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The Lytton Center considers ways that the study of the past can help shape the present and future; our mission is to inspire the Ohlone community to work for the public good through programming focused on access, equity, inclusion, justice, and service.

04/26/2026

The Lytton Center for History and the Public Good will soon welcome our final guest speaker for the semester. Please plan to join us!

On Wednesday, May 6 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm in Building 1, Room 1302, we will host Dr. Sharika Thiranagama, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University, for the talk “What is Neighborliness in an Unequal Society?”

This talk is based on portions of Dr. Thiranagama’s newest book, The Monster in Your Path: The Private Life of Caste in India, which centers Dalit women and identifies how new forms of caste disparities have moved from public to private spaces.

03/25/2026

Please join us for our third speaker event of the semester!
On Wednesday, April 8 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm in Building 1, Room 1302, we will host Dr. Khalid Kadir (University of California, Berkeley) who will present the talk “Engineering Justice: Rethinking Engineering in Efforts to Make the World a Better Place."

03/04/2026

🗓️ Save the date! Join us for Living Between Worlds—a powerful conversation with Chella Man • • •, Deaf trans artist and creator on March 10, 12-1:30PM, at the Smith Center!

This event will be presented in American Sign Language.

For interpreting requests, please email: [email protected]

02/27/2026

Please join us for our second speaker event of the semester!

On Thursday, March 12 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm in the Jackson Theatre (Smith Center, Fremont Campus), we will host Dr. Usha Iyer, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies and Faculty Director for the Center for South Asia at Stanford University, who will present the talk “Indian Cinema and the Caribbean: Media in the Wake of Indenture and Enslavement."

01/28/2026

Please join us for our first speaker event of the semester!

On Wednesday, February 11 from 11:15 am – 12:45 pm in the Jackson Theatre (Smith Center, Fremont Campus), we will host Noah Berger, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, as he presents the talk “Behind the Lens: Photographing California Wildfire and Social Unrest."

01/16/2026

Please save the dates for our Spring 2026 Speaker Series! Our talks are free and open to all in the community.

On Wednesday, February 11 from 11:15 am – 12:45 pm in the Jackson Theatre (Smith Center), Noah Berger (Pulitzer Prize Winning Photojournalist)) will present “Behind the Lens: Photographing California Wildfire and Social Unrest.”

On Thursday, March 12 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm in the Jackson Theatre (Smith Center), Dr. Usha Iyer (Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, Stanford University) will present “Indian Cinema and the Caribbean: Media in the Wake of Enslavement and Indenture.”

On Wednesday, April 8 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm in Building 3, Room 1302, Dr. Khalid Kadir (Continuing Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley) will present “Engineering Justice: Rethinking Engineering in Efforts to Make the World a Better Place.”

On Wednesday, May 6 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm in Building 3, Room 1302, Dr. Sharika Thiranagama (Associate Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University) will present “What is Neighborliness in an Unequal Society?"

We hope you will join us!

11/19/2025

Please join us on December 3 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm in the Jackson Theatre (Smith Center, Fremont Campus) for "Bordering on Indifference: Immigration Agents Negotiating Race and Morality" with Dr. Irene I. Vega (Associate Professor of Sociology, UC Irvine).

For related resources, please review this library guide created by Public Services Librarian, Nnekay FitzClarke: https://libguides.ohlone.edu/c.php?g=1296633&p=10756001.

10/21/2025

Please join us on November 4 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm in the Jackson Theatre (Smith Center, Fremont Campus) for "Sourcing Our Power: Trans Voices of Color, Oral History, and the Roots and Future of Community" with Professor Caro De Robertis (San Francisco State University).

For related resources, please review this library guide created by our Nnekay FitzClarke, our fantastic Public Sources Librarian: https://libguides.ohlone.edu/c.php?g=1296633&p=10756002.

09/17/2025

In just over two weeks, we will host our first in-person event of the semester.

Please join us on Thursday, October 2 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm in Ohlone College's Jackson Theatre (Smith Center, Fremont Campus) to learn from Dr. Hakeem Jefferson, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, as he presents "Respectability: Identity and the Politics of Social Control Among Black Americans."

For resources related to the talk, please review this library guide created by Ohlone College's wonderful Public Services Libration, Nnekay FitzClarke: https://libguides.ohlone.edu/c.php?g=1296633&p=10756005.

08/20/2025

Please save the dates for our Fall 2025 Speaker Series! We will hold all talks at the Jackson Theatre (Smith Center, Fremont Campus). They are free to attend.

On Thursday, October 2 from 1:00– 2:30 pm, Dr. Hakeem Jefferson (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University) will present “Respectability: Identity and the Politics of Social Control among Black Americans.”

On Tuesday, November 4 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm, Professor Caro De Robertis (Professor of Creative Writing, San Francisco State University) will present “Sourcing Our Power: Trans Voices of Color, Oral History, and the Roots and Future of Community.”

On Wednesday, December 3 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm, Dr. Irene I. Vega (Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine) will present “Bordering on Indifference: Immigration Agents Negotiating Race and Morality.”

We hope you will join us!

04/02/2025

Our final on-campus event of Spring 2025 is in two weeks!

Join us on April 16 from 11:15 am - 12:45 pm in Room 1302 (Building 1, Fremont Campus) for the talk "Privilege and Punishment in an Era of Mass Criminalization" by Dr. Matthew Clair, Assistant Professor of Sociology and, by courtesy, Law at Stanford University.

For additional resources related to the talk, please check out this library guide curated by Ohlone College's wonderful Public Services Libration, Nnekay FitzClarke: https://libguides.ohlone.edu/c.php?g=1296633&p=10756005.

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43600 Mission Boulevard
Fremont, CA
94539

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http://ohlone.edu/lyttoncenter

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