Events

Fake News and ‘Rigged’ Elections, with Christina Bellantoni

Event Start: March 12, 2017 03:00 PM

Event End: March 12, 2017 04:30 PM

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Christina Bellantoni is assistant managing editor for politics at the Los Angeles Times and writer of the daily political newsletter Essential Politics.

The Ethics of Cyberwar, with Shane Harris

Event Start: March 11, 2015 08:00 PM

Event End: March 11, 2015 09:30 PM

Event Details:

Shane Harris, Lecture: “The Ethics of Cyberwar” 
New Vic Theatre, 33 W. Victoria Street

Making America Empathetic Again: The Challenges of the Next Four Years, with E. J. Dionne

Event Start: February 28, 2017 08:00 PM

Event End: February 28, 2017 09:30 PM

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 Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post, and university professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at Georgetown University

A Canary in the Coalmine: Muslims in Trump’s America, with Edina Lekovic

Event Start: February 16, 2017 06:30 PM

Event End: February 16, 2017 08:00 PM

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Gene Drives, Technology, and Wisdom: Deciding Whether, When, and How, with Kevin Esvelt

Event Start: January 31, 2017 08:00 PM

Event End: January 31, 2017 09:30 PM

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Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab. At Harvard Medical School, he developed several key technologies for genome engineering and regulation utilizing RNA-guided CRISPR/Cas9

Public Universities and the Future of Democracy, with Harry Boyte

Event Start: November 17, 2016 04:00 PM

Event End: November 17, 2016 05:30 PM

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Harry Boyte, faculty member with the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnestoa. Previously affiliated with the southern Christian Leadership Conference. 

Politics and Religion in a Changing America, with Robert P. Jones

Event Start: November 01, 2016 08:00 PM

Event End: November 01, 2016 09:30 PM

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Robert Jones, director of the Public Religion Research Institute in Washington, D.C. and a well-known commentator on religion and politics and the upcoming presidential election.

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.

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

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 

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

Event Details:

Walter Isaacson, Lecture: “The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution” 
Campbell Hall, UCSB