This international theater series focuses on one of Latin America’s most important literary figures: Cuban playwright Virgilio Piñera, is complemented by the three-day symposium Sexual and Cultural Politics in Virgilio’s Theater, August 31 – September 2.

Fox's playful mixed-media tributes to some of the 20th century’s most influential cultural icons and Moore's abstract explorations of the fragile grandeur of the natural environment are showcased in this exhibition; both artists are lecturers in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Art and Art History.

This tribute to Japanese cinema allows the unusual opportunity to see three classics of Japanese cinema: Yasujirō Ozu’s An Autumn Afternoon (1962), Akira Kurosawa’s Drunken Angel (1948), and Nagisa Oshima’s Empire of Passion (1978). All screenings take place at the Cosford Cinema.

Juergensmeyer, director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, professor of sociology, and affiliate professor of religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has written prolifically on religious violence, conflict resolution, and South Asian religion and politics.

This in-depth exploration of Caribbean literature and culture features Commonwealth Foundation Literature Prize winners Earl Lovelace of Trinidad and Olive Senior of Jamaica, as well as a Cosford Cinema screening of the powerful film Kaleb and appearance by filmmaker Kervans Barthelemy.