Amos Oz, one of Israel’s most distinguished novelists and public intellectuals.  Oz, 73, is the author of 18 books and more than 400 articles and essays in Hebrew, with translations of his work into some 40 languages, including Arabic. The recipient of numerous awards for his literature and for his peace activism, Oz is also a professor of literature at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Be’er Sheva. His autobiographical novel “A Tale of Love and Darkness” is an international bestseller and has been honored with 10 different prizes around the world. A film based on the novel is expected to begin production later this year. Most recently, he co-authored “Jews and Words” with his daughter Fania Oz-Salzberger, in which they argue that what unites the Jewish people, more than blood or belief, are sacred and secular texts.

“The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a clash of right and right,” Oz recently told the New York Times. “Tragedies are resolved in one of two ways: The Shakespearian way or the Anton Chekhov way. In a tragedy by Shakespeare, the stage at the end is littered with dead bodies. In a tragedy by Chekhov everyone is unhappy, bitter, disillusioned and melancholy but they are alive. My colleagues in the peace movement and I are working for a Chekhovian not a Shakespearian conclusion.”

Among his many awards and honors, Oz has received the Legion of Honour of France, the Goethe Prize, the French Prix Femina, the Frankfurt Peace Prize, the National Jewish Book Award, the Primo Levi prize, the Prince of Asturias Award in Literature, the Heinrich Heine Prize, and the Israel Prize.

The UC San Diego Library to excited to present an exhibit, “Amos Oz: Life and Letters,” from April 17 through June 10.  The exhibit, in the west wing of Geisel Library’s main floor, will take Oz’s “A Tale of Love and Darkness” as a springing-off point to consider the author’s life and writings, Israeli literature, and Israeli/Palestinian history and politics. Specific exhibit areas include: Oz’s early life and family history; his literary influences and the writers he has influenced; and the development of modern Hebrew as a literary language.

The Library also created a guide to help locate his books in our collections, along with suggesting resources for those interested in more in-depth research: http://libguides.ucsd.edu/amosoz

The Holocaust Living History Workshop presents:

All are welcome! Refreshments Provided!

For driving and parking directions please visit libraries.ucsd.edu/hlhw/events.html or contact the Program Coordinator Susanne Hillman at hlhw@ucsd.edu or 858-534-7661.

The Holocaust Living History Workshop is an outreach and education program sponsored by the UC San Diego Library and UC San Diego Judaic Studies Department.

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race,
until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins,
emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.
— Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963

150 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation granting freedom to those enslaved. By 1963, 100 years later, that promise had yet to be realized. But its time had come. From grassroots protests to Supreme Court cases, activists demanded freedom and equality for all. Boycotts were organized. Speeches were made. Students occupied lunch counters and Freedom Riders rode interstate buses through the South, risking their lives to test new anti-segregation laws. But even as activists gathered to challenge institutionalized racism, some stood in the spotlight and others were relegated to the wings, where they struggled with a sudden recognition that discrimination reached far beyond the bounds of race.

Big Bessie’s feet hurt like nobody’s business,
but she stands- bigly – under the unruly scrutiny,
stands in the wild seed.
In the wild weed
she is a citizen,
and, in a moment of the highest quality, admirable.
It is lonesome, yes. For we are the last of the loud.
Nevertheless, live.
Conduct your blooming in the noise and whip of the
whirlwind.
— Gwendolyn Brooks, from “The Second Sermon on the Warpland”

Visit the UC San Diego Library’s exhibit which celebrates the March on Washington and the stories of many of the organizers and participants in the Civil Rights Movement who aren’t always recognized in textbooks and the dominant narratives about those turbulent times. The exhibit also reaches back to offer a fresh take on Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation. Highlighting the library’s rich resources, materials have been gathered from our print and online collections.

Speaker Series Event:
On Freedom’s Front Line: Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement Speak Out

February 22, 2013
Seuss Room, Geisel Library building
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Open to all. Refreshments will be served.
Please register for the event.

The Social Sciences & Humanities Library invites you to a stimulating discussion with three veterans of the Civil Rights movement. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and Thurgood Marshall made the headlines, but the battle for civil rights was waged by ordinary Americans, made extraordinary by their steadfast convictions, courageous actions, and untiring dedication to the ideal of freedom and justice for all. Sometimes risking their lives, our panelists and countless others challenged the government to enact and truly enforce Civil Rights legislation. Jim Garrett, Bob Filner, and Carroll Waymon—who have stood on the front lines of freedom then and now–will share their own experiences and the stories of other organizers and activists who didn’t make it into the spotlight. This should prove to be an unforgettable afternoon.

