Events
Yasmeen Daifallah — Theorize and Decolonize: Critiques of Colonial Subjectivity in Contemporary Arab Thought
Virtual EventWhat does it take to cultivate decolonized subjects in postcolonial times? When anti-colonial struggles are all said and done, and the dust settles on a profoundly reshaped social, economic, and […]
One year later, have we gotten anywhere?
Virtual EventOn May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered when a white police officer placed his knee on Floyd’s neck. Coast-to-coast, protests erupted, and, locally, Santa Cruz police Chief Andy Mills […]
Bombay Katta: The City and its Poor
Virtual EventKatta signifies casual and engaged conversation, but unlike its distant cousin the Bengali Adda, it also denotes a space where friends come to talk and listen. Juned Shaikh and Sheetal […]
Linguistics Undergraduate Research Conference
Virtual EventTowards the end of the spring quarter each year, the Linguistics Undergraduate Research Conference (LURC) showcases the research of the department's undergraduate students. This conference always features as an invited speaker, a distinguished alumnus or alumna of the department. For more information and to register, please visit the Linguistics Department website at: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/conferences/lurc.html
Articulating Trust: A cross-disciplinary roundtable conversation
Virtual Event"Articulating Trust: A cross-disciplinary roundtable conversation about language rights and socio-linguistic justice in higher education and beyond" will be followed by a Q&A and discussion with the audience. In this conversation, we are hoping to further develop the notion of Language Rights, recently applied to the context of higher education. The right to one’s own […]
Alice Waters, We Are What We Eat
Virtual EventLegendary chef and food activist Alice Waters will be in conversation with bestselling author Michael Pollan about her new book, We Are What We Eat: A Slow Food Manifesto—an impassioned plea for a radical reconsideration of the way each and every one of us cooks and eats. This event is presented by Bookshop Santa Cruz, […]
PhD+ Workshop – Careers in the Tech Industry
Virtual EventHow’d You Get That Job?! Are you interested in a career in the tech industry? Want to learn how to leverage the skills and experiences you’ve gained as a graduate student for these positions? Join us for a panel discussion with UCSC graduate student alumni as they share their experiences with the job search, developing […]
PhD+ Workshop – Proposal Writing: Framing Your Research for Grants and Fellowships
Virtual EventProposal Writing: Framing Your Research for Grants and Fellowships Learn how to make your fellowship and grant proposals competitive to a wide range of selection committees. We’ll discuss what does and does not need to be in a research proposal, the proper tone and form, and ways to tease out the larger stakes of individual […]
Celebrating the Humanities: Spring Awards
Virtual EventWe hope you will join us for our annual celebration recognizing student and faculty academic achievement in the Humanities Division at UC Santa Cruz. Friends and family are welcome. Even though we are not able to celebrate together in person as we usually do, we can still come together online to honor the outstanding accomplishments […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida – PT 1
Virtual EventThis three-part virtual reading of one of Shakespeare’s most unusual tragedies continues the “Undiscovered Shakespeare” collaboration between Santa Cruz Shakespeare, The Humanities Institute, and The Shakespeare Workshop. Join us as we read through this play episodically on Zoom, and dig into the text with lectures from scholars and conversations with the cast. Swinging wildly between […]