Past Events

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 …

New Writing Series: Marylyn Tan

Nov 9, 2022 (5:00 PM–6:00 PM)
New Writing Series: Marylyn Tan
Marylyn Tan is a large-beasted, supple, queer, female Chinese Singaporean writer-artist. Her work subverts, reverts and perverts, disrespects respectability, and reclaims power. Her first child, "GAZE BACK," is the lesbo …

Eyewitness Djelfa: Daily Life in a Saharan Vichy Labor Camp featuring Aomar Boum

Nov 2, 2022 (5:00 PM–6:30 PM)
Eyewitness Djelfa: Daily Life in a Saharan Vichy Labor Camp featuring Aomar Boum
The Shoah is usually understood as a European event. Yet this pivotal tragedy unfolded across North Africa as well, leaving traces in memory and literature that have only recently begun …

De-Stress with Pups

Oct 26, 2022 (2:30 PM–4:00 PM)
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: Edgar Garcia

Oct 19, 2022 (5:00 PM–6:00 PM)
New Writing Series: Edgar Garcia
Edgar Garcia is a poet and scholar of the hemispheric cultures of the Americas. He is the author of "Skins of Columbus: A Dream Ethnography" (Fence Books, 2019); "Signs of …

Text Data Sentiment Analysis with Python in TDM Studio

Oct 19, 2022 (3:00 PM–4:00 PM)
Text Data Sentiment Analysis with Python in TDM Studio
Sentiment Analysis, or Sentiment Classification, is valuable for answering lots of different research questions, such as: How does public sentiment react to different tragic events? Do tragic events always elicit …

Short Tales from the Mothership

Oct 13, 2022 (5:00 PM–6:30 PM)
Short Tales from the Mothership
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 asked authors—including Arthur C. Clarke, the namesake …

"Chosen" Film Screening with Director Joseph Juhn

Oct 13, 2022 (2:00 PM–3:00 PM)
“Chosen” Film Screening with Director Joseph Juhn
Did you know only two Korean Americans have been elected to U.S. Congress since 1903? At this event, attendees will have the opportunity to view "Chosen," a feature length documentary …

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