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Santa Cruz Pickwick Club: “Night Walks” by Charles Dickens
Santa Cruz Pickwick Club: “Night Walks” by Charles Dickens
For its next meeting, the Santa Cruz Pickwick Club will read Dickens’s short, semi-autobiographical essay, “Night Walks.” Professor John Jordan will lead the discussion. Originally published in 1860 in Dickens’s weekly magazine All the Year Round, the essay is a good example of Dickens’s work as a journalist, social activist, and observer of the modern […]
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John W. Reid, “Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet”
John W. Reid, “Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet”
Five stunningly large forests remain on Earth: the Taiga, extending from the Pacific Ocean across all of Russia and far-northern Europe; the North American boreal, ranging from Alaska's Bering seacoast to Canada's Atlantic shore; the Amazon, covering almost the entirety of South America's bulge; the Congo, occupying parts of six nations in Africa's wet equatorial […]
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Social Movements for a Just Society – Necessary Trouble: Thinking with the Legacy of John R. Lewis
Social Movements for a Just Society – Necessary Trouble: Thinking with the Legacy of John R. Lewis
“A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few. Ignoring these cries and failing to respond to this movement is simply not an option — for peace cannot exist where justice is not served.” — John Lewis said of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Ready for […]
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Sensoria of al-Andalus & the Western Mediterranean
The Spain North-Africa Project is pleased to announce "Sensoria of al-Andalus & the Western Mediterranean," a multidisciplinary workshop and conference to be held at the University of California, Santa Cruz. This two-day conference will explore the medieval, early modern, and modern legacy of al-Andalus and its afterlives across the world through historical, cultural, sociological, and […]
PhD+ Workshop – Publishing
PhD+ Workshop – Publishing
As co-editors of the recently published special issue of Critical Ethnic Studies on Borderland Regimes and Resistance in Global Perspective, we invite you to join us for a workshop focused on academic journal article publishing. We will cover: adapting elements from your dissertation into journal articles; creating your own publication pipeline; navigating the journal submission, […]
Linguistics Colloquia: Maria Gouskova
Linguistics Colloquia: Maria Gouskova
About eight times each year, the Linguistics department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. For full speaker and event information, please visit: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html
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Rosa Vallejos, “Heritage Languages and the Outcomes of Revitalization Efforts in the Amazon”
Rosa Vallejos, “Heritage Languages and the Outcomes of Revitalization Efforts in the Amazon”
Rosa Vallejos is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of New Mexico. In her talk, she examines the role of two indigenous languages in higher education in the Amazon of Peru. It looks at efforts to implement Kukama and Kichwa as key components in the teacher training model developed by the Programa de […]
The Hayden V. White Distinguished Annual Lecture: Debating Holocaust Memory: The Politics of Comparison in Contemporary Germany
The Hayden V. White Distinguished Annual Lecture: Debating Holocaust Memory: The Politics of Comparison in Contemporary Germany
Over the past two years, the German public sphere has been roiled by a series of debates concerning the uniqueness and comparability of the Holocaust. These debates have called up older controversies, especially the Historikerstreit (the Historians’ Debate) of the 1980s in which the left-liberal philosopher Jürgen Habermas took on conservative historians who sought to relativize the […]
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Nasser Zakariya – Questions on “Anthroperiphery”
Nasser Zakariya – Questions on “Anthroperiphery”
Taking recent discussions of "Copernican Forecasting" as a point of departure, this talk will look to historical and probabilistic arguments representing science in terms of ongoing demonstrations of the increasingly marginal position of humanity. A sketch of some of the genealogies of these arguments and their representations suggest how ill-fitting they might be when set […]
Pathways to Thriving Communities – Necessary Trouble: Thinking with the Legacy of John R. Lewis
Pathways to Thriving Communities – Necessary Trouble: Thinking with the Legacy of John R. Lewis
“These young people are saying we all have a right to know what is in the air we breathe, in the water we drink, and the food we eat. It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener. That must be our legacy.” ― John Lewis Ready for some Necessary Trouble? In anticipation […]
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Thomas Haigh – Becoming Universal: A New History of Modern Computing
Thomas Haigh – Becoming Universal: A New History of Modern Computing
Join us for a talk about Becoming Universal: A New History of Modern Computing (MIT Press, 2022), co-authored by Thomas Haigh and Paul Ceruzzi. Professor Haigh will introduce the book and discuss the challenges involved in creating a comprehensive, synthetic narrative about the history of computing between 1945 and 2020. For more about Becoming Universal, […]
