Spring 2015 Speakers:
Thursday, January 22, 2015 —
Save the Bay Part One:
The Rise and Fall of the Reber Plan to Destroy San Francisco Bay
Chuck Wollenberg
With all due hubris, seminar moderator Chuck Wollenberg has scheduled himself as speaker for the next session. He will discuss the 1940s-50s controversy over John Reber's plan to turn San Francisco Bay into two fresh water lakes and its connection (or lack thereof) to the Save the Bay movement of the 60s. Wollenberg teaches History at Berkeley City College and is the author of several works, including "Berkeley: a City in History" (UC Press).
Thursday, February 19, 2015 —
Berkeley and the New Deal
Harvey Smith
Smith is president of the National New Deal Preservation Association and a member of the Living New Deal Project at UC Berkeley. His new book, "Berkeley and the New Deal" uses Berkeley as a case study for a discussion of the local impact and heritage of the New Deal in an American city.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 —
The Streets of San Francisco: Creation of a Cosmopolitan Liberal Politics, 1950-1972
Chris Agee
Chris Agee, Professor of History at University of Colorado, Denver, will discuss his new book, "The Streets of San Francisco," on Wednesday, March 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. The book covers the police response to diverse ethnic and life style communities in San Francisco during the 1950s and 60s. Agee studies the exercise of police discretion and the contradictory liberal attitudes on police use of force during these decades of social change and political protest.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 —
Paradise Transplanted: Migration and the Making of California Gardens
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Professor of Sociology at USC, will discuss her new book, Paradise Transplanted, on Wednesday, May 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. Published last year by UC Press, the book is an innovative study of the links between southern California gardens and the region's patterns of multi-national migration and social and ethnic relationships.
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Director's Room, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, 2521 Channing Way (just above Telegraph Ave)