Events
World Melodrama Film Series – The Lin Family Shop
Social Sciences I, Room 110 Social Sciences 1 University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Lin Family 's Shop (1959; dir. Shui Hua) China Evan Calder Williams and Erik Bachman in the Literature Department are running a new film series this quarter on world melodrama, from all across the globe in the 20th century. All are welcome. Every Wednesday at 7pm. Contact: evanw@ucsc.edu
World Melodrama Film Series – Cairo Station
Social Sciences I, Room 110 Social Sciences 1 University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCairo Station (1958; dir. Youssef Chahine) Egypt Evan Calder Williams and Erik Bachman in the Literature Department are running a new film series this quarter on world melodrama, from all across the globe in the 20th century. All are welcome. Every Wednesday at 7pm. Contact: evanw@ucsc.edu
WILDNESS: Film Screening and Discussion with Wu Tsang and Roya Rastegar
Media Theater, M110Click on image to enlarge flyer. The Departments of Feminist Studies and Film + Digital Media and the Graduate Program in Social Documentation Present: WILDNESS a film by Wu Tsang Screening and Discussion with director Wu Tsang and co-writer Roya Rastegar Reception to follow screening and discussion ABOUT THE FILM Rooted in the tropical underground […]
Ethan Michaeli: “Between Memory and History: Growing Up in the Shadow of the Holocaust”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe children of survivors must navigate between the intimate legacy of their parents’ experiences and their own encounter—via books, films, and other sources—of the Holocaust as a historical event. As the last survivors pass away and lived memory of the event disappears with them, what special role—if any—should their children play in representing and interpreting […]
UCSC will host the California Regional Ethics Bowl
Stevenson, Room 150The philosophy department is proud to announce that UCSC will be hosting two Ethics Bowl debate competitions this year. On December 1st, 2012, UCSC will host the California Regional Ethics Bowl, a qualifier for the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl. Ethics Bowl is a team debate competition where teams of five undergraduates analyze case studies that demonstrate […]
Latino Literature / La literatura latina IV Conference
Stevenson Event CenterBringing writers and scholars together in thoughtful interchange, “Latino Literature/La literatura latina IV” is the fourth biennial conference of the Latino Literary Cultures Project/ Proyecto culturas literarias latinas. This daylong event is free and open to the public. 11am – 4:30pm Scholarly panels featuring: • Marcial González • Claudia Milian • Desirée Martín • […]
A Night of Poetry & Music with M. NourbeSe Philip
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe UC Presidential Chair in Feminist Critical Race and Ethnic Studies presents A Night of Poetry & Music with M. NourbeSe Philip accompanied by a jazz duo led by Karlton Hester, Professor of Music, UCSC M. NourbeSe Philip is a poet, essayist, novelist and playwright who lives in the space-time of the City of Toronto. […]
Phaedon Sinis to Lecture on the Music of the Ottoman Empire
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesOn November 29, Phaedon Sinis will give a lecture on music in the Ottoman empire: its history and development, the interaction between Jewish and non Jewish musicians, and introduction to Turkish music theory and Maqam system. He will demonstrate singing an playing techniques on several Turkish instruments, among them the Kemence, and the Qanun. Phaedon […]
World Melodrama Film Series – The Cranes Are Flying
Social Sciences I, Room 110 Social Sciences 1 University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Cranes Are Flying (1957; dir. Mikhail Kalatozov) U.S.S.R. Evan Calder Williams and Erik Bachman in the Literature Department are running a new film series this quarter on world melodrama, from all across the globe in the 20th century. All are welcome. Every Wednesday at 7pm. Contact: evanw@ucsc.edu
Elizabeth Lambourn: “The Material Presence of a Medieval Past: New Approaches to the Materiality & ‘Thingness’ of Cairo Geniza”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAn historian of Islamic South Asian and the Indian Ocean world, Elizabeth's research focuses on the mobility of people, things and ideas in the medieval and early modern periods. Elizabeth is also interested in issues of periodization and the need for dialogue and thinking across the pre-Modern/Modern/Contemporary divides. Elizabeth Lambourn is Professor of South Asian […]