A series of writers, activists, performers, and scholars who are making the connection between literature and social justice.
Spring 2024:
Fall 2023:
Talk by Presidential Postdoc Christopher Lee
Spring 2023
Poetry Reading by Daniel W. K. Lee
Talks on Environmental Justice and Literature: March 10, in person and online. Free and open to the public.
Fall 2022
A Talk by Addie Tsai on Unwieldy Creatures
A Talk by Addie Tsai, organized by Dr. Mai-Linh Hong:
"The Problem of Truth in Literature and Film"
A lecture by Robert Pippin, the Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago
"Recollecting Payahuunadü 'the land of flowing water in Ann Kaneko's Manzanar Diverted: When Water Became Dust." A Talk by Dr. Laura Sachiko Fugikawa
Spring 2022:
Eco-film series, every Thurdsay night at 7:00 in ACS 102C.
Conversation with Jenny Price, author of Stop Saving the Planet: An Environmental Manifesto: March 7 at 1:30 on Zoom
Fall 2021:
Gentefication, A Talk by Antonio López: October 28 at 1:30 pm. Zoom link.
Past events:
"Hundred Flowers Hidden Deep: Queer Aesthetics and Sensibility in Chinese Cinema,"
A talk by Dr. Weisong Gao, followed by Q&A: February 22 2021 at 4:00 pm. Zoom link.
March 5, 2021 7:00: Q&A with Debra Ann Byrd about her one-woman show, Becoming Othello: A Black Girl's Journey, available with a special Vimeo code for three days before March 5. Zoom link to Q&A. More info here.
Aimee Suzara Poetry Reading: September 23, 2020.
Dr. Peniel Joseph on Malcolm X and MLK jr: September 28, 2020
Playwright Cherríe Moraga on Heroes and Saints: October 14, 2020
In Conversation with Debra Ann Byrd, Founder of Harlem Shakespeare Festival: November 5, 2020.
Live Zoom Performance of Kirstina Wong: Sweatshop Overlord: December 2, 2020
