Academic and Administrative Holiday - Labor Day

Mon · Sep 7·The Bancroft Library (corridor) · Berkeley

The Bancroft Library's collections of materials relating to the Philippines span nearly 500 years. Highlights in this exhibit include a transcript of an Inquisitorial trial from 1646, a prayer book written in the Cebuano language, and UC Berkeley Filipino student publications from 1905 to the present. The exhibit also…

Mon · Sep 7·The Rowell Exhibition Cases, Doe Library, 2nd floor · Berkeley

In 1985, UC Berkeley students, with support from faculty, staff, and labor unions, transformed the campus into the heart of a powerful anti-apartheid divestment campaign. They organized rallies, teach-ins, and shantytown encampments to protest the university's financial ties to companies profiting from South Africa's s…

Thu · Sep 3·12 PM – 1:30 PM·Social Science Matrix, 820 Social Sciences Building. · Berkeley

In the 1950s the Black population (Afro-Caribbean and African) of England was estimated at no more than 50,000; by the 1970s it had increased to 400,000 and by 2001, the census reported it was over 1.1 million. Most research on Black Britain in this period is focused on the population at the center of this increase, th…

Thu · Sep 3·12 PM – 4 PM·Haas Pavilion Arena · Berkeley

Thu · Sep 3·12 PM – 1:59 PM·Recreational Sports Facility, Fieldhouse · Berkeley