09/03/2026
⚖️ Rights and Wrongs: A Constitution Day Conference at SFSU — Join us Sept. 16–17 for two days of conversations reflecting on 250 years of U.S. history and the past, present and future of constitutional rights, freedoms, citizenship, democracy, equality and justice.
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🖼️ Both days: “On Strike! Shut It Down! SF State Strikes of 1968–69”
Explore a student-curated and student-designed exhibition featuring archival video, photos, artwork and documents from the historic student-led strikes of the 1960s.
📍 Special Collections Gallery, LIB 462, SFSU Library
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📅 Wednesday, Sept. 16
9:30 – 11 a.m. | “Revolution(s) in Global Context”
A roundtable exploring the American, French and Haitian revolutions and Latin American independence and responding to rare materials from Sutro Library.
📍 Special Collections & Archives, LIB 460, J. Paul Leonard Library
4 – 6 p.m. | “Museums and the Fullness of History”
A keynote presentation by Oakland Museum Director Lori Fogarty, followed by a conversation with Museum Studies Professor Lissette Jiménez and an audience Q&A.
📍 Library Events Room, LIB 121, SFSU Library
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📅 Thursday, Sept. 17
11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | “Building a Community Archive: The 1968 SFSU BSU/TWLF Student Strike College of Ethnic Studies Oral History Collective”
Africana Studies Professor Tiffany Caesar joins a roundtable on digital technologies and historical storytelling.
📍 Special Collections & Archives, LIB 460, SFSU Library
12:30 – 1:45 p.m. | “Queering the Bicentennial: Patriots, Protesters, Pornographers and Profiteers in the 1970s”
Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Professor of History Marc Stein discusses his new book, “Bicentennial: A Revolutionary History of the 1970s.”
📍 Special Collections & Archives, LIB 460, SFSU Library
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Presented by SFSU’s Department of History and the Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Chair in U.S. History, in collaboration with J. Paul Leonard Library’s Special Collections & Archives and California State Library’s Sutro Library.
