Authors Meet Critics
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Event Date: April 4th, 2025
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM PT
Native Lands: Culture and Gender in Indigenous Territorial Claims
Please join us on April 4 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm for an Authors Meet Critics panel on the book Native Lands: Culture and Gender in Indigenous Territorial Claims by Shari Huhndorf, Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. Professor Shari Huhndorf will be joined in conversation with Lauren Kroiz, Associate Professor of History of Art at UC Berkeley, and Luanne Redeye, Assistant Professor of Art Practice at UC Berkeley.
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Event Date: April 7th, 2025
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM PT
The New Gender Gap
From polarized views on social issues to contrasting expectations regarding marriage and family, this divergence in outlook between genders points to deeper societal fissures. This panel brings together experts to discuss the contours and complexities of this "new gender gap" and explore its ramifications for politics, demography, and societal cohesion. The panel will feature Joshua R. Goldstein, Professor of Demography and Director of the Berkeley Population Center at UC Berkeley; Xiaoling Shu, Professor of Sociology at UC Davis; and Rachel Bernhard, Associate Professor of Quantitative Political Science Research Methods at Nuffield College and the University of Oxford. Kiera Hudson, Assistant Professor in the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, will moderate.
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Event Date: April 9th, 2025
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM PDT
Global Perspectives on Anti-Blackness and Gender Violence
This panel brings together interdisciplinary experts to discuss how anti-Blackness extends beyond history and carries continued implications for ongoing technologies of antiblack gender violence. Panelists will take an interdisciplinary approach to grappling with how assumptions of Blackness bracket the divide between the violence of (un)gendering and resistance.
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Event Date: April 18th, 2025
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM PT
Matrix on Point: Technology and China in the New Political Economy
This panel brings together experts of the Chinese political economy and law and society in a conversation to discuss the political, economic, security, and social dimensions and complexities of technology in China’s internationalization during times of global tensions. The panel will feature Roselyn Hsueh, Professor of Political Science at Temple University and Visiting Scholar at the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative; John Minnich, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy at the London School of Economics and Politics; and Rachel E. Stern, Professor of Law and Political Science at U.C. Berkeley. AnnaLee Saxenian, Professor in the School of Information, will moderate.
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Event Date: April 23rd, 2025
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM PT
150 Years of Border Control: The Legacy of the 1875 Page Act
This event will use the anniversary of the Page Act of 1875, one of the first federal laws to restrict immigration to the United States, as an opportunity to discuss issues of race, gender, and labor in US immigration and Asian American history. A panel of UC Berkeley professors will discuss their past or current work related to race, gender, or labor in US immigration history or Asian American Studies, and their thoughts on the legacies of the Page Act and related issues for the U.S. today.
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Event Date: April 25th, 2025
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM PT
Governing Giants: Law, Politics, and Antitrust
This panel will bring together scholars of political science, economics, and law to discuss new challenges in competition policy, the domestic and international dimensions of antitrust policy, and the economic, political, and social considerations that shape antitrust policy and enforcement. Moderated by Matrix Faculty Fellow Ryan Brutger (UC Berkeley, Political Science), the panel will feature Amy Pond (Washington University St. Louis, Political Science), Prasad Krishnamurthy (UC Berkeley, Law), and Michael Allen (Stanford, Political Science).
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Interview
Published March 28, 2025
The State of Higher Education: Interview with Lorna Finlayson
As universities across England and Wales continue to announce redundancies and close departments and programs, James Vernon, Director of the Global Democracy Commons project, spoke with political theorist Lorna Finlayson about the nature of the crisis, why academics are relatively restrained in their responses to it, and how students offer some hope for alternative visions of higher education.
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Recap
Published March 12, 2025
Los Angeles Wildfires: Risk, Resilience, and Collective Action
Watch the video (or listen to the podcast) of this Matrix on Point panel focused on the management of wildfires in urban areas, recorded in the weeks following the devastating fires in Los Angeles. The panel featured Christopher Ansell, Kenichi Soga, and Marta Gonzalez, and was moderated by Louise Comfort.
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Recap
Published March 12, 2025
Society Despite the State: Reimagining Geographies of Order
Recorded on February 10, 2025, this "Authors Meet Critics" panel centered on the book "Society Despite the State: Reimagining Geographies of Order," by Gerónimo Barrera de la Torre, Assistant Professor of Geography at UC Berkeley, and Anthony Ince, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Human Geography at Cardiff University and British Academy Mid-Career Fellow. The authors were joined in conversation by Dylan John Riley and Anna Stilz, and Jake Kosek moderated.
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Interview
Published February 26, 2025
Interview with Julia Sizek: Regulating Off-Roading in the California Desert
Julia Sizek is a writer and anthropologist who studies the California desert and rural land management more broadly. Her work focuses on the politics of land in the California desert, including: the cultural politics of conservation acquisition in the railroad checkerboard, the rhetoric of environmental impact reporting, and the legal geographies of off-highway vehicle use. […]
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Published February 19, 2025
New Directions in the Study of Fringe Politics
Fringe politics today is highly diverse and dynamic, reflecting the rapid social, technological, and economic changes of the 21st century. While the term “fringe” suggests ideas or movements outside the political mainstream, many fringe ideologies have increasingly influenced, or even reshaped, national and global political landscapes. Recorded on February 4, 2025, this panel brought together a group of UC Berkeley graduate students from the fields of geography, anthropology, and sociology for a discussion on politics on the fringe through the lens of such topics as QAnon, religious studies, and California secessionism.
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Recap
Published February 19, 2025
The Future of California Agriculture
As one of the nation’s agricultural powerhouses, California’s farming industry stands at a critical juncture. Climate change, labor availability and migration, and rapidly evolving technologies are reshaping the landscape of agriculture in the Golden State. This panel, recorded on January 30, 2025 and presented as part of the UC Berkeley Social Science Matrix California Spotlight series, brought together experts to analyze these changes and explore their implications for agricultural communities and rural economies.
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