UCSD History Professor Daniel Widener will moderate the discussion with the following panelists:

James Garrett, an early activist in the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, directed the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) offices in Watts and Hollywood (1965).  As a student, he founded the first Black Student Union at San Francisco State University. A retired scholar and legal consultant who holds JD and PhD degrees, he continues to work in human rights organizing and advocacy.

Bob Filner, City of San Diego Mayor, was only an 18-year old student at Cornell University when he joined the Freedom Rides in Nashville. In 1963, he was arrested in Mississippi on a Freedom Ride, and spent several weeks in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. After receiving his Ph.D. from Cornell in 1969, Filner moved to San Diego and embarked on a 20-year long teaching career at San Diego State University. Always the activist, he warned his students that their “grand” thoughts were futile unless they put them into action to help people and improve the world. Filner went on to serve in a variety of elected positions, including San Diego City Council, the U.S. Congress, and now Mayor of San Diego.

Dr. Carrol Waymon was the founder and first director of the Citizens Interracial Committee (CIC), San Diego’s first human relations agency. When Waymon came to San Diego in 1964, conditions in the city were so intolerant that he branded it the “Mississippi of the West.” Among his committee’s achievements: the removal of restricted covenants so that African Americans and other people of color could live anywhere they wanted in San Diego; and writing the first Equal Opportunity ordinances for the city and county, opening up opportunities for employment. In 2013, Waymon was named a San Diego Civil Rights Hero honoree.

The Panel Discussion is generously co-sponsored by the LAUC-SD Committee on Diversity.

The Library is excited to feature the 2013 Opportunity Quilt created by the San Diego People of Color Quilt Guild. Raffle tickets will be available for $1. The raffle ticket will be drawn on March 2nd at the Guild 2013 Quilt Show.

SDPOC 2013 Opportunity Quilt (82.5″ x 83″)

Go green this holiday season!

The holidays can be a frenzied time as we all look for just the right gift for the special people in our lives. This year consider purchasing a few locally made and/or sustainable gifts. Many retailers are offering unique products made from recycled and sustainable materials.

According to Independent We Stand, small businesses account for 75% of all new jobs. When a person spends just $100.00 locally, $68.00 stays in the community,whereas if you spend it at a local chain the amount drops to $43.00.  Shopping locally is not only good for the locally economy it is good for the environment.
http://www.independentwestand.org/learn-more/about/faqs/

Check out this ESG Fair Trade and Holiday Idea and Gift Giving Guide put together by the UC San Diego Library’s Environmental Sustainability Group.

Suggestions? Share them in the comments!

What can you do with an economics degree? Come learn more! Kathleen DeBoer, Deputy Head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development’s Washington Center, will speak about career and internship opportunities at OECD and other organizations, and highlight the OECD’s publications (quick link: http://ucsd.libguides.com/oecd) and the current economic outlook for employment. OECD is is a non-governmental organization based in Paris with a mission to promote ‘polices that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.’

Adele Barsh, the UCSD Economics & Business Librarian, will cover what resources are available about economics careers and job hunting.

Monday, October 29
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Seuss Room, Geisel Library

Open to all. No RSVP.

This event is sponsored by The Library, Associated Students Office of Academic Affairs and OECD. For more information, contact UCSD’s OECD Student Ambassador, Irene Chang (i6chang@ucsd.edu).

Popkin, a professor of political science at UC San Diego, is the author of the newly-published book The Candidate: What It Takes to Win—and Hold—the White House.The New York Times hailed his book as a “management bible for the business of presidential campaigning” in which Popkin argues that “polling, strategy and even a candidate’s platform are less important than organization.”

The Washington Post called Popkin’s campaign book a “compelling history” and The Financial Times called it “a fix for political junkies” while George Stephanopoulos praised it for the “surprising secrets” unveiled by Popkin’s unique ability to connect the minds of voters with the machinery of political campaigns.

Popkin’s previous book, The Reasoning Voter was described as a classic by Joe Klein in Time magazine, and has been widely cited in Washington as well as in academia.

Popkin is an active participant as well as an academic analyst of presidential elections. He has consulted on polling, targeting and strategy in the presidential campaigns of Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and George McGovern, and played Ronald Reagan for Carter in the practice debates held before the 1980 Carter-Reagan debate.

Thursday, November 1st, Noon-1pm
Seuss Room, Geisel Library 

Open to all!
Refreshments served.
No RSVP. 

Exhibit:
Cultivated Tastes: A Culinary and Cultural Exploration of Coffee
Social Sciences & Humanities Library, Geisel Library West, main floor
October – December 2012

Cup of Joe, Java Juice, Lifeblood– coffee seems to go by many names whether you reach for it blindly as your caffeine source or savor every sip!

