Events
Akash Kumar: “All the World on a Board: Chess and Cultural Crossings in Dante and Boccaccio”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAkash Kumar focuses on the crossing of poetry, philosophy, and science in 13th-14th century Italy, emphasizing multicultural knowledge transmission in the medieval Mediterranean. His talk emerges from his second book […]
Ideology & Identity in the Revival of Spoken Hebrew
The revival of Spoken Hebrew took place in Palestine in the early 20 th century, and is often seen as a historically unique example of successful language revival. In this […]
Humanities Radio Hour: “Language of Conservation with Daniel Guevara and Claudio Campagna”
KZSC Santa Cruz 88.1 FMPlease tune in to KZSC 88.1 FM for Artists on Art Humanities Radio Hour Wed, April 5th at 12:00PM–1:00PM Interview with Professors Daniel Guevara and Claudio Campagna about the Language […]
Center for Cultural Studies Colloquium Series: Matthew Fuller “In Praise of Plasticity”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAbout the Cultural Studies Colloquium Series: The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation […]
Jewish Studies Open House
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCome discover what makes the Jewish Studies program at UC Santa Cruz such a unique and vibrant educational opportunity. Meet Jewish Studies faculty and students, learn about classes, internship opportunities, […]
Living Writers: Tongo Eisen-Martin
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesTongo Eisen-Martin, author of someone’s dead already (Bootstrap Press, 2015) Born in San Francisco, Tongo Eisen-Martin is a movement worker, educator, and poet who has organized against mass incarceration and […]
Critical Conversations in Cultural Heritage
University Center, UCSC College Nine and College Ten, Santa Cruz, CA, United States3rd Annual Research Conference Free and Open to the Public Advance Registration Required Appeals to "heritage" have become increasingly common and visible in recent decades. Whether within the realms of […]
Ethics and Language of Conservation Colloquium
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesEvent Photos: Ethics and Language of Conservation What is Lost When a Species Goes Extinct? A Colloquium on the Unspeakable Value of Life Friday, April 14, 2017 2:00-5:30pm Humanities […]
Linguistics Colloquium: Junko Ito
Humanities 2, Room 259The Linguistics department hosts colloquium talks by distinguished faculty from around the world. Spring 2016 April 14: Junko Ito, UC Santa Cruz April 28: Ashwini Deo, Yale May 26: Susan […]
The Fluidity of Status: A Seminar with Tanya Golash-Boza & Rhacel Parreñas (Non-citizenship Series)
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesFocusing on gender, deportation, and labor, the third and final session of Non-citizenship, UC Santa Cruz's Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Culture, […]