Past Events

Meet the Creators of IYA: The Ex'celen Remember

Nov 4, 2021 (2:00 PM–3:00 PM)
Meet the Creators of IYA: The Ex’celen Remember
Join us for a discussion with the creators and artistic facilitators of "IYA: The Ex’celen Remember," a new play inspired by Louise J. Miranda Ramirez, tribal chairwoman of the Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen …

Open Access Publishing: Opportunities for UC San Diego Authors

Nov 3, 2021 (2:30 PM–3:30 PM)
Open Access Publishing: Opportunities for UC San Diego Authors
Learn about open access publishing opportunities through the University of California’s transformative agreements (open to UC authors) and other avenues open to all authors. University Librarian Erik Mitchell will give …

Open Access Week 2021: How to Get Started Publishing as an Undergraduate (Canceled)

Oct 27, 2021 (7:00 PM–8:00 PM)
Open Access Week 2021: How to Get Started Publishing as an Undergraduate (Canceled)
This event has been canceled.   Students, what does your future hold? Will you apply to research labs, to graduate school, or are you heading straight into the job market? …

New Writing Series Fall 2021: Brontez Purnell and Teresa Carmody

Oct 27, 2021 (5:00 PM–6:00 PM)
New Writing Series Fall 2021: Brontez Purnell and Teresa Carmody
The UC San Diego Department of Literature’s New Writing Series returns this fall with a number of events taking place virtually! Learn from talented authors Brontez Purnell is a writer, musician, dancer, filmmaker, …

New Writing Series Fall 2021: Janice Lobo Sapigao and Richard Chiem

Oct 20, 2021 (5:00 PM–6:00 PM)
New Writing Series Fall 2021: Janice Lobo Sapigao and Richard Chiem
The UC San Diego Department of Literature’s New Writing Series returns this fall with a number of events taking place virtually! Learn from talented authors   Janice Lobo Sapigao (she/her) is a daughter …

Dark Persuasion – Author Talk with Joel Dimsdale

Oct 20, 2021 (5:00 PM–6:00 PM)
Dark Persuasion – Author Talk with Joel Dimsdale
Join us virtually for a fascinating talk with Joel Dimsdale, distinguished professor emeritus in the UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry. At this virtual event, Dimsdale will discuss his latest …

"Franci's War" with Helen Epstein

Oct 13, 2021 (5:00 PM–6:20 PM)
“Franci’s War” with Helen Epstein
In the summer of 1942, 22-year-old Franci Rabinek began a three-year journey that would take her from Terezin, the Nazis’ “model ghetto,” to the Czech family camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau, slave …

Celebrating the Full Reopening of UC San Diego’s Library Buildings

Sep 20, 2021 (10:00 AM–2:00 PM)
Celebrating the Full Reopening of UC San Diego’s Library Buildings
The wait is finally over! The Biomedical Library Building and Geisel Library, will reopen to the Triton community and general public on September 7 and 13, respectively.   To mark this …

A Virtual Celebration of the 21st Annual Toy Piano Festival

Sep 8, 2021 (12:00 PM–1:00 PM)
A Virtual Celebration of the 21st Annual Toy Piano Festival
Join us for the Library’s 21st annual Toy Piano Festival, a virtual event for listeners of all ages, via Facebook Premiere.  Festival director Scott Paulson will be joined by his …

20th Annual Paper Theatre Festival

Aug 17, 2021 (12:00 PM–1:00 PM)
20th Annual Paper Theatre Festival
The smallest show on Earth is returning this summer via Facebook Premiere! The Library’s 20th Annual Paper Theatre Festival will feature replicas of Victorian Era paper theatres as well as modern, experimental versions of this re-emerging form of miniature entertainment.

Mengele: Unmasking the “Angel of Death” with David Marwell

Jun 2, 2021 (5:00 PM–6:00 PM)
Mengele: Unmasking the “Angel of Death” with David Marwell
Who was Josef Mengele? After the end of the Holocaust, the German physician has been increasingly viewed as the personification of supreme evil both in the minds of survivors and …

De-Stress Recipe Contest

May 3, 2021–May 28, 2021 (All Day)
De-Stress Recipe Contest
From Monday, May 3, 2021 through Friday, May 28, 2021, send a photo of your completed creation to LearningSpaces@ucsd.edu. Be sure to include the full recipe or name which of our …

A Conversation with Min Jin Lee

May 26, 2021 (5:30 PM–6:30 PM)
A Conversation with Min Jin Lee
A Geisel Library 50th Anniversary Signature Event Join us as we honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and conclude our Geisel Library 50th Anniversary Signature Events series with a talk …

Global Accessibility Awareness Fair 2021

May 20, 2021 (12:30 PM–2:00 PM)
Global Accessibility Awareness Fair 2021
Learn how to use and create digital technology that’s inclusive to people with different disabilities on Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Launched in 2012, Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) takes place …

Art of Science Contest: Open Voting

Apr 14, 2021–May 9, 2021 (All Day)
Art of Science Contest: Open Voting
The Art of Science contest celebrates the beauty that can emerge during scientific exploration. UC San Diego and UC San Diego affiliate undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, and faculty researchers were invited …

Film as Witness to the Holocaust: A Victims' Perspective with Leora Bilsky

May 5, 2021 (5:00 PM–6:00 PM)
Film as Witness to the Holocaust: A Victims’ Perspective with Leora Bilsky
Since the 1990s, international criminal law has struggled to find the proper role for victims in mass atrocities trials. It has gradually moved from viewing victims instrumentally in supplying eyewitness …

Short Tales from the Mothership: 50th Anniversary Edition

May 4, 2021 (12:00 PM–1:00 PM)
Short Tales from the Mothership: 50th Anniversary Edition
A Geisel Library 50th Anniversary Signature Event The Mothership is taking flight once again! This sci-fi microfiction event is inspired by sci-fi magazine editor George Hay. In the 1970s, Hay …

“The Last Stage” by Wanda Jakubowska (1948) Film Screening with Marek Haltof

Apr 14, 2021 (5:00 PM–8:00 PM)
“The Last Stage” by Wanda Jakubowska (1948) Film Screening with Marek Haltof
“The Last Stage” (“Ostatni etap”), directed by the Polish Auschwitz survivor Wanda Jakubowska, is often referred to as the mother of all Holocaust films. Released in 1948, “The Last Stage” …

Art of Science Contest

Feb 22, 2021–Apr 11, 2021 (All Day)
Art of Science Contest
Data curators at the UC San Diego Library have the privilege of working with researchers from a wide range of scientific disciplines as they prepare data for the Library's Research …

Wiser: The Scientific Roots of Wisdom, Compassion, and What Makes Us Good

Apr 8, 2021 (12:00 PM–1:00 PM)
Wiser: The Scientific Roots of Wisdom, Compassion, and What Makes Us Good
Join us in conversation with Dr. Dilip Jeste, author of "Wiser: The Scientific Roots of Wisdom, Compassion, and What Makes Us Good"

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