Events for the Week of: 17-23 May 2021

In recognition of the rising importance of vaccine diplomacy in the current climate, the San Diego Diplomacy Council is proud to offer a unique discussion with Dr. Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations and professor and the director for global health studies at Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations. This event will take place on Zoom at 11 AM PST on May 18th as part of our E-Talk About series.

Vaccine diplomacy is among the most important foreign policy tools for countries seeking to shape their post-COVID international standings. Major powers including the People’s Republic of China, India, Russia, and the United States have emerged as contenders in this quest. How do these countries differ in their motivations, patterns, and successes in vaccine diplomacy? Will their efforts encourage equitable global vaccine access or merely result in geopolitical frictions?

Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Online Event
Registration required.

Tuesday, May 18 - 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM


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This webinar brings together four noted Pacific Islander Studies scholars and community organizers for a discussion around the intersections between race and indigeneity across Oceania. Our conversation will explore the connected and overlapping histories of racial formations, empire, settler colonialism, and militarism within the intimacies of oceans and islands. the panel will be moderated by UCSD Ethnic Studies PhD alum Dr. Olivia Quintanilla. ASL will be provided.

Admission/Cost: FREE
Registration is not required for this event, please contact Andrew Jolivette • for link.

Location:
Online Event

Tuesday, May 18 - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM


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What happens to our understanding of the world if we go beyond comparative analysis, and instead examine the connections among nations? This is what transnational (or global) history does. in such a light, key developments in Japan—nation building, war, authoritarianism, democracy—become more comprehensible, as we analyze not only domestic factors, but also the impact of global ideas and practices that were circulating at the time. Sheldon Garon will introduce this approach, drawing on his global histories of savings-promotion, social policies, and “home fronts” in the world wars.

Speakers:
• Sheldon Garon, Nissan Professor of History and East Asian Studies, Princeton University
• Ulrike Schaede, Professor and Director of the Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology, GPS UC San Diego
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Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Online Event
Registration required.

Tuesday, May 18 - 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM


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A conversation between Long Bui's Returns of War: South Vietname and the Price of Refugee Memory (New York University Press, 2018) and Ma Vang's History on the Run: Secrecy, Fugitivity, and Hmong Refugee Espistemologies (Duke University Press).

Dr. Long Bui is an Associate Professor in Global & International Studies at UC Irvine and graduated with his PhD in Ethnic Studies from UC San Diego in 2011.

Dr. Ma Vang is an Assistant Professor in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at UC Merced and graduated with her PhD in Ethnic Studies from UC San Diego in 2012.

Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Online Event
Registration required.

Wednesday, May 19 - 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM


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The recent surge in hate incidents targeting Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders have shocked and appalled us, and we are troubled by the deep biases that are at the root of these hateful actions. These biases also show up in everyday conversation with people at work, school, and our communities in the form of micro-aggressions. What can each of us, who consider ourselves allies to our AAPI friends and community members, do in the moment when we hear comments and witness behaviors that can escalate to the point of an individual feeling harassed or disrespected? How can we go from being a bystander to an upstander within our own spheres of influence so that inappropriate or cruel questions, jokes, and comments don’t go unchecked? Join us in an interactive, skill-building workshop to practice the skills we can all use in our daily lives to be upstanders in solidarity with our AAPI neighbors and friends.

This workshop by the by National Conflict Resolution Center is supported by the County of San Diego HHSA.

Location:
Online Event
Registration required.

Wednesday, May 19 - 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM


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Sicilian photographer Letizia Battaglia began a lifelong battle with the Mafia when she first dared to point her camera at a brutally slain victim. a woman whose passions led her to abandon traditional family life and become a photojournalist in the 1970s-the first female photographer to be employed by an Italian daily newspaper—Battaglia found herself on the front lines during one of the bloodiest chapters in Italy’s recent history. She fearlessly and artfully captured everyday Sicilian life—from weddings and funerals to the grisly murders of ordinary citizens-to tell the narrative of how the community she loved in her native Palermo was forced into silence by the Cosa Nostra. Weaving together Battaglia’s striking black-and-white photographs, rare archival footage, classic Italian films, and her memories, “Shooting the Mafia” paints a portrait of a remarkable woman whose bravery and defiance helped expose the Mafia’s brutal crimes.

In English and Italian with English subtitles.

Join us for a live discussion of the movie Sunday, May 23rd at 11:00 AM with our special guest, Director Kim Longinotto

Admission/Cost: $7 - $16

Location:
Online Screening

Thursday, May 20 - 6:00 PM


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Global Education, in partnership with Extension, Outreach and Recreation at UC San Diego, invites you to iCafé, International Friday Café’s virtual café, teams up with campus partners to explore the world as global citizens and frequent "virtual" flyers!

Play Travel Trivia hosted by Extension (winner gets a prize!) and enjoy our Global Playground hosted by Recreation. Receive a free apron by sharing a recipe in the Cook Club! This fun global exploration happens at 12:00 PM on Fridays (Pacific Time).

Each quarter we visit different global destinations on Fridays! Check us out on Facebook and watch previous iCafé recordings too. Connect with your Triton community over culture, trivia, fitness and cuisine. Join us and bring a friend...It's free and fun of course!

Admission/Cost: FREE
Register

Location:
Online Streaming Event

Dates and times:
Friday, April 9 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM - Taiwan
Friday, April 16 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM - Cambodia
Friday, April 23 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM - Brazil
Friday, April 30 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM - New Zealand
Friday, May 7 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM - Hong Kong
Friday, May 14 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM - France
Friday, May 21 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM - Saudi Arabia
Friday, May 28 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM - Philippines
Friday, June 4 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM - Malaysia


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Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991) resisted the pressure of fellow artists Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros to follow the politically based nationalistic themes that dominated México’s art after the revolution. Over the course of his lengthy and productive career, Tamayo came to be regarded not only as one of México’s greatest painters, but as one of modern art’s major international masters. Tamayo remained fiercely committed to painting as a spiritual activity. He also defended his pursuit of what he called the Mexican Tradition, which he felt was rooted in Pre-Hispanic art.

Admission/Cost: $7.50

Location:
Online Event

Saturday, May 22 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM


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See BLK Box Gallery transformed by artist Gerardo Meza and experience an intimate live performance by Los Hollywood.

18+

Admission/Cost:$5 - $8

Location:
BLK Box Gallery and Creative Center
102 E. Park
San Ysidro, CA 92173
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Saturday, May 22 at 7:00 PM


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"The Royal Family of Guitar" the Romeros Quartet - Pepe, Celin, Celino and Lito - celebrating sixty years of their family classical guitar legacy, will be streamed live in concert from the famed Belly up in Solana Beach on Sunday, May 23 at 2:00 PM PST.

This concert, a Stellar Original, will be exclusively streamed on the Stellar platform and available on demand through May 30.

Over six decades after walking onto the world stage as the first classical guitar quartet, the Romeros continue to be a veritable institution in the world of classical music - only stopped momentarily by the pandemic. With this concert, they continue to dazzle countless audiences and winning rave reviews worldwide.

Tickets for the livestream and VOD admission are available at $20.00 per household through Stellar. the first 200 purchasers have access to a limited bundle: $35 which includes a ticket to the livestream, Video on Demand, and a signed Limited Edition poster ($50 value). Additional merchandise available for purchase at checkout, shipping is included.

Admission/Cost:$20 per household

Location:
Online Streaming event.

Sunday, May 23 - 2:00 PM


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