Friday, April 8, 2011
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Literature Building, Room 155 (de Certeau)

This Roundtable Discussion will address the current crisis in higher education, particularly California: its impact on the social sciences, arts, and humanities; and the role of student movements in the larger fight against the privatization of education and its corollaries.

Panelists:

Michael Hardt, Professor, Duke University

Micha Cardenas, Interim Associate Director, Art & Technology Culture, Art and Technology Program, Sixth College, UC San Diego

Roshanak Kheshti, Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego

Luis Martin-Cabrera, Assistant Professor, Literature, UC San Diego

Roddey Reid, Professor, Literature, UC San Diego

Michael Hardt events co-sponsored by:

Dean’s Opportunity Fund, Division of Arts & Humanities
Dean’s Initiative Fund, Division of Arts & Humanities
Department of Anthropology
Department of Communications
Department of Ethnic Studies
Department of History
Department of Literature
Department of Political Science
Helen Edison Fund

Parking: Parking officers DO CHECK weekdays until 11pm. Parking is $2/hour in the Gilman Parking Structure, closest to the Literature Building. The entrance is at Villa La Jolla Drive & Gilman Drive. Phone - Campus parking office: (858) 534-4223. Campus map: http://maps.ucsd.edu/Acrobat/MainCampus.pdf (see black arrow in the middle showing the Gilman parking structure). Literature is Building #627. Campus map: http://maps.ucsd.edu/Acrobat/MainCampus.pdf (see 7-G) or http://www-act.ucsd.edu/maps/ (use Search tab for Gilman Parking Structure)

To request necessary and reasonable accommodations to enable access and participation for people with disabilities, contact Nancy Daly at ndaly@ucsd.edu or 858-534-4618.