Constructions of Terrorism: Reconciling Human Rights, Human Security in Countering Terrorism
TRENDS Research & Advisory, together with the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) at King’s College London, and the Orfalea Centre of the University of California, Santa Barbara, are organising a conference on 6-7 December at King’s College, London. The theme of the conference
Religious Tolerance and Pluralism in Indonesia
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For more information please contact kmoore@religion.ucsb.edu
Thank God We’re Not Like Them!
One-day conference on the topic of the global dimensions of religious othering.
Emerging Frontiers of Human Rights Workshop
Annual Governance & Human Rights workshop.
Climate Change from the Streets: How Conflict and Collaboration Strengthen the Environmental Justice Movement
Although the science of climate change is clear, policy decisions about how to respond to its effects remain contentious. Even when such decisions claim to be guided by objective knowledge, they are made and implemented through political institutions and relationships – and all the competing interests and power struggles that
Critical Security Studies Lunch with Prof. Omar Dahi
THIS WEDNESDAY, January 29, from 1-3pm, the Orfalea Center will be hosting an impromptu (but very stimulating conversation) with visiting scholar Dr. Omar Dahi. In Girvetz Hall 2320. Lunch and snacks will be provided. Attached here you’ll find selected very short readings which you might want to skim before you arrive. These will
Pallav Das, Transformations: Vikalp Sangam and the Search for Alternatives in India
Thursday, January 9, 2020 at noon2320 Girvetz Hall The need for systemic transformation arises as much from discontent with the current economic and environmental scenario as it does from hope for a better tomorrow. Societal discontent, obviously, manifests itself in the form of resistance to the existing structures and is
An Afternoon and Evening with Dr. Ruken Sengul
On December 3, 2019, the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies and the Center for Middles East Studies will host Dr. Ruken Sengul for a series of events associated with her work with Kurdish feminist history and current political reality. Please join us for an afternoon of thoughtful conversation during
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Orfalea Center Undergraduate Fellow Research Projects
The Orfalea Center Undergraduate Fellows are all completing the special, advanced Global Studies EAP-preparatory research seminar course Global 196, led by Lecturer Omar Mansour, a UCSB Global Studies alum who also serves as Public Education Academic Coordinator at the Orfalea Center. Below you will find each student’s most up-to-date work,
SUDAN: REVOLUTIONARY CONSCIOUSNESS & TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
On October 31st, 2023, the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, directed by Professor Paul Amar, hosted a live webinar international conference aimed at raising awareness about the currently unfolding war and crisis in Sudan and keeping the inspiring consciousness and leadership models of the Sudanese revolution of 2019
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All Podcasts Copied – Egypt’s Unique Sound: The Political Economy of Mahraganat Dance Omar Mansour April 24, 2024 Tunisia Series: Episode 2 – “Tunisia on the Global Stage” Omar Mansour April 24, 2024 On the Exilic Condition, Queerness as a Verb, and Writing through Omar Mansour January 9, 2024 Cops-Off
