Profiles
14 June 2020 / 23 June 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Jose Antonio Villarán is a PhD Candidate in the Literature program at UC Santa Cruz, and part of the Creative-Critical Concentration in that department with a Designated Emphasis in Critical […]
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News
10 June 2020 / 15 June 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
THI presents acclaimed writer Pico Iyer in conversation with history professor Alan Christy By Scott Rappaport for UCSC News Pico Iyer is the author of 15 books, translated into 23 languages, […]
4 June 2020 / 5 June 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
By Zoe Quinton Farrah Safari is a fourth-year Literature and Sociology double major whose research project, “The Grey Area: An Examination of International Civil Rights Struggles in Korea and Vietnam,” […]
3 June 2020 / 21 October 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
By Zoe Quinton Monica Estrada Arias is a senior undergraduate in the Legal Studies department at UC Santa Cruz and member of the Human Rights Investigations Lab for the Americas. […]
28 May 2020 / 29 May 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
By Zoe Quinton Isabella Elmore is a senior undergraduate in the Literature department at UC Santa Cruz. Her research project, The Power of Fragmentation: Re-Translating the Middle Passage, was awarded […]
25 May 2020 / 5 June 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
By Zoe Quinton Charles Wagoner is a senior undergraduate in the History department at UC Santa Cruz. His research project, The Far Eastern Republic in Memory, was awarded a 2020 THI […]
Feature News
21 May 2020 / 21 May 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
By Tyler Stovall for San Francisco Chronicle What does it mean to be human during a major biological crisis like the coronavirus pandemic? To see all of our economic, social and […]
Fellows Grants News
20 May 2020 / 14 July 2022 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Graduate Students to Work in Organizations Serving the Arts, GLBT, Latino, and Mental Healthcare Communities and Beyond Seven Humanities graduate students will bring their scholarship and academic expertise to the […]
Fellows News
18 May 2020 / 7 April 2021 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
The Humanities Institute is thrilled to award eighteen fellowships in support of graduate student research in 2020-2021. THI research awards support the graduate scholarship process from initial-stage dissertation research to […]
17 May 2020 / 29 May 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
By Zoe Quinton Max Tarlov is a senior undergraduate student in the Linguistics department at UC Santa Cruz, and the recipient of an 2020 Humanities Dean’s Award and an THI […]
14 May 2020 / 14 May 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Building on The Humanities Institute’s long-running Questions that Matter events and course programming, we invite you to consider Questions that Matter in the Time of Pandemic. Through this series of reflections […]
14 May 2020 / 14 July 2022 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Eric Sneathen is a sixth-year PhD Candidate in Literature at UC Santa Cruz. As a 2019-2020 THI Public Fellow, Eric worked in the archives of the GLBT Historical Society in […]
12 May 2020 / 14 July 2022 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Davenport Jail Museum Project Supports Undergraduates through Pandemic Uncertainty By Zoe Quinton The museum at the Davenport Jail—an extension of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History—is an example […]
7 May 2020 / 14 May 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Questions that Matter in the Time of Pandemic Building on The Humanities Institute’s long-running Questions that Matter events and course programming, we invite you to consider Questions that Matter in […]
6 May 2020 / 8 May 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Piper Milton is a second-year PhD Student in the History program at UC Santa Cruz and the recipient of a 2019-2020 THI Summer Research Fellowship. Her work centers on the […]
1 May 2020 / 6 May 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Questions that Matter in the Time of Pandemic Building on The Humanities Institute’s long-running Questions that Matter events and course programming, we invite you to now consider Questions that Matter […]
30 April 2020 / 14 May 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
As uncertainty deepens around the future of our society, many people are turning to literature, art, philosophy, history, and critical theory for guidance. The wide-ranging imagination employed in these disciplines […]
30 April 2020 / 1 May 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Margaret Kroll is a sixth-year PhD Candidate in the Linguistics program at UC Santa Cruz and the recipient of a 2019-2020 THI Summer Research Fellowship. Her work in the linguistic […]
27 April 2020 / 30 April 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
History of Consciousness Associate Professor Banu Bargu will use two fellowships to complete her book on human bodies, violence and political expression Banu Bargu, Associate Professor of History of […]
24 April 2020 / 24 April 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
The Humanities Institute is thrilled to announce the twelve recipients of a 2020 UCSC Social Science Research Council-Dissertation Proposal Development program award. Recipients come from a wide-range of Humanities, Social […]
23 April 2020 / 23 April 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Trung PQ Nguyen is a sixth-year PhD Candidate in the History of Consciousness program at UC Santa Cruz and the recipient of a 2019-2020 THI Summer Dissertation Fellowship. His work […]
Memory News
17 April 2020 / 31 July 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Looking Forward and Looking Back The Humanities Institute is excited to announce our new theme: Memory. Throughout 2019-2020, during THI’s twentieth birthday, we’ve been exploring futurities and the ways that […]
13 April 2020 / 16 April 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Thom Gentle Endowment for History awardee examines environmental history and indigeneity in Okinawa Lex McClellan-Ufugusuku is a PhD Student in the History department at UC Santa Cruz. Her […]
6 April 2020 / 24 April 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
New Report Charts The Humanities Institute’s Impact through Events, Community Partnerships, and Funding Today more than ever, we need critical thinking, human understanding, abstract thought, and curiosity. These tools are […]