HSU faculty members share best lectures
Humboldt State University’s College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences is kicking off its 2020 summer lecture series. Faculty members from HSU are hosting the free online lectures and workshops, which are open to the HSU community and the public. The schedule is as follows: · June 18 at 2 p.m. “20th Century Art in an Hour” with Julie Alderson, Department of Art. Zoom webinar at https://humboldtstate.zoom. us/s/98605423369. Alderson will cover everything from Cubism and Dada to Conceptual Art and Postmodernism in order to explore how modern art helped advance ideas about creativity,
inclusivity and freedom. · June 22at 1p.m. “Texting to
Save Lives: Crisis Text Line Interactive Workshop” with Maxwell Schnurer of the Department of Communication. Zoom webinar at https://humboldtstate.zoom. us/s/92203248329. Crisis Text Line is a 24-hour crisis line that provides direct support for people in crisis through texting. The lecture will pivot to engage with the available data (crisistrends.org) and participants will use interactive small groups to analyze and apply large-scale data.
· July 1 at 4 p.m. “William James on the Truth of Religious Experiences” with Benjamin Shaeffer of the Department of Philosophy. Zoom webinar at https://humboldtstate.zoom.us/s/98472200620.
Are religious experiences simply pathological delusions, or are they insights into the divine ground of all existence? Is the belief in god simply an irrational superstition, or is it as well founded as our belief in beauty or justice? How do we decide? In this lecture, Shaeffer will investigate the philosopher William James’ answers to these questions and how his answers relate to some contemporary research into the new field of neurotheology.
· July 8 at 1 p.m. “In the Makeup Chair — How to Create Special Effects with a Few Simple Elements” by Rae Robinson of the Department of Theatre Arts. Zoom webinar
at https://humboldtstate.zoom. us/s/94055220993. This will be an introduction to the elements in special effect makeup design in latex, nose wax and other materials. · July 13 at 10 a.m. “Cannabis & Environmental Justice in Humboldt County” with Kaitlin Reed of the Department of Native American Studies. Zoom webinar at https://humboldtstate.zoom.us/s/99221624548.
This lecture will look at the ecological impacts of cannabis cultivation on tribal nations in Humboldt County. This event will also facilitate discussion on the relationship between settler colonialism and environmental justice for Native Americans in Humboldt County.