Year of Free Speech Kickoff Event
Chancellor Howard Gillman will open with a welcome and remarks. Next, a panel moderated by Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Willie Banks includes: Jun Jang, president, Associated Students for UCI Tiffany López, dean, Claire Trevor School of the Arts Megan Enciso, director of student affairs, Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing The event will…
Affective Resistance
Affective Resistance brings together works by eight artists using performance art and materialist abstraction as modes of resistance to systemic racism and state power. Several works in the exhibition draw out the conflict between the democratic ideal of liberty and the subjugation of the body under the carceral system. A series of documented site-specific interventions pit…
UC Irvine & PEN America Free Expression Student Summit
PEN America and UC Irvine are teaming up to co-host the first-ever Free Expression Student Summit in Irvine this fall. Our half-day program will include workshops led by UCI faculty on a variety of topics related to free expression including international human rights, book bans and educational gag orders, news media literacy, and protest rights…
China’s Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future: A Book Talk with Journalist Ian Johnson
Join the Long US-China Institute to hear journalist Ian Johnson discuss his most recent book, Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future. Sparks describes how some of China’s best-known writers, filmmakers, and artists have overcome crackdowns and censorship to forge a nationwide movement that challenges the Communist Party on its most hallowed…
Sholeh Wolpé Book Talk: Abacus of Loss
Sholeh Wolpé is an Iranian-born poet, playwright and librettist. Her performances, solo or in collaboration with musicians and artists, have been hailed by audiences as mesmerizing. Her literary work includes twelve books of poetry, translations and anthologies, as well as several plays, an oratorio, choral librettos and multi-media projects. Wolpé will discuss her most recent…
Banned! A Panel Discussion on Book Bans, Censorship, and Citizenship
The growing movement to ban books from K-12 schools and public libraries has come to California, with heated debates over titles, processes, and the right of students to learn from a diversity of voices and perspectives about topics both controversial and utterly mundane. This year, UC Irvine is spotlighting the university’s commitment to freedom of…
Cabaret
Set in a tumultuous post-World War I Berlin, during the rise of the Nazi Party, Cabaret tells the story of American writer Clifford "Cliff" Bradshaw who becomes romantically involved with cabaret performer Sally Bowles, whom he meets at the Kit Kat Club. As Nazi occupation in Germany mounts, Cliff's and Sally's relationship is similarly brought…
Queering the Limits of Free Speech
The School of Humanities and Humanities Center presents: Queering the Limits of Free Speech November 16, 2023 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Humanities Gateway 1030 Light lunch provided RSVP by November 13 To contribute to UCI’s year-long exploration of free speech, the School of Humanities and the Humanities Center invites you to join us for a roundtable…
“Big Money Unleashed: The Campaign to Deregulate Election Spending,” Book Talk with UCI Law Professor Ann Southworth
The UCI Law Center for Empirical Research on the Legal Profession (CERLP) hosts a discussion with center Co-Director and Professor of Law Ann Southworth on her forthcoming book, Big Money Unleashed: The Campaign to Deregulate Election Spending (Chicago, 2023). Comments by: John Bliss, Assistan Professor, University of Denver Sturm College of Law Bryant Garth, Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus…
New Slate
Experience an exciting showcase featuring original choreography by the talented M.F.A. candidates in the Department of Dance. Join us on an unforgettable journey through the captivating world of dance as we present a collection of unique and inspiring dances that reflect the immense talent of our choreographers and dancers at UCI.
Faculty Briefing – Introduction to Academic Freedom
Free speech and academic freedom continue to be divisive and misunderstood topics on university campuses across the country. As we head into the second half of UC Irvine’s Year of Free Speech, all facultymembers are invited to register to attend a virtual briefing on academic freedom. Chancellor Howard Gillman and Michelle Deutchman, the executive director of the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement will lead a…
On the Passage of a Few People Through a Rather Brief Period of Time
On the Passage of a Few People Through a Rather Brief Period of Time showcases "project-based" work by artists influenced by Mary Kelly, with her film WLM Demo Remix as its thesis. It explores historical moments of resistance, framed within an intergenerational and historically specific discourse. Inspired by Kelly's online conversation at Tate Modern in…
Global Perspectives on Free Speech
The School of Humanities and Humanities Center presents: Global Perspectives on Free Speech The practice of “free speech” is more commonly understood as a “right” protected by nation-states, particularly those that embrace the principles associated with democracies. How might our understandings of “free speech” shift, if we think globally, transnationally, or comparatively? Wednesday, February 28,…
API Summit 2024: Breaking Barriers, Empowering Voices
Join us for the inaugural API Summit hosted by The Asian Pacific Islander (API) Initiative. This event aims to showcase the inspiring journeys and accomplishments of API leaders who are boldly breaking barriers and using their voices to drive meaningful change. The summit will provide a dynamic and thought-provoking exploration of the challenges faced by…
The Bald Soprano
The Bald Soprano is written by Romanian-French avant-garde playwright Eugène Ionesco and directed by Mihai Maniutiu. Considered an absurdist "anti-play," The Bald Soprano introduces the Smiths, a traditional, middle-class English couple who have invited the Martins—a similar couple—over for a visit. The two couples exchange rote, elliptical, nonsensical dialogue and are occasionally joined by Mary,…
Dance Escape
The Department of Dance presents the thrilling annual spring showcase, Dance Escape! Join us for an unforgettable evening as M.F.A. choreographers present a dynamic program of original new works that…
The Prom
The Prom—with Music by Matthew Sklar, Lyrics by Chad Beguelin and Book by Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin—will be co-directed by Don Hill and Daniel Keeling, with music direction by Trevor…