Events
PhD+ Workshop – VOCES Drafting Stages with Melissa Johnson
Zoom CA, United StatesDrafting Stages is 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 […]
Christopher Silver – Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music across Twentieth-Century North Africa
Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesIn Recording History, Christopher Silver provides the first history of the music scene and recording industry across twentieth century Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. In doing so, he offers striking insights into […]
C. Nadia Seremetakis – A Journey through Border Spaces of the Everyday
zoom CA, United StatesThis talk is co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology The border is the shared topos of the anthropologist, the historian, the archaeologist, the artist, the musician and the poet, as […]
Legal Studies Program Annual Distinguished Lecture: Coming to Understand Latino Anti-Black Bias
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us as we welcome Tanya Katerí Hernández to discuss her book Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality. Praised as the "most important Afro-Latina voice […]
Ecological Utopia: From the Victorians to Us with Professor Deanna K. Kreisel
Virtual EventPlease join the Friends of the Dickens Project for our spring Friends Faculty Fellowship talk series by Associate Professor Deanna K. Kreisel (University of Mississippi) who will be discussing “Ecological Utopia: From the Victorians to Us.” Over the course of three sessions, we will have an opportunity to explore Victorian responses to their changing environment, […]
Humanities Faculty Research Forum
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesUnderstanding Your Research Support Ecosystem Please join us in person for a brief presentation about the Research Cycle followed by a meet-and-greet with the team that supports your research. Breakfast will be served. For those who cannot attend in person, the presentation portion of the event will be available on Zoom. Opening Remarks Jasmine Alinder […]
Paromita Vohra – The Lovers’ Argument: What Bollywood Songs Taught Me About Making Documentaries
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesAs a documentary filmmaker, working in India, and especially as one interested in political conversation and social change, you inherit a form. The documentary form ostensibly exists outside commercial mainstream Indian cinema, privileges realism, and is marked by ethical nobility and commitment, and a willingness to be a little bit bored for a political cause. […]
THI Public Fellowship Information Session
Virtual EventCurious about becoming a THI Public Fellow? Not sure how to find the right partner organization? If you're thinking about applying your expertise in the public sphere or exploring career opportunities beyond academia, then you may be interested in THI's Public Fellowship program. Public fellowships provide opportunities for doctoral students in the Humanities to contribute […]
Living Writers – Zaina Alsous
Virtual EventZaina Alsous is the author of the poetry collection A Theory of Birds (University of Arkansas Press, 2019), winner of the Norma Farber First Book Award and the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize, and the chapbook Lemon Effigies (Anhinga Press, 2017), winner of the Rick Campbell Chapbook Prize. Her poetry, reviews, and essays have been published […]
Deep Read Partner Event: Confronting Climate Change
Zoom CA, United StatesThe Deep Read is partnering with Confronting Climate Change, an annual public lecture series that brings together scientists, artists, policy experts, and community members to discuss our planet’s wellbeing and share solutions for our future. This online event will spark conversation and thought on how research in the natural and social sciences can lead to […]