Events
Why I’m reading Joseph Conrad these days
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa CruzFamiliarity with Heart of Darkness helpful, but not essential. Introduction: Prof. David Marriott, Chair, History of Consciousness Discussant: Isaac Blacksin, Ph.D. candidate, History of Consciousness James Clifford is an interdisciplinary scholar who was a Professor in UCSC’s History of Consciousness department for 33 years until his retirement in 2011. He was elected to the American […]
Zachary Lockman: “Adventures in Field-Building: On the History of Area Studies/Middle East Studies in the United States”
Humanities 1, Room 520 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa CruzArea studies is often simplistically depicted as little more than a Cold War form of knowledge, but its emergence as a component of the postwar American academic scene was in fact propelled and shaped by visions, exigencies and contingencies that were not initially or exclusively about the needs of the national security state. Zachary Lockman’s 2016 book Field Notes: […]
IHR Public Fellows Info Session 2
Humanities 1, Room 402IHR PUBLIC FELLOWS Deadline: April 30, 2017 Amount: Up to $5,000 Number of Fellowships: 3 or more (based on the availability of funds) These fellowships will provide the opportunity for humanities doctoral students to contribute to research, programming, communications and fundraising at non-profit organizations, cultural institutions, or companies and are meant to allow the students […]
Living Writers: Urayoán Noel
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa CruzUrayoán Noel is a self-described “stateless poet” whose critical and creative work foregrounds the messy condition of Puerto Rican belonging and non-belonging to the US nation-state. His poetic performances, texts, and “video poems" flagrantly comingle English with Spanish, mixing learned literary allusions with found words generated from cell phones or political demonstrations. Born and raised […]