Events
PhD+ Workshop – Psychology of Writing
Virtual and In PersonLearn about the VOCES Graduate Writing Center (for graduate students only) and how to overcome psychological barriers and start writing! This workshop will be led by Andrea Seeger (Director VOCES Graduate Writing Center). The Division of Graduate Studies' professional communication workshop on the "Psychology of Writing" is co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of […]
Linguistics Colloquium: Bridget Copley
Virtual EventAbout 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
Gowri Vijayakumar – Risk and Respectability: Sexuality and the Nation in the Time of AIDS
Virtual EventGowri Vijayakumar is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, affiliated with the South Asian Studies Program at Brandeis. She is the author of At Risk: Indian Sexual Politics and the Global AIDS Crisis, published by Stanford University Press in 2021. Her articles and essays on gender, sexuality, transnational politics, and […]
Morton Marcus Poetry Reading with Gary Young
Virtual EventPlease join us for the 12th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading, featuring honored guest Gary Young. Poet Danusha Laméris will host the program, and the evening will include an announcement of the winner of the Morton Marcus Poetry Contest (recipient receives a $1,000 prize). Gary Young is the author of several collections of poetry. His […]
PhD+ Workshop – Teaching at California Community Colleges
Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesA panel discussion with current and recent instructors at California Community Colleges, who are all UC Santa Cruz graduate student alumni, including: Beth Au, Moderator Director California Community Colleges Registry Francesca (Chesa) Caparas, Panelist M.A. Literature English Professor and Faculty Coordinator, Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies De Anza College Sarah Gerhardt, Panelist Ph.D. Chemistry Chemistry […]
Nasser Zakariya – Questions on “Anthroperiphery”
Virtual and In PersonTaking recent discussions of "Copernican Forecasting" as a point of departure, this talk will look to historical and probabilistic arguments representing science in terms of ongoing demonstrations of the increasingly marginal position of humanity. A sketch of some of the genealogies of these arguments and their representations suggest how ill-fitting they might be when set […]
PhD+ Workshop – Interviewing and Negotiating Salary
Virtual EventPractice Mock Interviews and Salary Negotiations. This workshop will be led by Veronica Heiskell, Ph.D. (Associate Director of Experiential Learning and Student Employment, Career Success). The Division of Graduate Studies' professional communication workshop on "Interviewing and Negotiating Salary" is co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2021-2022 PhD+ series. Workshops presented by the […]
A.M. Darke – Games and Play as Social Intervention
Virtual EventGame designer A.M. Darke frames powerful dialogue about the role of games in the shaping of power in contemporary digital culture, and beyond. What is at stake in self-representation, and our representations of our communities, through gaming. How are industry representations variously coded as racial, as gendered? How can aspiring game-makers intervene in their communities […]
PhD+ Workshop – Publishing in Academia
Virtual and In PersonLearn how to publish scholarly work, from finding and evaluating a publisher to negotiating the publication contract and navigating copyright. This workshop will be led by Martha Stuit (Scholarly Communication Librarian, University Library) and Erich van Rijn (Director of Journals and Open Access, UC Office of Scholarly Communication, UC Press). The Division of Graduate Studies' […]
Lital Levy – World Literature, Translation, and Diaspora: The Intimately Global Journey of Grace Aguilar’s The Vale of Cedars
Virtual and In PersonThis talk follows the translation history of the Anglo-Jewish author Grace Aguilar’s 1850 novel The Vale of Cedars from Victorian England to Mainz, Warsaw, Vilna, Calcutta, and Tunis. A case study for Levy's broader project on “Global Haskalah,” it brings together Sephardic studies, world literature and translation studies, transnational literary history, and Jewish literary studies. […]