Past Events
- Thu, 04/14/2022 - 4:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Join industry and academic experts in the quantum field for a panel inspired by Ted Chiang's story "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom." Ted Chiang's Exhalation: Stories is the UCSB Reads pick for 2022.
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- Thu, 04/14/2022 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
In the final story in this year’s UCSB Reads book Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang, quantum computers allow people to explore divergent timelines. At UCSB, scientists are working on developing real quantum computers that do not allow for divergent timelines, but will help address pressing problems such as optimizing delivery routes and strengthening password encryption.
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- Thu, 04/07/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Wed, 04/13/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Thu, 04/21/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Undergraduate students are invited to join UCSB Library and UCSB Reads 2022 for a three-part Sci-Fi creative writing workshop. The goal of the workshop is to spark the imagination of both novice and experienced writers, and to guide them toward the creation...
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- Tue, 04/12/2022 - 6:00pm
Location: Online
Join Goleta Valley Library for a virtual discussion of Ted Chiang's latest collection of short stories. Event is in conjunction with UCSB Reads 2022 and is free and open to the public.
- Mon, 04/11/2022 - 5:30pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Join the UCSB Reads student book club and connect with other students over this year’s UCSB Reads selection, Exhalation by Ted Chiang. This book club will be facilitated by two UCSB undergraduate students and is open to any UCSB student.
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- Thu, 04/07/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Wed, 04/13/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
- Thu, 04/21/2022 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Undergraduate students are invited to join UCSB Library and UCSB Reads 2022 for a three-part Sci-Fi creative writing workshop. The goal of the workshop is to spark the imagination of both novice and experienced writers, and to guide them toward the creation...
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- Fri, 03/11/2022 - 4:00pm
Location: Mountain Courtyard
UCSB Library invites you to join us for a public reception to celebrate the opening of Picture This: From Text to Image, an exhibition of paintings by student artists responding creatively to the UCSB Reads 2022 book Exhalation by Ted Chiang.
Event will include light refreshments and remarks by several students...
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- Tue, 03/08/2022 - 5:30pm
Location: Online
Santa Barbara Public Library Fiction Book Club will be reading the UCSB Reads 2022 selection Exhalation by Ted Chiang for the March 8 gathering. Open to the public. More information here.
- Thu, 03/03/2022 - 12:00pm
Location: Online
PWA, Professional Women's Association, will be joining the 2022 UCSB Reads! UCSB Reads is a program of UCSB Library. We will be reading "Exhalation: Stories" by Ted Chiang for our upcoming Winter 2022 meetings. Read the below stories of the book by the meeting(s) date, no pressure to finish. And join us for a lively discussion.
February 3rd, 12-1pm Meeting - Story 1 -...
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- Wed, 02/16/2022 - 12:00pm
Location: Online
UCSB Library and the Center for Innovative Teaching, Research, and Learning (CITRAL) invite you to a moderated discussion about incorporating the UCSB Reads book into a course. Hear from UCSB faculty across the disciplines who have done this successfully and learn how the UCSB Reads program can support your instruction.
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- Tue, 02/08/2022 - 4:00pm
Location: Online
Please join UCSB Library for an interdisciplinary discussion of the UCSB Reads 2022 book Exhalation by Ted Chiang. Panelists include Rudy Busto (Religious Studies), Jane Callister (Art), erin Khuê Ninh (Asian American Studies), Misha Sra (Computer Science), Sharon Tettegah (Black Studies). Moderated by David Weld (Physics).
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- Tue, 02/01/2022 - 10:00am
Location: Paseo
This event will be held outside, in front of the Library's West Paseo entrance.
UCSB Library will hand out free copies of the UCSB Reads 2022 book to UCSB students while supplies last. The 2022 selection is Exhalation: Stories, a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Ted Chiang.
- Tue, 01/25/2022 - 4:00pm
Location: Online
This talk is in conjunction with the UCSB Reads 2022 book Exhalation by Ted Chiang, a collection of short stories that addresses essential questions about human and computer interaction, including...
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- Wed, 05/12/2021 - 5:00pm
Location: Online
Please note that Arts & Lectures is UCSB Library's partner for this event and advance registration through their website is required. You will be required to create a free UCSB Arts & Lectures account. Register Here
You will be able to replay the talk for one week following the event.
UCSB Library is thrilled to present Patrisse Cullors,...
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- Tue, 04/20/2021 - 4:00pm
Location: Online
There is mounting evidence that economically disadvantaged and racial minority communities bear a greater share of environmental harms. This systematic pattern can be found across the world and over time. In California, existing large disparities in pollution exposure underlie many environmental justice concerns.
At the same time, policymakers increasingly rely on market-...
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- Tue, 02/02/2021 - 4:00pm
Location: Online
In conjunction with UCSB Reads 2021, UCSB Library, the Art Department, and the College of Creative Studies are happy to present this event with Tia Blassingame, a book artist and printmaker whose work explores the intersection of race, history, and perception. The talk will be followed by audience Q&A moderated by Iman...
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- Mon, 01/25/2021 - 4:00pm
Location: Online
Join Sameer Pandya and Terence Keel for a discussion of Pandya’s recent novel Members Only, which engages with issues of racial politics and campus culture and considers the nature of brownness.
Sameer Pandya is an Assistant Professor in UCSB’s Department of Asian American Studies and author of the story collection The Blind Writer, which was long-listed...
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- Tue, 01/28/2020 - 4:00pm
Location: Pacific View Room
In conjunction with UCSB Reads 2020 UCSB Library presents a talk by Leah Stokes, Assistant Professor of Political Science, to be followed by a public reception.
Whether it’s sea level rise in the Bay Area, hurricanes in New York City and the Bahamas, or fires and extreme rainfall leading to mudslides in our own Santa Barbara, we are already experiencing climate change. Stokes will discuss the...
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- Wed, 05/22/2019 - 9:30am to 10:45am
Location: Instruction & Training 1312
Join students in the upper division English 197 Spring Quarter 2019 class "Reading in Santa Barbara: Past, Present, and Future." Inspired by their archival research in UCSB Library, Special Research Collections, students will be presenting their reflections on the UCSB Reads book The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui and on their own experiences as readers at UCSB.
Coffee and pastries will be served.
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- Tue, 01/22/2019 - 4:00pm
Location: Pacific View Room
UCSB Library presents a talk by Maryam Kia-Keating, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education to be followed by a public reception.
Mass migration and forced displacement of communities due to disruptions by violence, climate change, and economic and political instability, have heralded an era of global movement that has reached crisis levels. Approximately half of the world’s refugees are...
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- Tue, 04/03/2018 - 8:00pm
Location: Other, on-campus
The UCSB Library is excited to offer this free lecture and book-signing by Hope Jahren, author of Lab Girl. Lab Girl is the selection for UCSB Reads 2018. No tickets needed; seats are on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 7:20pm. Location: UCSB Campbell Hall.
A UCSB Reads 2018 event.
