Events
Living Writers: Student Reading
Virtual EventLIVING WRITERS FALL 2020: SEEING RED—RAGE, WRITING, ART features contemporary poets, cultural critics, performance and visual artists interrogating rage, its call and possibilities, rendered across an array of works (text, […]
Adrian Staub – Word frequency and predictability effects in reading: Some outstanding puzzles
Virtual EventThe Department of Linguistics is pleased to present Adrian Staub of the University of Massachusetts speaking on word frequency and predictability effects in reading: some outstanding puzzles Abstract: A word’s […]
Ezra Klein and Will Davies: Living in a Frayed Democracy
Virtual EventThe Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture - Ezra Klein and Will Davies: Living in Frayed Democracy We’re all impacted by this deeply polarized moment. How do we navigate life while […]
Rebecca Tollan: Competing Argument Privileges in Niuean
Virtual EventThe Department of Linguistics is pleased to present Rebecca Tollan from the University of Delaware speaking on competing argument privileges in Niuean. Abstract: Grammatical “subjects” have long been shown to […]
Christmas with Dickens
Virtual EventJoin us on Sunday, December 13th at 4 pm for a performance you won't want to miss! Charles Dickens just wants to talk about his book, A Christmas Carol, but what happens when spirits begin to show up? Is Dickens being guilt-tripped by his estranged wife, Catherine; haunted by the Ghost of Christmas Present; regretting […]
Slugs and Steins: Reading Dickens Today with Professor John Jordan
Virtual EventThese days, 150 years after his death in 1870, it is nearly impossible for a week to go by without coming across some reference to Dickens in a news article, movie review, magazine essay, or crossword puzzle clue. The adjective “Dickensian” has entered common parlance throughout the English-speaking world as a way of characterizing certain […]
Demystifying the Book Publishing Process & Connecting with UC Colleagues
Virtual EventUC Press editors will offer insight into the academic book publishing process. The presentation will include: choosing the right publisher; preparing a book proposal; how the peer review and Editorial Committee process works; revising your manuscript; and working with publishers to promote your book. The session is intended to be interactive and questions are welcome. […]
Revisiting The Koza Uprising in Global Perspectives/ オンラインセミナー「コザ騒動を世界の視点で」
Virtual EventFifty years ago this December, Okinawan protests against US military rule turned violent for the first and, so far, only time. On the anniversary, the Okinawa Memories Initiative will host a public discussion about the "Koza Riots," featuring an eyewitness photojournalist, an American army veteran who had been stationed in Okinawa and two Okinawan American […]
Book Talk: Alma Heckman, The Sultan’s Communists
Virtual EventAlma Rachel Heckman is the Neufeld-Levin Chair of Holocaust Studies and an Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She specializes in modern […]
Yarimar Bonilla – An Unthinkable State: Puerto Rico, the United States and the Aporias of U.S. Empire
Virtual EventIn the wake of Hurricane Maria, unprecedented attention turned to the unincorporated territory of Puerto Rico and its enduring colonial relationship with the United States. This presentation will examine the […]