May 6: Stories from the Sea: a Showcase of Student-Community Projects
Department: Literary Journalism
Date and Time: May 6, 2021 | 7:00 PM-8:30 PMEvent Location: Zoom
Event Details
Stories from the Sea: a Showcase of Student-Community Projects
Department: Humanities CenterDate and Time: May 6, 2021 | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Event Location: Zoom
Event Details
Please join us for a program and multi-media exhibition that features moving and empowering stories from the sea. This project features UCI student-Newport Beach community collaborations and is co-sponsored by the Newport Beach Public Library Foundation, the UCI Humanities Center, the UCI Center for Storytelling, UCI Libraries, the UCI History Department, California Humanities and the Isidore & Penny Myers Foundation.
Register here: http://bit.ly/OCSeaStories
Schedule:
Welcome by Kunga Wangmo-Upshaw, acting director, Newport Beach Public Library Foundation
Video montage of student projects, edited and introduced by Neo Patel (UCI student, drama) and Francisco Romero (UCI student, film and media studies)
Introduction to Stories from the Sea website by Melanie Huynh (UCI student, philosophy)
Student panel moderated by Prof. Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, director of the UCI Humanities Center, featuring
Yixuang (Camille) Chen (UCI student, European studies)
Chloe Low (UCI student, literary journalism and English)
Rehana Morita (UCI student, film and media studies)
Vian Nguyen (UCI student, comparative literature and Asian American Studies)
Christian Okubo (UCI student, history), and
Kaye Regalado (UCI student, literary journalism and English)
Q & A with all the student researchers moderated by Dr. Patricia Pierson, associate director of literary journalism, UC Irvine
Wrap-up and introduction to archival and storytelling resources with Dr. Krystal Tribbett, Curator for Orange County Regional History, UCI Libraries
For more information, contact Prof. J. Wu (j.wu@uci.edu).