{"id":14341,"date":"2022-01-25T15:07:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T23:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/?page_id=14341"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:16:53","slug":"beinghuman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/beinghuman\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Human"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\">\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-slider-container fusion-slider-sc-being-human-page fusion-slider-561 full-width-slider\" style=\"height:500px; max-width:100%;\" data-id=\"561\" data-full_height=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-slider-561 .flex-direction-nav a {width:63px;height:63px;line-height:63px;font-size:25px;}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-slider-loading\">Loading...<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tfs-slider flexslider main-flex full-width-slider\" data-slider_width=\"100%\" data-slider_height=\"500px\" data-full_screen=\"0\" data-parallax=\"0\" data-nav_arrows=\"1\" data-nav_arrow_size=\"25px\" data-nav_box_width=\"63px\" data-nav_box_height=\"63px\" data-slideshow_speed=\"7000\" data-loop=\"0\" data-autoplay=\"1\" data-orderby=\"date\" data-order=\"DESC\" data-animation=\"fade\" data-animation_speed=\"600\" data-typo_sensitivity=\"1\" data-typo_factor=\"1.5\" style=\"max-width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-mute=\"yes\" data-loop=\"yes\" data-autoplay=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content-container slide-content-left\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-font-size:45px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:54px;\">Being Human<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background background-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Being-Human_new.jpg);max-width:100%;height:500px;filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Being-Human_new.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');\" data-imgwidth=\"1000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-mute=\"yes\" data-loop=\"yes\" data-autoplay=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content-container slide-content-left\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-font-size:45px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:54px;\">AI\/Being Human<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background background-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shutterstock_2488892431-scaled.jpg);max-width:100%;height:500px;filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shutterstock_2488892431-scaled.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');\" data-imgwidth=\"2560\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-mute=\"yes\" data-loop=\"yes\" data-autoplay=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content-container slide-content-left\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-font-size:45px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:54px;\">War and Politics in the 21st Century<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background background-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/warpolitics.jpg);max-width:100%;height:500px;filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/warpolitics.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');\" data-imgwidth=\"2000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-mute=\"yes\" data-loop=\"yes\" data-autoplay=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content-container slide-content-left\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-font-size:45px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:54px;\">Connecting Colleges<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"buttons\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background background-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/connectingcolleges.jpg);max-width:100%;height:500px;filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/connectingcolleges.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');\" data-imgwidth=\"1280\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-mute=\"yes\" data-loop=\"yes\" data-autoplay=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content-container slide-content-left\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-font-size:45px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:54px;\">Desert Spotlight<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"buttons\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background background-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cactus.jpg);max-width:100%;height:500px;filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cactus.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');\" data-imgwidth=\"1280\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-mute=\"yes\" data-loop=\"yes\" data-autoplay=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content-container slide-content-left\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-6 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-font-size:45px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:54px;\">Post-Pandemic Futures<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-7 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-font-size:24px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:38px;\">Ways Forward<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background background-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kohl-Chameleon-image.jpg);max-width:100%;height:500px;filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kohl-Chameleon-image.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');\" data-imgwidth=\"1732\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-mute=\"yes\" data-loop=\"yes\" data-autoplay=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content-container slide-content-left\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-8 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-font-size:45px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:54px;\">Big Questions!<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-9 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-font-size:24px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:38px;\">Controversial Topics \/ Cross-Disciplinary Thinking<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background background-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kohl-orange-question.jpg);max-width:100%;height:500px;filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kohl-orange-question.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');\" data-imgwidth=\"1000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-mute=\"yes\" data-loop=\"yes\" data-autoplay=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content-container slide-content-left\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-10 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-font-size:45px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:54px;\">Cosmopolitanism and Global Education<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background background-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kohl-Globe.jpg);max-width:100%;height:500px;filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kohl-Globe.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');\" data-imgwidth=\"1000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-mute=\"yes\" data-loop=\"yes\" data-autoplay=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content-container slide-content-left\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading with-bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title-sc-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.4);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-11 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-font-size:45px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;line-height:54px;\">Being Human<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background background-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Being-Human_new.jpg);max-width:100%;height:500px;filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Being-Human_new.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');\" data-imgwidth=\"1000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-12 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Being Human Initiative<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2>PI: Jeanette Kohl, Center for Ideas &amp; Society Co-Director<\/h2>\n<h3>The Being Human Initiative serves as an incubator for innovative thinking between the disciplines and colleges at UC Riverside.<\/h3>\n<p>With the humanities at its center, it tackles \u201cbig questions\u201d about the human condition in times of post-pandemic realities, climate change, rising nationalisms, and shifting academics. It promotes experimental research formats, cosmopolitanism and global education, and the power of dialogue across and outside of disciplinary thinking.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14416 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UCRPD-Long-version_RGB-300x96.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UCRPD-Long-version_RGB-200x64.png 200w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UCRPD-Long-version_RGB-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UCRPD-Long-version_RGB-400x128.png 400w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/New-School-IPNH-200x64.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/New-School-IPNH-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/New-School-IPNH-400x128.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/New-School-IPNH-600x192.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/New-School-IPNH-768x245.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/New-School-IPNH-800x255.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/New-School-IPNH.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8212;<\/span> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14418 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/hdrlogo-300x118.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/hdrlogo-200x79.png 200w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/hdrlogo-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/hdrlogo-400x158.png 400w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/hdrlogo-600x236.png 600w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/hdrlogo-768x303.png 768w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/hdrlogo.png 787w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14419 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BGC-Logo-1-300x82.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BGC-Logo-1-200x55.png 200w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BGC-Logo-1-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BGC-Logo-1-400x110.png 400w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BGC-Logo-1-600x165.png 600w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BGC-Logo-1-768x211.png 768w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BGC-Logo-1-800x219.png 800w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BGC-Logo-1-1024x281.png 1024w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BGC-Logo-1-1200x329.png 1200w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BGC-Logo-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14472 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-31-at-6.36.26-PM-300x290.