Tuesday, April 22 / 8 pm / Campbell Hall

David Doubilet, one of the world’s leading underwater photographers, has more than 40 National Geographic story credits to his name. David Doubilet “has set the standard others follow and opened the eyes of a generation to the wonders of the marine world” (Dive Magazine).
Co-presented with Brooks Institute of Photography

General public $12 / UCSB and Brooks Institute students $10

Wednesday, April 23 / 8 pm / Campbell Hall / Free

Author of 28 books including the classic The Snow Leopard and The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes, Peter Matthiessen is also a naturalist, environmental activist and wilderness traveler. His elegant, eloquent writing vividly captures rare species and exotic locales. The 40th Annual Edwin & Jean Corle Memorial Lecture, presented with support from the UCSB Library.

Former boxer Rubin Carter narrowly escaped the electric chair. His murder conviction was overturned after 22 years of incarceration. Now a fighter for social justice, Carter will introduce The Hurricane (Norman Jewison, 1999, 120 minutes), his film biography starring Oscar-nominated Denzel Washington, and answer questions after the film.
Presented as part of the Executing Justice: The Death Penalty in America Series.

General public $6 / UCSB students $5

Friday, May 2 / 8 pm / Campbell Hall

Obie Award-winning playwright of the groundbreaking phenomenon The Vagina Monologues and Necessary Targets, a powerful tale of the resilient human spirit in Bosnia, Eve Ensler initiated V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women. An indefatigable crusader for human rights and ardent taboo-breaker, Ensler visualizes a violence-free world as the first step to achieving universal safety for women. She is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the UCSB College of Creative Studies.

General public $15 / UCSB students $10

Thursday, May 8 / 4 pm / MultiCultural Center Theater / Free

Award-winning journalist Gustav Niebuhr, national religion correspondent for The New York Times, is a Regents’ Lecturer in Religious Studies. His lecture will explore America’s tolerance of religious diversity and the ways in which Americans express their faiths against a global backdrop of religious violence.

Friday, May 16 / 8 pm / Campbell Hall

Dead Man Walking, Sister Helen Prejean’s 1993 chronicle of the Louisiana execution process, not only was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, but was also adapted into an opera and a hit film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. A tireless fighter against capital punishment, Sister Prejean has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Presented as part of the Executing Justice: The Death Penalty in America Series

General public $10 / UCSB students $8