Past Events

Fireside Chat with Raquel Martin, Ph.D.

Feb 22, 2023 (11:00 AM–12:30 PM)
Fireside Chat with Raquel Martin, Ph.D.
Join the UC San Diego Library for a special event, planned in celebration of Black History Month, with Raquel Martin, Ph.D. During the event, Martin will lead a conversation about …

UC Love Data Week: Data-Driven Animation for Research and Science Communication

Feb 17, 2023 (10:00 AM–11:30 AM)
UC Love Data Week: Data-Driven Animation for Research and Science Communication
In this 90-minute workshop, Dr. Jessica Kendall-Bar will introduce techniques that transform data into visualizations that accelerate research and facilitate communication. Kendall-Bar will share tools and tips to bring your …

New Writing Series: Elisabeth Houston

Feb 15, 2023 (5:00 PM–6:00 PM)
New Writing Series: Elisabeth Houston
Elisabeth Houston is an artist and writer, also known as EL_S_TH H__ST_ON, "baby", or "not ever baby." “Standard American English”, a book of experimental poetry, recently came out from Litmus …

UC Love Data Week: Web Archiving as Data

Feb 14, 2023 (11:00 AM–12:00 PM)
UC Love Data Week: Web Archiving as Data
Put on your digital historian hat and join us for an exploration of web archiving as data! In this session we will answer questions such as: What even is web …

UC Love Data Week: FAIR AND ML, AI Readiness and AI Reproducibility (FARR)

Feb 13, 2023 (3:00 PM–4:00 PM)
UC Love Data Week: FAIR AND ML, AI Readiness and AI Reproducibility (FARR)
With the emergence of machine learning (ML) usage in research comes greater complexity for data stewards, research facilitators, and researchers. This session will introduce FAIR and ML, AI Readiness with …

The Wave: Experiencing Fascism in the Classroom featuring Joel Dimsdale, Ron Jones, Mark Hancock and Philip Neel

Feb 8, 2023 (4:30 PM–7:00 PM)
The Wave: Experiencing Fascism in the Classroom featuring Joel Dimsdale, Ron Jones, Mark Hancock and Philip Neel
In Spring 1967, history teacher Ron Jones conducted a social experiment in fascism with his class of 10th-grade 15-year-olds. In a social studies class at Cubberley High School, Palo Alto, …

Winter 2023 De-Stress with Pups

Feb 8, 2023 (2:30 PM–4:00 PM)
Winter 2023 De-Stress with Pups
Join us in the Classroom 1 (across from the Geisel Library Service Hub) anytime during the event to relax and de-stress with the dogs. No registration needed, but masking will …

New Writing Series: Rae Armantrout and Fanny Howe

Jan 25, 2023 (5:00 PM–6:00 PM)
New Writing Series: Rae Armantrout and Fanny Howe
Fanny Howe has written many novels, collections of poetry and essays. She is Professor Emerita at UC San Diego and has won a Lannan award for Lifetime Achievement and a …

Beethoven in Beijing: Film Screening with Jennifer Lin and Lei Liang

Jan 19, 2023 (3:30 PM–6:00 PM)
Beethoven in Beijing: Film Screening with Jennifer Lin and Lei Liang
Please join the 21st Century China Center and UC San Diego Library for a film screening of "Beethoven in Beijing," followed by a conversation with director Jennifer Lin moderated by …

What’s Fascism Got to Do With It? The Ideological Origins of the Holocaust featuring Federico Finchelstein

Jan 18, 2023 (5:00 PM–6:30 PM)
What’s Fascism Got to Do With It? The Ideological Origins of the Holocaust featuring Federico Finchelstein
Twentieth-century fascism was a political ideology encompassing totalitarianism, state terrorism, imperialism, racism, and, in Germany’s case, the most radical genocide of the last century: the Holocaust. Historians of the Holocaust …

Journaling in the New Year

Jan 5, 2023 (12:00 PM–1:00 PM)
Journaling in the New Year
Help us celebrate the grand opening of our new exhibit, Journaling in the New Year, at this fun drop-in activity! Participants will learn and experiment with new creative journaling techniques. …

Finals De-Stress Activity: Mindful Meditation

Dec 7, 2022 (11:00 AM–12:00 PM)
Finals De-Stress Activity: Mindful Meditation
Lift your spirits and change your mood with us at our upcoming Mindful Meditation event, the third and final event of a three-part series titled Finals De-Stress Activities. Meditation can …

Finals De-Stress Activity: Origami and DIY Bookmarks

Dec 6, 2022 (2:00 PM–3:30 PM)
Finals De-Stress Activity: Origami and DIY Bookmarks
Lift your spirits and change your mood with us at our upcoming Origami and DIY Bookmark making event, the second of a three-part event series titled Finals De-Stress Activities. Origami …

Finals De-Stress Activity: Watercolor Mindfulness

Dec 5, 2022 (4:00 PM–5:30 PM)
Finals De-Stress Activity: Watercolor Mindfulness
Lift your spirits and change your mood with us at our upcoming Watercolor Mindfulness event, the first of a three-part event series titled Finals De-Stress Activities. Watercoloring can serve as …

Geisel After Dark Virtual Feedback Festival

Nov 1, 2022–Nov 30, 2022 (All Day)
Geisel After Dark Virtual Feedback Festival
Join us for our 9th Annual Geisel After Dark event for chances to win weekly raffles for $25 Triton Cash cards and a final raffle for a $50 Amazon e-gift …

Turkey Calling Show

Nov 23, 2022 (12:00 PM–1:00 PM)
Turkey Calling Show
Investigate the American turkey’s surprising presence in European art. Learn more about the bird through turkey calling techniques. This noisy show at the Library has become a community tradition. Kids …

3rd Annual UC GIS Week Conference

Nov 15, 2022–Nov 17, 2022 (All Day)
3rd Annual UC GIS Week Conference
Registration is now open for the third annual UC GIS Week conference, which will be held virtually from November 15-17, 2022.  Coordinated by the University of California GIS Leadership Committee, …

New Writing Series: Volodya Rafeyenko

Nov 14, 2022 (5:00 PM–6:00 PM)
New Writing Series: Volodya Rafeyenko
Volodymyr Rafeyenko is a Ukrainian writer, poet, translator and critic. He initially wrote entirely in Russian, but following the outbreak of Russian aggression in 2014 he switched to Ukrainian. "Mondegreen: …

Chinese Calligraphy Workshop

Nov 14, 2022 (1:00 PM–3:00 PM)
Chinese Calligraphy Workshop
The UC San Diego Library and Chinese Studies Program are co-hosting this year's Chinese Calligraphy Workshop with special guest Joan Yin from the San Diego Botanic Garden. This year's workshop …

A Conversation with Author Rex Pickett ’76

Nov 9, 2022 (5:30 PM–7:30 PM)
A Conversation with Author Rex Pickett ’76
On behalf of Audrey Geisel University Librarian Erik T. Mitchell, you are invited to join us for an in-person panel discussion featuring UC San Diego alumnus and Oscar-winning screenwriter and …

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