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SUMMARY:The 12th Annual Student Philosophy Conference
DESCRIPTION:The CSUN Student Philosophy Conference is one of the most anticipated department events of the year. For a full day\, students present their work in a professional setting\, along with outside speakers\, who share their own stories about the value philosophy has added to their lives. The conference ends with lots of food and celebration. At the beginning of the Spring semester\, students are invited to present an abstract of a talk they wish to present at the beginning of the Spring Semester. The faculty select among the applicants\, and a program is devised around the selections.  
URL:https://news.csun.edu/event/the-12th-annual-student-philosophy-conference/
LOCATION:Whitsett Room\, SH 451
CATEGORIES:Current Students
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SUMMARY:Appropriation vs. Appreciation: Dean’s Discussion on Cultural Appropriation
DESCRIPTION:Appropriation vs. Appreciation: Dean’s Discussion on Cultural Appropriation\nDate:\nMonday\, April 21\, 2025 \nTime:\n3:30PM – 5:00PM \nLocation:\nWhitsett Room | Sierra Hall Room 451 \nAbout this Event:\nJoin us for an engaging panel discussion moderated by the Dean\, exploring the complexities of cultural appropriation versus cultural appreciation. Featuring insights from students and faculty\, this interactive conversation invites audience participation to unpack the nuances of identity\, respect\, and representation. Don’t miss this opportunity to share your perspective and engage in a meaningful dialogue! \nLight refreshments will be provided. \nRequesting Accommodations\nThe CSUN College of Social and Behavioral Sciences is committed to making our events accessible to everyone. If you require an accommodation or service to fully participate\, please let us know. Note: If you require an ASL interpreter please contact us no later than Monday\, April 14\, 2025. To request accommodations\, please contact Jackie Edwards at 818-677-4035 or via email at jacqueline.edwards@csun.edu. \nShare this Event
URL:https://news.csun.edu/event/appropriation-vs-appreciation-deans-discussion-on-cultural-appropriation/
LOCATION:Whitsett Room\, SH 451
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,College of Social and Behavioral Sciences,Community Engagement
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250417T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250417T193000
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SUMMARY:Spring 2025 Whitsett Lecture: California’s Great Dilemma To Grow or Not Grow in a Time of Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:Special Guest: Mark Arax\, Author and Journalist\nAbout this Event:\nJoin us for an engaging and thought-provoking discussion with acclaimed author and journalist Mark Arax as he explores one of California’s most pressing challenges: the tension between growth and sustainability in the face of climate change. Drawing from his extensive research and award-winning works on California’s water\, agriculture\, and land-use policies\, Arax will examine the state’s complex relationship with expansion\, development\, and environmental stewardship. \nAs California grapples with record droughts\, wildfires\, and shifting climate patterns\, the question of whether—and how—the state should continue to grow has never been more urgent. This conversation will delve into the political\, economic\, and ecological forces shaping California’s future\, offering insights into the difficult choices ahead. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to hear from one of the leading voices in investigative journalism and environmental reporting. A Q&A session will follow the talk. \n📅 Date: April 17\, 2025📍 Location: Whitsett Room | Sierra Hall | Room 451⏰ Time: 6:00PM\n✉️ RSVP: Please email in advance to history@csun.edu \nAbout Mark Arax:\nMark Arax is an author and journalist whose writings on California and the West have received numerous awards for literary nonfiction. A former staffer at the Los Angeles Times\, his work has appeared in The New York Times and the California Sunday Magazine. Arax has been called a “21st Century John Steinbeck” for his books that pry open the soul of California. A writer of essays\, history\, biography and journalism\, he is a two-time winner of the California Book Award and a recipient of Stanford University’s William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. His most recent work\, The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California\,  a national bestseller\, has been hailed by critics as one of the most important books ever written about the West. The New York Times has named the The Dreamt Land and one of Mark’s previous books\, The King of California\, to a short list of California’s best literature over the past 150 years. \nAdditional Information:\n\nA light dinner will be served. Please RSVP via email to history@csun.edu.\nThis event is free and open to the public.\nParking is available in the B3 structure via Info Booth 2 at Prairie St. & Darby Ave. for $10.50.\nFor additional information\, please contact the History Department via email at history@csun.edu.\n\nRequesting Accommodations:\nCommunication services (sign language\, interpreters\, notetakers\, real-time captionists or assistive listening devices) are available for this event. Requests for services must be submitted at least five (5) working days in advance.
