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"Taking Stock of the Anthropocene: An Interdisciplinary Roundtable with UCSB Scholars" featuring UCSB faculty and graduate students Peter Alagona (History and Environmental Studies), Elizabeth Heckendorn Cook (English and Comparative Literature), John Foran (Sociology), Ken Hiltner (English and Environmental Studies), Jeff Hoelle (Anthropology), David Lea (Geology), and Christopher Walker (English). Thursday, May 28, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
Reading of Eden Falls written by Brian Granger (Lecturer, Theater, Vanderbilt University) and directed by Risa Brainin (Theater and Dance, UCSB). Tuesday, May 26, 2015 / 5:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
Jason Groves (German, Rutgers University) to give IHC lecture "Lithorature and Other Anthropocenic Mutations" Thursday, May 21, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
Pamela C. Ronald (Plant Pathology, UC Davis) to give IHC lecture "Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics and the Future of Food" Thursday, May 21, 2015/ 12:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
"The 2015 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: The Use of Genetically Modified Organisms in Food" participants Dr. Palema C. Ronald (Plant Pathology, UC Davis) and Dr. Angelika Hilbeck (Insitute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich) with moderator Paul Voosen. Wednesday, May 20, 2015 / 8:00 PM, UCSB Campbell Hall.
All day conference "Sustainable Science Communication: Content, Audience, Media, and Impact" with featured address by Matthew C. Nisbet (Communication Studies, Northeastern University). Thursday, May 14, 2015 / 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM (Featured address at 11:00 AM), UCSB Corwin Pavillion
Film Screening, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Friday, May 15, 2015 / Noon, South Hall, 2635.
Film screening of Merchants of Doubt directed by Robert Kenner. Wednesday, May 13, 2015/ 7:00 PM, UCSB Pollock Theater.
Film Screening, Tales from Earthsea, Friday, May 1, 2015 / Noon, South Hall, 2635.
Panel discussion "Poets on the Anthropocene" with Harold Abramowitz (Blind Spot), Amanda Ackerman (The Book of Feral Flora), and Michelle Detorie (After-Cave). Thursday, April 30, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
Ursula Heise (English, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA) to give IHC lecture "Ubran Ecology and the Imagination of the Future" Thursday, April 23, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
Film Screening, Pom Poko, Friday, April 17, 2015 / Noon, South Hall, 2635.
Jon Mooallem (journalist, author of Wild Ones) to give IHC lecture "Billy and Teddy: Imagining Animals in the Anthropocene" Thursday, April 16, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
Film screening of Occupy the Farm (2014) followed by Q&A with director Todd Darling. Tuesday, April 14, 2015 / 7:00 PM, UCSB Pollock Theater
Jeffrey Hoelle (Anthropology, UCSB) to give IHC lecture "Depilation and Deforestation: Controlling Nature in the Amazon" Thursday, April 9, 2015/ 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
Film Screening, Spirited Away, Friday, April 3, 2015 / Noon, South Hall, 2635.
Oliver A. Ryder (Director of the Frozen Zoo project and Kleberg Chair at the San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research) to give IHC lecture "Conservation, De-extinction, and the Future of Life" Thursday, April 2, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
Screening of Racing Extinction and Q&A with director Louis Psihoyos. Thursday, March 12, 2015 / 7:00 PM, UCSB Pollock Theater.
Film screening of Climate Justice and discussion with Richard Widick "Climate Justice (The Movie): Five Years Inside the UN Climate Talks" Thursday, February 26, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
"Energy Challenges in the Developing World" workshop including an IHC lecture "Toxic Tales in the African Anthropocene" by Gabrielle Hecht (History, University of Michigan) Friday, February 20, 2015 / 9:30 AM, Multipurpose Room, Student Resource Building.
Paul Edwards (History and School of Information, University of Michigan) to give IHC lecture "Climate Data Detectives: On the History and Politics of Knowledge about Global Climate Change" Thursday, February 19, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
Film Screening of Journey to the Universe with special guest Mary Evelyn Tucker. Thursday, February 19, 2015/ 7:00 PM, UCSB Pollock Theater.
Erik M. Conway (Historian, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) to give IHC lecture "The Penumbra Falls: Thinking about the Potential Near-future of the Anthropocene" Thursday, February 12, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
Andy Warner (Comics journalist) to give IHC lecture "Drawing the End of our World: Comics, Climate Change, and Pizzly Bears" Thursday, February 5, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
Wang Shu (China Academy of Art, Winner of the Prizker Prize) to give IHC lecture "Dialogue With Water" Tuesday, February 3, 2015/ 4:00 PM, MultiCultural Center Theater
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (Poet, Winner of the American Book Award) to read from her new book of poetry "On Streaming" Thursday, January 29, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
Roundtable discussion on "Natural Capital" with Peter Alagona, Sarah Anderson, Ken Hiltner, Sharyn Main, Richard Widick, and facilitated by Elizabeth Heckendorn Cook Thursday, January 22, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
Film Screening of Watermark (directed by Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky, 2013) with discussion by Casey Walsh (Anthropology, UCSB). Thursday, January 15, 2015 / 7:00 PM, UCSB Pollock Theater
Film Screening, The Secret World of Arrietty, Friday, December 12, 2014 / Noon, South Hall, 2635.
Film Screening, Ponyo, Friday, December 5, 2014 / Noon, South Hall, 2635.