Cal Discoveries Enrichment Lecturers Cal Discoveries Enrichment Lecturers are at the forefront of their fields, and leading you on your journey of discovery.
Josef Chytry
Vernard Lewis
Nad Permaul
Josef Chytry is Senior Adjunct Professor of Critical Studies at the California College of the Arts, Oakland/ San Francisco, and Founding Managing Editor of the Oxford journal Industrial and Corporate Change at the Institute for Business Innovation, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. He also lectures in philosophy for Stanford University Continuing Studies. Professor Chytry received a B.A. in international relations from George Washington University, a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in politics and the history of ideas from the University of Oxford. He has authored five books. and his next book Cosmotheism: Cytherean Sitings between Heraclitus and Kittler will be published in summer 2020. Among the subjects he has taught are: German philosophy and culture, ancient classical culture, the Italian Renaissance, the European enlightenment, modernism & postmodernism, and international relations. Josef was named the UC Berkeley Extension Honored Instructor for 2009–2010.
Dr. Lewis received his B.S., M.S., and Ph. D. degrees all from UC Berkeley. After being awarded a Chancellor’s Minority Post Doctoral Fellowship, he joined the faculty as a cooperative extension specialist in the Department of Entomological Sciences at UC Berkeley in 1990. Dr. Lewis retired in 2017, but still maintains an office as Emeritus. He has published over 150 publications and given hundreds of lectures, both on and off campus. Dr. Lewis’s research and outreach feature structural and household pests that include termites, ants, cockroaches and bed bugs. Highlights during several decades working as an academic and urban entomologist include creating and construction of a building to be infested with termites-Villa Termiti as well as the development and testing of novel methods of structural pest detection and nonchemical control. Dr. Lewis’ efforts have gained him regional and national awards that include being inducted into the Pest Management Hall of Fame in 2016. Dr. Lewis has extensively travelled as a researcher and consultant and has collaborated with many organizations that include: California Department of Pesticide Regulation, California Structural Pest Control Board, Pest Control Operators of California, San Quentin State Prison, US Environmental Protection Agency, USDA Forest Services, National Pest Management Association, United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, at least a dozen countries among six continents.
Dr. Nadesan Permaul received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He has been an Adjunct faculty in three departments at Berkeley—Rhetoric, Sociology, and Political Science for 27 years. He retired after 33+ years as an administrator at Cal— his last position being the Director of the Associated Students of the University of California (A.S.U.C.). A past president of the Cal Alumni Association (2003–2005), Dr. Permaul has been a lecturer and or host on fifteen Cal Discoveries trips.
Josef will accompany the June 1-9, 2021, Undiscovered France (See page 26).
Vernard will accompany the June 3-16, 2021, Journey to Brazil (See page 60).
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Nad will accompany the June 4-15, 2021, Journey along the Elbe (See page 74).
Below: Dresden, Germany
