AI is an increasingly powerful force in the current U.S. landscape of knowledge, mis- or disinformation, media, and politics. This panel will bring together scholars who examine questions related to AI, influence, and information in journalism, media, and California’s universities to discuss the implications of these developments for information and knowledge politics today. Featuring Maty Bohacek, Martha Kenney, Martha Lincoln, and Edward Wasserman, with moderation by Cori Hayden.
Panel
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California and the Nation Vote: A Post-Mortem on the 2026 Midterm Election
On Thursday, November 12th, the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) presents "California and the Nation Vote: A Post-Mortem on the 2026 Election," to be held at the IGS Library, 109 Philosophy Hall, #2370. Nine days after Election Day, two moderated panels will examine the results through this year's theme: maps, money, and the movements reshaping the parties.
Book Talk
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Unsettling Sovereignty: International Law, Nuclear Weapons, and US Extraterritorial Power in Postwar Oceania
Register to attend a November 23 book talk by Mary Mitchell, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers Newark. Mitchell’s work centers on the intersections of science and technology with law and environmental social movements in the nuclear era. This event will be held in 223 Philosophy Hall.
Authors Meet Critics
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Until the Last Ton: Fossil Fuels in India from Empire to the Climate Crisis
This Authors Meet Critics panel will focus on the book "Until the Last Ton: Fossil Fuels in India from Empire to the Climate Crisis," by Matthew Shutzer, Assistant Professor of History at UC Berkeley — the first history of fossil fuels in colonial and post-colonial South Asia. Professor Shutzer will be joined in conversation by Youjin Chung and Daniel Aldana Cohen, with Michael Watts moderating.