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Mark Juergensmeyer, Terrorism Expert, "Why ISIS Attacked Paris"
Mark Juergensmeyer is a professor of sociology and global studies, affiliate professor of religious studies, and the Kundan Kaur Kapany professor of global and Sikh Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was the founding director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, and is a pioneer in the field of global studies, focusing on global religion, religious violence, conflict resolution and South Asian religion and politics.
Continue Reading Mark Juergensmeyer, Terrorism Expert, "Why ISIS Attacked Paris"ANXIOUS ALLIES: The Arab Gulf States and the Iran Nuclear Deal
The Center for Cold War Studies and International History presents a free public talk by Dr. Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington
Continue Reading ANXIOUS ALLIES: The Arab Gulf States and the Iran Nuclear DealChina in the Global Economy: A Dialogue
Event Start: November 12, 2015 06:00 PM
Event End: November 12, 2015 06:00 PM
Event Location: 4080 HSSB
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CONTEMPORARY IRAQ: WALLS AND CIRCUITS
Event Start: November 12, 2015 05:00 PM
Event End: November 12, 2015 07:30 PM
Event Location: 2135 SSMS
Event Price:
free admission
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INTERNATIONAL PANEL
"Baghdad's Deep Dilemma: Urban Segreation Under Occupation"
Mona Damluji, Stanford University
"Remaking Transnational Shiism in Contemporary Iraq: Economic and Religious Geographies on the Pilgrim's Road to Karbala"
Paulo Hilu Pinto, Fluminense Federal University (Brazil)
Richard Falk - "Saudi Arabia, Royal Impunity, and the Quicksand of Special Relationships"
Professor Richard Falk's recent article the Foreign Policy Journal
The US’s “special relationship” with Saudi Arabia lends the Saud regime impunity for its criminal behaviors.
Continue Reading Richard Falk - "Saudi Arabia, Royal Impunity, and the Quicksand of Special Relationships"Professor Juergensmeyer Cancels BYU Lecture
A UCSB Sociology professor cancelled his scheduled lecture at Brigham Young University in Utah after learning how the school treats Mormon students who lose their faith.
Continue Reading Professor Juergensmeyer Cancels BYU LectureHuman Rights in Greece: Challenges and Prospects
Event Start: October 23, 2015 01:00 PM
Event End: October 23, 2015 03:00 PM
Event Location: McCune Room
Event Price:
free and open to the public
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Colloquium: Global Rights, Democracy, and Governance
Event Start: October 02, 2015 12:00 AM
Event End: October 02, 2015 12:00 AM
Event Location: UCSB McCune Conference Room
Event Price:
free and open to the public
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For a list of speakers visit: http://www.orfaleacenter.ucsb.edu/news/event/386
Continue Reading Colloquium: Global Rights, Democracy, and GovernanceCongratulations to Dr. Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky on his new book, “Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State”
Please see this article in UCSB's The Current to learn more: https://news.ucsb.edu/in-focus/new-book-reveals-ottoman-origins-refugee-resettlement-middle-east
Congratulations to Dr. Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky on the Stanford Humanities Center Fellowship!
To learn more about Dr. Hamed-Troyansky's work through the Stanford Humanities Center Fellowship, please see this article:
Global Studies PhD Student Eugene Riordan, Jr Receives GSA Excellence in Teaching Award AND Dixon-Levy GSA Service Award
Please join us in celebrating Eugene and the other winners at 7pm on May 31 (register here). To learn more about these awards, please see this website.
Global Studies PhD Student Mariah Miller and Anthropology PhD Student MacKenzie Wade Co-teach INT CS 130: Alternative Foods; Alternative Economies in Winter 2022
Mariah Miller and MacKenzie Wade
Miller and Wade created this course through a collaboration with the College of Creative Studies and Graduate Division, thorough the Crossroads 2.0 Program. Please see this link for more information on the course and the Crossroads 2.0 Program.
Global Studies PhD Student Maya Zaynetdinova Awarded IHC Public Humanities Graduate Fellow
Maya Zaynetdinova is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Global Studies, an educator, and content creator. She is researching and writing a blog about sociocultural history of the decentralized technology of blockchain and its impacts on global societies. Maya is particularly interested in blockchain’s potential for environmental activism and sustainable change. She aims to make this complex technology more accessible to the public through her writing and public presenting. Read her IHC article here.
GLOBAL STUDIES COLLOQUIUM SERIES
The Department of Global Studies' Colloquium Series is a lecture and lunch series, which has been made possible by the generosity of the Orfalea Endowment for the Master's Program in Global Studies. The Colloquium Series strives to open and explore a wide range of interdisciplinary debates and their interaction and engagement with the global, hosting new guest speakers each quarter from UCSB and beyond. Professor Jan Nederveen Pieterse is currently the Director of the Colloquium Series. For more information, please contact our Orfalea Colloquium Fellow Brett Aho at: brettaho@ucsb.edu
When? Various Wednesdays, 12:30-2pm
Where? Zoom link https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/84246564996 (talks will be recorded and posted on our YouTube channel)
Who? The Global Studies Colloquium Series is open to everyone interested in attending the talks.
Special Presentation: Miguel Fuentes' Research Software
Through his higher education programs, Miguel Fuentes has learned how different software can make research give him visually useful results, more in depth analysis and simply easier paths towards writing. Miguel is offering this introductory course to some (or all) the research tools he's encountered through the years: from software to find the literature he needs to write, software that make writing easier —as they break down the parts of an essay or a dissertation—, to software that help him catalog and analyze data in a systematized way. The presentation's goal will be three-fold: 1) skim through different software, 2) go more in depth on how to start using the software, and 3) dialogue with participants on how to use this software according to your needs.
The ability to use qualitative and quantitative methods landed Miguel the job he currently has at the Williams Research Institute, and using this software made it easier to develop advanced skills to do so. If you're entering the job market soon, these are tools that can definitely help make your case during the selection process! If you're an experienced researcher, these tools can make your writing and analysis easier, or can help your RAs manage your data more efficiently. In any case, software can be as useful as you want it to be.