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Strangers Drowning: Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help, with Larissa MacFarquhar
Event Start: October 05, 2016 12:00 AM
Event End: October 05, 2016 12:00 AM
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Staff writer at The New Yorker since 1998. Previously senior editor at Lingua Franca and an advisory editor at The Paris Review.
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Carbon Shock: Seeking Equilibrium in the Climate-Disrupted Economy, with Mark Schapiro
Event Start: November 12, 2015 08:00 PM
Event End: November 12, 2015 09:30 PM
Event Details:
Capps Forum on Ethics and Public Policy
Mark Schapiro, Lecture: “Carbon Shock: Seeking Equilibrium in the Climate-Disrupted Economy”
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB
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With Justice for All in a Changing America, with Morris Dees
Event Start: October 21, 2015 08:00 PM
Event End: October 21, 2015 09:30 PM
Event Location: UCSB Campbell Hall
Event Price:
Free
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Is the Black Church Dead? with Eddie Glaude
Event Start: June 07, 2015 03:00 PM
Event End: June 07, 2015 04:30 PM
Event Details:
Martin E. Marty Lecture on Religion in American Life
Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., Lecture: “Is the Black Church Dead?”
University Club of Santa Barbara, 1332 Santa Barbara Street
The Politics of Religious Freedom, with Nomi Stolzenberg
Event Start: May 12, 2015 05:30 PM
Event End: May 12, 2015 07:00 PM
Event Details:
Capps Conversation
Nomi Stolzenberg, Moderator: “The Politics of Religious Freedom”
University Club of Santa Barbara, 1332 Santa Barbara Street
Sexual Assault on College Campuses, with Hannah-Beth Jackson and Das Williams
Event Start: April 23, 2015 08:00 PM
Event End: April 23, 2015 09:30 PM
Event Details:
Capps Forum on Ethics and Public Policy
State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson and State Assembly member Das Williams, Panelists: “Sexual Assault on College Campuses”
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB
The Hunting Ground
Event Start: April 20, 2015 08:00 PM
Event End: April 20, 2015 10:00 PM
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Film Screening: “The Hunting Ground”
Campbell Hall, UCSB
Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad, with Eric Foner
Event Start: March 03, 2015 05:00 PM
Event End: March 03, 2015 06:30 PM
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Eric Foner, Lecture: “Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad”
Campbell Hall, UCSB
Cosponsored with the Department of History
Race and Policing in Contemporary America, with Eugene O'Donnell
Event Start: February 22, 2015 03:00 PM
Event End: February 22, 2015 04:30 PM
Event Details:
Capps Conversation
Eugene O’Donnell, Moderator: “Race and Policing in Contemporary America”
University Club of Santa Barbara, 1332 Santa Barbara Street
Ethics at the End of a Fork, with Anna Lappé
Event Start: February 09, 2015 05:00 PM
Event End: February 09, 2015 06:30 PM
Event Details:
Capps Forum on Ethics and Public Policy
Anna Lappé, Lecture: “Ethics at the End of a Fork”
Corwin Pavilion, UCSB
Fixing Capitalism’s Deepest Flaws, with Peter Barnes
Event Start: November 18, 2014 08:00 PM
Event End: November 18, 2014 09:30 PM
Event Details:
Capps Forum on Ethics and Public Policy
Peter Barnes, Lecture: “Fixing Capitalism’s Deepest Flaws”
Corwin Pavilion, UCSB
Valuing Democracy: Stopping the Improper Influence of Money on Government, with Liz Kennedy
Event Start: October 27, 2014 05:30 PM
Event End: October 27, 2014 07:00 PM
Event Details:
Capps Conversation
Liz Kennedy, Moderator: “Valuing Democracy: Stopping the Improper Influence of Money on Government”
University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara
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The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, with Walter Isaacson
Event Start: October 16, 2014 05:00 PM
Event End: October 16, 2014 06:30 PM
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Walter Isaacson, Lecture: “The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution”
Campbell Hall, UCSB
Sex, Sex, And More Sex: Ensuring Sexual Rights While Preventing Sexual Harm, Paul Abramson
Event Start: May 19, 2014 08:00 PM
Event End: May 19, 2014 09:30 PM
Event Details:
Capps Forum on Ethics and Public Policy
Professor Paul R. Abramson, Lecture: “Sex, Sex, And More Sex: Ensuring Sexual Rights While Preventing Sexual Harm”
1104 Harold Frank Hall, UCSB
Education for Democracy in a Digital Age, with Sandra Day O’Connor
Event Start: May 10, 2014 03:00 PM
Event End: May 10, 2014 04:30 PM
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Former Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Lecture: “Education for Democracy in a Digital Age”
UCSB Campbell Hall
Decisions at the End of Life: The Illusion of Control and the Sense of Responsibility, with Stuart Youngner
Event Start: March 06, 2014 08:00 PM
Event End: March 06, 2014 09:30 PM
Event Details:
Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Value of Care Series
Stuart J. Youngner, M.D., Lecture: “Decisions at the End of Life: The Illusion of Control and the Sense of Responsibility”
McCune Conference Room, 6020 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UCSB
Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance, with Heidi Boghosian
Event Start: February 10, 2014 08:00 PM
Event End: February 10, 2014 09:30 PM
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Heidi Boghosian, Lecture: “Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance”
New Vic Theater, 33 West Victoria St, Santa Barbara
God Is Not One: Religious Tolerance in the Age of Extremism, with Stephen Prothero
Event Start: January 26, 2014 03:00 PM
Event End: January 26, 2014 04:30 PM
Event Details:
Martin E. Marty Lecture on Religion in American Life
Stephen Prothero, Lecture: “God I Not One: Religious Tolerance in the Age of Extremism”
New Vic Theater, 33 West Victoria St, Santa Barbara
So Rich, So Poor: Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty in America, with Peter Edelman
Event Start: November 21, 2013 05:30 PM
Event End: November 21, 2013 07:00 PM
Event Details:
Capps Conversation
Peter Edelman, Lecture: “So Rich, So Poor: Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty in America”
University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara
Nuclear Power: A Mistake in Search of a Mission, with Rinoldo Brutoco
Event Start: November 20, 2013 08:00 PM
Event End: November 20, 2013 09:30 PM
Event Details:
Capps Forum on Ethics and Public Policy
Rinoldo S. Brutoco, Lecture: “Nuclear Power: A Mistake in Search of a Mission”
1001 Rathmann Hall, Life Sciences Building, UCSB