Events

Frontrunner: The Afghan Woman Who Surprised the World

Event Start: October 21, 2010 06:00 PM

Event End: October 21, 2010 07:30 PM

Event Details:

Film Screening: "Frontrunner: The Afghan Woman Who Surprised the World," with special appearance by the Emmy Award-winning producer and film director, Virginia Williams 
UCSB Women’s Center

An American Dilemma: Obama, Afghanistan, and Vietnam, with George Packer

Event Start: May 19, 2010 08:00 PM

Event End: May 19, 2010 09:30 PM

Event Details:

George Packer, Lecture: “An American Dilemma: Obama, Afghanistan, and Vietnam” 
Victoria Hall, Santa Barbara

Feminist Leadership in Building Global Community, with Kavita N. Ramdas

Event Start: February 09, 2010 08:00 PM

Event End: February 09, 2010 09:30 PM

Event Details:

Kavita Ramdas, Lecture: “Feminist Leadership in Building Global Community" 
Parish Hall, Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara

The Revival of Progressive Religious Activism and the Future of American Public Life, with Robert Jones

Event Start: January 21, 2010 05:30 PM

Event End: January 21, 2010 07:00 PM

Event Details:

Robert P. Jones, Lecture and Book Signing: “The Revival of Progressive Religious Activism and the Future of American Public Life” 
Parish Hall, Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara

Speak Truth To Power, with Kerry Kennedy

Event Start: November 05, 2009 08:00 PM

Event End: November 05, 2009 09:30 PM

Event Location: UCSB Campbell Hall

Event Price:

Free

Event Details:

Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World, with Vali Nasr

Event Start: October 11, 2009 03:00 PM

Event End: October 11, 2009 04:30 PM

Event Details:

Vali Nasr, Lecture: “Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World” 
Victoria Hall, Santa Barbara 
Cosponsored by UCSB Center for Middle East Studies

An Evening with Karen Armstrong

Event Start: September 22, 2009 08:00 PM

Event End: September 22, 2009 09:30 PM

Event Details:

Karen Armstrong, Lecture: “An Evening with Karen Armstrong” 
The Marjorie Luke Theatre, Santa Barbara 
Cosponsored by Virgil Cordano O.F.M. Endowment in Catholic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara

Integrity, Leadership, Trust: A Different Measure of Obama’s First 100 Days, with Jim Lichtman

Event Start: June 18, 2009 05:30 PM

Event End: June 18, 2009 07:00 PM

Event Details:

Jim Lichtman, Lecture: “Integrity, Leadership, Trust: A Different Measure of Obama’s First 100 Days” 
McCune Founders Room, The Granada Theatre, Santa Barbara

Citizens Cain and Abel: Theological Anthropology and Progressive Religion, with Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite

Event Start: May 24, 2009 03:00 PM

Event End: May 24, 2009 04:30 PM

Event Details:

The Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, Lecture: “Citizens Cain and Abel: Theological Anthropology and Progressive Religion” 
Victoria Hall, Santa Barbara

Spirituality and Culture, with Joan Chittister

Event Start: April 02, 2009 08:00 PM

Event End: April 02, 2009 09:30 PM

Event Details:

Sister Joan Chittister

"Spirituality and Culture"

The Marjorie Luke Theater

721 East Cota Street, Santa Barbara

Being the Hands of God: Jewish Perspectives on America’s Social Justice Agenda, with David Saperstein

Event Start: March 22, 2009 03:00 PM

Event End: March 22, 2009 04:30 PM

Event Details:

Rabbi David Saperstein, Lecture: “Being the Hands of God: Jewish Perspectives on America’s Social Justice Agenda” 
Victoria Hall, Santa Barbara

The War Comes Home: Washington’s Battle against America’s Veterans, with Aaron Glantz

Event Start: March 01, 2009 03:00 PM

Event End: March 01, 2009 04:30 PM

Event Details:

Aaron Glantz, Lecture: “The War Comes Home: Washington’s Battle against America’s Veterans” 
Victoria Hall, Santa Barbara

Everything Must Change: Rediscovering Christian Faith as a Spiritual-Social Movement, with Brian McLaren

Event Start: February 09, 2009 07:00 PM

Event End: February 09, 2009 08:30 PM

Event Details:

Brian McLaren, Lecture: “Everything Must Change: Rediscovering Christian Faith as a Spiritual-Social Movement” 
Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara

Transformation in Our Time and Place: Hope and Promise in Difficult Times, with Peter Gomes

Event Start: January 9, 2009 07:30 PM

Event End: January 9, 2009 09:00 PM

Event Details:

Peter J. Gomes, Lecture: “Transformation in Our Time and Place: Hope and Promise in Difficult Times” 
1st Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara

Election 2008: The Stakes, with Jonathan Alter

Event Start: October 22, 2008 08:00 PM

Event End: October 22, 2008 09:30 PM

Event Details:

Jonathan Alter, Lecture: “Election 2008: The Stakes” 
UCSB Corwin Pavilion

Golden States of Grace: Prayers of the Disinherited, with Rick Nahmias

Event Start: September 16, 2008 08:00 PM

Event End: September 16, 2008 09:30 PM

Event Details:

Rick Nahmias, Lecture: “Golden States of Grace: Prayers of the Disinherited” 
Victoria Hall, Santa Barbara

Faith Informing Politics: Pitfalls and Promise, with David Price

Event Start: June 01, 2008 03:00 PM

Event End: June 01, 2008 04:30 PM

Event Details:

Congressman David Price, Lecture: “Faith Informing Politics: Pitfalls and Promise” 
Victoria Hall, Santa Barbara 

Coming Home: Walter Capps’ Vietnam War Class Reunion

Event Start: April 26, 2008 01:30 PM

Event End: April 26, 2008 03:00 PM

Event Details:

Congresswoman Lois Capps, Richard Hecht, Wilson Hubbell, Jim Nolan, and James Quay, Lecture: “Coming Home: Walter Capps’ Vietnam War Class Reunion” 
UCSB Hatlen Theater

Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower, with Cynthia Cooper

Event Start: April 13, 2008 03:00 PM

Event End: April 13, 2008 04:30 PM

Event Location: Victoria Hall Theater (33 W. Victoria St.)

Event Price:

Free

Event Details:

The Book of Revelation, with Elaine Pagels

Event Start: March 16, 2008 03:00 PM

Event End: March 16, 2008 04:30 PM

Event Details:

Martin E. Marty Lectureship on Religion in American Life 
Elaine Pagels, Lecture: “The Book of Revelation” 
Victoria Hall, Santa Barbara