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Humanities Radio Hour: “Language of Conservation with Daniel Guevara and Claudio Campagna”
Humanities Radio Hour: “Language of Conservation with Daniel Guevara and Claudio Campagna”
Please tune in to KZSC 88.1 FM for Artists on Art Humanities Radio Hour Wed, April 5th at 12:00PM–1:00PM Interview with Professors Daniel Guevara and Claudio Campagna about the Language of Conservation Project. Click here to listen online UC Santa Cruz Faculty: - Daniel Guevara, Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy - Claudio Campagna, Adjunct […]
Center for Cultural Studies Colloquium Series: Matthew Fuller “In Praise of Plasticity”
Center for Cultural Studies Colloquium Series: Matthew Fuller “In Praise of Plasticity”
About the Cultural Studies Colloquium Series: The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee, […]
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Jewish Studies Open House
Jewish Studies Open House
Come discover what makes the Jewish Studies program at UC Santa Cruz such a unique and vibrant educational opportunity. Meet Jewish Studies faculty and students, learn about classes, internship opportunities, and the Jewish Studies intellectual community. Wednesday, April 12, 3-5pm Hum 1, 210
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Living Writers: Tongo Eisen-Martin
Living Writers: Tongo Eisen-Martin
Tongo Eisen-Martin, author of someone’s dead already (Bootstrap Press, 2015) Born in San Francisco, Tongo Eisen-Martin is a movement worker, educator, and poet who has organized against mass incarceration and extra-judicial killing of Black people throughout the United States. He has educated in detention centers from New York's Rikers Island to California's San Quentin State […]
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Critical Conversations in Cultural Heritage
Critical Conversations in Cultural Heritage
3rd Annual Research Conference Free and Open to the Public Advance Registration Required Appeals to "heritage" have become increasingly common and visible in recent decades. Whether within the realms of the promotion and re-creation of history, claims to sovereignty, protection of landscapes and climate, or economic development, connection to the past is often utilized as […]
Ethics and Language of Conservation Colloquium
Ethics and Language of Conservation Colloquium
Event Photos: Ethics and Language of Conservation What is Lost When a Species Goes Extinct? A Colloquium on the Unspeakable Value of Life Friday, April 14, 2017 2:00-5:30pm Humanities 1, Room 210 Speakers: Claudio Campagna Adjunct Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCSC Wildlife Conservation Society Daniel Guevara Chair, Department of Philosophy, UCSC Paul Koch […]
Linguistics Colloquium: Junko Ito
Linguistics Colloquium: Junko Ito
The Linguistics department hosts colloquium talks by distinguished faculty from around the world. Spring 2016 April 14: Junko Ito, UC Santa Cruz April 28: Ashwini Deo, Yale May 26: Susan Lin, UC Berkeley May/June TBD: LURC: Linguistics Undergraduate Research Conference
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The Fluidity of Status: A Seminar with Tanya Golash-Boza & Rhacel Parreñas (Non-citizenship Series)
The Fluidity of Status: A Seminar with Tanya Golash-Boza & Rhacel Parreñas (Non-citizenship Series)
Focusing on gender, deportation, and labor, the third and final session of Non-citizenship, UC Santa Cruz's Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Culture, approaches citizenship, denizenship, and mobility as fluid statuses—as formal (in other words, documented) positions that are in flux and as practices of belonging that morph as […]
Common Front for the Right to Housing in Bucharest
Common Front for the Right to Housing in Bucharest
Comparative urban studies are on the rise, raising new questions about translation, fungibility, and transit. How can we study the material effects of global capital in various urban spaces without conflating the spatial struggles and transformations of one space upon another? How can superimposing Western understandings of gentrification upon non-Western places impose onto-epistemological violence? This […]
The Fluidity of Status: Non-citizenship, Deportation, and Indentured Mobility: A Conversation with Tanya Golash-Boza and Rhacel Parreñas
The Fluidity of Status: Non-citizenship, Deportation, and Indentured Mobility: A Conversation with Tanya Golash-Boza and Rhacel Parreñas
Event Photos: by Steve Kurtz Presented by the Chicano Latino Research Center and Institute for Humanities Research In two Ted-style talks, Tanya Golash-Boza (UC Merced) and Rhacel Parreñas (University of Southern California) help close UC Santa Cruz's Andrew W. Mellon John E. Sawyer Seminar on non-citizenship by discussing what they see as some of the […]
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Undergraduate Digital Research Symposium
Undergraduate Digital Research Symposium
Sponsored by Center for Jewish Studies, Digital Scholarship Commons, University Library, IHR With support from the Koret Family Foundation The Digital Scholarship Commons is thrilled to announce the first Undergraduate Digital Research Symposium on April 19, 2017. At UC Santa Cruz, undergraduate students are engaged in creative, critical research using digital tools and platforms. This […]
Zac Zimmer: “Conquest, Contact, and Cosmovision: SF Rewritings of the Conquest of the Americas”
Zac Zimmer: “Conquest, Contact, and Cosmovision: SF Rewritings of the Conquest of the Americas”
