Calendar

The College of Liberal & Creative Arts challenges your five senses and the sixth — your brain — with an exciting program of events showcasing the talent and intellect of our students and faculty as well as world-renowned guests.

Photo of Native American feathers
Climate Stories online exhibition
Ongoing
Online
Photo of masks, a sewing machine, a ruler, pieces of paper and a yawning cat on a table by a sliding glass door
Things Seen: Experience of COVID-19
Ongoing
Online
A.R. Keiner's painting Terrestrial Site
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
Thursday, June 18, 2020 to Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Online (Kunstmatrix)
Visual Arts and Media Arts
Graphic of U.S. capitol building with Vote button and mascots
Beyond the Media Noise into the Presidential Election
Tuesday, August 25, 2020 to Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Online (Zoom)
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Lectures and Talks, Education
Photo of an open notebook calendar accompanied by text Three Week Challenge
Three-Week Challenge
Tuesday, September 29, 2020 to Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Online (Zoom)
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Performing Arts, Theatre
Turquoise tinted graphic image of William Shakespeare wearing a cloth face mask
Shelter in Shakespeare
Thursday, October 01, 2020 to Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Online (Zoom)
Performing Arts, Theatre
Photo of Prageeta Sharma
In-Common Writers Series: Prageeta Sharma and Dodie Bellamy
Thursday, October 01, 2020
Online (Zoom)
Performing Arts, Literary Arts
Photo of Emilio Dirlikov
Anthropology Beyond Academia: A talk by Emilio Dirlikov
Friday, October 02, 2020
Online (Zoom)
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Lectures and Talks
Photo of Haoqi smiling while wearing beanie and zipped hoodie near an orange wall and a wooden door
Agile Research Studio: Orchestrating Student Research Across Disciplines
Tuesday, October 06, 2020 to Wednesday, October 07, 2020
Online (Zoom)
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Lectures and Talks, Education
Photo of Rowan Doran wearing eyeglasses and smiling in front of columns on Stanford campus
Jews and Moneylending in the Middle Ages: Myths Old and New
Tuesday, October 06, 2020
Online (Zoom)
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Lectures and Talks, Education
Photo of Fred Astren in front of a bookshelf wearing eyeglasses
Karaite Judaism: An Alternative to the Religion of the Rabbis
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Online (Zoom)
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Lectures and Talks, Education
Photo collage of Black Lives Matter rally
Racism, Race and Immigration Policy in the Lead-Up to the November Elections
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Online (Zoom)
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Lectures and Talks, Education
Photo of John Yao resting his head on his right hand while seated
In-Common Writers Series: John Yao and Andrew Joron
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Online (Zoom)
Performing Arts, Literary Arts
Photo of John Yao
In-Common Writers Series: John Yao and Claudia La Rocco
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Online (Zoom)
Performing Arts, Literary Arts
Photo of Gabby Rivera laughing in front of a public mural
Gabby Rivera, winner of Gina Berriault Award
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Online (Zoom)
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Lectures and Talks, Literary Arts
Photo of a velvet loveseat and a glittery velvet- and purple-colored graphic
Platform CSU Art Speaker Series: Postcommodity: A conversation with Cristóbal Martínez and Kade L. Twist
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Online (Zoom)
Lectures and Talks, Visual Arts and Media Arts
Photo of Kitty Millet smiling in front of a copy of her book and holding a certificate
‘Perhaps Redeemed’: Literature, the Holocaust and the Survivor’s Need for a Radical Humanism
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Online (Zoom)
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Lectures and Talks, Education
Sepia-tone photo of Jose Antonio Vargas grinning
Jose Antonio Vargas: Dear America, Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Online (Zoom)
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Lectures and Talks, Literary Arts, Education
Sepia-tone archival photo of Bob Kaufman reading poetry
Bob Kaufman’s Collected Poems: A Celebration After his 95th Birthday
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Online (Zoom)
Performing Arts, Literary Arts
Photo of splashing water
Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Thursday, November 05, 2020 to Saturday, November 14, 2020
Online (Zoom)
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Performing Arts, Theatre
Video still of Audre Lorde reading their poetry in 1986 in San Francisco
“I am deliberate / and afraid / of nothing” Poetry and Protest: A Day in Honor of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker
Thursday, November 05, 2020
Online (Zoom)
Performing Arts, Literary Arts
Photo of Eran Kaplan talking and using hand gestures while seated in room with blinds closed
The Rise of Religious Cinema in Israel
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Online (Zoom)
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Lectures and Talks, Media Arts, Education
Image projected onto a 3D model to reconstruct scenes of search-and-rescue operations carried out by the Libyan Coastguard and Sea Watch vessels
Platform CSU Art Speaker Series: Forensic Architecture: A conversation with Eyal Weizman
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Online (Zoom)
Lectures and Talks, Visual Arts and Media Arts
Photo of Jered Weiss
Juda and the New Jew: Undead Jewish Israeli Identities
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Online (Zoom)
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Lectures and Talks, Media Arts, Education
Black and white photo of a highway overlaid with seismic waves
Quake by Melanie Marnich
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 to Friday, November 20, 2020
Online (Zoom)
Performing Arts, Theatre
Photo of Wendy Trevino
Wendy Trevino with Zaina Alsous
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Online (Zoom)
Performing Arts, Literary Arts
Photo of Marc Dollinger smiling in front of a bookshelf
American Jews and the Civil Rights Movement
Tuesday, December 01, 2020
Online (Zoom)
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Lectures and Talks, Education
Photo of dancer in mid-air with legs split, left arm across her chest and right arm arched around her head
University Dance Theatre
Thursday, December 03, 2020 to Sunday, December 06, 2020
Online (Zoom)
Performing Arts, Dance
Legacy of Forugh Farrokhzad
Thursday, December 03, 2020
Online (Zoom)
Performing Arts, Literary Arts
Yellow tinted image of person seated criss-cross-apple-sauce on a couch
Learning Alone: College in the Time of Corona
Tuesday, December 08, 2020 to Friday, December 11, 2020
Online (Zoom)
Performing Arts, Theatre
Photo of Erica Hunt looking at a camera while seated at her office desk in front of a Macintosh computer near a bookshelf
George Oppen Memorial Lecture: Erica Hunt
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Online (Zoom)
Performing Arts, Literary Arts