News
15 November 2018 / 2 April 2020 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
On Thursday, November 15, 2018, Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, essayist, and environmental activist Gary Snyder was the featured guest at the ninth annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading at the Music […]
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7 November 2018 / 15 November 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
Immerse yourself in engaged, sustained, and deep study and discussion at an NEH Seminar or Institute next summer. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) offers tuition-free opportunities for higher […]
1 November 2018 / 7 November 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
November 1, 2018 To: UC Santa Cruz Community From: Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall It is my sad duty to inform you that our beloved colleague, Helene Moglen, passed away in […]
Data and Democracy News
31 October 2018 / 1 November 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
On October 29, 2018, Virtual Reality Pioneer, Jaron Lanier, came to UC Santa Cruz to deliver the Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture. Lanier’s lecture, How the Internet Failed and How to […]
23 October 2018 / 26 October 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
Originally posted on UCSC News > Event kicks off a year of programming on ‘Data and Democracy’ by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz Computer scientist, composer, visual […]
Feature Grants News
22 October 2018 / 22 October 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
Originally posted on UCSC News > Catastrophic environmental breakdown, mass species extinction, financial collapse, racist separatism, global nuclear war…there is much speculation these days that we are living at the […]
Data and Democracy Feature News
18 October 2018 / 17 December 2019 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
The October 29, 2018 Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture speaker, Jaron Lanier, is featured in the Santa Cruz Good Times ahead of the signature THI event. Lanier’s lecture, How the Internet […]
Grants News
18 October 2018 / 18 October 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
Call for Applications The Humanities Institute is now accepting applications for research support from undergraduate students and Humanities faculty. All applications are due November 30, 2018. Faculty Research Fellowships […]
Profiles
5 October 2018 / 17 October 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
Finding Stories of Hope and Disappointment in Kenyan Archives Christian Alvarado, PhD student in the History of Consciousness program at UC Santa Cruz, researches gender and revolutionary politics in […]
Feature
7 September 2018 / 7 September 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
Associate Professor of History, Alan Christy, led a group of dedicated UCSC undergraduate students, alumni, and donors around Okinawa in August. As the Director of The Gail Project, Christy has […]
5 September 2018 / 10 October 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
A Career Built Around Community Literature PhD (2015) Ariane Helou returned to Santa Cruz on Friday, August 10 to participate in Weekend with Shakespeare. Currently a Lecturer in French and […]
5 September 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
Originally published by KPIX on August 26, 2018 BERKELEY (CBS SF) — From the Third World Liberation Strike at San Francisco State to the now iconic Free Speech and anti-war demonstrations […]
4 September 2018 / 10 October 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
Highlighting Community Narratives at the Oakland Museum of California Topiary Landberg, PhD Candidate in Film + Digital Media and a THI Graduate Student Researcher, is an experimental media artist and […]
22 August 2018 / 26 September 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
Critically acclaimed author to celebrate publication of new book on Oct. 2 with Santa Cruz event Earlier this week, the New York Times published an op-ed by UC Santa Cruz alumna […]
10 August 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
UC Santa Cruz has received two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support humanities projects in the Literature Department. The campus awards are part of $43.1 […]
Data and Democracy Mellon
3 August 2018 / 6 August 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
PUBLIC HUMANITIES GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTORS Deadline: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 Call: We are seeking applications from qualified PhD students to serve as Graduate Student Instructors to teach a course in […]
News Profiles
27 July 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
Rad Girls Can: Stories of Bold, Brave, and Brilliant Young Women is the title of the latest book by UC Santa Cruz alumna Kate Schatz, the New York Times best-selling author of Rad Women […]
26 July 2018 / 27 July 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
THI Co-sponsors New Community Night on Thursday, August 9 The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music opens this Sunday, July 29, bringing two full weeks of musical performances to the […]
Pre-Doctoral Career Diversity Summer Workshops The Humanities Without Walls Pre-Doctoral program aims to help prepare doctoral students for careers both within and outside the academy through a series of summer workshops. […]
25 July 2018 / 25 July 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
External Grants Reflect the Strength of Humanities Research During the 2017 – 2018 Academic Year, Humanities scholars received 22 external grants, ranging in size from $500 to $160,000. These […]
20 July 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
On Tuesday, July 17, The Dickens Universe featured a public talk by UCSC Alum, Jon Michael Varese (Ph.D. Literature, 2011), about his newly published debut novel, The Spirit Photographer. Scott Rappaport links […]
Feature News
12 July 2018 / 20 July 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
Associate Professor of History, Greg O’Malley, is featured in this year’s UCSC Inquiry Magazine. Published by the Office of Research, Inquiry highlights the innovative research taking place across campus. This year’s issue […]
20 June 2018 / 20 June 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
The June 8th “Celebrating the Humanities” event marked the end of the 2017-2018 Academic Year by honoring student and faculty award winners in the Humanities. The event also included a […]
Fellows Mellon
15 June 2018 / 15 June 2018 by Rachel Deblinger | Leave a Comment
The Humanities Institute is proud to announce a new cohort of Public Fellows Nine graduate students from across the Humanities Division have been awarded fellowships to support publicly engaged […]
