Events

Names, Naming, and the Mascot Controversies, with Carla Fredericks

Event Start: November 12, 2020 06:00 PM

Event End: November 12, 2020 07:30 PM

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Join us for the second event of Ethics in Place: A Symposium on Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Principled Democracy.

Professor Carla Fredericks will discuss "Names, Naming, and the Mascot Controversies." 

Where Do We Go from Here?

Event Start: November 10, 2020 06:00 PM

Event End: November 10, 2020 07:30 PM

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Join the Capps Center at 6:00pm on Tuesday, November 10, for a post-election discussion with a panel of undergraduate and graduate students. Professors Salim Yaqub (Department of History) and Terrance Wooten (Department of Black Studies) will provide context and perspective.

Presidential Election 2020: What Students Want

Event Start: October 26, 2020 06:00 PM

Event End: October 26, 2020 07:30 PM

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From the Beginning: Origin Narratives and Place-Based Ethics, with Kaleikoa Ka'eo

Event Start: October 13, 2020 06:00 PM

Event End: October 13, 2020 07:30 PM

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Join us for the first event of Ethics in Place: A Symposium on Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Principled Democracy. Professor Kaleilkoa Ka'eo (University of Hawa`i, Maui) is the featured speaker for the inaugural event of the Capps Annual Symposium. 

The Current Health Crisis and Sustaining Community, with Daniel Griffin

Event Start: May 21, 2020 04:00 PM

Event End: May 21, 2020 05:30 PM

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Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men, with Thomas Foster

Event Start: March 09, 2020 04:00 PM

Event End: March 09, 2020 05:30 PM

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Research Ethics: Uncertainty, Reproducibility, and Truth in Science, with Michael Kalichman

Event Start: March 02, 2020 07:00 PM

Event End: March 02, 2020 08:30 PM

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Impeachment in Historical Perspective, with Laura Kalman, Guiliana Perrone, and Salim Yaqub

Event Start: February 11, 2020 04:00 PM

Event End: February 11, 2020 05:30 PM

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What can we learn from past cases of presidential impeachment or near impeachment? Three UCSB historians -- Laura Kalman, Giuliana Perrone, and Salim Yaqub -- recount congressional efforts to oust Presidents Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton, shedding light on the Trump impeachment.

Thriving Despite Adversity, with Paul Sargent

Event Start: January 24, 2020 05:00 PM

Event End: January 24, 2020 06:30 PM

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Ecopiety: Green Media and the Dilemma of Environmental Virtue, with Sarah McFarland Taylor

Event Start: January 14, 2020 07:00 PM

Event End: January 14, 2020 08:30 PM

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Coming of Age at the End of the World: An Existential Toolkit for the Climate Generation, with Sarah Ray

Event Start: December 04, 2019 07:00 PM

Event End: December 04, 2019 08:30 PM

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The Murky Past and Contested Future of the Electoral College, with Rosemarie Zagarri

Event Start: October 24, 2019 04:00 PM

Event End: October 24, 2019 05:30 PM

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How to Win the Fight against Gun Violence in America, with Robyn Thomas

Event Start: May 29, 2019 07:00 PM

Event End: May 29, 2019 08:30 PM

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The Unfulfilled Promise of Halal, with Kristen Stilt

Event Start: May 07, 2019 12:15 PM

Event End: May 07, 2019 01:45 PM

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Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist, with Eli Saslow

Event Start: March 04, 2019 07:30 PM

Event End: March 04, 2019 09:00 PM

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Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow reveals the human stories behind the most divisive issues of our time. In Rising Out of Hatred, he tells the powerful story of how Derek Black, a one-time heir to America’s white nationalist movement, came to question the ideology he helped to spread.  

Co-sponsored by UCSB Arts & Lectures.

Active Shooter Preparedness and Response Training, with Scott Scherr

Event Start: February 01, 2019 12:00 PM

Event End: February 01, 2019 01:30 PM

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Scott Scherr discusses the challenges, logistics, response, recovery, and long-term impact for pre-hospital first responders, emergency personnel, and the community following the October 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas. From mass casualty incidents such as this, what can we learn about gun violence, prevention, and preparedness? How can this be applied to the campus experience? 

Radical Listening: A Doctor’s Journey to Save the Rain Forest in Borneo, with Kinari Webb

Event Start: January 16, 2019 07:00 PM

Event End: January 16, 2019 08:30 PM

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Shari’a, Inshallah: Searching for the Rule of Law in Somalia’s Islamic State, with Mark Fathi Massoud

Event Start: January 16, 2019 03:00 PM

Event End: January 16, 2019 05:00 PM

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The Trump Administration and International Law, with Harold Koh

Event Start: December 06, 2018 07:00 PM

Event End: December 06, 2018 08:30 PM

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The Trump Administration and North Korea, with Harold Koh

Event Start: December 06, 2018 11:00 AM

Event End: December 06, 2018 12:15 PM

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