News
22 March 2012 / 9 May 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
Garrison Keillor is scheduled to read a poem by UC Santa Cruz’s Gary Young on Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac on Thursday, March 22. The poem — In the heat of late […]
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22 March 2012 / 19 February 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
The International Herald Tribune quoted history professor Gail Hershatter for a story about the progress of Chinese women in the workplace, despite their lack of economic clout and unequal burden […]
Welcome to the thirteenth edition of the UC Humanities Update, a fortnightly e-news blast designed to bring you the latest news and information about humanities across the UC system, from […]
Two weeks ago, author Jonathan Safran Foer (Everything Is Illuminated, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close) went on the Stephen Colbert show to promote his latest book New American Haggadah. Edited […]
Grants
19 March 2012 / 21 February 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
FOUR PROJECTS RECEIVE FUNDING IN CONSORTIUM FOR HUMANITIES CENTERS AND INSTITUTES (CHCI) PLANNING INITIATIVE We are delighted to announce that four innovative, member-driven projects have received a total of […]
13 March 2012 / 9 May 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
The UC Humanities Research Institute is pleased to announce the 2012-13 awards for Conferences, Extramural Explorations, and Collaborative Compositions. 2012-13 CONFERENCES Empire, Narrative and the Global Environment Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey, […]
Free public event will explore vital role of the Humanities in shaping the future The UC Santa Cruz Institute of Humanities Research (IHR) will host the second annual gathering of […]
9 March 2012 / 19 February 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
History professor and co-holder of Neufeld-Levin Chair in Holocaust Studies to share his research A Holocaust survivor and native of Hungary, Peter Kenez is a scholar of the history […]
8 March 2012 / 19 February 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
Welcome to the twelfth edition of the UC Humanities Update, a fortnightly e-news blast designed to bring you the latest news and information about humanities across the UC system, from […]
7 March 2012 / 19 February 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
Within the field of linguistics it is common for researchers to draw a distinction between the syntax of a language (the order of words within sentences) and the prosody of […]
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23 February 2012 / 9 May 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
Welcome to the eleventh edition of the UC Humanities Update, a fortnightly e-news blast designed to bring you the latest news and information about humanities across the UC system, from […]
17 February 2012 / 19 February 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
On Friday, Feburary 10th, a multifaceted, interdisciplinary group of writers, scholars and literary professionals converged on UC Santa Cruz for the Latino Literary Cultures Project’s colloquium “What Latinos Are Reading.” […]
9 February 2012 / 19 February 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
Welcome to the tenth edition of the UC Humanities Update, a fortnightly e-news blast designed to bring you the latest news and information about humanities across the UC system, from […]
8 February 2012 / 9 May 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
Dr. Laura Sarnelli was a visiting scholar at UCSC from October 2011 to January 2012. Her appointment as a Research Fellow at the Institute for Humanities Research falls within a […]
31 January 2012 / 9 May 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
In the world of e-readers, 150 character narratives, and text-message novellas, literature professors often look over a generational – and technological – gap when [...]
26 January 2012 / 9 May 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
Students of all disciplines are encouraged to complete the What is a Reader? survey for your chance to win one of two Kindle Fires. The deadline to complete the survey […]
25 January 2012 / 9 May 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
Juliana Leslie, a Ph.D candidate in the Literature department at UCSC, has recently won a National Poetry Series award. The award is given out to five writers each year and […]
24 January 2012 / 19 February 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
Welcome to the ninth edition of the UC Humanities Update, a fortnightly e-news blast designed to bring you the latest news and information about humanities across the UC system, from […]
In December of 2008, UCSC literature professor Deanna Shemek and vice provost and dean of graduate studies Tyrus Miller sat down for lunch with Stanford’s English Department chair at a […]
24 January 2012 / 9 May 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
On behalf of the UC Humanities Network, UCHRI is pleased to announce the launch of the Humanities and Work website: http://humanitiesandwork.org. We are also very pleased to announce the selections [...]
18 January 2012 / 9 May 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
The Institute for Humanities Research is pleased to announce the Faculty Fellowship recipients for academic year 2012-2013. Noriko Aso, Associate Professor of History “Mitsukoshi at War” Christine Hong, Assistant […]
17 January 2012 / 9 May 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Humanities Undergraduate Research Awards (HUGRA). Deadline: March 1, 2012. HUGRA awards support and encourage undergraduate research in the humanities. Up to 10 awards in the amount of $500 each are given each year. [...]
17 January 2012 / 19 February 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
A lot of attention is given to knowing where one’s food comes from these days, but little thought is given to how it got there. A free public conference at […]
13 January 2012 / 19 February 2018 by Courtney Mahaney | Leave a Comment
International composer, violinist, oud player, and singer Yair Dalal to present concert and lecture on campus, February 2-3, 2012. “Living in Conflict” is a recent documentary film about five Israeli […]