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Join us for an engaging lecture by historian Mark Brilliant as part of our Western History Lecture Series. In his talk, "Gilded State: California and the Dawn of America’s New Gilded Age," Dr...
Speaker:
Mark Brilliant
Date
Tue November 12th 2024
Join us for a compelling lecture by Ana Raquel Minian, historian at Stanford University, as they delve into their new book, In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigration Detention in...
Speaker:
Ana Raquel Minian
Date
Wed October 16th 2024
Join us for a hands-on dorodango-making workshop and conversation between artist TT Takemoto and cultural studies scholar Eve Oishi in conjunction with the exhibition TT Takemoto: Remembering in the...
Date
Thu September 26th 2024
This April, Greg Sarris, tribal leader, university professor, playwright, producer, and award-winning author, published The Forgetters, a boundary-pushing new work that explores themes of memory...
Date
Tue May 21st 2024
Tap water distrust has grown as a concern in the U.S. due to the Flint crisis and associated scandal, as well as growing evidence regarding the health, economic welfare, and broader well-being impacts...
Speaker:
Greg Pierce
Date
Fri May 17th 2024
Join us for an informative event that delves into the intricate dynamics of election trust across state lines! The Constitution grants power over election administration to the states, but this...
Speaker:
Thad Kousser
Date
Thu February 22nd 2024
Join us for an insightful conversation as MCA Denver's Nora Burnett Abrams and Miranda Lash discuss the development of "Cowboy," an ambitious traveling exhibition that unpacks the myths and realities...
Speaker:
Jaye Rhee, Miranda Lash, Nora Burnett Abrams
Date
Wed February 21st 2024
Join Bruce Cain, the director of the Bill Lane Center, for a talk at the Commonwealth Club about his new book, "Under Fire and Under Water: Wildfire, Flooding, and the Fight for Climate Resilience in the American West."
Speaker:
Bruce Cain
Date
Wed November 29th 2023
Want to see better public transit in the South Bay? Join advocates, transit agency staff, elected officials, academics, and other members of the South Bay civic community to hear about the exciting...
Date
Thu November 16th 2023
The Western History Lecture Series presents Margaret O'Mara, Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History at the University of Washington. Margaret's talk, "Billionaires of the American...
Speaker:
Margaret O’Mara
Date
Mon October 23rd 2023