As coffee was introduced to geographic areas across the globe, it often had a profound effect on the culture and economy.  This exhibit explores various aspects of coffee on the world: the role of the coffee houses in expanding political thought, the unfortunate connection between the popularity of coffee and slavery, the cultivation of the coffee plant, and coffee in the culinary world.  Along the way we highlight historical ads for coffee, the various methods of brewing a cup, and explore the ethical side of the coffee industry.

Everyone has their favorite coffee spot on campus! Visit the exhibit in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library, Geisel Library West, main floor (near the reference section)  to let us know your favorite campus coffee spot, why you like it, or your favorite drink!

Event:
October is also Fair Trade Month.  Cafe Moto began in 1990 as a division of its parent company Pannikin coffee and Tea, serving San Diego communities since 1968. Remaining family and community focused, second-generation owners Torrey and Kim Lee incorporated Cafe Moto in 1998.  On October 18, 2012 from 1 -2 pm, Torrey Lee, master roaster and owner of Café Moto, will speak about fair trade practices of the coffee industry.  He will share his insights and talk about his experiences working with small farmers like the women in the coffee collective, The Society of Small Producers for Coffee Export (SOPPEXCCA) .  And Café Moto will provide coffee roasted in a variety of methods, for a coffee tasting.

Please RSVP for the event– http://tinyurl.com/cultivated-tastes

Many thanks for the generous support and artifacts from Torrey Lee and Café Moto.

This film examines the history of Native American voting rights in the United States and New Mexico. It follows narratives including the history of the Pueblo revolt, the evolution of Native voting rights, the Laguna Tribe’s 2004 voter registration drive, the passage of new legislation to support and protect Native American voting rights, and a battle to preserve sacred petroglyphs in Albuquerque.

Monday, October 15th, 12 – 1 pm
Seuss Room, Geisel Library

Open to all.
Refreshments Served.
No RSVP. Feel free to bring your lunch.

Hosted by: The LAUC San Diego Committee on Diversity

To commemorate the pogrom that started the Nazi assault on Jewish life (November 9/10, 1938) the Holocaust Workshop offers 3 special events in November:

Legalism and Memory: The Post-WWII Identity of Jewish Survivors in Budapest
5:00pm, November 5th, Seuss Room, Geisel Library
Professor Andrea Peto’s talk will focus on the identity of Jewish Holocaust survivors in post-WWII Budapest.  Examining the legal language of the people’s courts, she explores its effects on postwar memory and identify.  She argues that the experiences of Jews in the post-WWII lustration process- a neglected feature of post-WWII political justice- decisively contributed to the formation of a reactive and negative Jewish identify.  Her findings are part of a research project that examines the records of the Hungarian people’s courts.  Peto is an associate professor in the department of Gender Studies at the Central European University in Budapest and has published widely on the Holocaust.  She is the recipient of the Officer’s Cross Order of the Merit of the Republic of Hungary, awarded by the President of Hungary, and the Bolyai Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Growing up in the Shadow of the Holocaust
5:00pm, November 14th, Seuss Room, Geisel Library
Memories and music by Trudie Richman who is a La Jolla resident, originally from Vienna.

San Diego resident Trudie Richman-Wilder was born in Vienna in 1923 and managed to escape to the US during World War II. Her memoir Escape from Vienna details reminiscences of her childhood and her bid for freedom. An accomplished singer and guitarist who has recorded folksongs for the prestigious Smithsonian Folkways label, Richman will conclude her presentation with some Yiddish songs.

An Evening with Madame F.
5:00pm, November 26th, Mandeville Recital Hall (the Recital Hall is located in Mandeville Center)

Performance artist and playwright Claudia Stevens whose parents fled flee Europe uses music to explore the Holocaust. An Evening with Madame F. focuses on the real-life experience of Fania Fenelon, a member of the women’s orchestra at Auschwitz who was forced to perform to an audience of concentration camp guards. Fenelon’s story raises profound ethical questions which Stevens addresses in an original, interactive way. Stevens has been a creative and performing artist for many years. Her numerous honors include residencies at the Gitameit Art Center in Rangoon, Burma; RS9 Studio Theatre in Budapest; and  Brandeis University’s Women’s Studies Research Center. She regularly performs her solo plays at leading universities and arts centers in the United States.

All are welcome! Refreshments Provided!

For driving and parking directions please visit libraries.ucsd.edu/hlhw/events.html or contact the Program Coordinator Susanne Hillman at hlhw@ucsd.edu or 858-534-7661.

The Holocaust Living History Workshop is an outreach and education program sponsored by the UCSD Library and UCSD Judaic Studies Department.