Director’s update: October 2023

By Dylan Rodríguez Dear UCR colleagues, students, and staff, It is an honor to begin my third year as Co-Director of the Center for Ideas and Society. I am excited about the Fall 2023 schedule of events for the Decolonizing Humanism(?) programming stream, including a lecture and performance by globally renowned scholar, lawyer, and activist Dr. Ana Flauzina (UCR Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-2023) on October 30-31 (in person) and “On Violence: Fall 2023 Experimental Study Sequence” (online). Clickable link to participate in the “On [...]

2023-10-23T09:20:22-07:00October 23, 2023|Categories: Director's Corner, Dylan Rodríguez, News|Tags: |

Director’s update: February 2023

By Dylan Rodríguez It continues to be a privilege and pleasure to participate in shaping the work of the Center for Ideas and Society. I trust that this brief correspondence will help encourage you to attend, participate in, and organize activities that reflect the experimental, inter/trans/counter/anti-disciplinary, creative character of the Center. As always, please feel free to reach out to me if you have ideas or questions: dylanrodriguez73.CIS@gmail.com Success! AFD Grant update I'm happy to report that the Faculty Commons Project will continue to [...]

2023-02-06T09:18:25-08:00February 6, 2023|Categories: Director's Corner, Dylan Rodríguez, News|Tags: |

A year of collective work

Colleagues, it has been a privilege to serve as Co-Director of the Center this year. I have taken special joy in the numerous collaborations reflected in the collective work of the Decolonizing Humanism(?) programming stream, which I proudly initiated in Fall 2021. As the nationwide attacks against Critical Race Theory continue to saturate the politics and institutional culture of K-12 schooling, it has also been distressing to observe how overlapping and related forms of intellectual reaction and academic repression have crept into public university [...]

2022-06-07T13:05:03-07:00June 7, 2022|Categories: Director's Corner, News|Tags: |

From the Directors

Dear CHASS community, colleagues, friends: It would have been nice to start our “monthly musings” from the Center for Ideas and Society with a heartfelt “Welcome back to campus after the holiday break!” As things stand, we might have to wait a while before we can all meet, teach, and talk in person again. In the meantime, we all the Center for Ideas and Society do wish you a happy, healthy, and productive year 2022, looking forward to many new and stimulating collaborations! Dylan, [...]

2023-05-25T12:57:51-07:00January 12, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , |
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