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-31-at-6.36.26-PM-200x193.png 200w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-31-at-6.36.26-PM-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-31-at-6.36.26-PM-400x386.png 400w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-31-at-6.36.26-PM.png 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 81px) 100vw, 81px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16473 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/civic-website-logo-200x84-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"65\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16839 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/heterodox-crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"167\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2>War and Politics in the 21st Century<\/h2>\n<p><em>We are all dreaming of a world without wars, yet the political developments of today&#8217;s world seem to point in a different direction. In this new series of talks and discussions, experts will provide insights in the historical reasons for wars, recent political developments, and possible future strategies of prevention and apeasement.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:14px;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-divider-color:#e0dede;--awb-divider-hover-color:#e0dede;--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#628ac7;--awb-content-color:#747474;--awb-icon-box-color:#333333;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#126eb3;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:regular;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:15px;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-content-font-style:normal;--awb-content-font-weight:400;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-14506-1\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-af15f027cdb8d1bfb fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_af15f027cdb8d1bfb\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"af15f027cdb8d1bfb\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-1\" data-target=\"#af15f027cdb8d1bfb\" href=\"#af15f027cdb8d1bfb\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Democracy in Peril?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"af15f027cdb8d1bfb\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_af15f027cdb8d1bfb\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/democracyinperil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 21, 2024 | 5pm | Virtual Event<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ucr.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJApc-morTIsGNCFLjvxUNKHNOt6AeTM_uGK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What can we expect from Trump\u2019s second term as president of the United States? \u00a0How could our academic work be affected? What\u2019s to be learned from historical precedents and similar developments in other countries? And: Is the US democracy in peril?<\/p>\n<p>Four UCR scholars from Political Science, History, and Sociology will discuss these and other questions in a conversation organized by the\u00a0<i>Being Human<\/i>\u00a0Initiative at the Center for Ideas and Society. Please join us for an open discussion with John Cioffi, Kelechi Kalu, Michele Salzman, and Steven Brint on Thursday, November 21, 5 PM on zoom.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-af46d64af4a5e6909 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_af46d64af4a5e6909\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"af46d64af4a5e6909\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-1\" data-target=\"#af46d64af4a5e6909\" href=\"#af46d64af4a5e6909\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">War in Ukraine <\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"af46d64af4a5e6909\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_af46d64af4a5e6909\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/war_in_ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>March 3, 2022 | 1pm PST | Virtual Event<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9uacKkHoYOg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Four experts from UCR&#8217;s departments of History and Political Science will discuss how the conflict between Russia and the Ukraine could escalate into a full-blown war of historical dimensions. Why does Putin take such a gamble? What are the historical reasons behind Russia&#8217;s claims on Ukrainian territory? Which economic and political interests are involved? How do Ukrainian and Russian cultures differ, what do they have in common? And: Are there ways out of this war &#8211; before it spreads?<\/p>\n<p>Discussants include:<\/p>\n<p>Paul D&#8217;Anieri (Political Science)<br \/>\nJana Grittersova (Political Science)<br \/>\nGeorg Michels (History)<br \/>\nKiril Tomoff (History)<\/p>\n<p>Moderated by Jeanette Kohl, Co-Director, Center for Ideas and Society<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-6a7be08a480a665f3 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_6a7be08a480a665f3\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"6a7be08a480a665f3\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-1\" data-target=\"#6a7be08a480a665f3\" href=\"#6a7be08a480a665f3\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Unpacking the Hamas-Israel War: Past, Future, and Policy Implications<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"6a7be08a480a665f3\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_6a7be08a480a665f3\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/palestine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 22, 2024 | 12pm PST | Virtual Event<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ypoTKlzaZhk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The October 7<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0terror attack by Hamas triggered a devastating war. Besides the tragic human loss, the war \u2013 and how it ends \u2013 will have implications not only for the Palestinians and Israel, but also for the wider region and for US policy and interests. To examine what led to the war, how it can be ended and future options for Gaza and Palestinian-Israeli relations please join us for a discussion with\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtoninstitute.org\/experts\/ghaith-al-omari\">Gaith Al-Omari<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>(Washington Institute for Near East Policy).<\/p>\n<p>Moderated by\u00a0Michael Alexander, Maimonides Chair of Jewish Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at UCR and\u00a0Muhamad Ali, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Middle East and Islamic Studies at UCR<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Jeanette Kohl, Co-Director of the UCR Center for Ideas &amp; Society<\/p>\n<p><b>Speaker Bio<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ghaith al-Omari, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute&#8217;s Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship, is the former executive director of the American Task Force on Palestine. He served as advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team during the 1999\u20132001 permanent-status talks in addition to holding various other positions within the Palestinian Authority.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by the\u00a0Being Human Initiative, Offices of the Chancellor and Provost\/Executive Vice Chancellor, UC Riverside<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-61e0bc1636b94985b fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_61e0bc1636b94985b\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"61e0bc1636b94985b\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-1\" data-target=\"#61e0bc1636b94985b\" href=\"#61e0bc1636b94985b\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">10\/7 and the Israel-Hamas War<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"61e0bc1636b94985b\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_61e0bc1636b94985b\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/IsraelWar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 30, 2024 | 5pm | Virtual Event<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y20qZaGRyHU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out the deadliest attack on Israelis in the country&#8217;s history, killing over 1,200 people and abducting over 240 hostages. In response, Israel went to war against Hamas, seeking to decisively defeat Hamas and end its rule in the Gaza Strip. This war has so far killed over 20,000 Palestinians, displaced most of the civilian population, caused widespread destruction in Gaza, and created a humanitarian crisis. The war has also reverberated around the world, with massive demonstrations against the war and a surge of antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents against Jews and Muslims. In his presentation, Dr. Dov Waxman, will discuss the impact of the 10\/7 attack on Israel, the war between Israel and Hamas and the growing controversy surrounding it. He will also discuss the Biden administration&#8217;s handling of the war, and the various options for governing Gaza when the war ends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moderated by\u00a0Michael Alexander, Maimonides Chair of Jewish Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at UCR and\u00a0Muhamad Ali, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Middle East and Islamic Studies at UCR<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Jeanette Kohl, Co-Director of Center for Ideas &amp; Society<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker Bio\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dov Waxman is the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies and the director of the Y&amp;S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Before joining UCLA, he was the Stotsky Professor of Jewish Historical and Cultural Studies at Northeastern University, and he has also been a professor at the City University of New York and Bowdoin College. He has had visiting fellowships at Oxford University, Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University, and the Hebrew University. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. degrees from Johns Hopkins University, and his B.A. from Oxford University. He is the author of four books: The Pursuit of Peace and The Crisis of Israeli Identity: Defending \/ Defining the Nation (2006), Israel\u2019s Palestinians: The Conflict Within (2011), Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel (2016), and most recently, The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know (2019). His writing has also been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The Atlantic, among other publications. He is currently working on a book about the politics of contemporary antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by the Being Human Initiative, Offices of the Chancellor and Provost\/Executive Vice Chancellor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2>AI\/Being Human<\/h2>\n<p><em>Artificial Intelligence in the Humanities<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:14px;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-divider-color:#e0dede;--awb-divider-hover-color:#e0dede;--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#628ac7;--awb-content-color:#747474;--awb-icon-box-color:#333333;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#126eb3;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:regular;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:15px;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-content-font-style:normal;--awb-content-font-weight:400;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-14506-2\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-17f64e5a63918450e fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_17f64e5a63918450e\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"17f64e5a63918450e\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-2\" data-target=\"#17f64e5a63918450e\" href=\"#17f64e5a63918450e\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">AI in the Humanities: Practical Tools and Ethical Challenges<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"17f64e5a63918450e\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_17f64e5a63918450e\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/AIHumanities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Dec 13, 2024 | 12pm | Virtual Event<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rBp9oPSKDYQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As large language models and AI chatbots rise in influence, the humanities are experiencing significant shifts in research, teaching, and administrative practices. This session offers an overview of AI tools and their practical applications, highlighting the ethical challenges they bring to knowledge production and the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Workshop with <strong>Christoph Zeller <\/strong>(Vanderbilt), moderated by<strong> Jeanette Kohl.