Visiting Artist/Writer/Curator/Lecturer

Escritura, Trama Y Deseo

October 11, 2018
Escritura, Trama Y Deseo (Writing, Plot And Desire) Diamela Eltit in conversation with Natalia Brizuela and Francine Masiello Thursday, October 11, 2018
5:30-7:30pm
Geballe Room, Townsend Center for the Humanities

Watch the recording here or listen here!

Please note: this event will be held in Spanish. Simultaneous English translation will be provided for those who need...

Movement as Research

October 18, 2017
Movement as Research: Undoing Bodies Moved by Language Artist Talk with Will Rawls
Response by Tonika Sealy-Thompson (Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies) Wednesday, October 18 at 5:30 pm
308A Doe Library (map)

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Curation as Research

September 19, 2017
Curation as Research: Contemporary Art in Central America Miguel A. López and Emiliano Valdés
in conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson (History of Art) Tuesday, September 19 at 5:30 pm
Geballe Room, Townsend Center for the Humanities (map)

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Syria’s Fraught Balance

February 19, 2020
Syria’s Fraught Balance: Movement, Politics, and Dabke Performance With Shayna Silverstein, followed by a conversation with Deena Chalabi Wednesday, February 19, 2020 | 5:00-7:00pm
Dwinelle Annex, Room 126, UC Berkeley

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Co-sponsored by Arts Research Center, the Music Department, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies Department

Within the deep pessimism of the Syrian conflict remain moments of joyful action –...

Julie Mehretu, in conversation

October 22, 2019
Julie Mehretu in conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson Tuesday, October 22, 2019
5:00-7:00pm
Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley
Please note, seating is first come, first served.

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Co-sponsored by The Arts Research Center, the Department of Art Practice, The Center for the Study of Sexual Culture, and the Center for Race & Gender

Critique/De-coloniality/Diaspora

May 6, 2019
Critique/De-coloniality/Diaspora Nadia Yala Kisukidi | How to Philosophize in a Dominated Country
Rocío Zambrana | Pasarse políticamente: Hopeful Acts of Protest in Puerto Rico
Monday, May 6, 2019
5:00-7:00pm
470 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley

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Les Blank Lecture: Susana de Sousa Dias

April 24, 2019
Les Blank Lecture: Susana de Sousa Dias Wednesday, April 24, 2019
7:00pm Luz obscura (film screening)
Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive

Co-sponsored by BAMPFA, the Arts Research Center, and UCHRI.

Kinetic Contemplation: Raqs Media Collective in Medias Res with Shuddhabrata Sengupta

November 7, 2018
“Kinetic Contemplation: Raqs Media Collective in Medias Res” Shuddhabrata Sengupta in conversation with Professors Natalia Brizuela & Poulomi Saha Wednesday, November 7, 2018
5:00-7:00pm
Maude Fife Room, Wheeler Hall, Room 315

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Silvia Gruner in conversation with Tarek Elhaik

February 20, 2019
Artist & Curator Silvia Gruner in conversation with Tarek Elhaik Wednesday, February 20, 2019
5:30-7:30pm
Dwinelle Annex, Room 126

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Co-sponsors: Arts Research Center and UCHRI.

The Politics & Poetics of Imagination in the Black Mediterranean with SA Smythe

September 13, 2018
The Politics & Poetics of Imagination in the Black Mediterranean with SA Smythe Thursday September 13, 2018
5:30-7:30pm
Dwinelle Annex, Room 126

Watch the recording here or listen here!

Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the University of California Humanities Research Institute