Global Studies Colloquium Series
The Department of Global Studies' Colloquium Series is a lecture and lunch series, which has been made possible by the generosity of the Orfalea Endowment for the Master's Program in Global Studies. The Colloquium Series strives to open and explore a wide range of interdisciplinary debates and their interaction and engagement with the global, hosting new guest speakers each quarter from UCSB and beyond. Professor Jan Nederveen Pieterse is currently the Director of the Colloquium Series. For more information, please contact our Colloquium Fellow Brett Aho at: brettaho@ucsb.edu
When? Various Thursdays, 12:30-2pm
Where? SSMS 2001 (2nd Floor Global Studies Conference Room in the Social Sciences and Media Studies Building)
Who? The Global Studies Colloquium Series is open to everyone interested in attending the talks.
~ Lunch provided ~
Upcoming Events
The schedule for Fall Quarter 2019 is as follows:
|
Speaker |
Title |
Date |
|
Boike Rehbein, Humboldt University, Berlin, Director of Asian Studies, Global Studies |
Global Studies and Emancipation | 10/3 |
| Scott Marcus, UCSB Ethnomusicology, Chair, Founder of the Middle Eastern Ensemble, and directs the World Music Series | Interconnected Music Worlds (Arab, Turkish, Iranian, Indian) | 10/17 |
| Marko Peljhan, UCSB Media Arts and Technology, Chair | Arctic Perspective Initiative and the Interpolar Transnational Art Science Constellation | 10/31 |
| Kai Thaler, UCSB Global Studies, Assistant Professor | Armed Group-state Relations in World Politics | 11/14 |
| Karel Černý, Charles University, Prague | Yazidi Migration: Iraq, Kurdistan and Europe | 12/5 |