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-c67671930ba7f2236 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_c67671930ba7f2236\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"c67671930ba7f2236\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-2\" data-target=\"#c67671930ba7f2236\" href=\"#c67671930ba7f2236\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">How does AI Impact Higher Education?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"c67671930ba7f2236\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_c67671930ba7f2236\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/how_does_ai_impact_higher_education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>March 18, 2024 @ 1:30pm | CHASS INTS 1128<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">As part of the Disciplines in Dialogue series, the Center for Ideas and Society<b>\u00a0<\/b>invites you to\u00a0a cross-disciplinary discussion on the <b>implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI)<\/b> <b>in higher education<\/b>. The event will feature esteemed faculty members from BCOE and CHASS, including <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/ibrookwe\">Ilya Brookwell<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/yued\">Yue Dong<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/barryl\">Barry Lam<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucr.edu\/app\/home\/profile\/paealp\">Paea LePendu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion aims to explore the potential and challenges of AI in higher education and is open to faculty, staff, and students who are interested in this topic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">The discussion format will be an interactive moderated discussion from experts followed by a Q&amp;A with the audience and breakout sessions. The attendees will gain insights from diverse perspectives across different disciplines, explore the potential applications of AI in teaching, learning, and research, discuss the ethical considerations and challenges associated with AI in education, and contribute to shaping the future of AI in the institution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">Light refreshments will be served after the event. If you are curious about the potential of AI in higher education, we invite you to join us for this stimulating discussion.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-f4ea6ea247a110a9e fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_f4ea6ea247a110a9e\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"f4ea6ea247a110a9e\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-2\" data-target=\"#f4ea6ea247a110a9e\" href=\"#f4ea6ea247a110a9e\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\"> What is AI good for? Using ChatGPT to lighten the faculty workload<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"f4ea6ea247a110a9e\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_f4ea6ea247a110a9e\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/AI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>April 22, 2025 at 12:30pm | CHASS INTS 1111<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join us for a workshop with Goldberry Long (Creative Writing, UCR) on practical uses for AI.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty at UCR juggle teaching, research, and service\u2014each demanding different cognitive resources. In this hands-on workshop, we\u2019ll explore how ChatGPT can help streamline cognitively undemanding but time-consuming tasks, freeing up more time and mental space for the higher-order thinking that our roles require. Participants are invited to bring real items from their to-do lists\u2014whether related to research, committee work, or teaching prep\u2014and experiment with using AI to tackle them. Along the way, we\u2019ll each consider our personal boundaries: What feels like a helpful shortcut or useful tool, and what feels like crossing an ethical line? Rather than debating the ethics of AI in the abstract, we\u2019ll reflect on acceptable use through practical experience, carving out our own informed and principled paths forward.<\/p>\n<p>Limited to 20 UCR Faculty. Lunch will be provided. Registration required.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by the Being Human Initiative at the Center for Ideas &amp; Society<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to attend the workshop, please contact Katharine Henshaw, katharine.henshaw@ucr.edu.<\/p>\n<p><b>How to Prepare for the Workshop<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is a hands-on session\u2014come ready to experiment. To get the most out of it, please bring:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Short To-Do List or Set of Real Tasks &#8211; Think of things you\u2019re currently working on (or avoiding), especially tasks that feel time-consuming, repetitive, or cognitively draining. These might include teaching, research, or service-related tasks. Anything that you would ask a colleague or assistant for help with is probably something ChatGPT can help with.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Any Existing Materials You\u2019ve Already Started &#8211; Bring drafts, outlines, rubrics, memos, assignment prompts, abstracts, or even messy notes. These examples help train ChatGPT to match your tone, structure, and goals\u2014and can often be revised or repurposed on the spot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>An Open Mind About What Counts as a \u201cWriting Task\u201d &#8211; AI can help with far more than just formal writing. If it\u2019s on your computer screen or in your inbox, ChatGPT can probably assist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-d7066588c389deaea fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_d7066588c389deaea\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"d7066588c389deaea\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-2\" data-target=\"#d7066588c389deaea\" href=\"#d7066588c389deaea\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">The Environmental Impact of AI: What Can We Do About It?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"d7066588c389deaea\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_d7066588c389deaea\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/AI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>November 19, 2025 3:30pm | CHASS INTS 1113<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>The Carbon Footprint of AI is Growing \u2013 What Can Consumers Do?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>By 2028, U.S. data centers could consume as much as 12% of the nation&#8217;s electricity. What does this mean for our climate future? In this talk, NPR Short Wave host\u00a0Emily\u00a0Kwong shares her findings from a two-part series on the environmental cost of LLMs (large language models) and a growing movement to make AI more sustainable.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2>Big Questions! Cross-Disciplinary Conversations<\/h2>\n<p><em>In a series of new cross-disciplinary conversations, UCR faculty explore controversial topics and pressing contemporary issues together. The format provides an experimental platform of dialogue for scholars from all disciplines and schools at UCR.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:14px;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-divider-color:#e0dede;--awb-divider-hover-color:#e0dede;--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#628ac7;--awb-content-color:#747474;--awb-icon-box-color:#333333;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#126eb3;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:regular;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:15px;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-content-font-style:normal;--awb-content-font-weight:400;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-14506-3\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-259248e185b30ffb7 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_259248e185b30ffb7\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"259248e185b30ffb7\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-3\" data-target=\"#259248e185b30ffb7\" href=\"#259248e185b30ffb7\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">(When) Will This Pandemic End?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"259248e185b30ffb7\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_259248e185b30ffb7\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/when_will_this_pandemic_end\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Virtual Event on January 13, 2022 @ 12:00pm\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oB0q4TXr7Ug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WATCH VIDEO<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Unsettled by the thought that \u201cwe\u2018re all getting Covid\u201c (NY Times, Dec. 23, 2021)? Exhausted from the past two years? Asking yourself when this pandemic will finally be over and what the \u201cnew normal\u201d will look like?<\/p>\n<p>Join us at the Center for Ideas and Society for a\u00a0conversation with\u00a0<b>David Lo<\/b>, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Distinguished Professor for Biomedical Sciences at UCR\u2019s School of Medicine, on the future of Covid-19, Omicron, and our life with the virus. This event is a follow up to our Oct 20, 2020 event &#8220;Covid-19 Vaccines and the Future of &#8220;Normal Life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Webinar moderated by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arthistory.ucr.edu\/faculty\/jeanette-kohl\/\">Jeanette Kohl<\/a>, co-director, Center for Ideas and Society.