Readings from distinguished Berkeley faculty and staff, who will introduce us to their favorite books and stories. This year’s participants include: Dean Tony Cascardi, Dean Carla Hesse, Lecturer Fae Myenne Ng, Professor Ananya Roy and others. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Humanities] [Show ID: 23024]
Hosted by Robert Hass and University Librarian Thomas C. Leonard, distinguished faculty and staff from a wide range of disciplines introduce and read a favorite poem. This year’s participants: Ronelle Alexander (Slavic Languages and Literatures), Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer, Myrtis Cochran (Reference Services), George Jaqua (Physical Plant), Trinh T. Minh-ha (Rhetoric and Gender & Women’s Studies), Michael L. Palmer (Summer Sessions), Kent Puckett (English), Samuel...
Since the publication of Dashiell Hammett’s “The Maltese Falcon” in 1930, San Francisco has been recognized as the birthplace of modern crime fiction. Join a distinctive panel as they examine the Bay Area as a popular setting for mystery and detective novels. Panelist are Bay Area authors Lucha Corpi, Eddie Muller, and Kelli Stanley and is moderated by Janet Rudolph. This panel was held in conjunction with an exhibit in Doe Library, highlighting the richness of UC Berkeley’s collections for the ...
The Atlantic’s Steve Clemons leads a provocative session on energy issues with Pulitzer-Prize winning author Daniel Yergin, Steve Koonin of the US Dept. of Energy, Dan Kammen of the World Bank and biofuels expert Stephen Mayfield of UC San Diego. Alexis Madrigal follows with Amory Lovins, author of “Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 22775]
Economist Carmen Reinhart, co-author of “This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly,” offers compelling insight into the global economic crisis. Series: "Economics Roundtable" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 22626]
UC Berkeley's popular noontime poetry series features Suzanne Guerlac discussing her work. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Show ID: 22963]
Zainab Salbi, the founder of the humanitarian organization Women for Women International, tells a rapt audience how she has helped close to 300,000 women rebuild their lives and their communities after surviving devastating wars. Salbi, author of the best-selling memoir “Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam,” is presented by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego. Series: "Peace exChange -- Kroc School of Peace Stu...
Story Hour in the Library celebrates the writers in the Berkeley campus community with an annual student reading featuring short excerpts of work by winners of the year’s biggest prose prizes, Story Hour in the Library interns, and faculty nominees. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Humanities] [Show ID: 20630]
UC Berkeley students read original poetry at the close of Lunch Poems for 2011. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 19353]
Eli Pariser, former executive editor of MoveOn.org and author of “The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You” provides an eye-opening exposé of personal data-mining on the web. In this chilling account, he explains how powerful business interests control the information the public can see on line, while allowing others access to everything about consumers. Series: "Revelle Forum" [Humanities] [Show ID: 21525]
Geoffrey G. O’Brien is the author of “Green and Gray” and “The Guns and Flags Project,” and co-author of “2A.” His third collection, “Metropole,” is forthcoming from The University of California Press in 2011. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 19352]
Award winning author and emeritus faculty member at UC Berkeley Maxine Hong Kingston reads and discusses her work, "I Love a Broad Margin to My Life." She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the presidentially conferred National Humanities Medal, and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Humanities] [Show ID: 20629]
Poet, visual artist and teacher Truong Tran, is the author of several publications including, “The Book of Perceptions,” “Placing The Accents,” “dust and conscience,” “within the margin” and “Four Letter Words.” Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 19351]
Li is author of “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers” and “The Vagrants.” A Beijing native and graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she has received numerous awards. She reads and speaks at UC Berkeley. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Humanities] [Show ID: 20628]
Simon Johnson, co-author of “13 Bankers” describes the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to economic well-being. He explains that over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape. He argues that the largest banks have become more powerful and more emphatically “too big to fail,” with no incentive to change their behavior in the future. Is this setting the stage...
Author Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. She is joined by a panel to discuss her work. Series: "Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities " [Humanities] [Show ID: 20699]
Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Thomas Ricks to discuss his work as a writer and journalist. Ricks discusses his two books on the Iraq War, “Fiasco” and “The Gamble,” offering an analysis of the failures of the first years of the war and the changes in strategy engineered by Generals Odierno and Petraeus. Reviewing the conduct of the Iraq War, he analyzes the weaknesses and strengths of America's political and military leaders, the long term consequences of the conflict for the military, the unansw...
Singer and songwriter Chris Hillman, formerly of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, reflects on his craft with literature professor Karl Martin and then joins guitarist Herb Pedersen for a live concert as part of the 2011 Writer’s Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 20667]
Hosted by Robert Hass and University Librarian Thomas C. Leonard, this event features distinguished faculty and staff from a wide range of disciplines introducing and reading a favorite poem. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 19347]
Noted author of “Lit,” “Cherry” and “The Liars’ Club” Mary Karr reveals her approach to writing these sometimes humorous, sometimes blistering and always candid best-selling memoirs in this interview with journalist Dean Nelson as part of the 2011 Writer’s Symposium by the Sea sponsored by Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Humanities] [Show ID: 20666]
