Choi Auditorium

It has been theorized for decades that a black hole will leave a “shadow” on a background of hot gas. Taking a picture of this black-hole shadow could help to address a number of important scientific questions, both on the nature of black holes and the validity of general relativity. Unfortunately, due to its small size, traditional imaging approaches require an Earth-sized radio telescope.

Join us for a screening of this comedic web series about three best friends born and raised in Oakland, CA who struggle to stay rooted as their neighborhood becomes a hostile environment. Nina, Marcus, and Benny fight, dream, and plot schemes to save the place they call home. Facing both gentrification and global warming, they combat evil landlords, deportation, crazy geoengineering plots, and ultimately each other.

Alfred Madain is the founding director of Bedouin X, the desert blues band, and an educator and ethnomusicologist in Los Angeles. He grew up in Jordan listening to an eclectic selection of music from the Arab world, America, and Europe.

Join the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs and the Young Initiative on the Global Political Economy for a Movie Screening at 11:45-1:00 pm of Umm Kalthoum: A Voice Like Egypt and stay for a discussion on Musical Politics in the Arab World at 01.55pm in Choi Auditorium

In our technologically sophisticated, highly global economy, broadly-shared economic growth has been elusive. Decades of increasing economic inequality and wage stagnation have left many policy-makers struggling with the ideal response. The Trump administration was elected on a wave of populist sentiment, yet their signature policy achievements are tax legislation that clearly prioritizes business tax cuts, coupled with trade and immigration policies that purport to put “America first” but are far more likely to harm US workers due to large collateral damage.

Dr. Momin Rahman is a professor of sociology at Trent University. His scholarship focuses on LGBT citizenship and its role in Muslim culture, politics, and identity. Prof. Rahman's multiple publications, such as  "Homosexualities, Muslim Cultures, and Modernity" (2014) and expertise in Identity and Queer Politics turned him into an internationally recognized scholar on LGBTQ Rights.

Welcome, Neighbor is led by Miry Whitehill, founder and executive director of Miry’s List. Miry started Miry's List in Eagle Rock in July 2016 when a friend introduced her to a family of new arrival Syrian refugees resettling in Los Angeles with kids the same age as her own.

Join the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs, the Young Initiative on the Global Political Economy for a discussion on Refugees resettlement on September 20, at 1:55 pm in Choi Auditorium.

You can register for recruitment at: https://forms.gle/YLifZfgGQRX8YwQWA 

Registration closes Tues Sept 10 at 11:59pm. 

Come learn more about Greek Life at Oxy and the recruitment process at the events below. Hope to see you there!

Steven L. B. Jensen, a lead researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights, will present a fundamental reinterpretation of the history of international human rights after 1945. Jensen focuses on the agency of the global south and their role in advancing human rights around the world. Jensen won the 2017 Best Book on Human Rights for his paradigm-shifting research. Join us for a fresh look at the making of human rights!