<\/p>\n<p><b>Speaker Bio: <\/b>David D. Lo, M.D., Ph.D., is the senior associate dean for research at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine and a distinguished professor in the Division of Biomedical Sciences. Prior to joining UCR in 2006, Lo had worked at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology, the Scripps Research Institute, and the biotech company Digital Gene Technologies. Lo is Director of the BREATHE center (Bridging Regional Ecology, Aerosolized Toxins, and Health Effects; breathe.ucr.edu), and Director of the NIH-supported U54 Center for Health Disparities Research (healthdisparities.ucr.edu). He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences and a recipient of the Grand Challenges in Global Health award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-2e006d3a01d14db37 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_2e006d3a01d14db37\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"2e006d3a01d14db37\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-3\" data-target=\"#2e006d3a01d14db37\" href=\"#2e006d3a01d14db37\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">What Happens When We (Nearly) Die? <\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"2e006d3a01d14db37\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_2e006d3a01d14db37\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/what_happens_when_we_nearly_die\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hybrid Event March 7, 2022 @ 2:00 PM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5HFVHXsPRPg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WATCH VIDEO<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The Covid-19 pandemic is confronting us with death \u2013 publicly, constantly, and on a scale previously unknown. The images of patients connected to ventilators, the frightening numbers of victims, the stories of lonely deaths in the ICUs of hospitals stretched to the limit: they are everywhere. It is one of the paradoxes of this pandemic that individual deaths from Covid-19 mostly happen in painful isolation, while death and dying have gained an almost morbid public presence. This roundtable asks what happens in the moments leading up to clinical death. It brings together two critical care physicians and a philosopher who discuss their experiences with death and their research on near-death reports. How do physicians experience the time preceding clinical death? What do they do to ease the transition \u2013 for those dying, and for those left behind? What happens in the dying body and brain, physiologically and from the point of view of philosophy? And why do the narratives of near-death experiences often show such striking parallels?<\/p>\n<p><b>Panelists:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>John Martin Fischer<\/b>\u00a0received his BA in philosophy from Stanford University, and his PhD from Cornell. He has published widely on free will, moral responsibility, and the ethical and metaphysical issues surrounding death. He was the director of the 5.2 million dollar Immortality Project (funded by the John Templeton foundation) from 2012 to 2015, and he is currently Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at UCR and University Professor in the University of California.<\/p>\n<p><b>William Stigall<\/b>, MD, graduated with a BBA in Business Honors from UT-Austin and a MD from UT-Southwestern in Dallas. He is a practicing pediatric intensivist in both pediatric cardiac and general pediatric ICUs at Cook Children\u2019s Medical Center in Fort Worth, TX. He is also a practicing and teaching bioethicist, who holds a master\u2019s degree in Philosophy from the University of Dallas (with a focus on classical philosophers) and has taught Bioethics at UD for a decade.<\/p>\n<p><b>Brigham C. Willis<\/b>, MD, MEd, graduated from UCSF School of Medicine, completed his residency at Children\u2019s Hospital and Research Center at Oakland, and finished his training in a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles. He is currently Senior Associate Dean of Medical Education at UCR\u2019s School of Medicine. He also holds a master\u2019s degree in Higher Education from Arizona State University. Brigham\u2019s many areas of interest include pulmonary cell biology and physiology, cardiac physiology, and medical education.<\/p>\n<p>Moderated by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/arthistory.ucr.edu\/faculty\/jeanette-kohl\/\"><b>Jeanette Kohl<\/b><\/a>, co-director, Center for Ideas and Society<\/p>\n<p>Co-sponsored by the UCR School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-2c6c288de2f6699fb fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_2c6c288de2f6699fb\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"2c6c288de2f6699fb\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-3\" data-target=\"#2c6c288de2f6699fb\" href=\"#2c6c288de2f6699fb\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Is There a Good Death?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"2c6c288de2f6699fb\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_2c6c288de2f6699fb\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Coming soon. Winter 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2>European Trajectories Group<\/h2>\n<p><em>European Trajectories provides a forum for open discussions about the future of European Studies and its topics and methodologies, a space for thought experiments and the presentation of new (or existing) projects, a place to celebrate recent achievements, and a hub that builds opportunities for our graduate students and gets our undergraduates interested in the exciting variety and history of European cultures.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:14px;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-divider-color:#e0dede;--awb-divider-hover-color:#e0dede;--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#628ac7;--awb-content-color:#747474;--awb-icon-box-color:#333333;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#126eb3;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:regular;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:15px;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-content-font-style:normal;--awb-content-font-weight:400;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-14506-4\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-d3ac33b8d4c49c303 fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_d3ac33b8d4c49c303\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"d3ac33b8d4c49c303\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-4\" data-target=\"#d3ac33b8d4c49c303\" href=\"#d3ac33b8d4c49c303\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Lightning Talk Luncheons<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"d3ac33b8d4c49c303\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_d3ac33b8d4c49c303\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/EULightningTalks\">April 16, 2025 at 12:30pm | The Barn Stable<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Center for Ideas and Society is hosting a new series of lunch conversations that bring together colleagues from various fields in European Studies. This is a first initiative of the new\u00a0<b>European<\/b>\u00a0<b>Trajectories<\/b>\u00a0group in CHASS.<\/p>\n<p><b>Heidi Brayman:<\/b>\u00a0Soundproof: Deafness &amp; Muteness in Early Modern Europe<br \/>\n<b>Jana Grittersova:<\/b>\u00a0Blaming the Old Lady? Political Discourse on the Bank of England\u2019s Policies and Wealth Inequality<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/EUlightningtalks2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 7, 2025 at 3pm | The Barn Stable<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The European Trajectories Group in CHASS is inviting to its second set of lightning talks. Please join us on May 7, 3:00 &#8211; 4:30 PM at the Stable for two talks:<\/p>\n<p><b>Fariba Zarinebaf<\/b>\u00a0(History, UCR): \u201cPersian brocades, Venetian velvets and Indian shawls: Textiles in Circulation on Caravans and Company Ships in Early Modern Eurasia\u201d<br \/>\n<b>Yasemin Irepoglu Carreras\u00a0<\/b>(Political Science, UCR): \u201cDecentralization, Interactive Governance and Income Inequality in Europe\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/EUTalks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 13, 2025 at 12:30pm | The Barn Stable<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjCB9bF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please join us for the first event in our 2025\/26\u00a0<b>European Lightning Talk Series<\/b>\u00a0on<b>\u00a0November 13, 12:30 \u2013 2:00 PM at the Stable<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><b>Susan Laxton<\/b> will talk about:\u00a0<i>Surrealist photomontage and the structure of dissent<\/i><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Erith Jaffe-Berg\u00a0<\/b>will present: <i>Dragons and Anti-Dragons in Early Modern Jewish Texts and Performances<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 25, 2026 at 4pm | The Barn Stable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Happy hour with <strong>Fariba Zarinebaf<\/strong> (Professor of History) at the Stable\u00a0to talk informally about the current situation in Iran. This is a drinks-and-chat gathering\u2014no reservation required, just drop by!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 4 at 12:30pm | The Barn Stable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jaimey Fisher<\/strong> (Director of University of California Humanities Research Institute) will join us for an informal luncheon to talk about his vision for UCHRI and its role as a networking hub for the ten UC campuses. He will discuss the future of European Studies and related programs in the UC system, the UCHRI fellowship program, and the place of the humanities in academia.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-e23a9a59c6608d4f6 fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_e23a9a59c6608d4f6\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e23a9a59c6608d4f6\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-4\" data-target=\"#e23a9a59c6608d4f6\" href=\"#e23a9a59c6608d4f6\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Quiet, Piggy! Women Monastics in Song and Silence<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"e23a9a59c6608d4f6\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_e23a9a59c6608d4f6\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/quietpiggy\">February 25, 2026 at 12:30pm | College Building North<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brett Umlauf and Noah Arjomand will present a series of their audiovisual collaborations that address the lives and music of women monastics across millennia of history, probing the complex relationships among physical confinement, intellectual freedom, theocratic hierarchy, and artistic expression. Between reflections on the continued relevance and power of song in the face of masculinist enforced silencing, Brett and Noah will share\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brett\u2019s performance of the music of Hildegard of Bingen, who in 1179 resisted church authorities\u2019 censorship forbidding her convent from singing mass;<\/li>\n<li>their animated music video for a composition of 17th-century Milanese nun Rosa Giacinta Badalla, who in her day defied an edict against polyphonic music. Her motet celebrates 6th-century Saint Radegund\u2019s escape from the royal palace to monastic life;<\/li>\n<li>excerpts from a film collaboration with UCR experimental choreography MFA alumna Mariia Bakalo on 9th-century hymnographer Kassia of Byzantium, who declared \u201cI hate silence when it is a time to speak\u201d&#8211;and legendarily spoiled her chances of becoming empress with a sharp-tongued retort to the emperor;<\/li>\n<li>an excerpt of a new opera by Kate Soper, in which Brett plays one of three virtuous maidens put out as unicorn bait who slowly develop solidarity and learn to resist patriarchal oppression.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speakers<\/p>\n<p>Brett Umlauf (she\/her) brought her &#8220;pealing, focused sound&#8221; and &#8220;luminous yet earthy&#8221; (New York Times) performances to NYC for over a decade with Morningside Opera, Company XIV and SIREN Baroque and originated the roles of Peitho (HERE BE SIRENS) and Fleur (THE HUNT) in Pulitzer-finalist Kate Soper\u2019s new music opera premieres. She is co-founder of the SUORE Project, a trio dedicated to spotlighting works by unsung nun composers. Brett\u2019s own travel-performance project HAZELNUT ROAD: Vows of Stability, Acts of Mobility, recently won her a Fulbright Research Fellowship to Greece and Turkey. Brett holds a BA in Classics from Dartmouth College, an MLIS from the Palmer School and a Performer Diploma in Historical Voice from Jacobs School of Music. She is currently a Visiting Specialist in Media &amp; Cultural Studies at UCR.