Events
Rosanna Xia: California Against the Sea
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes environmental journalist Rosanna Xia, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, for a conversation with UCSC professor Gary Griggs about her new book California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline. This event is cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. "Just as the coast defines the liminal world between land […]
PhD+ Series – Disrupting Imposter Phenomenon from the Inside Out with Silvia Austerlic
Graduate Student Commons, Room 204 420 Hagar Dr, Santa CruzSilvia Austerlic, Founder, Senti-pensante Connections; Lecturer, Oakes College Have you ever felt imposter phenomenon? Learn how to cultivate a growth mindset to disrupt it and move toward empowering ways of […]
PhD+ Series – Demonstrating Success: Creating an Equitable, Accessible, and Inclusive Academic Environment with Judith Estrada
Graduate Student Commons, Room 204 420 Hagar Dr, Santa CruzJudith Estrada, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) This session will review UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley’s Contributions To Diversity Statement Guidelines, rubrics, and assessment […]
Living Writers – Deborah Landau
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesDeborah Landau is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently Skeletons (‘23). Her other books include Soft Targets (winner of The Believer Book Award), The Uses of the […]
Project Paradiso: A Gateway to Dante’s Heaven – Episode One – Introduction – A Restless Paradise
Virtual EventDante’s Paradiso is the least studied and the least understood of the three parts of the Commedia. Yet it is arguably the most important for the dynamism and originality of the literary, theological, […]
Linguistics Colloquia: Yael Sharvit
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesYael Sharvit, UCLA 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
PhD+ Series – Conflict Resolution with De Acker
Graduate Student Commons, Room 204 420 Hagar Dr, Santa CruzDe Acker, Campus Ombuds, Office of Ombuds We will explore ways to identify when a conversation is becoming “crucial” before you walk into one. This interactive workshop will help you […]
PhD+ Series – Curriculum Vitae with Veronica Heiskell
Graduate Student Commons, Room 204 420 Hagar Dr, Santa CruzVeronia Heiskell, Director of Experiential Learning and Student Employment, Career Success Applications for academic positions require a CV, and some alternative-academic employers also require them. Learn how a CV differs from a resume, about hybrid CV-resumes, what goes on a CV, and what order to put information depending on type of academic institution you're applying […]
Jennifer Mogannam – Gendering Revolution: Palestinian Praxis, Labor, and Decolonization
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesAs a population of exile – transnational, stateless refugees struggling to return to their lands and rebuild their communities lost since 1948 – the Palestinian people built a grassroots trajectory of decolonization that peaked in the 1970s. Through oral histories and cultural text, this presentation analyzes gendered labor, value, and the intersections of national and […]
PhD+ Series – Speaking Up to Bias with De Acker
Graduate Student Commons, Room 204 420 Hagar Dr, Santa CruzDe Acker, Campus Ombuds, Office of Ombuds This workshop will explore how to address bias when it is directed at you or someone else. We’ll review what bias is, how it shows up, and the impact it can have. We’ll discuss and practice ways to respond directly or as a bystander, and how to offer […]