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FrankenCon 2019

UC Santa Cruz

For 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 with FRANKENCON, a three-day conference of scientists, theorists, and artists on November 21-23, 2019 at UC Santa Cruz. The conference is in conjunction with the Theater Arts Department […]

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 States

This 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 of the vanquished Koryŏ dynasty (918-1392), the succeeding Chosŏn dynasty (1392-1910) rehabilitated the lucky survivors. Contrary to a popular assumption that the Wangs remained politically […]

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 performance, Wilson seeks to inhabit and engage with questions of memory, genre, form, and discipline as strategies through which to examine race, sex, and desire […]

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 States

Co-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 States

Students will be reading from their own work.  

Linguistics Colloquia: Dave Kush

Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

Dave 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

TEDx Santa Cruz

Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

TEDxSantaCruz 2019: The Art of Hope Features riveting talks and performances from a diverse range of inspired, innovative and renowned speakers and artists. Join the local conference on December 7, […]

Sean Keilen: Reading Hamlet Now

Forager, San Jose 420 S 1st St, San Jose, CA, United States

Shakespeare's works are rightly famous for their lifelikeness and insights into human affairs. What can they show us about our circumstances now, in a world where truth is inscrutable, social […]