Conquest, Contact, and Cosmovision: SF Rewritings of the Conquest of the Americas Zac Zimmer’s current project reads original narratives of the conquest of the Americas and the philosophical debates it engendered with and against recent aesthetic attempts to reimagine that historical moment in marginal genres, especially alternative history and first contact science fiction, creating a […]
The Helen Diller Family Endowment Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies
The Helen Diller Family Endowment Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies
The Helen Diller Family Endowment Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies presents: Mitchell Duneier the Maurice P. During, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University on "Ghetto: Invention of a Place, History of an Idea" Lecture at 4:00pm - Humanities 1, RM 210 Reception to follow Parking - Free to attendees - Please follow "Diller Lecture" signs to […]
Spanish Colloquium: Ximena Briceño, “A vuelo de pájaro: Vallejo y Arguedas”
Spanish Colloquium: Ximena Briceño, “A vuelo de pájaro: Vallejo y Arguedas”
A vuelo de pájaro: Vallejo y ArguedasA talk in Spanish by Ximena Briceño Ximena Briceño enseña literatura latinoamericana en el Departamento de Culturas Ibéricas y Latinoamericanas de Stanford University desde 2008. Es doctora por la Universidad de Cornell y egresada de la Universidad Católica del Perú. Su trabajo de investigación se enfoca en teorías de […]
The “Light” Revolution and its aftermaths: Protest, resistance and performing Eastern Europe
The “Light” Revolution and its aftermaths: Protest, resistance and performing Eastern Europe
SubRosa Throughout all of February, tens of thousands took the streets in Romania to protest corruption of the political class. Far from being the first spontaneous mass protests in recent local history, they were the first of such magnitude to affirm a clear right-wing position. As international radicals, we expect solidarity not with the imperialist […]
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Humanities Earth Day
Humanities Earth Day
Please join the Health Humanities Committee and Green Team for our Earth Day Lunch & Learn on April 20th from 12:00 - 1:00pm in Humanities 1, Room 210.
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PhD+: Humanities Townhall to Discuss Graduate Education for Graduate Students and Faculty
PhD+: Humanities Townhall to Discuss Graduate Education for Graduate Students and Faculty
Last year, the NEH awarded UCSC a Next Generation Humanities PhD Planning Grant to help support the campus in instituting wide-ranging changes in its humanities doctoral programs. As such a process process will ultimately affect everyone in the Humanities division, the grant participants would like to invite Humanities affiliates to a town-hall style forum for a short […]
Friday Forum for Graduate Research: Jaclyn N. Schultz
Friday Forum for Graduate Research: Jaclyn N. Schultz
Advertising Female Futurity: Children's Books Printed as Advertisements in the U.S., 1850-1870 In this presentation, I examine children's books printed as advertisemtns between 1850 and 1870 that were directed at female children. Beginning around 1850, companies produced books that served as advertisements but took the shape of children's primers, rhymes, or storybooks. This presentation carefully […]
Lothar Von Falkenhausen: “Trying to Do the Right Thing to Protect the World’s Cultural Heritage: One Committee Member’s Tale”
Lothar Von Falkenhausen: “Trying to Do the Right Thing to Protect the World’s Cultural Heritage: One Committee Member’s Tale”
The UCSC Society of the Archaeological Institute of America presents Lothar Von Falkenhausen Professor of Chinese Archaeology and Art History, UCLA Trying to Do the Right Thing to Protect the World's Cultural Heritage: One Committee Member's Tale Friday, April 21 at 5:00 p.m. Humanities 1, Room 210 Free and open to the public Refreshments at […]
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Traci Brynne Voyles: “Wastelanding: Legacies of Uranium Mining in Navajo Country”
Traci Brynne Voyles: “Wastelanding: Legacies of Uranium Mining in Navajo Country”
The IHR Research Cluster on Race, Violence, Inequality, and the Anthropocene Presents Traci Brynne Voyles Tuesday April 25, 3-5pm Wastelanding: Legacies of Uranium Mining in Navajo Country (reading workshop for faculty and graduate students) Humanities 1, room 210 Contact krlyons@ucsc.edu for readings Wednesday April 26, 2-4pm “Can a Sea be a Settler? California’s Salton Sea […]
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Eric Porter, “‘The Future Appears Both Bleak and Promising’: The Politics of Jet Noise Around SFO”
Eric Porter, “‘The Future Appears Both Bleak and Promising’: The Politics of Jet Noise Around SFO”
This talk is drawn from Professor Porter’s current book project examining the history of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and various social and political phenomena associated with it as a means of better understanding the core San Francisco Bay Area as a physical, social, and imagined urban space. The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a […]
Traci Brynne Voyles: “Can a Sea be a Settler? California’s Salton Sea and Settler Colonial Frames for Thinking about Environmental (Justice) History”
Traci Brynne Voyles: “Can a Sea be a Settler? California’s Salton Sea and Settler Colonial Frames for Thinking about Environmental (Justice) History”
The IHR Research Cluster on Race, Violence, Inequality, and the Anthropocene Presents Traci Brynne Voyles Tuesday April 25, 3-5pm Wastelanding: Legacies of Uranium Mining in Navajo Country (reading workshop for faculty and graduate students) Humanities 1, room 210 Contact krlyons@ucsc.edu for readings Wednesday April 26, 2-4pm Can a Sea be a Settler? California’s Salton Sea […]
