North Korea and Myanmar: Divergent Paths
The stories of North Korea and Myanmar (Burma) are two of Asia’s most difficult. For decades they were infamous as the region’s most militarized and repressed, self-isolated and under sanctions by the international community while, from Singapore to Japan, the rest of Asia saw historic wealth creation. Andray Abrahamian, author […]
‘The Last Earth’: On Reclaiming the Palestinian Narrative and Recreating the Self
Dr. Ramzy Baroud will talk about his latest book, The Last Earth, a narrative nonfiction story of modern Palestinian history. The book comprises the stories of complex characters whose accounts overlap in terms of the collective experience. It tells the story of modern Palestine through the memories of those who […]
Dare We Reclaim Our Futures? A Systems Perspective on the Climate Crisis
Friday, May 24 with talk at 11 a.m. and conversation with students at noon in Girvetz Hall 2320 Futures studies deals with complexities of the world on the systems level. One of the key systemic problems we now confront is something we call climate change. This talk will cover the […]
SPECIAL EVENT: Flows of Vulnerability
A special event organized by Dr. Summer Gray, UCSB Department of Environmental Studies. Join us for a panel discussion on the intersection of resilience building in Montecito and sediment dumping on Goleta Beach followed by a walking tour of Goleta Beach. […]
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Senior Seminar on Nuclear Weapons and International Security, Professor Neil Narang Winter 2019
UCSB’s The Current featured Professor Neil Narang’s “Nuclear Weapons and International Security” class in Winter 2019. Professor Narang is the Co-Convener of The Orfalea Center’s Global Security Hub and an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department. As he told The Current – “I don’t think there is a single […]
Critical Studies on Terrorism Special Section
An upcoming special section of the journal Critical Studies on Terrorism will feature articles from participants of the After After 9/11 Working Group hosted by the Orfalea Center’s Global Security Hub. The six articles assembled in the special section interrogate the important question, “Is there an After, After 9/11?” from a number of […]
Lella Nouri, visiting Fulbright Scholar, receives Rising Star Award
Dr. Lella Nouri, Lecturer of Criminology at Swansea University and former visiting Fulbright Scholar at the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at UCSB, received the Rising Star (Early Career Researcher) Award at Swansea University’s 2018 Research and Innovation Awards. […]