings...

Anrea Acri (Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore) Wednesday, November 18, 2015 / 5:00 PM IHC Research Seminar Room, 6056 Humanities and Social Sciences Building This lecture will survey the Indic traditions of ṣaḍaṅga-yoga (“six-limbed yoga”) and aṣṭāṅga-yoga (“eight-limbed yoga”) in the Indonesian Archipelago, as illuminated...

Thursday, November 5, 2015/ 4:30 PM Mosher Alumni Friday, November 6, 2015/ 9:00 AM MultiCultural Center, UCSB Saturday, November 7, 2015/ 9:00 AM Casa de la Guerra This year, the colloquium will be dedicated to the theme of “Real or Fake” in history, culture, literature, cinema,...

Q&A with director Jeff Malmberg Wednesday, November 4, 2015 / 7:00 PM UCSB Pollock Theater The screening is free but tickets are required. Visit this page for reservations: http://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock Marwencol is a feature documentary about the fantasy world of Mark Hogancamp.  A violent attack outside a Kingston, NY bar in...

Lynn Garafola (Dance History, Columbia University) Tuesday, November 3, 2015 / 5:00 PM McCune Conference Room, HSSB 6020 Lynn Garafola is Distinguished Professor of Dance History at Columbia University/Barnard College. A dance historian, critic and contributor for The Nation, Garafola’s importance to Dance and Performance Studies was best...