Lectures and Discussions Events
Fifty and Better Spring Session
Lundring Events Center and Zoom
"The Lost Art of Instrumental Music" focuses on a time in popular music history when creativity in composing music without vocals not only flourished but was commercially viable.
Fifty and Better Spring Session
Lundring Events Center and Zoom
This interdisciplinary course will explore the science and engineering aspects of ancient art from cave paintings to frescoes, mummy portraits and sculptures in stone and bronze.
Fifty and Better Spring Session
Online via Zoom
In this course, we will consider the Soviet planned economy, its repressive dictatorial political regime and its imperial nature.
Fifty and Better Spring Session
Online via Zoom
This class will explore works of distinguished California architects such as Paul Williams, Wallace Neff, Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, Julia Morgan, John Lautner and others.
Fifty and Better Spring Session
Online via Zoom
This series will examine cults in general, and then probe deep into specific case studies like Jonestown, Waco, and a more modern cult, NXIVM.
History Lecture Series
Ullman Conference Center 100/101
Edward T. Chang, PhD, will discuss the first Koreatown in the United States, which is in Southern California.
DEIJB Lecture Series
Online via Zoom
Tammy Bachrach, PhD, of Azusa Pacific University, and Mina Chun, PhD, will discuss their research study focused on the experiences of a family following the death of a family member born with Down syndrome in 1961.
FABulous Spring Lecture Series
Lundring Events Center & Online via Zoom
This two-part lecture will focus on the development of art and architecture of the Middle Ages as centered and still visible in Paris.
Dean's Speaker Series
Navajo scholar Amanda Tachine, PhD, will share findings from her book, Native Presence and Sovereignty in College: Indigenous Weapons to Defeat Systemic Monsters. This lecture has been rescheduled from November 2024.
FABulous Spring Lecture Series
Lundring Events Center & Online via Zoom
In addition to learning about the lives of ragtime greats like Scott Joplin, we’ll hear examples of rags and their effect on popular music in the early 20th century.
FABulous Spring Lecture Series
Lundring Events Center & Online via Zoom
This series of lectures will delve into the text and will discuss, in the context of the late 1700s, what the document meant to its signers and what it means to American citizens today.
Michelle Janning, PhD
Swenson Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences, Room 101
Sociologist Michelle Janning, PhD, will present research findings from her new book and discuss how family vacation homes are a compelling site to examine social roles, relationships and social inequalities.
FABulous Spring Lecture Series
Oxnard Campus & Online via Zoom
From historical to contemporary structures, these lectures will explore the iconic structures that identify various American cities and how they came to be.
DEIJB Lecture Series
Swenson 101/102
Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza, PhD, will present "Deep Roots, Strong Branches: The Foundation and Future of Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions."
FABulous Spring Lecture Series
Online Via Zoom
Dorothea Lange produced an astonishing body of photographic work in a career that lasted from the 1920s, when she ran the most successful portrait studio in San Francisco.
Festival of Scholars
Soiland Humanities Center, Room 116
Join us for a panel showcasing political science student projects. Explore how students apply their knowledge to real-world issues — analyzing policy, addressing social challenges and fostering civic engagement.
Festival of Scholars
The Center for Equity and Justice presents "In Community: Unpacking Research for Change," an engaging session that highlights equity and justice research themes.