In this discussion presented by the Townsend Center, Jeremy Geffen, SanSan Kwan, and Myra Melford discuss the role of the performing arts in a time when the very act of congregation is seen as problematic and potentially dangerous.

Learn about exciting Future Histories Lab community-engaged, project-based humanities studio courses and about our growing community of socially engaged scholars, artists, designers, and activists. Learn how to earn a Certificate in Urban Humanities. For undergraduate and graduate students. Come chat at 11; presentation will start promptly at 11:10. https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/95761969216 Questions? Contact susanmoffat@berkeley.edu.

Learn about exciting Future Histories Lab community-engaged, project-based humanities studio courses and about our growing community of socially engaged scholars, artists, designers, and activists. Learn how to earn a Certificate in Urban Humanities. For undergraduate and graduate students. Come chat at 1; presentation will start promptly at 1:10. NOTE: We are currently having Zoom technical ... Read moreFuture Histories Lab and Certificate in Urban Humanities Student Infosession

Let's connect! Meet the fun, fascinating folks uncovering hidden urban histories and envisioning better futures. At this social event we'll get to know each other and brainstorm a bit about future projects. It will be a reunion for past Global Urban Humanities Initiative participants and a kickoff of the new Future Histories Lab program. https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/98911417881

Photo Courtesy: Hallie Q. Brown Community Center In the 1950s, the Minnesota Department of Transportation routed the highway connecting the downtowns of Minneapolis and St. Paul through a predominantly Black neighborhood called Rondo, ultimately displacing 750 families through eminent domain. For over 50 years now, Rondo residents have asserted and reasserted control over their own narrative ... Read moreDisplacement Stories: Lessons from a Community History Harvest

In this talk presented by the Townsend Center, Anthony Cascardi and Catherine Gallagher ask how narrative gives sense to events, and whether narrative forms that have served in times of past crisis (the novel, the epic, history writing) might provide meaning in the pandemic era.

Looking Back, Seeing the Future: Photographer Janet Delaney’s Eye on South of MarketFriday Nov 6 For more than 40 years, fine art photographer Janet Delaney has chronicled change in the San Francisco neighborhood where she lived as a young woman and has been revisiting ever since.  Through her  photographs of the district now known as ... Read moreLooking Back, Seeing the Future: Photographer Janet Delaney’s Eye on South of Market

If you're interested in making social justice films next summer, learn which spring courses will help you do preparatory research. The summer course will be taught by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Raymond Telles. Zoom link: https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/92188320189?pwd=L0ZKUFppKzNNb1JOTHhla1VpRnpYZz09 Sponsored by Future Histories Lab. Check out our courses here. Learn more about our Certificate in Urban Humanities here.

Future Histories Lab offers community-engaged, project-based courses. Dig into hidden local histories and envision better futures in our exciting courses focused on social justice, race, place, and the arts. Take just three courses (in summer or other times) and earn a Certificate in Urban Humanities. Come and learn more about Future Histories Lab at the upcoming Golden ... Read moreFuture Histories Lab + Certificate in Urban Humanities Golden Bear Orientation Resource Fair

Future Histories Lab offers community-engaged, project-based courses. Dig into hidden local histories and envision better futures in our exciting courses focused on social justice, race, place, and the arts. Take just three courses (in summer or other times) and earn a Certificate in Urban Humanities.

On Dec. 5, 1867, California Governor Henry Huntly Haight used his inaugural speech to rail against the citizenship and voting rights of formerly enslaved Africans, Native Americans, and to oppose immigration from Asia. On December 5, 2017, 150 years later, Rasheed Shabazz contacted the Haight Elementary School PTA and encouraged them to initiate the process ... Read moreFrom Haight to Love: Renaming an Alameda Elementary School in an Era of Racial Reckoning