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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.

10/08/2026

In two weeks, the Lytton Center for History and the Public Good will host our second guest speaker on campus for the fall semester. Please mark your calendars!

Join us on Wednesday, October 21 from 1-2:30 pm in the Smith Center for the talk “From Marlboro to Ni****ne Maxxing: To***co Marketing History and Public Health” by Dr. Pamela Ling, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for To***co Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco.

Here is a brief description of the talk from Dr. Ling:

Dr. Ling will discuss historical cigarette marketing strategies, and how to***co companies developed targeted messages to entice young adult to start smoking, and how these strategies deepen to***co-related health disparities. She will discuss how these strategies have evolved as the to***co product market has evolved to include va**ng, heated to***co products, ni****ne pouches and more.

09/02/2026

Join us on Thursday, September 17 from 11:15 am – 12:45 pm in the Smith Center for the first Lytton Center talk of the fall semester! Dr. Juana Maria Rodriquez, Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley will join u at Ohlone College and give a lecture titled “Sex, Power, and Portraiture in 19th Century Mexico”

Here is a brief description of the talk from Dr. Rodriguez:

In 1865, Maximillian I, ordered all s*x workers in Mexico City to submit their name and a photograph of their face into a public health registry called “Registro de Mujeres Públicas,” [Registry of Public Women]. This talk examines that unique archival document to look the role of photography in relation to the surveillance and criminalization of s*xual labor and the state’s efforts to control access to public space and private bodies in this early moment of Mexican nation-building.

We can't wait to see you there!

08/19/2026

Please save the dates for our fall speaker schedule!

On Thursday, September 17 from 11:15 am – 12:45 pm in the Jackson Theatre (Smith Center), Dr. Juana María Rodríguez (University of California, Berkeley) will present “Sex, Power, and Portraiture in 19th Century Mexico.”

On Wednesday, October 21 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm in the Jackson Theatre (Smith Center), Dr. Pamela Ling (University of California, San Francisco) will present “From Marlboro to Ni****ne Maxxing: To***co Marketing History and Public Health.”

On Tuesday, November 17 from 11:15 am – 12:45 pm in Building 1, Room 1302, Dr. Marci Kwon (Stanford University) will present “Making San Francisco Chinatown.”

We hope to see you there!

06/25/2026

Concentration Camps vs. “Relocation Centers.” Forced Removal vs. Evacuation. Incarceration vs. Internment. During WWII, over 125,000 people were taken from their homes and communities and incarcerated in camps because they looked like the enemy. What should we call that? We call it the Japanese American Incarceration. We should not use euphemisms when discussing history. Censorship is the start of a slippery slope towards banning uncomfortable history and the eventual erasure of these important stories. Densho has created a guide for WWII terminology to better reflect this time in our history. Read here: https://densho.org/terminology/

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!

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43600 Mission Boulevard
Fremont, CA
94539

Website

http://ohlone.edu/lyttoncenter

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