The Politics of Belonging: Moroccan Communist Jews, French Empire, and Nationalisms in the 20th Century
The Politics of Belonging: Moroccan Communist Jews, French Empire, and Nationalisms in the 20th Century
This talk examines the place of Jews in colonial Morocco from the interwar period though to independence (achieved in 1956) and beyond. It is structured around one central question: how Moroccan Jews see themselves as emancipated citizens in a future independent Moroccan state? From a period of ideological porosity during the interwar period, through the […]
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Pictures & Progress: Black Panther, 1966-2016 closing reception
Pictures & Progress: Black Panther, 1966-2016 closing reception
Pictures & Progress: Black Panther, 1966-2016 closing reception Thursday, April 27, from 4PM to 6PM UCSC McHenry Library, 4th floor 414 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz CA. 95064 Light refreshments served The closing reception of "Pictures & Progress: Black Panther, 1966-2016” will be a public program bringing into conversation the power of visual representation and the […]
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Alumni Weekend 2017
SAVE THE DATE April 28 – 30, 2017 More info and event schedule at: alumniweekend.ucsc.edu
Friday Forum for Graduate Research: Baizhu Chen
Friday Forum for Graduate Research: Baizhu Chen
Do Lenders Value the Right Characteristics?: Evidence from Peer-to-Peer Lending Using a unique dataset of peer-to-peer lending with detailed loan and borrower information, I study the following research questions:|1) What are the borrower characteristics that lenders value when choosing which loans to fund?; and (2) Do lenders value the correct characteristics with respect to minimizing […]
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Ethics and the Language of Conservation
Ethics and the Language of Conservation
Daniel Guevara (Philosophy) and Claudio Campagna (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Wildlife Conservation Society) assert that we need to radically rethink the meaning of conservation. “Sustainable Development” is a failed term, and as a result, the crisis of conservation is fundamentally a philosophical crisis with real-world implications. Their goal is to give a compelling and […]
Humanities Mix & Mingle
Humanities Mix & Mingle
Please join us from 12-1 for a lunchtime Mix & Mingle in the Humanities courtyard. Connect with Humanities alumni, faculty, and beloved emeriti professors while enjoying complementary beverages and desserts. Tables and chairs will be set up, so grab your lunch at Quarry Plaza and come spend some time with the Humanities Division! Registration link: […]
Graduate Alumni Panel Discussions
Graduate Alumni Panel Discussions
Join us for lively panel discussions: Careers and Resources for Entrepreneurship for Graduate Students in the Santa Cruz Region, San Francisco to Monterey (1p-2:15p); Graduate Student Alumni Leaders in Santa Cruz Region, San Francisco to Monterey (2:30p-3:45p) and, Life after Graduate School. Panelists will share their stories and work experience in academic career, non-academic career, […]
Teach-in with Gina Dent: “Ex Post Facto: How to respond to a ‘post-truth’ world”
Teach-in with Gina Dent: “Ex Post Facto: How to respond to a ‘post-truth’ world”
Gina Dent, associate professor of feminist studies, history of consciousness, and legal studies, will discuss the role of the humanities in responding to the current discussion of “alternative facts.” How can we develop a critical relationship to “facticity,” while preserving the ability to think and act politically? Registration link: http://alumniweekend.ucsc.edu/sessions/teach-in-2/
An Immersion into Dickensian Cocktails
An Immersion into Dickensian Cocktails
Charles Dickens was a unique and protean fellow; writer, social commentator, reporter, actor, father, and much more.He was also a great lover of the table and glass, a noteworthy bon vivant who created wondrous punches, cups, cocktails, and other nourishing potations, in novels as well as in daily life. This lecture will address Dickens’s skill […]
Graduate Alumni Networking Mixer
Graduate Alumni Networking Mixer
Graduate Alumni and current graduate students will have an opportunity to meet each other, discuss their work and enjoy a relaxed opportunity to reconnect and network. Refreshments will be provided. Location: Graduate Student Commons and Cafe Iveta Registration link: REGISTER HERE
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Humanists@Work: Graduate Career Workshop in Silicon Valley
Humanists@Work Graduate Career Workshop – UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus Santa Clara - May 1, 2017 What is Humanists@Work? Humanists@Work is a UC-wide initiative geared towards UC Humanities and humanistic Social Science MAs and PhDs interested in careers outside/alongside the academy. On May 1, 2017, HumWork will host a sixth workshop for graduate students and […]
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Digital Pedagogy Showcase
Digital Pedagogy Showcase
Get some syllabus inspiration! The inaugural cohort of the Digital Instruction Project lead this Brown Bag Session about developing and implementing new digital assignments in their classes. Join us as we discuss the benefits and challenges of adding digital tools into your syllabus and pushing your students to try new forms of scholarly writing. The panel […]
“What’s Left of Progressive Politics?”
