Profiles
24 October 2019 / 25 October 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Krizia Puig (they/them) is a second-year Feminist Studies doctoral student at UC Santa Cruz, where they also work as the Program Coordinator at the Disability Resource Center, and as a researcher/artist […]
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News
21 October 2019 / 25 October 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Linking the Linguistics Puzzles of Syntax and Prosody by Alla Katsnelson for inquiry @ UC Santa Cruz Language gets its sentence structure from syntax. The syntax of English, for example, dictates […]
17 October 2019 / 17 October 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
‘A Conversation about Oliver Sacks’ to feature alumnus Lawrence Weschler and Radiolab’s Robert Krulwich By Scott Rappaport On Monday October 21, 7:00pm, The Humanities Institute co-presents The Original Thinkers Series […]
15 October 2019 / 2 December 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Through a new, The Humanities Institute co-sponsored project, students use high-tech sleuthing tools to help hold perpetrators accountable. By Jennifer McNulty for UCSC News A disturbing video captured the murders of several […]
11 October 2019 / 14 October 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Join us as we kick off the 20th anniversary of The Humanities Institute: a vibrant community at the center of UC Santa Cruz and at the cutting edge of Humanities […]
9 October 2019 / 11 October 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Different Lenses Can Reveal Different Truths by Leslie Willougby for Inquiry @ UC Santa Cruz The lens of history allows us to assess the past, find meaning in the present, […]
3 October 2019 / 3 October 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
The Humanities Institute is proud to co-sponsor the Living Writers Series at UC Santa Cruz, a program of weekly events that showcase contemporary writers from around the U.S. The season […]
2 October 2019 / 4 October 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Tara Thomas is a seventh-year PhD Candidate in the Literature department at UC Santa Cruz, and a 2019 THI Summer Research Fellow. Active online, in the classroom, and in campus […]
Feature Futures
27 September 2019 / 15 October 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
In 2019-2020, The Humanities Institute is investigating what lies ahead by leading conversations in Santa Cruz and beyond on the theme of Futures. What kind of futures can we […]
Feature
27 September 2019 / 30 September 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
This year marks the 20th anniversary of The Humanities Institute. What was originally an idea to fund interdisciplinary Humanities research has blossomed into something remarkable—a vibrant community at […]
25 September 2019 / 14 May 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Dialog, Research, and Pedagogy in Laxopa, Oaxaca Associate Professor of Linguistics Maziar Toosarvandani and his students Kelsey Sasaki and Steven Foley reflect on Summer 2019 in Santiago Laxopa, Mexico. Toosarvandani is […]
5 September 2019 / 12 September 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Literature Fellows Turn Thespians at Santa Cruz Shakespeare Summer Festival This summer, The Humanities Institute was thrilled to sponsor two Fellows, Ashley Herum and Morgan Gates, to work with […]
Events Feature News Profiles
3 September 2019 / 6 May 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Tyler Stovall is Distinguished Professor of History and Dean of Humanities at UC Santa Cruz. On September 19 he will introduce Colson Whitehead at the Peace United Church in Santa […]
News Projects
28 August 2019 / 4 September 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Communicating through Oral History and Artworks The Okinawa Memories Initiative (“OMI”) is a collaborative history project that aims to expand Okinawan-American dialog. The Initiative is based at UC Santa Cruz and […]
Fellows News Profiles
27 August 2019 / 4 September 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Ashley Herum is a PhD Candidate in literature at UC Santa Cruz. As a C.L. Barber Memorial Fellow this summer, Herum was involved with both Weekend with Shakespeare and one […]
25 August 2019 / 10 September 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Making Shakespeare Approachable for the Community Morgan Gates is a PhD student in literature at UC Santa Cruz and Summer Public Fellow with Santa Cruz Shakespeare. In this role she […]
Events Fellows News Signature Events
19 August 2019 / 31 July 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Connecting Scholarship with Community through Shakespeare Santa Cruz and the UC Santa Cruz campus were filled with thespians performing, discussing, and dissecting Shakespeare’s plays this summer. Two events centered on […]
17 August 2019 / 24 April 2020 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
UCLA Professor Returns to Home Campus for Shakespeare and Community Ariane Helou is a graduate of the Literature department at UC Santa Cruz, and was a 2013-2014 THI Summer […]
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27 July 2019 / 14 July 2022 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
An Interview with Sienna Ballou, 2019 Summer Public Fellow Ahead of Community Night on August 8, The Humanities Institute sat down with Sienna Ballou, a Graduate Student in the Literature […]
Events News
21 July 2019 / 28 August 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
The Humanities Institute and the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Invite You to Community Night on August 8, 2019 The Cabrillo Festival Music Director Cristi Măcelaru and members of the […]
15 July 2019 / 15 July 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
The Dickens Project at UC Santa Cruz is the largest multi-campus consortium on Victorian Studies in the world. Each summer it presents Dickens Universe, a week of intense study, focused […]
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UCSC emerita professor Angela Davis to be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame The National Women’s Hall of Fame announced last week that UC Santa Cruz Humanities Professor […]
17 June 2019 / 2 September 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Saskia Nauenberg Dunkell joined The Humanities Institute in May as our new Research Program Manager. Saskia is a humanistic social scientist with a background in international program management. While […]
30 May 2019 / 30 May 2019 by Melody Nixon | Leave a Comment
Humanities associate professor of history Marc Matera has been named a 2019 ACLS Fellow by the The American Council of Learned Societies. Scott Rappaport writes about the fellowship for UCSC News: […]
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