Join the Goldman School and Social Science Matrix for a discussion with Kevin Morris, senior research fellow and voting policy scholar at the Brennan Center for Justice, on the history of the Voting Rights Act, the role of the Supreme Court, and the current state of voting rights across the United States.
Matrix On Point
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Matrix on Point: The State of U.S. Immigration Enforcement and Surveillance
Federal immigration enforcement in the United States is increasingly shaped by the convergence of surveillance technologies, data systems, and on-the-ground policing practices. This panel will bring together a group of scholars from diverse disciplines to examine the social and political consequences — and the stakes for rights in an era of technological governance.
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Matrix on Point: Propaganda Machines
AI is an increasingly powerful force in the current U.S. landscape of knowledge, mis- or disinformation, media, and politics. This panel will bring together scholars who examine questions related to AI, influence, and information in journalism, media, and California’s universities to discuss the implications of these developments for information and knowledge politics today. Featuring Matyas Bohacek, Martha Kenney, Martha Lincoln, and Edward Wasserman.
Panel
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California and the Nation Vote: A Post-Mortem on the 2026 Midterm Election
On Thursday, November 12th, the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) presents "California and the Nation Vote: A Post-Mortem on the 2026 Election," to be held at the IGS Library, 109 Philosophy Hall, #2370. Nine days after Election Day, two moderated panels will examine the results through this year's theme: maps, money, and the movements reshaping the parties.
Book Talk
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Unsettling Sovereignty: International Law, Nuclear Weapons, and US Extraterritorial Power in Postwar Oceania
Register to attend a November 23 book talk by Mary Mitchell, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers Newark. Mitchell’s work centers on the intersections of science and technology with law and environmental social movements in the nuclear era. This event will be held in 223 Philosophy Hall.
Authors Meet Critics
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Until the Last Ton: Fossil Fuels in India from Empire to the Climate Crisis
This Authors Meet Critics panel will focus on the book "Until the Last Ton: Fossil Fuels in India from Empire to the Climate Crisis," by Matthew Shutzer, Assistant Professor of History at UC Berkeley — the first history of fossil fuels in colonial and post-colonial South Asia. Professor Shutzer will be joined in conversation by Youjin Chung and Daniel Aldana Cohen, with Michael Watts moderating.