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…

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…

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 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…

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…