Kate Liszka, the Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology and associate professor of history, served as the Egyptological consultant for the film that will premiere on Sunday, Sept. 25, on the Disney Channel, and Sept. 30 on Disney+.
Two community new sites announce that Brian Levin (criminal justice) was appointed to the California Commission on the State of Hate, and David Yagoubian (history) was interviewed for a segment on the latest concerning Iran-U.S. relations.
Zachary Powell, CSUSB assistant professor of criminal justice, will present “Police Reform and Federal Consent Decrees” at the next Conversations on Race and Policing event at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, on Zoom.
Victor Shih, an associate professor from UC San Diego and an expert in the elite politics of China, will present “Coalitions of the Weak: Elite Politics in China from Mao’s Stratagem to the Rise of Xi,” on Sept. 19 on Zoom. The program is free and open to the public.
The presentation, “Policing Proof: Korryn Gaines, Body Cameras, and Anti-Blackness as a Scene,” by Joshua Aiken will take place at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, on Zoom.
Mary Texeira (sociology) discussed the return of the Conversations on Race and Policing series, and art and design faculty members Taylor Moon and Rob Ray will open exhibitions at RAFFMA later this week.
The series, which began in response to the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, begins the 2022-23 academic year with the screening of the PBS Frontline documentary, “Police on Trial,” followed by discussion. The conversation is set for 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7.
David Yaghoubian (history) discussed the latest news in Iran-U.S. relations, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about the increase in hate crimes over the past year.
David Yaghoubian (history) was interviewed about the latest developments on the effort to revive the multi-national agreement regulating Iran’s nuclear program.