News
11 March 2020 / 6 April 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
This week we launched The Deep Read, our new program that invites curious minds to think deeply about literature, art, and the most pressing issues of our day. We’re focusing […]
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Profiles
10 March 2020 / 12 March 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Elaine Sullivan uses 3D technologies to peel away the layers of history March 04, 2020 By Scott Rappaport for UCSC News The ancient Egyptian burial site of Saqqara has been studied for […]
6 March 2020 / 23 April 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Sarah Papazoglakis is a graduate of the Literature PhD program at UC Santa Cruz. She now works as the Senior Privacy Policy Analyst with the City of San José. THI […]
Grants News
1 March 2020 / 26 May 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Call for Submissions Extended to March 8: The Coha / Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures The new Speculatively Scientific Fictions of the Future THI Research Cluster announces a campus-wide prize. The […]
Deep Read News
7 February 2020 / 12 March 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
February 06, 2020By Scott Rappaport for UCSC News The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz has launched “The Deep Read,” a new initiative that invites the campus—and the community at large—to […]
7 February 2020 / 10 February 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Daniel G. Butler is a third-year History of Consciousness PhD student at UC Santa Cruz, and the recipient of a 2019 THI Summer Research Fellowship. A practicing psychotherapist, Butler’s work […]
Events News
6 February 2020 / 7 February 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Unrest: Gender, Chronic Illness, and the limits of Documentary Visibility THI’s The Body, (Anti)Narrative, and Corporeal Creative Practices research cluster presents Unrest, a Sundance award-winning documentary by filmmaker and activist […]
5 February 2020 / 13 February 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Linguistics grad student focused on understudied languages January 21, 2020 By Scott Hernandez-Jason The deep theoretical and experimental focus on understudied languages was a major factor in Vishal Arvindam’s decision to […]
30 January 2020 / 31 January 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Jennifer Derr is an Associate Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz, and the founding director of the Center for the Middle East and North Africa, a new THI-incubated Research […]
27 January 2020 / 31 January 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Questions That Matter: “Reporting the Middle East and the Future of Investigative Journalism” takes place on Tuesday, February 4, at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz. Doors open with a […]
Feature
18 December 2019 / 18 December 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Critical Support By J.D. Hillard for UCSC Giving A gift from Andrew Baird, a former student of pioneering History of Consciousness Professor Hayden White, has endowed an annual lecture honoring White […]
16 December 2019 / 18 December 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
As 2019 Draws to a Close, THI Invites You to Support Student Success Students are essential to The Humanities Institute. Through THI’s Undergraduate Experiential Learning Fellowships, we’re empowering undergraduates […]
15 December 2019 / 19 December 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
UC Santa Cruz Professor Emerita of Literature Earns High Praise for I, Hotel in The Nation Karen Tei Yamashita, Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at UC Santa Cruz, published I, Hotel in 2010. […]
6 December 2019 / 17 December 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
December 05, 2019 By Scott Rappaport for UCSC News. The Humanities Institute is proud to present the inaugural event for the Center for the Middle East and North Africa: Questions that Matter—Reporting […]
3 December 2019 / 3 December 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
This year’s theme is “The Art of Hope,” with novelist Jonathan Franzen and others December 02, 2019 Nine UCSC affiliates will join novelist Jonathan Franzen and a host of […]
2 December 2019 / 2 December 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Benjamin Breen is the Principle Investigator of the 2019-2020 THI research cluster Drug Histories and Futures. A past THI Digital Research Faculty Fellow (2018-2019), Breen also launches his first book this […]
New THI Research Cluster and Forthcoming Book Explore Drug Histories and Futures Benjamin Breen is the Principle Investigator of the 2019-2020 THI research cluster Drug Histories and Futures. A past […]
22 November 2019 / 2 December 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Centering Women’s Lives in Scholarship and Journalism Halima Kazem Stojanovic is an investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker, and PhD student in the Feminist Studies Department. She brings a wealth of […]
15 November 2019 / 15 November 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Exploring the impact and ethics of the Frankenstein phenomena By Scott Rappaport for UCSC News. The Humanities Institute is pleased to bring FrankenCon 2019, a three-day conference of scientists, theorists, and artists […]
13 November 2019 / 15 November 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Latino Studies Graduate Student Focused on History, Roots By Lisa Renner for UCSC News Mario Alberto Gómez-Zamora is a humanistic social scientist and fellow in The Humanities Institute’s Graduate Student Success Program. […]
8 November 2019 / 8 November 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
The Humanities Institute is proud to introduce our four new Research Clusters for the 2019-2020 academic year. Drug Histories and Futures This research cluster creates new points of connection between […]
6 November 2019 / 8 November 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Membership in the association underscores the impact and influence of the university’s research November 06, 2019 By Scott Hernandez-Jason The University of California, Santa Cruz, has joined the Association of American […]
1 November 2019 / 1 November 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Work in “Complicated Labors” THI Research Cluster Leads to Notable Essay of the Year The work of UC Santa Cruz Anthropology Professor Megan Moodie was recognized by this year’s […]
25 October 2019 / 25 October 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
By Scott Rappaport for UCSC News UC Santa Cruz will present Against Orthodoxies: Working with Hayden White—a two-day conference in honor of the influential late historian, on November 1-2 at the Merrill Cultural […]
