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Brendan Regan – The Effect of Short-Term Study Abroad on the Production and Perception of Language- and Dialect-Specific Sounds by L2 and Heritage Spanish Speakers

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

There is a growing interest in examining the effect of study abroad on language acquisition. However, compared to other linguistic domains, there is a lack of studies that examine phonetic acquisition in the study abroad (henceforth SA) context. Of the previous studies that have examined phonetic acquisition in the SA context, the role of linguistic proficiency and bilingualism […]

Clio in India: Approaches to South Asian Pasts Conversation with G. S. Sahota

Virtual and In Person

As part of the Aurora Lecture Series, Professor Sahota will discuss approaches to South Asian pasts on Oct. 7 at 10AM. This event, which can be attended in person (Humanities 1 Room 202) and on Zoom is hosted by the Sarbjit Singh Aurora Endowed Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies.

Playing with Fire: A Hot Symposium

DARC 108 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

We will explore the pleasures, perils & politics of fire through art, theory, practice, and activism.  On the UCSC campus in the DARC building, room #108. This event is organized by E.A.R.T.H Lab with support from The Humanities Institute. The symposium is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The full schedule for the Symposium […]

PhD+ Workshop – Proactive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Virtual and In Person

How do you proactively promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in your role as a graduate student, a researcher, a teaching assistant, a peer and undergraduate mentor? Learn active steps you can take in every role to promote a just and welcoming environment at UCSC in every space. Lorato Anderson is the Director of Diversity, Equity, […]

Santa Cruz Film Festival

Santa Cruz, CA, United States

The Humanities Institute is happy to co-sponsor the 18th annual Santa Cruz Film Festival. Founded in 2001 by Jane Sullivan and Johnny Davis, the Santa Cruz Film Festival has exhibited over 1,300 independent films by national and international filmmakers, as well as films and videos produced in the greater Santa Cruz County and Monterey Bay […]

Nidhi Mahajan – A Burning Sea: Arbitrage and a Fractured Moral Economy in the Persian Gulf

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

Wooden sailing vessels or dhows have long traversed The Indian Ocean, making it what some scholars have called “the cradle of globalization.” Today, dhows or vahans from Kachchh in western India continue along old Indian Ocean routes as crucial intermediaries in global shipping. This talk traces how this mobile trade network is anchored or moored in […]

Era of Gold, Era of Empire: In the World of Ramses ‘the Great’

Museum of Art & History 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

The Bay Area's De Young Museum is one of the stops on the US tour of the spectacular Egyptian art show 'Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs,' on view now through February 12, 2023. In this talk at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Dr. Elaine Sullivan, an Egyptologist and […]

Renée Fox – The Necromantics: Reanimation, the Historical Imagination, and Victorian British and Irish Literature

Virtual Event

Victorian Necromancies with Professor Renée Fox As part of the series “Victorian Necromancies,” Professor Fox will lead three sessions that offer the Friends an opportunity to explore the Victorian gothic, one of her favorite genres of 19th-century literature. From Professor Fox: “The first session will be a presentation on my forthcoming book, The Necromantics: Reanimation, […]

The People Revolt: Sri Lanka

Virtual Event

The People Revolt: Sri Lanka,” will take place on September 30, 2022 from 12pm to 2pm PST, and is presented by the UC Santa Cruz Center for South Asian Studies as a part of their 2022-2023 lecture series, Futures. This event is co-organized by the Center for South Asian Studies and Stanford University. Panelists: Farzana […]