Events
PhD+ Workshop – Identity, Belonging, and Community
Virtual and In PersonJoin the GSC grad peer mentor program for a workshop and discussion on identity, belonging, and community. All grads welcome! From left to right - Lorato Anderson, Marilia Kaisar, Radhika Prasad Lorato Anderson is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Graduate Studies at UC Santa Cruz. Her role centers on advancing initiatives for […]
Keya Ganguly – Reason and the Image: On Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players)
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk focuses on Satyajit Ray’s cinematic treatment of an episode from India’s late colonial history in Shatranj Ke Khilari (“The Chess Players,” 1977). Through his portrayal of the betrayal of reason under the pretext of law, Ray makes an appeal on behalf of the visual image as a critique of reason rather than its […]
Amelia Glaser – Angry Winds: Jewish Leftists and the Challenge of Palestine, 1929
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesIn the summer of 1929, a week of violence in Mandate Palestine left hundreds of Jews and Arabs dead and many more wounded. These events, which began with protests in Jerusalem, divided the world-wide Jewish Left into those who sympathized with the Arabs and those who condemned the violence as a new manifestation of the […]
PhD+ Workshop – Psychology of Writing
Virtual and In PersonSometimes we can be our severest writing critics and biggest hindrances to writing success. Learn about the VOCES Graduate Student Writing Center (for graduate students only) and how to overcome psychological barriers and start writing! Andrea Seeger received a bachelor’s degree in literature from UC Santa Cruz, master’s in English literature from the University of […]
ACLS Workshop with Joy Connolly
Humanities 2, Room 259Professor Connolly will present an overview of current American Council of Learned Societies programs in support of humanistic scholarship, including fellowships, grants, and projects accelerating equity and progressive change; She will also discuss recent and emerging scholarly directions, including digital publications, collaborative research, translation, and publicly engaged work. Joy Connolly began her service as President […]
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 […]