Faculty Seminar Series: Carl Gutiérrez-Jones, Professor of English
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005, 3:00-5:00 PM, South Hall 2635, UCSB

Professor Gutiérrez-Jones, director of the ACGCC, will present a paper entitled "Paranoid Designs: Toni Cade Bambara's Those Bones Are Not My Child and 'The Squalor of the Truth.'" Refreshments will be provided.

Fall Colloquium—Race Studies: National and Transnational Debates
Monday, Nov. 28, 2005, 2:00-4:00 PM, South Hall 2635, UCSB

The colloquium provides a space for students and faculty to hear cutting edge work from advanced graduate student on the center's theme of "Race Studies: National and Transnational Debates." Presenters include English doctoral candidates Jacob Berman, John Gamber and Laura Szanto.

Film Series: GATTACA (1997)
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005, 5:30 PM, Transciptions Studio, UCSB

The ACGCC and Transcriptions Studio are co-sponsoring this screening of Andrew Niccol's 1997 film GATTACA. According to an article by David A. Kirby, this film, "[a]lthough GATTACA relies on the recognizable tropes of racial discrimination to support its claims about genetic discrimination, it ignores contemporary issues of race and genetics in America. In actuality, Gattaca functions as a 'passing' film that utilizes terminology, images, and situations familiar in discussions of racial discrimination." Discussion moderated by Kimberly Knight and Yanoula Athanassakis. Light refreshment will be served. Click here for more information about the film.

Faculty Seminar Series: Candace Waid, Associate Professor of English
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, 3:00-5:00 PM, South Hall 2635, UCSB

Professor Waid's talk is entitled "Bonfire of the Masculinities: Whistler, Wharton, Jewel & Joe Christmas." This lecture is drawn from her book-in-progress, Maternal Muse, Signifying: William Faulkner's Parables of Art. Refreshments will be provided.

Film Series: The Business of Fancy Dancing (2002)
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2005, 5:30 PM, South Hall 2635, UCSB

You are cordially invited to a screening of Sherman Alexie's 2002 film The Business of Fancy Dancing. In the film, Seymour Polatkin is a successful, gay Indian poet from Spokane who confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home on the reservation to attend the funeral of a dear friend. It is based upon Sherman Alexie's book of poetry of the same name. Discussion moderated by John Gamber. Light refreshment will be served. Click here for more information about the film.

Trick-or-Treat in the Centers
Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, 12:00-1:00 PM, English Department, UCSB

Ever wonder exactly what goes on in Transcriptions? Confused about what ACGCC actually stands for? Is the Early Modern Center a foreign land to you? Come visit the centers on Halloween to learn more about our resources and upcoming events! Visitors will be rewarded with treats! Get out of "your" center and visit the others. Costumes are optional.

Happy Hour & Book Release Celebration
Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2005, 5:00 PM, Woodstock's Pizza

The American Cultures & Global Contexts Center warmly invites you to a happy hour at Woodstock's Pizza to celebrate the center's publication of our first book--War Narratives and American Culture, edited by Giles Gunn and Carl Gutiérrez-Jones--and to mark the beginning of a new academic year. Click here for more information about the book.

Film Series: Crash (2004)
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005, 5:30 PM, South Hall 2635, UCSB

You are cordially invited to a screening of Paul Haggis' 2004 film Crash, the first film in the 2005-2006 American Cultures & Global Contexts Center. According to Roger Ebert, this film, set in Los Angeles, "tells interlocking stories of whites, blacks, Latinos, Koreans, Iranians, cops and criminals, the rich and the poor, the powerful and powerless, all defined in one way or another by racism." Discussion moderated by Eric Martinsen. Light refreshment will be served. Click here for more information about the film.