Events
Living Writers: Tsering Wangmo Dhompa & Eric Sneathen
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesPoet Tsering Wangmo Dhompa’s parents fled Tibet in 1959. Raised by her mother in Tibetan communities in Dharamsala, India, and Kathmandu, Nepal, She is the author of the poetry chapbooks In Writing the Names (2000) and Recurring Gestures (2000). She has published the full-length collections Rules of the House (2002), In the Absent Everyday (2005), […]
Feminist Studies Colloquium Series: Doris Leibetseder
Humanites 1, Room 320 Humanities and Social Science Facility, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesQT Reproduction: Queen and Transgender Use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Doris Leibetseder, Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley In this paper I present part of an allied queer-feminist and transgender ethics of reproduc-tion. I look at ARTs and how they raise challenges for transgender and queer people. My focus lies in the ways these technologies confront queer […]
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Earl Jackson: “Critical Conditions: Japanese Film Theory and Practice”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesEarl Jackson Jr. is Professor at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan and Co-Director of the Trans-Asian Screen Cultures Institute in South Korea. Co-Sponsored by Cultural Studies, Cowell College, and the Literature Department.
Chris Connery: “Contemporary Chinese Capitalism and Its Critical Landscape”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United States"Contemporary Chinese Capitalism and Its Critical Landscape" This talk draws on a work in progress entitled Revolutionary China and its Late Capitalist Fate, an analysis of the nature of post-reform China's political economy, with particular attention to how this has affected everyday life, intellectual and critical work, ideological formation, cultural production, social movements, political action, and […]
In the Ruins of the Present: Neoliberalism and Cruel Populism Suffocate the Future
Vijay Prashad’s talk In the Ruins of the Present: Neoliberalism and Cruel Populism Suffocate the Future traces the rise of populism across the world, including the global South and North, in the present historical moment. This type of populism expresses itself in anti-immigrant politics and defines the nation in narrow terms – race, ethnicity, and religion. It seeks […]
“What’s Left of Progressive Politics?”
Humanities 2, Room 259The Center for Emerging Worlds presents "What's Left of Progressive Politics?" Roundtable Discussion with Dr. Vijay Prashad, Dr. Lisa Rofel, Dr. Mayanthi Fernando, and Asad Haider Dr. Vijay Prashad is Professor of International Studies and South Asian History at Trinity College, Connecticut and a renowned journalist. He was trained as a historical anthropologist and received […]
Digital Pedagogy Showcase
Humanities 2, Room 359Get some syllabus inspiration! The inaugural cohort of the Digital Instruction Project lead this Brown Bag Session about developing and implementing new digital assignments in their classes. Join us as we discuss the benefits and challenges of adding digital tools into your syllabus and pushing your students to try new forms of scholarly writing. The panel […]
Humanists@Work: Graduate Career Workshop in Silicon Valley
UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley CampusHumanists@Work Graduate Career Workshop – UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus Santa Clara - May 1, 2017 What is Humanists@Work? Humanists@Work is a UC-wide initiative geared towards UC Humanities and humanistic Social Science MAs and PhDs interested in careers outside/alongside the academy. On May 1, 2017, HumWork will host a sixth workshop for graduate students and […]
An Immersion into Dickensian Cocktails
Charles Dickens was a unique and protean fellow; writer, social commentator, reporter, actor, father, and much more.He was also a great lover of the table and glass, a noteworthy bon vivant who created wondrous punches, cups, cocktails, and other nourishing potations, in novels as well as in daily life. This lecture will address Dickens’s skill […]
Graduate Alumni Networking Mixer
Graduate Student CommonsGraduate Alumni and current graduate students will have an opportunity to meet each other, discuss their work and enjoy a relaxed opportunity to reconnect and network. Refreshments will be provided. Location: Graduate Student Commons and Cafe Iveta Registration link: REGISTER HERE