<\/p>\n<p>Noah Amir Arjomand (he\/him) is a Chancellor\u2019s Postdoctoral Fellow in Media &amp; Cultural Studies at UCR. A filmmaker and media scholar, Noah makes documentary, narrative, experimental, and animated films and since 2010 has collaborated with music and theatre groups including Morningside Opera, Wet Ink Ensemble, SIREN Baroque, Mercury Arts, and SUORE Project. His first documentary feature film, EAT YOUR CATFISH, aired on POV on PBS and won the 2024 Emmy Award for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary. He earned a bachelor\u2019s in Public &amp; International Affairs from Princeton University, a PhD in sociology from Columbia University, and an MFA in screenwriting from UCR.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by the Being Human Initiative at the UCR Center for Ideas &amp; Society.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2>Post-Pandemic Futures: Ways Forward<\/h2>\n<p><em>The pandemic provides a unique chance to revisit our past and rethink our visions for the future. This sequence of events is dedicated to the current paradigm shifts that affect our lives, our work, and the education of our students. In lectures and roundtables, possible ways out of the current crises and the role the Arts and Humanities can play in shaping our futures &#8211; at UCR and beyond &#8211; will be discussed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:14px;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-divider-color:#e0dede;--awb-divider-hover-color:#e0dede;--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#628ac7;--awb-content-color:#747474;--awb-icon-box-color:#333333;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#126eb3;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:regular;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:15px;--awb-title-line-height:1.54;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-content-font-style:normal;--awb-content-font-weight:400;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-14506-5\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-269d0b18e3eaf7d04 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_269d0b18e3eaf7d04\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"269d0b18e3eaf7d04\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-5\" data-target=\"#269d0b18e3eaf7d04\" href=\"#269d0b18e3eaf7d04\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">100 Histories of 100 Worlds, in 1 Object<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"269d0b18e3eaf7d04\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_269d0b18e3eaf7d04\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/100Histories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Virtual Event on December 14, 2022 9:30am to 11am<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/100histories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;How can previously excluded voices be empowered to tell their own histories about these objects?&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/i><br \/>\nJoin us for a workshop on the <i>100 Histories of 100 Worlds, in 1 Object project<\/i>, an international network of scholars, museum curators and cultural interlocutors who collectively uncover hidden or suppressed histories of curated items in the British Museum, <a href=\"https:\/\/100histories100worlds.org\/essays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one object at time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Project participants<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/benjaminadadzie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benjamina E. Dadzie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghil.ac.uk\/team\/mirjam-brusius\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Mirjam Brusius<\/a>,\u00a0FRHistS, Research Fellow in Colonial and Global History, German Historical Institute<\/p>\n<p>Moderated by Jeanette Kohl<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by the Being Human initiative at the Center for Ideas and Society<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-8d43004b5b83c7673 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_8d43004b5b83c7673\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"8d43004b5b83c7673\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-5\" data-target=\"#8d43004b5b83c7673\" href=\"#8d43004b5b83c7673\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Objectivity in the Humanities<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"8d43004b5b83c7673\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_8d43004b5b83c7673\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/ObjectivityHumanities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hybrid Event | <abbr class=\"dtstart\" title=\"2022-03-08T17:00:00-08:00\">March 8 at 5:00pm | <\/abbr>CHASS INTS 1113 OR online via Zoom<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ql-indent-1\">\n<div class=\"description\">\n<p>Among the various crises facing the humanities, the most serious of all is the erosion of a shared public sense that humanists make an authoritative contribution to knowledge. On the one hand, the tendency to associate objectivity with the kind of knowledge, explanation, and justification characteristic of the natural sciences leads many to conclude that the humanities (\u2018human sciences\u2019) are not a form of knowledge at all. On the other hand, we humanities often reduce our knowledge claims to struggles for control of the social agenda, or to question-begging forms of bias-spotting. My talk will discuss ways in which knowledge claims of all kinds must account for the human standpoint. I will further propose that the humanities determine a domain of objectivity which can be properly understood as a reckoning with loss.<\/p>\n<p><b>Speaker<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Paul Kottman, The New School for Social Research, New York, Co-Director of the Institute for Philosophy and the New Humanities<\/p>\n<p><b>Paul A. Kottman\u00a0<\/b>is Professor of Comparative Literature and Chair of Liberal Studies at The New School for Social Research, where he co-directs the Institute for Philosophy and the New Humanities. He is the author, most recently, of\u00a0<i>Love as Human Freedom<\/i>\u00a0(Stanford 2018), and the co-editor of the\u00a0<i>The Art of Hegel&#8217;s Aesthetics<\/i>\u00a0(2019). He also edits the book series\u00a0<i>Square One: First Order Questions in the Humanities<\/i>\u00a0for Stanford University Press. He is currently at work on a co-authored book with Markus Gabriel on &#8216;objectivity in the humanities.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Co-sponsored by the UCR Department of Philosophy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/ObjectivityHumanities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-1b4afa070bc380eb6 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_1b4afa070bc380eb6\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"1b4afa070bc380eb6\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-5\" data-target=\"#1b4afa070bc380eb6\" href=\"#1b4afa070bc380eb6\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Why the Arts \/ How the Arts in a Post-Pandemic World?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"1b4afa070bc380eb6\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_1b4afa070bc380eb6\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/why_the_arts_lessons_from_the_pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Virtual event on April 20 @ 2:00pm<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A roundtable discussion\u00a0\u00a0as we transition \u201cback\u201d to opening venues for the arts on campus, in the professional world, and in arts education. What does it mean to return to working in-person after such a long period of being away? What have we gained? What have we lost? How do hybrid modalities present opportunities for theatre spaces, museums, music, art and dance spaces to rethink how we make, share and educate in the arts?<\/p>\n<p>Panelists include:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spanport.ucla.edu\/person\/barbara-fuchs\/\"><b>Barbara Fuchs<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(MLA President, 2021 &amp; Department of English and Spanish and Portuguese, UCLA)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.ucsb.edu\/yasuda\/\"><b>Kim Yasuda<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(Department of UCSB)<br \/>\n<b>Susan Ossman<\/b>\u00a0(Anthropology and Global Studies, UCR)<br \/>\n<b>Patricia Cardoso<\/b>\u00a0(TFDP, UCR)<br \/>\n<b>Donatella Galella<\/b>\u00a0(TFDP,\u00a0UCR)<br \/>\n<b>Kimberly Guerrero<\/b>\u00a0(TFDP and CWPA, UCR)<br \/>\n<b>Rickerby Hinds<\/b>\u00a0(TFDP, UCR)<br \/>\n<b>Stuart Krieger<\/b>\u00a0(TFDP and CWPA, UCR)<br \/>\n<b>Bella Merlin<\/b>\u00a0(TFDP, UCR)<br \/>\n<b>Root Park<\/b>\u00a0(TFDP, UCR)<br \/>\n<b>Esther Banegas Gatica<\/b>\u00a0(CWPA, UCR)<br \/>\n<b>Paige Goodman<\/b>\u00a0(CWPA, UCR)<br \/>\n<b>Aaron Higareda<\/b>\u00a0(CWPA, UCR)<br \/>\n<b>Karly Thomas\u00a0<\/b>(CWPA, UCR)<\/p>\n<p>Moderated by\u00a0<b>Erith Jaffe-Berg<\/b>\u00a0(TFDP, UCR)<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theatre.ucr.edu\/faculty-and-lecturers\">Department of Theatre, Film and Digital Production<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/beinghuman\/\">Being Human project<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/arts-humanities\/\">Arts and Humanities 2.0 initiative<\/a>\u00a0at the Center for Ideas and Society.\u00a0<i>\u00a0<\/i>Funding is provided by the University of California Office of the President Multi-campus Research Programs and Initiative Funding.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2>Cosmopolitanism and Global Education<\/h2>\n<div><em>The Being Human Initiative is excited to be launching a new Guest Scholar program, funded by the VPIA&#8217;s office in its inaugural year 2024\/25. We will host an international scholar who conducts a student workshop and gives a public lecture, inspired by ideas of Cosmopolitanism and Global Citizenship.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>Being Human is also fundraising for graduate student travel grants, of which two will be awarded this year.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:14px;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-divider-color:#e0dede;--awb-divider-hover-color:#e0dede;--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#628ac7;--awb-content-color:#747474;--awb-icon-box-color:#333333;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#126eb3;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:regular;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:15px;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-content-font-style:normal;--awb-content-font-weight:400;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-14506-6\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-9160e0f4fc6999090 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_9160e0f4fc6999090\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"9160e0f4fc6999090\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-6\" data-target=\"#9160e0f4fc6999090\" href=\"#9160e0f4fc6999090\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">CIS Visiting Scholars Program<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"9160e0f4fc6999090\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_9160e0f4fc6999090\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ucr.edu\/articles\/2023\/10\/17\/ucr-arts-preps-pst-art-art-science-collide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Visiting Scholars Program 2024\/25: Jussi Parikka<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16493 size-fusion-200\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Parikka-headshot-Pavlos-Fysakis-200x193.