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Fall Quarter 2011<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome back!<\/p>\n

\"TextThe focal theme of the ACGCC \u201cRisk Society Series\u201d this year is \u201cuncertainty.\u201d Classically uncertainty, the pathologized other of calculable risk, is precisely the terrifying face of a dynamic, unpredictable system of emergences. As a \u201ccondition,\u201d it gains prominence at moments of crisis, amid spectacular financial crashes, environmental debacles, biological insecurity, and insurgent attacks; its social and psychological effects range from terror to precarity. More recently, risk theorists have argued uncertainty arises from a dynamic but constantly generative system whose potentialities are foreclosed by the risk calculus. Given the ensuing debate, perhaps it is time to revisit the risk-uncertainty dialectic. <\/span><\/p>\n

The ACGCC participates a campus-wide dialogue on risk-uncertainty. The center will cosponsor several events hosted by the Critical Issues of America program on \u201cSpeculative Futures<\/a>.\u201d The calendar below includes these events (marked as \u201cRisk Series\u201d) as well as other fall quarter talks, lectures, discussions, and films relevant to the focal theme.<\/p>\n

For updated information on ACGCC and related events, make sure to bookmark the ACGCC calendar.<\/a><\/p>\n

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ACGCC co-sponsors an East Asia Center Event<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Prof. Pheng Cheah<\/strong> (UC Berkeley) Lecture: “Entering the World from an Oblique Angle: On Jia Zhangke as an Organic Intellectual”<\/p>\n

Thursday, Oct. 6th at 6pm, 2252 HSSB<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

*Risk Series*
\nUCSB Arts & Lectures Hosts
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Daniel Yergin<\/strong> (author of The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power<\/em>) Lecture: “The Quest–Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World”<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Oct. 12th, 8pm, Campbell Hall (free)
\nFor details: UCSB Arts & Lectures<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

*Risk Series*<\/strong><\/em>
\nCritical Issues in America presents
\n<\/strong><\/em>A Symposium on Historical Perspectives<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Prof. Wolf Kitler <\/strong>(UC Santa Barbara), “The Origin of Risk”<\/p>\n

\nProf. Colin Milburn<\/strong> (UC Davis), “Postmorten: The Necrosis of Nanotechnology”<\/p>\n

Friday, Oct. 14 from 2-6pm, Wallis Annenburg Conference Room
\nFor details: www.criticalissues.ucsb.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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*Risk Series*
\nACGCC co-sponsors Critical Issues in America and UCSB Arts & Lectures<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Screening: Michael Madsen’s Into Eternity <\/em>(2010)
\nFollowed by Q&A with the director<\/p>\n

Monday, Oct. 17th, 7:30pm, Campbell Hall ($6\/free for students)
\nFor details: www.criticalissues.ucsb.edu<\/a>, UCSB Arts & Lectures<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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*Risk Series*
\nCritical Issues in America hosts<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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A conversation with Michael Madsen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, Oct. 18th, 5-7pm, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
\nFor details: www.criticalissues.ucsb.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

*Risk Series*
\nUCSB Arts & Lectures hosts<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Siddhartha Mukherkjee <\/strong>(Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Emperor of Maladies: A Biography of Cancer<\/em>) Lecture: “Where We Are on the War on Cancer”<\/p>\n

Saturday, Oct. 22nd, 3pm, Campbell Hall ($20\/$10 UCSB Students)
\nFor details: UCSB Arts & Lectures<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

*Risk Series*
\nLiteratures and Mind presents
\nColloquium on Care and Vulnerability<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Fabienne Brug\u00e8re<\/strong>, “What is an ethics of care?”
\nGuillaume Le Blanc<\/strong>, “Why are we so vulnerable?”<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, Oct. 28th, 1-5pm, South Hall 2635
\nFor details: http:\/\/litandmind.english.ucsb.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

*Risk Series*
\nACGCC co-sponsors a Literature and Environment event<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Prof. Rob Nixon <\/strong>(UWisconsin, Madison), “Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor.”<\/p>\n

Friday, Nov. 18th, 2pm, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB<\/p>\n

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Spring Quarter 2011<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

CCS Literature Symposium<\/a> co-sponsored by the ACGCC<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Digital Publishing, Creative Possibilities”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, May 25th at 4pm, Old Little Theater<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a founding member of the editorial team of the Journal of Transnational American Studies<\/em><\/a> (JTAS<\/em>), Martinsen will discuss how this online journal was formed and provide a glimpse behind the scenes to see how JTAS <\/em>functions as an open-access forum for Americanists in the global academic community. \u00a0In addition, this talk will explore some of the creative possibilities and resources for digital publishing, particularly for groups of students and scholars on a limited budget.
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Eric Martinsen is assistant professor of English at Ventura College. \u00a0In 2010, he completed his doctorate on “Global Moments: Spectatorship, Violence and Urbanization in Contemporary Fiction and Film\u201d at the University of California, Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n

Please join us in this talk by a former ACGCC Fellow and UCSB alum!<\/p>\n

Undergraduate Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Special Topics in Research: American Literature, Global Literature and the ACGCC.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, May 12th, from 2-3pm in the ACGC Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yanoula Athanassakis, Anne Cong-Huyen, Ryan Stodtmeister, and Sharon Tang Quan will be present to talk about their work, to hear about yours, and to answer your questions about what’s new, hot, and exciting in the fields of American and Global literatures; we’ll all also look forward to hearing about your research interests and your thoughts about the field. \u00a0Food and beverages provided.<\/p>\n

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CONFERENCE:<\/strong> RISK MEDIA AND SPECULATION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, March 4 (10 am – 5:30 pm<\/strong>)**<\/span>Mosher Alumni House – Alumni Hall<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The conference analyzes how speculation shapes global connections and futures as it negotiates uncertainty. The speakers address how risk media domesticates dynamic, unpredictable emergences–accidents, biohazards, piracy, terrorism–in the name of control and profit.\u00a0 They also explore critical, creative speculative approaches promoting common, more habitable worlds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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