Events
Susan Harding: "Secular Trouble: Anthropology, Public Schools, and De/regulating Religion in late 20th Century America"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesSusan Harding Professor of Anthropology, UCSC Susan Harding’s recent work explores the nexus of secularism, Christian revivalism, Civil Rights, and decolonialization as they imploded in the controversy over a federally […]
"Finding the Mother Lode: Italian Immigrants in California" Screening and Q&A with Directors
Cowell, Room 131 Cowell College 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCowell College Provost, History Department, Italian Studies Program, Languages, and Applied Linguistics Department present A Documentary by Gianfrano Norelli and Suma Kurien Followed by Q&A with Directors Finding the Mother […]
FreeLunch Discussion with Joy Harjo
Ethnic Resource Lounge, Bay Tree Conference Center Bay Tree Conference Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoy Harjo is the author of fourteen collections of poetry, most recently How We Became Human, New and Selected Poems: 1975-2001; two non-fiction books, most recently Crazy Brave, A Memoir; […]
FreeDai Jinhua: "After the Post-Cold War"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesDai Jinhua at UCSC April 18-April 24 We are pleased to announce the visit of Beijing University Professor Dai Jinhua, who will be on campus for a series of events, […]
Living Writers Series: Joy Harjo (in support of UC Pres Chair-sponsored course: American Indian Feminist writers, taught by Carolyn Dunn)
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoy Harjo is the author of fourteen collections of poetry, most recently How We Became Human, New and Selected Poems: 1975-2001; two non-fiction books, most recently Crazy Brave, A Memoir; two children’s books, most […]
Shakespeare-to-Go: Hamlet
Porter AmphitheaterIn celebration of Shakespeare's 450th birthday, join us for Shakespeare-to-Go's one-hour production of Hamlet. Starring Porter College affiliate Conor Murphy Original music by Eric Benjamin Parson Fight choreography by Carla […]
FreeContemporary Horror Auteur Film Series: Martyrs
Stevenson, Room 150It's easy to create a victim. One of the more insightful recent examples of French extreme cinema and “torture porn,” Pascal Laugier’s Martyrs is a singularly divisive horror film experience. […]
Free"Legacies of the Sent-down Youth Movement in Contemporary China" Conference
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThis conference explores the contemporary legacies of the sent-down youth movement that accompanied the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-76), during which approximately 15 million urban youth were sent to live in […]
FreeCécile Whiting: "Apocalypse in Paradise: Niki de Sainte Phalle in Los Angeles"
Porter College, Room D245Cécile Whiting is a Chancellor's Professor of Art History and Professor of Visual Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Professor Whiting examines mid-twentieth century American art and has published […]
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