URL:https://news.csun.edu/event/spring-2025-whitsett-lecture-californias-great-dilemma-to-grow-or-not-grow-in-a-time-of-climate-change/
LOCATION:Whitsett Room\, SH 451
CATEGORIES:College of Social and Behavioral Sciences,Community Engagement,Department of History,Lectures and Guest Speakers
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SUMMARY:Humanities Advocacy Day
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URL:https://news.csun.edu/event/humanities-advocacy-day/
LOCATION:Whitsett Room\, SH 451
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SUMMARY:Housing the Unhoused: How Can Space Planning Help
DESCRIPTION:Housing the Unhoused: How Can Space Planning Help?\nAbout this Event\nDate: March 11\, 2025\nTime: 11:30AM to 12:45PM\nLocation: Sierra Hall\, Room 451 | Whistsett Room \nJoin us for an engaging conversation with Valery Augustin\, founding principal of DNA A+D\, a Los Angeles-based architecture and design firm specializing in residential\, commercial\, civic\, and hospitality projects\, as well as exhibition design and urban sustainability research. \nWith homelessness at the forefront of urban challenges\, this discussion will explore how space planning\, architecture\, and design can play a pivotal role in addressing housing insecurity. Valery Augustin will share insights on innovative and sustainable design solutions that can create dignified\, functional\, and effective spaces for unhoused individuals. \nThis event is an opportunity for students\, faculty\, professionals\, and community members to gain a deeper understanding of how thoughtful spatial planning can contribute to real-world solutions for one of today’s most pressing social issues. \nDon’t miss this thought-provoking discussion on the intersection of architecture\, urban planning\, and social impact! \n \nEvent Accessibility\nCommunication services (sign language interpreters\, note takers\, transcribers) are available for this event. Requests for services must be submitted at least five (5) working days in advance. Please contact jacqueline.edwards@csun.edu or (818) 677-4035 .
URL:https://news.csun.edu/event/housing-the-unhoused-how-can-space-planning-help/
LOCATION:Whitsett Room\, SH 451
CATEGORIES:College of Social and Behavioral Sciences,Community Engagement,Diversity and Inclusion
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SUMMARY:“The Irei Project: A Buddhist-Inspired Monument to the WWII Japanese American Incarceration”
DESCRIPTION:Professor Williams will give a talk on “The Irei Project: A Buddhist-Inspired Monument to the WWII Japanese American Incarceration. In this talk\, Duncan Ryuken Williams will first describe the history of monument-building by Japanese American internees and incarcerees confined in America’s concentration camps during WWII. Created under the leadership of Buddhist priests at Manzanar and Rohwer\, the Ireito and Ireihi monuments – which still stand in the former camp cemeteries – were the most well-known memorials to the forced removal and injustice of incarceration. Williams will then speak about a contemporary national monument-building project that he directs called The Irei Project that is inspired by the wartime memorials. This event is open to all CSUN community members. \nDuncan Williams Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, USC \nPresented by the Department of Religious Studies and the Academic Programming Fund of the College of Humanities \nFor more information contact Prof. Kenneth Lee; klee@csun.edu. \n“The Irei Project: A Buddhist-Inspired Monument to the WWII Japanese American Incarceration” flyer (PDF)
URL:https://news.csun.edu/event/the-irei-project-a-buddhist-inspired-monument-to-the-wwii-japanese-american-incarceration/
LOCATION:Whitsett Room\, SH 451
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241122T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241122T110000
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SUMMARY:Why do we have rituals? Guest Speaker\, Dimitris Xygalatas
DESCRIPTION:A word from the special guest speaker: From weddings to college graduations and from prayers to painful fire-walking ceremonies\, ritual is everywhere. At first glance\, such activities might seem pointless. So why do we all engage in them? Anthropologists have long proposed that rituals persist because they convey certain benefits to their practitioners and their communities. But how can we study these ostensible benefits\, given the contextually sensitive nature of cultural practices? In this talk\, I will present an interdisciplinary research program that combines laboratory and field methods to explore the puzzle of ritual in real-life settings\, from some of the most mundane to some of the most extraordinary rituals in the world. Drawing upon my findings\, I will also explore the implications for other domains\, like sports\, entertainment\, and politics. \nRSVP to join guest speaker\, Dimitris Xygalatas
URL:https://news.csun.edu/event/why-do-we-have-rituals-guest-speaker-dimitris-xygalatas/
LOCATION:Whitsett Room\, SH 451
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Lectures and Guest Speakers
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SUMMARY:When Blue and Red Become Violet: The Intersectionality of Cultures Among Native American\, Japanese\, and African American Diasporas.
