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…
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…