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Humanities West Presents Emma of Normandy
In October of 1066 William of Normandy defeated King Harold II of England on a battlefield near Hastings, and the effects of that Norman Conquest wou…
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Why Clothes Matter: Identity, Resistance and Belonging in Times of Crisis
At its most functional level, clothing serves as essential physical protection from the environment, soft armor and tangible comfort. Visually, cloth…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Peaches Christ: Eat the Rich (EXPLICIT)
The phrase “eat the rich”—attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau during the French Revolution—has exploded across Gen Z and Millennial consciousness thr…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Women’s History Month: California's Women Elected Leaders
March is Women’s History Month, and we’re marking it by featuring the voices of women shaping California at every level of leadership.
This program …
2 months ago
The Diversity Principle: The Story of a Transformative Idea
As the war on diversity upends government, corporate and education policies, the history of the idea of diversity has never been more important. Davi…
2 months ago
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green Says Aloha to Decarbonization
More than perhaps any other state, Hawaii has major incentives to decarbonize. Imported oil accounts for about 90% of Hawaii's total energy consumpti…
2 months ago
Sisters Are Doing it For Themselves: Young Women's Freedom Center at 32
In 1993, the San Francisco organization that would become the Young Women’s Freedom Center made history by becoming one of the first nonprofits in th…
2 months ago
Jonathan Turley: Rage and the Republic
Jonathan Turley writes, “From redcoats to robots, our challenges have changed. Yet, we have remained. Our greatest danger is not forgetting the histo…
2 months ago
Carly Schwartz: I’ll Try Anything Twice—Misadventures of a Self-Medicated Life (EXPLICIT)
Join Carly Schwartz, former San Francisco Examiner editor in chief and founding editor of HuffPost’s San Francisco bureau, for the launch of her debu…
2 months ago
Claude Steele on the Tension That Divides Us … and How to Overcome It
A pioneer of social psychology, Stanford scholar Claude M. Steele is renowned for Whistling Vivaldi, a runaway bestseller that analyzed societal ster…
2 months ago