Events
“Intentional Design: Making Assignments that Work”
Humanities 2, Room 359"Intentional Design: Making Assignments that Work," with Jessie Dubreuil, Kimberly Helmer, Philip Longo, Tonya Ritola, and Heather Shearer This is the second teaching workshop of The Humanities Institute research cluster […]
Questions That Matter:”Freedom and Race”
Kuumbwa Jazz CenterAmerica has famously been called "the land of the free," and yet when the "Star Spangled Banner" was written, people of African descent were enslaved within its borders, including by […]
Derek Murray: “On Post-Blackness: Queer Satire in Contemporary African-American Art”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesDerek Conrad Murray is an interdisciplinary theorist specializing in the history, theory and criticism of contemporary art, visual culture and cultural studies. Author of Queering Post-Black Art: Artists Transforming African-American Identity […]
Yarimar Bonilla: “The Wait of Disaster: Hurricanes and the Politics of Recovery in Puerto Rico”
Humanities 2, Room 259The Race, Violence, Inequality, and the Anthropocene Research Cluster Presents: "Dr. Yarimar Bonilla, The Wait of Disaster: Hurricanes and the Politics of Recovery in Puerto Rico" Event Photos: Dr. Yarimar Bonilla […]
Living Writers Series: Karen Tei Yamashita
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesKaren Tei Yamashita is the author of Through the Arc of the Rain Forest, Brazil-Maru, Tropic of Orange, Circle K Cycles, I Hotel, Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance, and most […]
PhD+: Effective Interviewing Practices & Job Offer Negotiation Skills: A Workshop with Annie Maxfield (UCLA Career Center)
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesPersuasive Interviewing and Negotiation Tips for Humanities PhDs with Annie Maxfield Excelling in interview settings is a skill that requires thought, practice, and confidence. During this interactive workshop, attendees will […]
Roddey Reid: “Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying: Affect and Activism in the Trump Era and Beyond”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesRoddey Reid is Professor Emeritus of French Studies and Cultural Studies at the University of California, San Diego. Reid is the author three books including most recently of Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying: A Citizen’s Guide for the Trump Era and Beyond; of Families in Jeopardy: Regulating the Social Body in France, 1750-1910; co-editor with Sharon Traweek […]
Opening Reception: New Visualization Spaces in the Digital Scholarship Commons
Digital Scholarship Commons, McHenry LibraryCelebrate two new Visualization spaces in McHenry Library and the campus partnerships that enhance digital scholarship at UCSC. The David Kirk Digital Scholarship Commons is thrilled to formally launch the VizWall, a large scale visualization installation, and the VizLab, a Virtual Reality and 360 Lab. These new spaces are built through partnerships between the University […]
Kimberlé Crenshaw: 34th Annual Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Convocation
Santa Cruz Civic AuditoriumThe annual convocation celebrates the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by presenting speakers who discuss the civil rights issues of equality, freedom, justice, and opportunity. The convocation also seeks to build partnerships and develop dialogue within the campus community and with the local communities served by the university. Speaker: Kimberlé Crenshaw […]
Friday Forum: Stephen David Engel
Humanities 2, Room 359Stephen David Engel is a PhD student in the History of Consciousness Department. Friday Forum is a weekly interdisciplinary colloquium series for sharing graduate research across the humanities. Join us for light refreshments and weekly presentations by your fellow graduate students. Friday Forum is supported by the Graduate Student Association, the Humanities Institute, and the […]