Past Events

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"

Virtual Library Study Rooms w/ A.S. Office of Academic Affairs

Mar 8, 2021–Mar 12, 2021 (All Day)
Virtual Library Study Rooms w/ A.S. Office of Academic Affairs
During Week 10 of Winter Quarter, the Library is collaborating with the Associated Student Office of Academic Affairs to bring a fun twist to our Virtual Study Rooms.  Two lucky …

Open Education Week: Faculty Authors of Educational Resources: Taking Action For a More Equitable and Affordable Student Experience

Mar 8, 2021 (4:00 PM–5:30 PM)
Open Education Week: Faculty Authors of Educational Resources: Taking Action For a More Equitable and Affordable Student Experience
Faculty concerned about high-priced educational materials that do not meet their curricular needs have taken to creating open access educational resources to reduce cost for their students, to have more …

Open Education Week: UC San Diego Student Open Education Initiatives & California's Higher Education Collaborative OER Efforts

Mar 3, 2021 (11:30 AM–12:30 PM)
Open Education Week: UC San Diego Student Open Education Initiatives & California’s Higher Education Collaborative OER Efforts
Textbook and course material affordability has been an obstacle to students' success even before the pandemic but even more crucial to address as students have been experiencing increased financial instability. …

Celebrate Read Across America Day with the Library

Mar 2, 2021 (12:00 PM–1:00 PM)
Celebrate Read Across America Day with the Library
Ready, set, read! Join us as we virtually celebrate the National Education Association’s (NEA) 18th annual Read Across America Day. Booklovers from across campus will be reading diverse works that …

Love & Break Up Letters to the Library

Feb 1, 2021–Feb 28, 2021 (All Day)
Love & Break Up Letters to the Library
This year the Library is hosting a virtual version of our Love & Break Up Letters to the Library activity, available online from Monday, February 1st, 2021 through Sunday, February 28th, 2021. Do …

A Conversation with Kevin Young

Feb 24, 2021 (5:30 PM)
A Conversation with Kevin Young
A Geisel Library 50th Anniversary Signature Event Join us for an engaging virtual event with poet, author and director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Kevin …

Connecting Communities to Improve Educational Equity: A Conversation with Campus Resources Centers and the Library

Feb 22, 2021 (10:00 AM–11:30 AM)
Connecting Communities to Improve Educational Equity: A Conversation with Campus Resources Centers and the Library
Join the Library on February 22nd from 10 am to 11:30 am for our event celebrating Black History Month: Connecting Communities to Improve Educational Equity: A Conversation between Campus Resources and the Library.

Sexual Barter in Times of Genocide: Reflections on Sexual Violence, Agency, and Sex Work with Anna Hajkova

Feb 17, 2021 (5:00 PM–6:00 PM)
Sexual Barter in Times of Genocide: Reflections on Sexual Violence, Agency, and Sex Work with Anna Hajkova
What is everyday life, and how is it experienced under extreme stress? This is the broader question that animates the research of Anna Hájková, an associate professor of Modern Continental …

Love Data Week: Data Science Students Lightning Talks

Feb 10, 2021 (1:00 PM–2:00 PM)
Love Data Week: Data Science Students Lightning Talks
Join us for an hour of lightning talks from UC students as they share their data science focused personal projects! Personal projects are a common way for data science students …

Love Data Week: ICPSR Presentation

Feb 10, 2021 (12:00 PM–1:00 PM)
Love Data Week: ICPSR Presentation
Join us for an ICPSR presentation! Do you need data for the gagillion papers you have to write this quarter? Or maybe you're going up for tenure and need to …

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