Reyna Grande, “A Ballad of Love and Glory”
Reyna Grande, “A Ballad of Love and Glory”
UC Santa Cruz alumna Reyna Grande will be in conversation with Micah Perks and Sylvanna Falcón about her highly-anticipated new novel, A Ballad of Love and Glory, at an in-person event at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn. The event is in-person only; no streaming option is available at this time, and the event will not […]
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Rohit De – Lawyering in Times of Lawlessness: Defending Dissenters in India and Sri Lanka (1947-1971)
Rohit De – Lawyering in Times of Lawlessness: Defending Dissenters in India and Sri Lanka (1947-1971)
Rohit De is an Associate Professor of History at Yale University and an Associate Research Scholar at Yale Law School. A lawyer and a historian of South Asia and the common law world, he is the author of A People’s Constitution: Law and Everyday Life in the Indian Republic (Princeton University Press, 2018). He is […]
James H. Mills – South Asia’s Lost Cocaine? Coca Leaf and Colonialism in India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka), c. 1870-1894
James H. Mills – South Asia’s Lost Cocaine? Coca Leaf and Colonialism in India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka), c. 1870-1894
Doctors and officials in Britain's South Asian colonies were quick to spot the potential of cocaine. Carl Koller's influential experiments with the substance in Vienna were first reported in print in October 1884 and yet by December it was already being used in medical practice in Indore. Further experiments with it followed early in 1885, […]
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Watsonville is in the Heart: Digital Archive Launch & Community Talk Story
Watsonville is in the Heart: Digital Archive Launch & Community Talk Story
On April 9, come celebrate the launch of the Watsonville is in the Heart Digital Archive. The new archive features oral history recordings, original documents, and family artifacts that capture the rich history of Filipino life and labor in California’s Pajaro Valley. Learn more about the UCSC Watsonville is in the Heart research initiative and its partnership […]
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Slugs & Steins: David Brundage – The Easter Rising and New York: How Ireland’s Revolution Triggered a Fight Against Empire
Slugs & Steins: David Brundage – The Easter Rising and New York: How Ireland’s Revolution Triggered a Fight Against Empire
This talk will assess the impact of the 1916 Easter Rising on a variety of anticolonial movements beyond Ireland and the Irish diaspora, focusing on New York City, long recognized as the overseas capital of Irish nationalist agitation and mobilization. But New York played a similar role for a variety of other descent groups and […]
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Robert Alter – The Psalms as Literature
Robert Alter – The Psalms as Literature
This is the first event of Shakespeare's Psalms: A community seminar series. Shakespeare cited the Psalms more than any other book of the Bible. What did the psalms mean to him? This series, co-hosted by Sean Keilen (UCSC) and Julia Lupton (UCI) explores the presence of psalms in Shakespeare's poetic imagery, psychological insights, and contributions […]
Hannah Zeavin – Hot and Cool Mothers
Hannah Zeavin – Hot and Cool Mothers
This event has been cancelled due to illness and will be rescheduled for Fall 2022. “Hot and Cool Mothers” moves toward a media theory of mothering and parental “fitness.” The article begins with an investigation into midcentury pediatric psychological studies on Bad Mothers and their impacts on their children. The most famous, if not persistent, […]
Students as Agents of Transformative Change – Necessary Trouble: Thinking with the Legacy of John R. Lewis
Students as Agents of Transformative Change – Necessary Trouble: Thinking with the Legacy of John R. Lewis
“Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?” ― John Lewis Ready for some Necessary Trouble? In anticipation and in honor of the dedication of John R. Lewis College at the University of California, Santa Cruz, […]
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Aurora Lecture Series: Arvind-pal Mandair – Epistemic Empowerment: Sikh Philosophy and Cognitive Decolonization
Aurora Lecture Series: Arvind-pal Mandair – Epistemic Empowerment: Sikh Philosophy and Cognitive Decolonization
‘Sikh philosophy’ is a nascent field of knowledge in the sense that it has not yet emerged but shows signs of future potential. It lies at the intersection of several fields including World Philosophies, Sikh and/or Asian studies, and Philosophy of Religion. Although literature on Sikh philosophy has existed for over a century (in several […]
Living Writers: Janice A. Lowe
Living Writers: Janice A. Lowe
LIVING WRITERS UCSC, SPRING 2022 presents: CELEBRANT: SOUND ACTIONS CELEBRANT: SOUND ACTIONS showcases interdisciplinary writers who deeply engage in various sonic forms, whether the libretto and the operatic, sound and visual art, acoustic music and songwriting, or embodied meditations to explore the possibilities in being attentive to sound, as action and celebrant through writing. This […]
