Participating UCSB Faculty Nadège T. Clitandre, Department of Global & International Studies Diane Fujino, Asian American Studies, and Director, Center for Black Studies Research Philip McCarthy, Department of Global and International Studies Claudine Michel, Department of Black Studies graduate students: Enrique Villa, Department of Global & International Studies Jamella Gow, Department of Sociology Nathalie Pierre, […]Read More
Participating UCSB Faculty: Werner Kuhn, Director of the Center for Spatial Studies Lisa Parks, Department of Film & Media Studies Paul Amar, Depatment of Global & International Studies Stephan Miescher, Department of History Corey Byrnes, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies Javiera Barandiaran, Department of Global & International Studies Participating graduate students: Alston […]Read More
UCSB’s Carsey-Wolf Center hosts the Social Impact Film Series, “Dreaming Palestine: Occupation, Exile, and Return” in February, 2015. The series is comprised of three recent Palestinian films—WHEN I SAW YOU (dir. Annemarie Jacir, 2012), THE TIME THAT REMAINS (dir. Elia Suleiman, 2009), and MY LOVE AWAITS ME BY THE SEA (dir. Mais Darwazah, 2013)—and explores what it […]Read More
The Forum, which includes world-renowned experts and former high-ranking officials within the U.S. administration, will discuss the unprecedented challenges of radicalization facing the Arab world and the international community at large. The panelists will discuss topics including: the future vision and strategy of the U.S. in the Middle East, what can be expected from the […]Read More
Orfalea Center Researchers Lasse Lindekilde, Aarhus University, Visiting Scholar, Department of Communication and The Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, UCSB Michael Stohl, Professor of Communication and Director of the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies Scott Reid, Professor of Communication, UCSB Abstract: The project investigates enclave groups and when and how enclave deliberation […]Read More
Professor Michael Stohl has been appointed as the new Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies. Trained as a political scientist, Professor Stohl has been a member of the UCSB Department of Communication since 2002. A faculty affiliate of the Global and International Studies Program and the Department of Political Science, Professor […]Read More
Orfalea Center Fellow Dr. Hilal Elver has been appointed Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food through the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR), based in Geneva. In her new role, Elver recently met with José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, to discuss their complimentary […]Read More
Professor Lalaie Ameeriar wins 2014-15 Woodrow Wilson Fellowship The Orfalea Center is proud to announce that its colleague and Executive Committee member Lalaie Ameeriar, Assistant Professor of Asian-American Studies, is a recipient of the prestigious 2014-15 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Career Enhancement Fellowship. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the fellowships are awarded annually in […]Read More
The planning committee of the 2014 Santa Barbara Global Studies Conference – “Materialities” – is pleased to announce that Ananya Roy (UC Berkeley) will deliver the keyonte address at this year’s conference. Presentation title: “Bottom Billion Capitalism: How Poverty Became a Global Market” Bio: Ananya Roy is Professor of City and Regional Planning and Distinguished Chair […]Read More
