Lecture Series Event

The Loft Hour: Zamansele Nsele + Nicole Starosielski

October 19, 2023
The Loft Hour: Zamansele Nsele + Nicole Starosielski October 19, 2023 Noon - 1 p.m. Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex, D23

Hosted by the Arts Research Center and supported by the Dean’s Office of the Division of Arts and Humanities

Elevate your lunch break with The Loft Hour, a new year-long series that invites new arts faculty to riff on their work over lunch, in an informal conversation moderated by an ARC-...

Latinx Poetry Now: A Reading and Conversation with J. Michael Martinez + aracelis girmay

September 28, 2023
Latinx Poetry Now: A Reading and Conversation with J. Michael Martinez + aracelis girmay Thursday Sept 28, 2023 11am - 12:30pm Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall

Join the Arts Research Center for our first Poetry & the Senses reading of fall 2023, featuring the incredible poets and multimedia artists J. Michael Martin and aracelis girmay. Following their readings, they will be in conversation with Prof John Alba Cutler (English).

J. Michael Martinez is a multimedia artist and the author of three collections of poetry, including Heredities, which received the Walt...

Writing Workshop Maōri Poet Robert Sullivan

September 20, 2023
Writing Workshop Maōri Poet Robert Sullivan September 20, 2023 1 p.m. Online

Robert Sullivan (Ngāpuhi and Kāi Tahu) has won awards for his poetry, editing, and writing for children, including the 2022 Lauris Edmond Memorial Award for a distinguished contribution to New Zealand poetry, Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Hawai’i, the Montana New Zealand Book Award for co-editing Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English, the Māori Literature Award for co-editing Puna Wai Kōrero: An Anthology of Māori Poetry...

All Arts Welcome!

September 21, 2023
All Arts Welcome!

Reception and Open House

September 21, 2023 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Arts Research Center, Hearst Field Annex D23

Join us at our annual Open House to renew connections and meet new arts faculty at UC Berkeley. We’ll showcase our programming for the year, including our new series, The Loft Hour.

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Maziar Maghsoodnia Memorial Fund 2023 Reading Featuring Solmaz Sharif

September 13, 2023
Maziar Maghsoodnia Poetry Fund 2023 Reading Featuring Solmaz Sharif September 13, 2023 4 p.m. David Brower Center, Tamalpais Room Solmaz Sharif will give the 2023 Maziar Maghsoodnia Memorial Fund Reading. She will be in conversation with Lubna Safi, an...