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The Universe in Verse: A Charitable Celebration of Science and Nature Through Poetry
The Universe in Verse: A Charitable Celebration of Science and Nature Through Poetry
Join us for The Universe in Verse—an annual charitable celebration of science and nature, winged with poetry and music, created and hosted by Maria Popova (The Marginalian) in collaboration with astronomer and UC Santa Cruz Director of Astrobiology Natalie Batalha. In the majestic Quarry Amphitheater in the redwoods, we will explore the marvel and mystery […]
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Student Success in the Humanities with Dean Jasmine Alinder
Student Success in the Humanities with Dean Jasmine Alinder
Join Humanities Dean Jasmine Alinder for a discussion on her plan to “play offense” in positioning UC Santa Cruz proactively, making strong arguments for the relevance and value of the humanities as an essential, core component of a 21st-century liberal arts education. Learn more about Dean Alinder’s Employing Humanities Initiative designed to prepare career-ready humanities […]
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Brandi Thompson Summers – Spatial Temporalities: The Future-Pasts of Black Dispossession
Brandi Thompson Summers – Spatial Temporalities: The Future-Pasts of Black Dispossession
In this talk, Dr. Summers explores the history of unhoused populations in Oakland, the cyclical displacements of Black locals, and the appearance and reappearance of parking lots in these stories of disruption. She tells the story of West Oakland, in particular, as a testing ground for speculative urbanism--an urbanism based not in speculator’s profit or […]
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PhD+ Workshop – Stories from the Field
PhD+ Workshop – Stories from the Field
While humanities doctoral programs tend to focus on training students for tenure track faculty positions, many PhDs pursue jobs outside of a university setting. According to the UC Humanities Research Institute’s recent report, Stories from the Field, more than a quarter of UC humanities doctoral alumni reported that they did not seek a tenure track […]
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Roald Hoffman, “Returning, Remembering, Forgiving”
Roald Hoffman, “Returning, Remembering, Forgiving”
Please join us for a lecture featuring Prof. Roald Hoffmann, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize, and a Holocaust survivor. This lecture will take place in conjunction with Prof. Nathaniel Deutsch’s course "The Holocaust: A Global Perspective.”
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Dickens Day of Writing
Dickens Day of Writing
The Dickens Project is the premier center in the United States for the study of Charles Dickens and nineteenth-century studies. Founded in 1981 and based at UC Santa Cruz, the Project is an international consortium made up of over 40 universities and colleges, including universities in Britain, Canada, Australia, and Israel. As part of our […]
Michelle C. Velazquez-Potts – Force-Feeding and the Suspended Animation of Torture
Michelle C. Velazquez-Potts – Force-Feeding and the Suspended Animation of Torture
Since 2002, prisoners at Guantánamo Bay detention camp have been force-fed as punishment for hunger striking, prompting the question of how to understand the feeding tube’s various uses as both a form of medical treatment and torture instrument. By placing force-feeding practices at Guantánamo Bay within a larger history of medicalized punishment, this talk tracks […]
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Living Writers: Samuel Ace
Living Writers: Samuel Ace
LIVING WRITERS UCSC, SPRING 2022 presents: CELEBRANT: SOUND ACTIONS CELEBRANT: SOUND ACTIONS showcases interdisciplinary writers who deeply engage in various sonic forms, whether the libretto and the operatic, sound and visual art, acoustic music and songwriting, or embodied meditations to explore the possibilities in being attentive to sound, as action and celebrant through writing. This […]
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Suryakant Waghmore – Being an Ambedkarite Under Hindu Rashtra
Suryakant Waghmore – Being an Ambedkarite Under Hindu Rashtra
Suryakant Waghmore is a Public Sociologist, Academic and Writer. Currently a Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT-Bombay, he earned his PhD in Sociology as a Commonwealth Scholar from University of Edinburgh (2011). He is author of Civility against Caste (2013) and Co-editor of Civility in Crisis (2020). He was […]
Linguistics Colloquia: Nicole Holliday
Linguistics Colloquia: Nicole Holliday
About eight times each year, the Linguistics department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. For full speaker and event information, please visit: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html
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The 8th Annual AA/PIRC Comedy Night featuring Maysoon Zayid
The 8th Annual AA/PIRC Comedy Night featuring Maysoon Zayid
The Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center, the College Nine & John Lewis College Programs Office and the College Nine Student Senate present: The 8th Annual AA/PIRC Comedy Night Featuring Maysoon Zayid at College Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room! Our doors open at 4:00 PM. If you are joining in person, we invite you all to […]