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Parikka-headshot-Pavlos-Fysakis-200x193.webp 200w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Parikka-headshot-Pavlos-Fysakis-300x290.webp 300w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Parikka-headshot-Pavlos-Fysakis-400x386.webp 400w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Parikka-headshot-Pavlos-Fysakis-600x580.webp 600w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Parikka-headshot-Pavlos-Fysakis-768x742.webp 768w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Parikka-headshot-Pavlos-Fysakis-800x773.webp 800w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Parikka-headshot-Pavlos-Fysakis-1024x989.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Parikka-headshot-Pavlos-Fysakis.webp 1057w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Finnish scholar <a href=\"https:\/\/jussiparikka.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jussi Parikka\u00a0<\/a>will be our inaugural CIS Visiting Scholar in the winter of 2025. A renowned\u00a0writer and professor in Digital Aesthetics and Culture at Aarhus University (Denmark), Professor Parikka will give a public lecture at UCR Arts as part of their &#8220;Pacific Standard Time &#8211; Digital Capture&#8221; initiative and he will hold a workshop for UCR students. The scholarship is funded by the office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs at UCR.<\/p>\n<p>More information to follow.<\/p>\n<p>Funded by the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>January 11, 2025 | 10am |\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/operativity-and-digital-capture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operativity and Digital Capture<\/a><br \/>\nJanuary 13, 2025 | 10am | <a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/proseminar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graduate Seminar with Dr. Jussi Parikka<\/a><br \/>\nJanuary 13, 2025 | 2pm | <a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/livingsurfaces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living Surfaces: Images, Plants, and Environments of Media &#8211; Book Talk with Jussi Parrika and Gloria Kim<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-8763f59e0b5ecd8bd fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_8763f59e0b5ecd8bd\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"8763f59e0b5ecd8bd\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-6\" data-target=\"#8763f59e0b5ecd8bd\" href=\"#8763f59e0b5ecd8bd\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Graduate Travel Fellowships<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"8763f59e0b5ecd8bd\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_8763f59e0b5ecd8bd\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><b>Brink and Elliott Graduate Travel Fellowships 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-and-Sarah-in-the-Neue-Nationalgalerie-Berlin-June-2023-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16482\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-and-Sarah-in-the-Neue-Nationalgalerie-Berlin-June-2023-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-and-Sarah-in-the-Neue-Nationalgalerie-Berlin-June-2023--200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-and-Sarah-in-the-Neue-Nationalgalerie-Berlin-June-2023--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-and-Sarah-in-the-Neue-Nationalgalerie-Berlin-June-2023--400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-and-Sarah-in-the-Neue-Nationalgalerie-Berlin-June-2023--600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-and-Sarah-in-the-Neue-Nationalgalerie-Berlin-June-2023-.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-Wadsworth-and-Sarah-Faulk-with-Dr.-Kohl-and-Dr.-Endres-in-Berlin-summer-2023.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16483\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-Wadsworth-and-Sarah-Faulk-with-Dr.-Kohl-and-Dr.-Endres-in-Berlin-summer-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-Wadsworth-and-Sarah-Faulk-with-Dr.-Kohl-and-Dr.-Endres-in-Berlin-summer-2023-200x266.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-Wadsworth-and-Sarah-Faulk-with-Dr.-Kohl-and-Dr.-Endres-in-Berlin-summer-2023-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-Wadsworth-and-Sarah-Faulk-with-Dr.-Kohl-and-Dr.-Endres-in-Berlin-summer-2023-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-Wadsworth-and-Sarah-Faulk-with-Dr.-Kohl-and-Dr.-Endres-in-Berlin-summer-2023-600x799.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-Wadsworth-and-Sarah-Faulk-with-Dr.-Kohl-and-Dr.-Endres-in-Berlin-summer-2023-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-Wadsworth-and-Sarah-Faulk-with-Dr.-Kohl-and-Dr.-Endres-in-Berlin-summer-2023-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-Wadsworth-and-Sarah-Faulk-with-Dr.-Kohl-and-Dr.-Endres-in-Berlin-summer-2023-800x1065.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-Wadsworth-and-Sarah-Faulk-with-Dr.-Kohl-and-Dr.-Endres-in-Berlin-summer-2023-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-Wadsworth-and-Sarah-Faulk-with-Dr.-Kohl-and-Dr.-Endres-in-Berlin-summer-2023-1200x1598.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mariana-Wadsworth-and-Sarah-Faulk-with-Dr.-Kohl-and-Dr.-Endres-in-Berlin-summer-2023.jpg 1442w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the generous support of two donors, Barbara Brink and Georgia Elliott, two graduate students could travel to Berlin in the summer of 2023 to do research for their PhD projects: Sarah Faulk and Mariana Wadsworth. CIS co-director Jeanette Kohl took them on an excursion to museums in Berlin.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2>Desert Spotlight<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:14px;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-divider-color:#e0dede;--awb-divider-hover-color:#e0dede;--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#628ac7;--awb-content-color:#747474;--awb-icon-box-color:#333333;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#126eb3;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:regular;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:15px;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-content-font-style:normal;--awb-content-font-weight:400;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-14506-7\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-8fbb068ebbf593160 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_8fbb068ebbf593160\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"8fbb068ebbf593160\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-7\" data-target=\"#8fbb068ebbf593160\" href=\"#8fbb068ebbf593160\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">The Joy of Curating: Inside the Getty\u2019s Collection of Sculpture and Decorative Arts<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"8fbb068ebbf593160\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_8fbb068ebbf593160\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>With our new office on UCR&#8217;s Palm Desert campus, we are intensifying collaborations with the desert communities. A series of\u00a0lectures on the desert environment and other activities in the making, so stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/the_joy_of_curating_inside_the_gettys_collection_of_sculpture_and_decorative_arts?utm_campaign=widget&amp;utm_medium=widget&amp;utm_source=UC+Riverside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Joy of Curating: Inside the Getty\u2019s Collection of Sculpture and Decorative Arts<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>April 6 at 6pm<\/strong><br \/>\nUCR Palm Desert Center<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting masterpieces of the collection, from objects collected by the institution\u2019s founder to the most recent acquisitions, this talk by\u00a0Anne-Lise Desmas, Senior Curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, will offer a glimpse into the curator&#8217;s various missions. This program is in collaboration with UCR&#8217;s Center for Ideas and Society.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2>Connecting Colleges<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:14px;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-divider-color:#e0dede;--awb-divider-hover-color:#e0dede;--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#628ac7;--awb-content-color:#747474;--awb-icon-box-color:#333333;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#126eb3;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:regular;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:15px;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-content-font-style:normal;--awb-content-font-weight:400;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-14506-8\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-66b1e835a32881573 fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_66b1e835a32881573\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"66b1e835a32881573\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-8\" data-target=\"#66b1e835a32881573\" href=\"#66b1e835a32881573\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Interdisciplinary MiniLabs.02<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"66b1e835a32881573\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_66b1e835a32881573\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>The Center for Ideas and Society\u2019s \u201cBeing Human\u201d Initiative and the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research and Economic Development invite proposals for cross-campus, interdisciplinary mini research labs on the theme of\u00a0<strong>Innovation Through Humanities<\/strong>. This is a continuation of our successful minilabs program in 2021\/22.<\/p>\n<p>Funded by the Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/minilabs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Call<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2024 Project:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good Medicine: Collective Memory, Storywork, and the Arts of Community-Building<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Faculty participants:<\/p>\n<p>Donatella Galella<br \/>\nCrystal Baik<br \/>\nKimberly Guerrero<br \/>\nCharmaine Craig<br \/>\nEmily Hue<br \/>\nLatipa<br \/>\nPI Tamara Ho<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-3b65501b7c30eb0e9 fusion-toggle-has-divider\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_3b65501b7c30eb0e9\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"3b65501b7c30eb0e9\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-8\" data-target=\"#3b65501b7c30eb0e9\" href=\"#3b65501b7c30eb0e9\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">The Albert Lunches <\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"3b65501b7c30eb0e9\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_3b65501b7c30eb0e9\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>In this new collaboration with UCR&#8217;s School of Medicine, the CIS hosts a series of lunch conversations among health professionals and thoughtful individuals from other disciplines with perspectives on medicine and society. The lunches are generously sponsored by Dr. Albert Stroberg and co-organized with Dr. David Lo, Associate Dean for Research at the SoM. Transcripts of the discussions will be available on this website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\"><strong>Upcoming Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/First-Albert-Lunch-at-the-CIS-Nov.