News
17 March 2023 / 17 March 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
Two UCSC professors took a group of history students to Egypt on a first-of-its-kind trip in December, making classroom lessons come alive in a life-changing experience. Two UCSC professors took […]
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Profiles
10 March 2023 / 10 March 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
Elizabeth McKenzie (BA, Literature, 1981) is a nationally acclaimed writer and editor who is also a pivotal figure in Santa Cruz’s local writing scene. McKenzie is the author of the novel […]
3 March 2023 / 3 March 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
Radhika Prasad is a PhD student in Literature at UC Santa Cruz. Prasad’s research concerns post-independence Hindi literature and the relationship between literature, language politics, and nation-building. In February, we […]
2 March 2023 / 26 May 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
Distinguished alumnus Ezra Klein to interview Kolbert live on stage at the Quarry Amphitheater on Sunday, May 21 Original Link: https://news.ucsc.edu/2023/02/tci-deepreads-feature-dw.html The Humanities Institute’s latest Deep Read selection delves into […]
24 February 2023 / 24 February 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
Emily Travis is a PhD candidate in Literature at UC Santa Cruz. Her dissertation explores autotheory as a feminist impulse undergirding documentaries about women celebrities. In February, we learned more about […]
Feature News
16 February 2023 / 21 February 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
Original Link: https://news.ucsc.edu/2023/02/resettlement-chicago-story.html The Humanities Institute’s Signature Event, UCSC Night at the Museum, is returning to the MAH for a screening and panel conversation, featuring “Resettlement: Chicago Story,” a short […]
16 February 2023 / 17 February 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
Dr. Jennifer Lynn Kelly is an Associate Professor in the Feminist Studies Department and the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Department at UC Santa Cruz. She is a THI Faculty […]
16 February 2023 / 16 February 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
Distinguished Alumnus John Rickford returns to campus for a reading of his memoir Original Link: https://news.ucsc.edu/2023/02/john-rickford.html John R. Rickford suffered five ischemic strokes on the left side of his brain […]
10 February 2023 / 10 February 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
Clara Bergamini is a PhD candidate in History at UC Santa Cruz. Her dissertation explores the relationship between catastrophe and national identity in Japan. In February, we learned more about […]
Fellows Grants News
10 February 2023 / 7 September 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
In 2022-2023, THI is proud to be supporting our largest cohort of Undergraduate Public Fellows yet. Thirteen undergraduate students are partnering with seven different organizations to connect their academic studies […]
3 February 2023 / 3 February 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
Original Link: https://news.ucsc.edu/2023/02/gorenberg-worldwartwo-talk.html An Axis army under the fearsome Nazi Field Marshal Erwin Rommel arrived in the Middle East in 1941. By 1942, Rommel was on the brink of conquering […]
Dr. Madhavi Murty is an Associate Professor in the Feminist Studies Department at UC Santa Cruz. She is a THI Faculty Research Fellow for 2022-2023, and currently serves on THI’s […]
Feature Fellows Grants News
27 January 2023 / 27 January 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
We are excited to announce two THI Faculty Research Fellows and two Faculty Public Humanities, Digital, and Community-Engaged Research Fellows who will receive support for their academic projects in the […]
Nathan Osorio is a PhD candidate in Literature at UC Santa Cruz. His creative/critical dissertation explores Latinx decolonial poetics alongside a creative poetry performance manual for cultural production. In January, […]
19 January 2023 / 19 January 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
A research collaboration between THI and UCHRI is bringing new insights to mentorship models for humanities graduate students In Summer 2022, when Eric Sneathen (UCSC Literature PhD, ‘22) began working […]
News Projects
19 January 2023 / 19 January 2023 by Kirstin Wagner
The Humanities Institute is thrilled to announce this year’s cohort of Coha-Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures winners and honorable mentions. Every year, this competition celebrates mixed media work in speculative […]
12 January 2023 / 12 January 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
Won Jeon is a PhD candidate in History of Consciousness at UC Santa Cruz. Her dissertation traces the epistemological insights of first and second-order cybernetics (along the work of Gregory […]
9 January 2023 / 3 December 2025 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
Steve Wagner supports graduate student summer research fellowships in The Humanities Institute Original Link: https://news.ucsc.edu/2023/01/steve-wagner.html Literature Ph.D. student Angie Sijun Lou chose to attend UC Santa Cruz for its tradition […]
6 January 2023 / 6 January 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
Kendall Grady is a PhD candidate in Literature at UC Santa Cruz. Their creative/critical dissertation explores the connection between media ecology and critical love studies alongside a manuscript of love […]
30 November 2022 / 6 January 2023 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
A Humanities Institute fellowship brings trained humanists into high-tech companies, providing firms with creative and fluid thinkers while also giving scholars a view into how their expertise can be used […]
29 November 2022 / 8 December 2022 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
The Humanities Division is pleased to welcome two new associate deans, both of them respected professors known for their advocacy for students and their excellence in teaching, research, and […]
15 November 2022 / 17 November 2022 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
A record-breaking number of attendees – including a group of humanities scholars from UC Santa Cruz – converged on the 2022 National Humanities Conference last week. While millions of […]
10 November 2022 / 10 November 2022 by Kirstin Wagner | Leave a Comment
Jonathan Charles Paramore is a PhD student in Linguistics at UC Santa Cruz. Paramore’s research interests include phonological theory, phonetics, and the languages of Pakistan. In November, we learned more […]
Undergraduate Public Fellows Gain Experience in Community Building, Programming, and Activism This year, The Humanities Institute is supporting two undergraduate students through the Public Fellows Program to work with the […]
