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U.S.-Japan Relations in a Changing International Order
Jan 7, 2025Jan 7, 2025 from 4:00pm–5:00pm

U.S.-Japan Relations in a Changing International Order

Phillip Lipscy will discuss how U.S.-Japan ties can strengthen the rules-based order amid growing global challenges.

The Lion Uncaged: The Story of India’s Institutional and Economic Rebirth
Jan 8, 2025Jan 8, 2025 from 5:00pm–6:00pm

The Lion Uncaged: The Story of India’s Institutional and Economic Rebirth

Please join us for an in-person-only talk with Global Leadership Fellow Atanu Chakraborty at the Great Hall.

Getting Ahead in Today's China: From Optimism to Pessimism
Jan 16, 2025Jan 16, 2025 from 5:00pm–6:00pm

Getting Ahead in Today's China: From Optimism to Pessimism

Martin Whyte and Scott Rozelle’s latest Chinese surveys reveal a significant shift toward more critical views on inequality and the economy.

The Gray Zone: How Jews Navigated Forced Cooperation with the Nazis
Jan 16, 2025Jan 16, 2025 from 5:00pm–6:30pm

The Gray Zone: How Jews Navigated Forced Cooperation with the Nazis

Besides victims, perpetrators, and bystanders, collaborators are one of the major categories of analysis in the study of the Holocaust. What did collaboration mean for Jews? What made Jews in East and West cooperate with the Nazis?

America’s Legal Gambit to Curb China’s Technological Rise
Jan 23, 2025Jan 23, 2025 from 5:00pm–6:00pm

America’s Legal Gambit to Curb China’s Technological Rise

Angela Zhang reveals the complexities and unintended consequences of U.S. legal strategies aimed at curbing China’s technological rise.

An Evening with Fran Lebowitz
Jan 23, 2025Jan 23, 2025 from 7:30pm–9:30pm

An Evening with Fran Lebowitz

In a cultural landscape filled with endless pundits and talking heads, Fran Lebowitz stands out as one of our most insightful social commentators.

Aging Creatively in the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Jan 30, 2025Jan 30, 2025 from 4:00pm–7:00pm

Aging Creatively in the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

Please join us for this unique event presented in collaboration between the UC San Diego Stein Institute for Research on Aging and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.

Sexual Violence During the Holocaust featuring Pascale Bos
Feb 6, 2025Feb 6, 2025 from 5:00pm–6:30pm

Sexual Violence During the Holocaust featuring Pascale Bos

When groundbreaking gender scholar Joan Ringelheim interviewed female Holocaust survivors throughout the 1980s, little was known about sexual violence during the Holocaust.

Ira Glass: Seven Things I’ve Learned
Feb 8, 2025Feb 8, 2025 from 7:30pm–9:30pm

Ira Glass: Seven Things I’ve Learned

Ira Glass is the creator, producer & host of This American Life, the iconic weekly public radio program with millions of listeners around the world. Using audio clips, music, and video, Ira Glass delivers a unique talk.

IGE Alumni Speaker Series- Entrepreneurial Journey w/ Nathan Klarer
Feb 11, 2025Feb 11, 2025 from 4:00pm–6:00pm

IGE Alumni Speaker Series- Entrepreneurial Journey w/ Nathan Klarer

Nathan Klarer, CEO of Klarer International Business Group, will delve into the global trade and investment landscape and the inspirations for and development of new business ventures.

Pandas Return to San Diego: Conservation, Diplomacy and Collaboration
Feb 13, 2025Feb 13, 2025 from 4:00pm–5:30pm

Pandas Return to San Diego: Conservation, Diplomacy and Collaboration

Learn how the power of collaboration and people-to-people diplomacy that brought giant pandas back to San Diego last June.

Women of Warren
Feb 26, 2025Feb 26, 2025 from 4:30pm–5:30pm

Women of Warren

In celebration of Earl Warren College's 50th Anniversary and Women's History Month, we are featuring distinguished Warren College Alumna, Jessica Chen '10, an Emmy-Award winner, bestselling author, speaker, and CEO of Soulcast Media.

The New History of Korea: A Talk with Victor Cha and Ramon Pacheco Pardo
Feb 27, 2025Feb 27, 2025 from 5:00pm–6:00pm

The New History of Korea: A Talk with Victor Cha and Ramon Pacheco Pardo

Victor Cha and Ramon Pacheco Pardo will discuss their book on Korea’s modern history, its division and prospects for unification.

In Hitler’s Munich featuring Michael Brenner
Mar 6, 2025Mar 6, 2025 from 5:00pm–6:30pm

In Hitler’s Munich featuring Michael Brenner

In the aftermath of Germany’s defeat in World War I and the failed revolution of 1918–19, the conservative government of Bavaria associated Jews with left-wing radicalism.

Politics, Violence, Memory featuring Jeffrey Kopstein
Apr 3, 2025Apr 3, 2025 from 5:00pm–6:30pm

Politics, Violence, Memory featuring Jeffrey Kopstein

We live in a culture profoundly influenced by the legacy of the Holocaust. Nearly 80 years later, the Nazi extermination effort against the world’s Jews continues to serve as a moral lens through which we judge political action.