Events

The earliest version of Cal’s R&C requirement appeared in 1919. Over a century later, the requirement remains substantially the same.… Continue reading Film, Television, Media Old & New

Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, author, and visionary known for his critical stance on the direction of technology and… Continue reading Film, Television, Media Old & New

Doreen St. Félix has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 2017 and was named the magazine’s television critic in 2019.… Continue reading Film, Television, Media Old & New

While on vacation at a beach resort on the coast of Sri Lanka in 2004, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her husband, their two… Continue reading Film, Television, Media Old & New

Professor Cary Moskovitz of Duke University, an expert in teaching STEM writing and the lead principle investigator of the Text… Continue reading Film, Television, Media Old & New

This symposium, presented by the students of History of Art 192G, focuses on the built environment of Berkeley’s Northbrae and… Continue reading Film, Television, Media Old & New

Joyce Carol Oates, author of over 70 works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, is Professor Emerita of the Humanities at Princeton and has taught as a visiting professor of English at UC Berkeley. Her oeuvre confronts questions of interiority and violence, American history, and female experience.

Writing and Thinking in Two Languages Katrina Dodson, winner of the 2016 PEN Translation Prize, reflects on why there is… Continue reading Film, Television, Media Old & New

Emily Nemens, editor of the Paris Review, discusses the nature of editing, being an editor, and being a woman in a literary space.

Michael Lewis discusses his career as a writer, his writing practices, and the genesis of past, present, and future works.

Across his many books and articles, Carlo Rotella has teased out the mystery of craft: how someone learns to master a chosen domain, and then – through that mastery – transforms what’s possible within it.

Art of Writing hosts a conversation between editor Steve Wasserman and music critic Greil Marcus, whose collaboration spans 46 years and three books.

Patricia Williams, James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia University, is a scholar of race, gender, and law, and a prolific writer across a variety of genres

Professor Robert Reich, Goldman School of Public Policy, discusses the current political climate and his practices as a writer.

Brazilian novelist and poet Adriana Lisboa speaks with Candace Slater (Spanish & Portuguese) about the work of writing and translation.

Brazilian author Adriana Lisboa and Portuguese poet, critic, and translator Ana Luísa Amaral lead an intimate writing and translation workshop.

William Germano, Cooper Union, addresses the skill of diagnosing your scholarly work to recognize where dissertations end and books begin.

Work on your academic projects, an article, a chapter, final research paper, memoir, or screenplay at Doe Library during National Novel Writing Month.

At the 2017 UC Student Veterans Summer Writing Workshop, student veterans from all 10 UC campuses gather to study and practice the art of storytelling.

Joseph Harris leads the Art of Teaching Writing Faculty Workshop, a condensed and tailored version for UC Berkeley faculty of Art of Writing’s Summer Institute.