Events
Baskin Ethics Lecture with Joy Connolly – A Connected Planet: Scholarship for the Global Good
University Center, Bhojwani Room CA, United States“Serving the public good” is the motto and a strategic goal of many an American research university. In this lecture, Joy asks: what public do humanistic scholars serve, how do we define the public and its good, and how does and how might our study contribute to this project? Thinking critically about the tradition of […]
Anthony Trollope Down Under: Travel Writing, Bushfires and Australian Ecology with Professor Grace Moore
Virtual EventThe Friends of the Dickens Project invites you to participate in "Anthony Trollope Down Under: Travel Writing, Bushfires and Australian Ecology with Professor Grace Moore." The three sessions will offer the Friends a chance to examine Victorian responses to the environment, with a particular emphasis on Australia. The first session will involve a presentation on […]
Elora Shehebuddin – Bangladesh, Third World Solidarity, and the Global Politics of Feminism
Virtual Event“Bangladesh, Third World Solidarity, and the Global Politics of Feminism” is a part of the UC Santa Cruz Center for South Asian Studies 2022-2023 lecture series, Futures. Guests can register to attend the virtual event here. Speaker: Professor Elora Shehebuddin, UC Berkeley
PhD+ Workshop – Carole McGranahan, “Drafting Stages”
Zoom CA, United StatesJoin UCSC's Dr. Gina Athena Ulysse in a series of intimate conversations with speakers working inside and outside of academia and at different points in their careers about writing as an evolving and non-linear process. Focusing on conditions, inspirations, and methods, each speaker will offer personal insight into their processes and the messiness and vulnerabilities […]
Gershom Gorenberg: The Secret War Against the Nazis for the Middle East
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAt the midpoint of World War II, an Axis army under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was on the brink of conquering the Middle East. Drawing on his latest book, War of Shadows, historian and alumnus Gershom Gorenberg (Kresge '76, Religious Studies) will reveal the espionage affair that led to the British victory against Rommel at […]
Jarrod Shanahan – Skyscraper Jails
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesHow did a campaign to end the humanitarian catastrophe of New York City's Rikers Island penal colony culminate in the planned creation of skyscraper jails across the city, with no closure of Rikers in sight? The tragic story of recent jail reform efforts in New York City is at once novel, and indicative of broader […]
PhD+ Workshop – Grad Slam Presentation Prep: Public Speaking
Virtual and In PersonThis brief workshop provides an overview of strategies and best practices for public speaking, including managing anxiety, key delivery techniques, and composition tips for crafting clearer and more focused speeches, with an emphasis on the parameters of the Grad Slam’s short presentations. It will include some interactive personalized exercises. If you have your grad slam […]
POSTPONED – Slugs and Steins with Professor Eric Porter: What Can We Learn from the Airport?
Virtual EventFor many people, airports may seem like alienating “nonplaces”—as anthropologist Marc Augé put it—where we rush to make connections and spend long, monotonous hours waiting for delayed flights. But airports are fascinating sites that can tell us a lot about the places where they are situated. Among other things, they are complex infrastructures where people, […]
POSTPONED: Linguistics Colloquia: Marc Garellek
Humanities 1, Room 202Marc Garellek, UC San Diego Over the course of 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
Living Writers – K-Ming Chang
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesK-Ming Chang is a Kundiman fellow, a Lambda Literary Award finalist, and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree. She is the author of the New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice novel Bestiary (One World/Random House, 2020), which was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. In […]