-1-2023.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16489 size-fusion-200\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/First-Albert-Lunch-at-the-CIS-Nov.-1-2023-200x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/First-Albert-Lunch-at-the-CIS-Nov.-1-2023-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/First-Albert-Lunch-at-the-CIS-Nov.-1-2023-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/First-Albert-Lunch-at-the-CIS-Nov.-1-2023-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/First-Albert-Lunch-at-the-CIS-Nov.-1-2023-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/First-Albert-Lunch-at-the-CIS-Nov.-1-2023-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/First-Albert-Lunch-at-the-CIS-Nov.-1-2023-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/First-Albert-Lunch-at-the-CIS-Nov.-1-2023-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/First-Albert-Lunch-at-the-CIS-Nov.-1-2023-1200x900.png 1200w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/First-Albert-Lunch-at-the-CIS-Nov.-1-2023-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/First-Albert-Lunch-at-the-CIS-Nov.-1-2023.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Albert Lunch: Just a Job? Medical Education between Science and Practice<br \/>\n<\/b>Nov. 1, 2023 | Center for Ideas and Society<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/albertlunch-110123.pdf\">View Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Participants:\u00a0Lisa R. Fortuna, Jeanette Kohl, David Lo, Tanya Nieri, Adwoa Osei<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Medical education has been steadily reducing basic sciences instruction in favor of clinical skills. In an age of new medical advances, is this the right direction, or\u00a0are there other paths for the future of our medical students\u2019 education? Should\u00a0we consider changing the definition of physician?<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2nd Albert Lunch: Mental Health<br \/>\n<\/strong>April 30, 2024 | 12-1:30pm | CHASS INTS 1111<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Albert-Lunch-2-Mental-Health-Transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Participants: David Lo, Bruce Link, Lisa Fortuna, Jeanette Kohl, Dana Simmons, Kalina Michalska<\/p>\n<p>The topic of the second Albert Lunch is Mental Health and Neuroscience: Mental health is widely rated as the top health concern, yet it can be so difficult to define, and even more difficult to treat. We have an entire manual of mental disorders (the DSM-5); each edition reflects the fact that it is constantly being updated. Yet curiously, the entire National Institutes of Health, dedicated to treating all aspects of human health, has no funding priorities or mechanisms tied directly to elements of the DSM-5. That is, the biological aspects of neuroscience developed by countless billions of dollars from the NIH, as well as the institute\u2019s ongoing research priorities, are not organized to match this catalogue of mental disorders. Admittedly, this description is a bit hyperbolic, but it reflects a situation in which society\u2019s definitions of mental health, and the present state of knowledge of how our brains work, are not quite in alignment, and are often not advancing in the same direction. Indeed, here is a world where we can passively accept the idea that people can hold two or more completely incompatible \u201ctruths\u201d at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The pandemic and society\u2019s emergence from the most severe impacts of the shutdowns have also revealed a mental health care delivery system that was already inadequate for the need. The stress of the pandemic pushes a system that is falling even further behind, accompanying related mental health phenomena such as social isolation, fragmentation and polarization of society, and all its destructive effects on social norms. It might be appropriate to ask whether the present status of neuroscience and mental health care delivery needs a re-examination, along with an assessment of how society views mental health.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2>Being Human Partnering Events<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\" style=\"--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-icon-size:13px;--awb-content-font-size:14px;--awb-icon-alignment:left;--awb-hover-color:#f9f9f9;--awb-border-color:#cccccc;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-divider-color:#e0dede;--awb-divider-hover-color:#e0dede;--awb-icon-color:#ffffff;--awb-title-color:#628ac7;--awb-content-color:#747474;--awb-icon-box-color:#333333;--awb-toggle-hover-accent-color:#126eb3;--awb-title-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-title-font-weight:regular;--awb-title-font-style:normal;--awb-title-font-size:15px;--awb-content-font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;--awb-content-font-style:normal;--awb-content-font-weight:400;\"><div class=\"panel-group fusion-toggle-icon-boxed\" id=\"accordion-14506-9\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-7e0308bac8f4fa75d fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_7e0308bac8f4fa75d\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"7e0308bac8f4fa75d\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-9\" data-target=\"#7e0308bac8f4fa75d\" href=\"#7e0308bac8f4fa75d\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Partnerships with LA Institutions<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"7e0308bac8f4fa75d\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_7e0308bac8f4fa75d\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><strong>Huntington Library Open House @UCR<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/HuntingtonUCR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 1, 2025 3pm | The Barn Stable<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjCwD25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Huntington Comes to UCR!<\/p>\n<p>Join Huntington Library Director of Research Susan Juster, members of her staff, and Huntington curators for an Open House event at UC Riverside. Juster and her team will share insights into the Huntington\u2019s fellowship program, the application process, and what makes for a strong application.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huntington.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Huntington<\/a>\u00a0is a word-class research institution, which promotes humanities scholarship on the basis of its library holdings and art collections.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you are a graduate student or a faculty member, please mark your calendar. This is a unique opportunity to learn and connect. An informal reception with drinks and snacks will follow the presentations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-47c1e3fa9d42f7b70 fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_47c1e3fa9d42f7b70\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"47c1e3fa9d42f7b70\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-9\" data-target=\"#47c1e3fa9d42f7b70\" href=\"#47c1e3fa9d42f7b70\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">The Campus, the War, and Anti-Semitism<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"47c1e3fa9d42f7b70\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_47c1e3fa9d42f7b70\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><strong>Speaker Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All talks scheduled for 4:00-5:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Funding from the University of California through the campus Anti-Bias Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, November 13: Daniel Ortner (Attorney, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression): \u201cThe Campus Protests and Issues of Speech.\u201d Location: 1128 CHASS Interdisciplinary Building South<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, December 4: Prof. Gary Gilbert (Claremont McKenna College): \u201cMessianic Politics in Israel.\u201d Location: 1500 HMNSS<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, January 23: Prof. Robert Pape (University of Chicago): \u201cStudent Attitudes about the War and the Campus Protests.\u201d Location: 1500 HMNSS<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, February 13: Judith Shulevitz (Journalist &amp; Culture Critic, The Atlantic Magazine): \u201cWhat Those Pro-Palestinian Chants Mean.\u201d Location: 1500 HMNSS<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, April 9: Prof. Dov Waxman (UCLA): \u201cWhen Is Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism?\u201d Location: 1500 HMNSS<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 14: Prof. Magda Teter (Fordham University): \u201cThe Christian Origins of Anti-Semitism.\u201d Location: 1113 CHASS Interdisciplinary Building South<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-9ce3e38554a47370f fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_9ce3e38554a47370f\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"9ce3e38554a47370f\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-9\" data-target=\"#9ce3e38554a47370f\" href=\"#9ce3e38554a47370f\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\"> A Worldwide Web of Narrative Control<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"9ce3e38554a47370f\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_9ce3e38554a47370f\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/a-worldwide-web-of-narrative-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 22, 2025 10am | HMNSS 1500<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This talk examines the evolving relationship between Big Tech, U.S. intelligence, and transatlantic policy networks in shaping digital infrastructure and online discourse. It explores how the Internet\u2014while serving as a powerful tool for communication and information exchange\u2014has simultaneously been utilized as an instrument of surveillance and narrative control within an emerging system of algorithmic governance.<\/p>\n<p>It will trace the historical roots of these developments, their global implications, and the challenges they pose for democratic communication and digital sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sathi is an Assistant Professor of Gender and Political Economy at the International Institute of Social Science (ISS) in The Hague, Netherlands.\u00a0 Dr. Sprague is a Research Associate at the Institute for Research on World-Systems, University of California, Riverside.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-2f59da5ad26752ccc fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_2f59da5ad26752ccc\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"2f59da5ad26752ccc\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-9\" data-target=\"#2f59da5ad26752ccc\" href=\"#2f59da5ad26752ccc\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">CIVIC Collaborations<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"2f59da5ad26752ccc\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_2f59da5ad26752ccc\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><strong>Should the Left Abandon &#8220;Wokeness&#8221;?<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/wokeness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 9, 2025 12:30pm | Virtual Event<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vivek Chibber (Professor of Sociology at New York University) and Paul D&#8217;Anieri (Professor of Political Science at UC Riverside) will discuss the question: &#8220;Should the Left Abandon &#8220;Wokeness&#8221;?