Events
PhD+ Workshop – Website Design, WordPress
Graduate Student CommonsLearn how to design a better website and how to use WordPress. Prior to October 26, if you don’t already have a personal professional website, create one. UCSC provides free access to WordPress (with several design templates) to faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students. This workshop will be led by Jason Chafin (Senior Web Developer, […]
Naya Jones + Jennifer Steverson — The Art of Black Ecologies: A Virtual Studio Visit & Conversation
Virtual and In PersonThe concept of black ecologies underscores the undue impact of climate and environmental injustice on Black diaspora communities while lifting up “insurgent” Black ecological knowledge (Roane & Hosbey 2019). Join […]
Living Writers: Lara Vapnyar
Virtual EventLara Vapnyar moved from Moscow to Brooklyn in the 1990s. Knowing very little English, she quickly picked up the language and soon began writing in it. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2011. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, and Zoetrope: All-Story. She is the author of two short story collections, […]
Linguistics Colloquia: Josefina Bittar Prieto
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesAbout eight times each year, the Linguistics department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. For full speaker and event information, please visit: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html
PhD+ Workshop – Crafting the Contributions to Diversity Statement
Graduate Student CommonsInstitutions of higher learning increasingly require faculty applicants to submit a statement of contributions to diversity. Learn what belongs in this statement and how to communicate it effectively. This workshop […]
Giving Day
THI is participating in Giving Day 2021! Please considering donating to our Undergraduate Public Fellows Program!
PhD+ Workshop – Writing the Curriculum Vitae
Graduate Student CommonsApplications for academic positions require a CV, and some alternative-academic employers also require them. Even if your post-graduate career will be outside academia, having a CV in addition to a […]
BuYun Chen – Making the Intangible Tangible: Craft, History, and the Ryukyus
Virtual and In PersonHow did the global and regional circulation of resources, techniques, and technologies transform local ecologies, practices, and livelihoods? Located between the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean, the Ryukyu […]
Living Writers: Claire Vaye Watkins and Cathy Thomas
Virtual EventClaire Vaye Watkins is the author of two novels I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness (Riverhead Books, 2021) and Gold Fame Citrus (Riverhead Books, 2015). She is also the author of […]
Unbound: The Life and Legacy of Asian American Community Historian Judy Yung
Virtual EventThrough this event we aim to honor and celebrate Judith "Judy" Yung’s tremendous legacy as a UC Santa Cruz emerita professor of American Studies, community and public scholar of Chinese […]