Events
FrankenCon 2019
UC Santa CruzFor over two hundred years, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has haunted our days and chilled our dreaming nights. Celebrate and explore the enduring legacy of the world’s first science-fiction horror story […]
Discussion with Peg Alford Pursell and Sophia Shalmiyev
Humanities 1, Room 202Join us to discuss excerpts from Mother Winter, a memoir by Sophia Shalmiyev and A Girl Goes Into The Forest, a collection of short stories by Peg Alford Pursell. Please […]
Stephen Roddy: Testing Allegiances – Ueda Akinari’s Rewriting of an Exemplary Chinese Friendship
Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk examines the transcultural implications of Ueda Akinari's (1734-1809) short story "The Chrysanthemum Pledge" (Kikka no chigiri), a masterpiece considered to have overshadowed the 17th-century Chinese tale of exemplary […]
Eugene Park: A Genealogy of Dissent – The Progeny of Fallen Royals in Chosŏn Korea
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis lecture makes observations on politics, society, and culture of Korea since 1392 through a story of human interest. Decades after a bloody persecution that virtually exterminated the royal Wangs […]
CANCELLED: Déborah Danowski & Eduardo Viveiros de Castro: Beyond the End of the World Sawyer Seminar Series
College 9/10 Multi-Purpose Room College Ten, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesDue to unforeseen circumstances Déborah Danowski & Eduardo Viveiros de Castro had to regretfully cancel their engagement in Santa Cruz.
Ronaldo Wilson: The Quotidian Lucy and Other Constructions
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States“The Quotidian Lucy and Other Constructions” explores some recent site-specific and studio performances (written/visual/sonic) that serve as interventions between theory and practice. Discussing new works on paper, video, and in […]
Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures
Engineering 2, Room 599 Engineering 2, 1156 High St University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCo-authors Neda Atanasoski (UCSC Feminist Studies, CRES) and Kalindi Vora (UC Davis Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies) will present on their new book Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics […]
Living Writers: Student Readings
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesStudents will be reading from their own work.
PhD+ Workshop – Where Can I Go From Here? Exploring Careers Beyond Academia
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesCurious about careers outside of academia, but not sure where to begin? In this interactive workshop, we’ll begin to explore the many career paths PhDs in the humanities can enter […]
Linguistics Colloquia: Dave Kush
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesDave Kush (NTNU-Norway) - Title TBD About eight times each year, the Linguistics department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. For full information visit: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html