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This event is cosponsored by UCR CIVIC (Council for Intellectual Values &amp; Inclusive Community) and the Being Human Initiative at the Center for Ideas &amp; Society.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Rise of Political Violence in the United States &#8211; And the Role of Universities<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/pape\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 6, 2025 4pm | Virtual event<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, March 6, CIVIC will host the University of Chicago Political Scientist Robert Pape.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Pape is a leading authority on political violence in the U.S. and internationally. He will address trends in political violence in the United States and the past and potential future role of universities as sites for political violence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Should Universities Maintain Institutional Neutrality on Political and Social Issues: A Debate<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/should-universities-maintain-institutional-neutrality-on-political-and-social-issues-a-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 15, 2025 12:30pm | CHASS INTS 1128<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two leading figures will debate the advisability of institutional neutrality. Kristina Daugurdas (University of Michigan Law School) will argue the pro side. John K. Wilson (American Association of University Professors) will argue the con side.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default panel-d9e5a70c33a81c3ee fusion-toggle-has-divider\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#628ac7;\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\" id=\"toggle_d9e5a70c33a81c3ee\"><a aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"d9e5a70c33a81c3ee\" role=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-14506-9\" data-target=\"#d9e5a70c33a81c3ee\" href=\"#d9e5a70c33a81c3ee\"><span class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Recent Protests and the Current Crisis in Iran: Is this the End?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"d9e5a70c33a81c3ee\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"toggle_d9e5a70c33a81c3ee\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/event\/crisis-in-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>February 9, 2025 4:30pm\u00a0 | Virtual Event<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nRegister:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/UCR_Iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/UCR_Iran\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Decolonizing Humanism(?) and Being Human Initiatives at the Center for Ideas &amp; Society, the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies program and the department of History at UCR present:<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Recent Protests and the Current Crisis in Iran: Is this the End?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>An online panel discussion with:<\/p>\n<p>Reza Aslan, UCR<br \/>\nSholeh Wolp\u00e9, UCI<br \/>\nAfshin Matin-Asgari, Cal State University, LA<br \/>\nFariba Zarinebaf, UCR (moderator)<\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Reza Aslan<\/b>\u00a0(Creative Writing) is a renowned writer, commentator, professor, Emmy- and Peabody-nominated producer, and scholar of religions. A recipient of the prestigious James Joyce award, Aslan is the author of numerous internationally best-selling books, including the #1 New York Times Bestseller,\u00a0<i>Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth<\/i>. His biography of Howard Baskerville,\u00a0<i>An American Martyr in Persia,\u00a0<\/i>was nominated for the PEN\/Jacqueline Beograd Weld Award.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sholeh Wolp\u00e9<\/b>\u00a0is a poet, writer, and librettist whose body of work spans seven collections of poetry, several plays, five books of translations and three anthologies, as well as texts and librettos for the choir and opera. Her most recent books are:\u00a0<i>The Invisible Sun<\/i>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<i>Attar\u00a0<\/i>(Harper Collins), and\u00a0<i>Abacus of Loss \u2013\u00a0A Memoir in Verse<\/i>\u00a0(Univ. of Arkansas Press). She is the Writer-In-Residence at the University of California, Irvine.<\/p>\n<p><b>Afshin Matin-asgari<\/b>\u00a0is professor of Middle East History at California State University, Los Angeles and author of more than thirty articles\/book chapters and three books on modern Iran\u2019s political and intellectual history. His latest book is\u00a0<i>Axis of Empire: A History Iran US relations (Verso, 2026)<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Fariba Zarinebaf<\/b>\u00a0is a professor of Middle East History at UCR. She works on the history of early modern Istanbul and has published several articles on comparative study of Constitutionalism in Iran and the late Ottoman empire. Among her publications are\u00a0<i>Crime and\u00a0Punishment in Eighteenth Century Istanbul and Mediterranean Encounters, Trade and Pluralism in Early Modern Galata<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2>Upcoming Events<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-13\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><div id=\"localist-widget-89498003\" class=\"localist-widget\"><\/div>\n<p><script defer type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/widget\/view?schools=ucr&#038;days=365&#038;num=50&#038;tags=Being+Human&#038;container=localist-widget-89498003&#038;template=card\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-14\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2>Past Events<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-15\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><div id=\"localist-widget-68218305\" class=\"localist-widget\"><\/div>\n<p><script defer type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/events.ucr.edu\/widget\/view?schools=ucr&#038;days=-1460&#038;num=100&#038;tags=Being+Human&#038;container=localist-widget-68218305&#038;template=card\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-16\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2>Director&#8217;s Blog<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"3\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-16434\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-16434 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-directors-corner category-news tag-jeanette-kohl\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/news\/directorsmusings\/\">Director&#8217;s Musings<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> By Jeanette Kohl Dear colleagues and friends of the CIS, As we all find ourselves in the midst of the fall quarter already, I write to you with some updates and good news from the Center. I am happy to announce three new initiatives in the Being Human event stream, all of which are part of our efforts to create a robust cross-disciplinary discussion platform, emphasize the role of the Arts and Humanities in our university, and increase international exchange. Thanks to the continued support of Rodolfo Torres, VC for Research and Economic Development, we will launch a second round of our successful mini labs, under the theme of Innovation Through Humanities. MiniLabs.02 supports experimental collaborations and cross-campus conversations with an interest in Humanities as a motor for innovation and problem-solving. The program provides opportunities for interdisciplinary brainstorming between faculty across different schools, with the potential for [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/author\/jsala010\/\" title=\"Posts by Jessica Salas\" rel=\"author\">Jessica Salas<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-10-24T16:58:31-07:00<\/span><span>October 24, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/category\/directors-corner\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Director's Corner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/tag\/jeanette-kohl\/\" rel=\"tag\">Jeanette Kohl<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/news\/directorsmusings\/\" aria-label=\"More on Director&#8217;s Musings\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-15660\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-15660 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-directors-corner category-news tag-jeanette-kohl\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jeanette-at-HIAS-Oct.-2022-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jeanette-at-HIAS-Oct.-2022-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jeanette-at-HIAS-Oct.-2022-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/news\/postcardfromhamburg\/\">Postcard from Hamburg<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jeanette-at-HIAS-Oct.-2022.jpg\" data-id=\"15660\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Jeanette at HIAS, Oct. 2022\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/news\/postcardfromhamburg\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPostcard from Hamburg\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/category\/directors-corner\/\" rel=\"tag\">Director's Corner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/news\/postcardfromhamburg\/\" aria-label=\"Postcard from Hamburg\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/news\/postcardfromhamburg\/\">Postcard from Hamburg<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Dear colleagues and friends of the CIS, I hope you have all had a good start into the new academic year! My CIS letter today comes from Germany, where I am in residency at the Institute for Advanced Study in Hamburg (HIAS) until June 2023. It is a trip down memory lane for me. My mother and her family are from Hamburg, and as a child I spent many summers here and on the beaches of the nearby North Sea. I thought I\u2019d share some impressions from where I am with you. The \u201cFree and Hanseatic City of Hamburg\u201d is the second largest city in Germany with almost 2 million people. It is a wealthy town with a long history as the main trading hub of the \u201cHanse,\u201d a powerful alliance of harbor towns that dominated the foreign trade in the North of Germany from the 12th [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/author\/jsala010\/\" title=\"Posts by Jessica Salas\" rel=\"author\">Jessica Salas<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-10-27T11:03:41-07:00<\/span><span>October 27, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/category\/directors-corner\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Director's Corner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/tag\/jeanette-kohl\/\" rel=\"tag\">Jeanette Kohl<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/news\/postcardfromhamburg\/\" aria-label=\"More on Postcard from Hamburg\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-17\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/tag\/jeanette-kohl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View All Posts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-18\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">For more information or to propose a project\/event\/collaboration, contact <a href=\"mailto:jeanette.kohl@ucr.edu\">Jeanette Kohl<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14341"}],"version-history":[{"count":134,"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17344,"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14341\/revisions\/17344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}