DESCRIPTION:The American Indian Studies Program presents a talk by acclaimed artist\, poet\, and playwright Dr. Velina Houston\, USC School of Dramatic Arts and Board of Trustees Berklee College\, Boston. This event celebrating Native American Heritage Month is open to the public. \n \n 
URL:https://news.csun.edu/event/when-blue-and-red-become-violet-the-intersectionality-of-cultures-among-native-american-japanese-and-african-american-diasporas/
LOCATION:Whitsett Room\, SH 451
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Diversity and Inclusion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241015T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241015T160000
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Book Presentation/Presentación del libro: Sik'inik Chukojol Cholaj
DESCRIPTION:October 15\, 2024: In person at Whitsett Room & Online via ZOOM 2:00pm PST Indigenous Resistance Day 2024 In English and Spanish. \nThis virtual and in-person book presentation will host guest speakers Angel Poyón and Fernando Poyón\, both Maya Kaqchikel artists from Comalapa\, Guatemala\, and the Kaqjay Collective in Patzicia\, Guatemala that organized their exhibition titled Sik’inik Chukojol Cholaj (Voices within the fields). \nThe event will highlight the publication of their exhibition catalog\, a publication that is unprecedented because it is rare for an Indigenous collective to take on a curatorial role and because contemporary art is rarely installed surrounded by agricultural fields or for Indigenous communities to have access to the works. More importantly\, it makes visible the production of thought\, art\, and content from within contemporary Indigenous communities. \nEn persona en el Whitsett Room y en línea via ZOOM 3:00pm Indigenous Resistance Day 2024 \nEsta presentación de libro tendrá lugar de forma virtual y en persona. Incluirá la presentación de Angel Poyón y Fernando Poyón\, ambos artistas Maya Kaqchikeles de Comalapa\, Guatemala\, y el colectivo Kaqjay de Patzicia\, Guatemala\, quienes organizaron la exhibición titulada Sik’inikChukojol Cholaj (Voces entre los zurcos). \nEl evento celebra la publición del catálogo de la exhibición\, una publicación que es sin precedentes porque no es frecuente que un colectivo indígena desempeñe el papel curatorial y porque el arte contemporáneo rara vez se instala rodeado de milpas y hortalizas o para que las comunidades indígenas tengan acceso a las obras. \nMás importante aún\, hace visible la producción de pensamiento\, arte y contenido desde las comunidades indígenas contemporáneas. \nSponsored by / Patrocinado por: Department of Central American and Transborder Studies; College of Humanities Academic Programing Fund; Central American Research and Policy Institute; & BHALAM Rhizomatic Community. \n 
URL:https://news.csun.edu/event/bilingual-book-presentation-presentacion-del-libro-sikinik-chukojol-cholaj/
LOCATION:Whitsett Room\, SH 451
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