Program: 10:00-10:30am Welcome and Opening Remarks by Chancellor George Blumenthal and University Librarian Elizabeth Cowell 10:30-12:00pm Panel Discussion MacKenzie Smith, University Librarian at UC Davis Expanding Research Support in University Libraries Academic libraries’ research support is inherently interdisciplinary (or omnidisciplinary) so they are uniquely positioned to expand those services to include common modern research […]
This talk emerges from Professor Bashir’s current project, Islamic Pasts and Futures: Conceptual Explorations, a critique of the conceptualization of Islamic history in modern scholarship. Bashir suggests alternatives emphasizing multiple temporalities and engaging contemporary academic debates regarding language, historiography, and history on the basis of materials of Islamic provenance. Shahzad Bashir is professor in Islamic […]
We Bring Home the Roots: African American Women Touring Brazil and Bearing their Nation Patricia de Santana Pinho, Associate Professor, UC Santa Cruz The talk presents a chapter of my nearly completed book manuscript Diaspora Detours: African American Roots Tourism in Brazil. Previous chapters examine the effects of national identities on the connections between black […]
Presented by The History of Consciousness, The Center for Cultural Studies, & UCSC University Library Special Collections & Archives, with support from Logo’s Books. With special musical guest Dry Days As the fiftieth anniversary of the Summer of Love floods the media with debates and celebrations of music, political movements, “flower power,” “acid rock,” and […]
Lauren Levin, author of The Braid (Krupskaya, 2016) Lauren Levin is the author of THE BRAID (Krupskaya, 2016) and the forthcoming TWO ESSAYS (Timeless, Infinite Light, 2018) as well as several chapbooks, including The Lens (Little Red Leaves, 2014) and Working (Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs, 2012). From 2011-2014, she co–edited the Poetic Labor Project. […]
PhD+ Workshop Series Please join us for the second year of PhD+ Workshops, hosted by the Institute for Humanities Research. We will meet monthly, over lunch, to discuss: possible career paths for PhDs, internship possibilities, grants/fellowships, work/life balance, elements of style, online identity issues, and much, much more. This year-end workshop is devoted to developing your […]
"Mom, can you help me with my homework?" Identifying Tools and Conditions for Intergenerational Dialogue Among Southeast Asian Refugees and Their Children The collective memories of the Southeast Asian diaspora are interwoven with histories of war and colonial violence that continue to be felt in everyday experiences as hauntings. Post-war generations are often without access […]
The Linguistics Department's annual Linguistics Undergraduate Research Conference (LURC) will be held Friday, June 2nd, from 12:45 - 3:45pm in the Stevenson Fireside Lounge. The Distinguished Alumna speaker will be Maura O’Leary, who is a PhD graduate student at UCLA. We hope you will attend. Linguistics Undergraduate Research Conference Program - coming soon!
Digital Isabella d’Este: New Renaissance Navigations When you look at a piece of art in a museum do you ever wonder about the context? Where was the art originally hung? What did the room look like? Who were the people viewing the art? Did they listen to music as they viewed the art? Please join […]
IDEA Hub: Creative and Social Entrepreneurship at UCSC presents A Pitch for Social and Creative Enterprise June 7th, 2017 3-9PM Paradox Hotel, Santa Cruz, CA 3-6pm - IDEA Hub Pitch for Social Change 6-9pm - SCNT MeetUp Applications are currently being sought from UCSC students and community collaborators who have ideas for innovations that promote […]
Event Photos: by Sarah Caldwell Humanists study the stories of humanity, in all their wonderful and tragic manifestations. The annual “Celebrating the Humanities” event is an opportunity for you to participate in this never-ending exploration of what it means to be human. Humanities Division’s awards acknowledge those who have achieved special recognition, distinctions and honors […]
UCSC Creative Writing Program, Undergraduate Student Reading The UC Santa Cruz Creative Writing Program Presents The Lives of Other Songs Living Writers Series Spring 2017 Thursdays / 5:20-6:50pm / Humanities Lecture Hall April 13, 2017: Tongo Eisen-Martin, author of someone’s dead already (Bootstrap Press, 2015) May 4, 2017: Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, author of A Home […]
Write to Change the World The "Write to Change the World" program builds participants' capacity to translate their research for the public and to engage in debate at a national level based on their areas of expertise. This program focuses on increasing the number of underrepresented voices in the media and bringing the humanities to […]
Guest Speakers: Eric Campbell (UC Santa Barbara) Emiliana Cruz (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Christian DiCanio (State University of New York, Buffalo) Organized by the Workshop on the Languages of Meso-America. *Stay tuned for more information.