Future Infrastructure: From Research to Pedagogy Surojit Kayal Origin Last year in Spring 2023, my colleague and former fellow of the Future Infrastructure cluster, Stephen Borunda and I were fortunate to teach a class titled Deserts, Islands, and Other Energy Infrastructures at the UCSB College of Creative Studies through their Crossroads 2.0 fellowship program. We […]Read More
In the 2022-2023 academic year UCSB undergraduate students were selected from a pool of applicants to participate in the exceptional seminar, Global Studies 196. This advanced class also awarded each undergrad student participant with the honor of serving as Orfalea Center Fellows. The Global Studies Department at UCSB, in collaboration with the Orfalea Center for […]Read More
Looking for Ways out of the Amazon Crisis from an Indigenous Perspective The Orfalea Center invites you to a special film screening of an incredibly powerful and timely documentary, Stepping Softly on the Earth, directed and produced by Marcos Colon, on October 26th, 2023 at 6:00 PM. This film screening will be followed by a […]Read More
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE UCSB, McCune Conference Room – 6020 HSSB. October 25 – 27 The Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, directed by Prof. Paul Amar, welcomes you to the international conference “The Future of the Amazon.” This event is open to the public and will grant certificates of participation/completion to students (high school and […]Read More
Richard Widick, Noa Cykman and Somak Mukherjee speak on the work of the Environmental Justice and Climate Justice Studies research cluster Richard Widick Speaks at the EJ/CJ Orfalea Research Cluster Presentation On April 14th, the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, directed by Prof. Paul Amar, hosted its second research cluster gathering, featuring presentations from […]Read More
Tina Guirguis, Surojit Kayal, and Tina Cordova present on the works of the Future Infrastructures: Water, Energy and Justice research cluster On April 21st, the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, directed by Prof. Paul Amar, hosted its third research cluster gathering, featuring presentations from our Future Infrastructures: Water, Energy and Justice research cluster. As […]Read More
The Global Genders and Sexualities research cluster presented on Queer and Trans zines acting as archives of life-making during the pandemic, and led the audience through a zine making workshop On March 17th, the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, directed by Prof. Paul Amar, began a series of presentations, featuring our research clusters discussing their […]Read More
Lisa Hajjar, Leila Zonouzi and Alejandro Prado present on the works of the Transnationalizing the Study of the United States research cluster Director of the Orfalea Center, Paul Amar, gives opening remarks On April 28th the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, directed by Prof. Paul Amar, hosted its finale in a series of research […]Read More
Generated by Orfalea Center Hosted Grants and Partnerships We at the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, directed by Prof. Paul Amar, are proud to announce the publication of a book that in turn results from three years of collaborative research with anthropologists, journalists, Indigenous community leaders, Chinese workers, activists and political analysts, and Black […]Read More