“What’s Left of Progressive Politics?”
The Center for Emerging Worlds presents "What's Left of Progressive Politics?" Roundtable Discussion with Dr. Vijay Prashad, Dr. Lisa Rofel, Dr. Mayanthi Fernando, and Asad Haider Dr. Vijay Prashad is Professor of International Studies and South Asian History at Trinity College, Connecticut and a renowned journalist. He was trained as a historical anthropologist and received […]
In the Ruins of the Present: Neoliberalism and Cruel Populism Suffocate the Future
In the Ruins of the Present: Neoliberalism and Cruel Populism Suffocate the Future
Vijay Prashad’s talk In the Ruins of the Present: Neoliberalism and Cruel Populism Suffocate the Future traces the rise of populism across the world, including the global South and North, in the present historical moment. This type of populism expresses itself in anti-immigrant politics and defines the nation in narrow terms – race, ethnicity, and religion. It seeks […]
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Chris Connery: “Contemporary Chinese Capitalism and Its Critical Landscape”
Chris Connery: “Contemporary Chinese Capitalism and Its Critical Landscape”
"Contemporary Chinese Capitalism and Its Critical Landscape" This talk draws on a work in progress entitled Revolutionary China and its Late Capitalist Fate, an analysis of the nature of post-reform China's political economy, with particular attention to how this has affected everyday life, intellectual and critical work, ideological formation, cultural production, social movements, political action, and […]
Earl Jackson: “Critical Conditions: Japanese Film Theory and Practice”
Earl Jackson: “Critical Conditions: Japanese Film Theory and Practice”
Earl Jackson Jr. is Professor at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan and Co-Director of the Trans-Asian Screen Cultures Institute in South Korea. Co-Sponsored by Cultural Studies, Cowell College, and the Literature Department.
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Feminist Studies Colloquium Series: Doris Leibetseder
Feminist Studies Colloquium Series: Doris Leibetseder
QT Reproduction: Queen and Transgender Use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Doris Leibetseder, Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley In this paper I present part of an allied queer-feminist and transgender ethics of reproduc-tion. I look at ARTs and how they raise challenges for transgender and queer people. My focus lies in the ways these technologies confront queer […]
Living Writers: Tsering Wangmo Dhompa & Eric Sneathen
Living Writers: Tsering Wangmo Dhompa & Eric Sneathen
Poet Tsering Wangmo Dhompa’s parents fled Tibet in 1959. Raised by her mother in Tibetan communities in Dharamsala, India, and Kathmandu, Nepal, She is the author of the poetry chapbooks In Writing the Names (2000) and Recurring Gestures (2000). She has published the full-length collections Rules of the House (2002), In the Absent Everyday (2005), […]
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PhD+: Mentorship
PhD+: Mentorship
Mentorship Managed Up: cultivating successful professional relationships within, alongside, and outside the academy This PhD+ session is being presented in coordination with members of the NEH Next Generation Humanities PhD Planning Grant Committee. Please join faculty, administration, and graduate students in a facilitated discussion and share your thoughts about how to foster and maintain successful mentorship […]
Friday Forum for Graduate Research: Danielle Crawford
Friday Forum for Graduate Research: Danielle Crawford
Shooting Cameras and Shooting Weapons: U.S. Military Violence and Ecological Ruin in Coppola's Apocalypse Now This presentation examines the shooting history of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979), which was shot on the Philippine island of Luzon. I investigate the collision between Hollywood's shooting of cameras and the U.S. military's shooting of weapons, and the […]
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