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IRSCL
Congress
2023

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Ecologies of Childhood

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Public Humanities Events

Chumash Storytelling - with Barbareño Chumash Elder Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto

Whale Rider Film Screening and Book Discussion - with Author Witi Ihimaera and Dr. Nicola Daly

Whale Rider Film Screening and Book Discussion - with Author Witi Ihimaera and Dr. Nicola Daly

Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto Chumash Storytelling event poster with photo of presenter and event logo

 7:30pm-8:30pm on August 13, 2023

Multicultural Center Theater, 

UC Santa Barbara


Sponsored by the  IRSCL 2023 Congress: Ecologies of Childhood and UC Santa Barbara Multicultural Center and Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion


Image credit: United States National Park Service

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Whale Rider Film Screening and Book Discussion - with Author Witi Ihimaera and Dr. Nicola Daly

Whale Rider Film Screening and Book Discussion - with Author Witi Ihimaera and Dr. Nicola Daly

Whale Rider Film Screening and Book Discussion - with Author Witi Ihimaera and Dr. Nicola Daly

Whale rider film poster with image of a girl's face and a whale

7:00pm-9:30pm on August 14, 2023

Pollock Theater, 

UC Santa Barbara


Sponsored by the Carsey-Wolf Center, Summer Events and Entertainment Grant, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Film and Media Studies, and Literature and Environment

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Revisiting the Island of the Blue Dolphins - museum visit, culture, and diverse expert perspectives

Revisiting the Island of the Blue Dolphins - museum visit, culture, and diverse expert perspectives

Revisiting the Island of the Blue Dolphins - museum visit, culture, and diverse expert perspectives

Revisiting island of blue dolphins event poster with image of a woman in front of abstract backgroun

5:00pm-7:00pm on August 15, 2023

Fleischmann Auditorium, 

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History 


Sponsored by the UC Office of the President Multi-campus Research Programs and Initiative Funding and the UC Humanities Research Institute, UC Santa Barbara Division of Humanities and Fine Arts and the George H. and Olive J. Griffiths Charitable Foundation, and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion


Image credit: Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins: The Complete Reader's Edition, ed. Sara Schwebel  (University of California Press, 2016)

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See and Say: Special Research Collection Exhibition

Revisiting the Island of the Blue Dolphins - museum visit, culture, and diverse expert perspectives

Revisiting the Island of the Blue Dolphins - museum visit, culture, and diverse expert perspectives

See and Say: Special Research Collection Exhibition event poster & illustration of red & yellow bird

1:00-4:00pm on August 14, 2023 

9:00-12:00pm on August 16, 2023

Special Research Collection (3rd floor, Mountain side), Davidson Library, UC Santa Barbara


Exhibition curated by IRSCL 2023 Congress organizing team featuring materials from Special Research Collections 

at UC Santa Barbara Library. Special thanks to Zheng Ren.


*Sign up for a visit to the display of 44 rare books at the 2023 IRSCL Congress registration/information desk. Meet at the conference registration/information desk at the beginning of your designated one-hour time slot to be led to the SRC by a guide. 

Artist-Author Plenary Speakers

Gene Luen Yang

Jorge Tetl Argueta

Jorge Tetl Argueta

Gene Luen Yang event poster with photo of speaker and event description

August 13th at 5:10-6:00pm

Corwin Pavilion, University Center, UC Santa Barbara


Open to the public. No sign-up required.


Sponsored by the IRSCL 2023 Congress: Ecologies of Childhood, Princeton University Cotsen Children's Library, and 

UC Santa Barbara Center for Taiwan Studies

Jorge Tetl Argueta

Jorge Tetl Argueta

Jorge Tetl Argueta

Jorge Tetl Argueta event poster with image of speaker and description of event

August 14th at 3:45-4:35pm

Corwin Pavilion, University Center, UC Santa Barbara


Open to the public. No sign-up required.


Sponsored by the IRSCL 2023 Congress: Ecologies of Childhood 

and Princeton University Cotsen Children's Library

Maya Gonzalez

Eugene Yelchin

Eugene Yelchin

Maya Gonzalez event poster with image of speaker and event description

August 14th at 4:50-5:40pm

Corwin Pavilion, University Center, UC Santa Barbara


Open to the public. No sign-up required.


Sponsored by the IRSCL 2023 Congress: Ecologies of Childhood 

and Princeton University Cotsen Children's Library

Eugene Yelchin

Eugene Yelchin

Eugene Yelchin

Eugene Yelchin event poster with image of speaker and event description

August 16th at 5:10-6:00pm

Corwin Pavilion, University Center, UC Santa Barbara


Open to the public. No sign-up required.


Sponsored by the IRSCL 2023 Congress: Ecologies of Childhood 

and Princeton University Cotsen Children's Library




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