Events
All events are free & open to the public.
Coastal Communities and Justice
As part of the Glasscock Center’s Humanities: Land Sea Space initiative, this series of virtual events explores issues concerning environmental justice, energy, community, climate change, and forms of resilience in coastal areas in Texas and beyond. We are collaborating with the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center to present this series.
Seadrift (2019) film screening
Directed by Tim Tsai and winner of numerous awards, including the 2019 Texas Visionary Award and Best Documentary feature at the Indie and Foreign Film Festival 2019.
“In 1979, a Vietnamese refugee shoots and kills a white crab fisherman at the public town docks in Seadrift, TX. What began as a dispute over fishing territory erupts into violence and ignites a maelstrom of boat burnings, KKK intimidation, and other hostilities against Vietnamese refugees along the Gulf Coast. Set during the early days of Vietnamese arrival in the U.S. Seadrift is a feature documentary that examines the circumstances that led up to the shooting and its dramatic aftermath, and reveals the unexpected consequences that continue to reverberate today.”
Timothy Tsai
Please RSVP for a free link to view the film, which will be available one week before the Q&A event on October 22. Additional viewing options here:
https://www.seadriftfilm.com/watch
Thursday, October 22, 5:00-6.30pm Seadrift film: Discussion and Q&A with Directors
Event Flyer (pdf)
Chair: Emily Brady (Glasscock Center/Philosophy, Texas A&M)
Thao Ha
Tim Tsai, Seadrift Director
Thao Ha, Seadrift Associate Director and Professor of Sociology, MiraCosta College
Click here to view the recorded event.
Wildlife refuge near refineries on gulf coast.
Friday, October 30, 12:00-1:30pm Coastal Communities and Justice Roundtable
Event Flyer (pdf)
Chair: Michelle Meyer (Director, Hazard and Reduction Recovery Center, Texas A&M)
Deidra D. Davis (Landscape and Urban Planning, Texas A&M)
Clare Palmer (Philosophy, Texas A&M)
Carlee Purdum (Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Texas A&M)
Joy Semien (Urban and Regional Science/HRRC, Texas A&M)
Click here to view the recorded event.
Michelle Meyer
Deidra Davis
Clare Palmer
Carlee Purdum
Joy Semien
Friday, November 6, 1:00-2:30pm
Leslie Mabon
“Coastal communities, major environmental change, and inherent resilience: insights from the Fukushima coast”
Event Flyer (pdf)
Leslie Mabon (Marine Social Science, Scottish Association for Marine Science-University of the Highlands and Islands)
Chair: Emily Brady
Dr. Mabon's talk will be based on this recently published paper.
Click here to view the recorded event.
These events are presented by the Glasscock Center's Humanities: Land Sea Space initiative and the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center at Texas A&M University.
