Events
Living Writers Series: Kelly Link, Kim Stanley Robinson, & Karen Joy Fowler
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesKelly Link is the author of three collections of short stories, Stranger Things Happen, Magic for Beginners, and Pretty Monsters. Her short stories have won three Nebulas, a Hugo, and a World Fantasy Award. She was born in Miami, Florida, and once won a free trip around the world by answering the question “Why do you want to […]
FreeLucas McGranahan: "Darwinism and Pragmatism: William James on Evolution and Self-Transformation"
Crown 208Lucas McGranahan: "Darwinism and Pragmatism: William James on Evolution and Self-Transformation" Thursday November 20, 2:00 – 3:45 pm Crown 208, UC Santa Cruz Abstract William James presages twentieth-century Neo-Darwinism in his physiological approach to mental life, his early repudiation of the inheritance of acquired characteristics, and his creative extension of the concepts of variation and […]
FreeCANCELLED: David L. Clark: "On the Promise of Peace: Kant’s Wartime & the Tremulous Body of Philosophy"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesDAVID L. CLARK Professor of English and Cultural Studies and Associate Member of the Department of Health, Aging and Society, McMaster University, Canada In addition to completing a book on Immanuel Kant’s late work, (Bodies and Pleasures in Late Kant), David Clark is pursuing two projects: one on the question of animality, atrocity, and the […]
FreeEran Kaplan: "Changes in Israel Society and the Peace Process"
Merrill Academics 102UCSC Cowell College Presents Conflict and Compassion Speaker Series: Perspectives on Israel/Palestine Tuesday Evenings Fall 2014 6:00-7:45pm, Merrill Academy 102 Tuesday Oct 7: Christine King (Lecturer Kresge College). “Making Peace with Conflict” Tuesday Oct 14: Dr. Jennifer Derr (History Department, UC Santa Cruz). The History of Palestine: From Colonialism to Occupation. Tuesday Oct 21: Dr. […]
FreeGlobal Islam: Reading Seminar
Social Sciences 1, Room 261 Social Sciences 1 University of California Santa Cruz, College Ten, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCENTER FOR EMERGING WORLDS 2104-2015: GLOBAL ISLAM INAUGURAL EVENT Monday, November 17, 3:30-5, Humanities 1, Room 202 Panel: Entangled Universalisms Dr. Darryl Li, Associate Research Scholar, Yale Law School, "Jihad and Other Universalisms" Professor Henri Lauzière, Northwestern University "Imperial Entanglement as Moderating Factor" Monday, November 17, 7:00pm, Social Sciences 2, Room 071 Public Discussion with […]
FreeGlobal Islam: "Taking Radicalism Seriously: Or How to Think (or Not Think) About Jihad"
Social Sciences 2, Room 071CENTER FOR EMERGING WORLDS 2104-2015: GLOBAL ISLAM INAUGURAL EVENT Monday, November 17, 3:30-5, Humanities 1, Room 202 Panel: Entangled Universalisms Dr. Darryl Li, Associate Research Scholar, Yale Law School, "Jihad and Other Universalisms" Professor Henri Lauzière, Northwestern University "Imperial Entanglement as Moderating Factor" Monday, November 17, 7:00pm, Social Sciences 2, Room 071 Public Discussion with […]
FreeGlobal Islam: Entangled Universalisms Panel
Humanities 1, Room 202CENTER FOR EMERGING WORLDS 2104-2015: GLOBAL ISLAM INAUGURAL EVENT Monday, November 17, 3:30-5, Humanities 1, Room 202 Panel: Entangled Universalisms Dr. Darryl Li, Associate Research Scholar, Yale Law School, "Jihad and Other Universalisms" Professor Henri Lauzière, Northwestern University "Imperial Entanglement as Moderating Factor" Monday, November 17, 7:00pm, Social Sciences 2, Room 071 Public Discussion with […]
FreeBrian Turner: "Poetry, War, And Coming Home"
Brian Turner, combat veteran of the Iraq war and award-winning poet, will lead the last discussion of the War Comes Home series in The Forum at Cabrillo College. Mr. Turner will read from his work and interact with the audience discussing veterans returning home from war. Brian has won the Pen Center Best in the […]
FreeKaren Armstrong: "Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence"
Peace United Church 900 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe renowned author of A History of God will discuss and sign copies of her new book, Fields of Blood—a sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence. For the first time, religious self-identification is on the decline in America. Some analysts have cited as cause a post-9/11 perception: that faith in general […]
$32.70Elsewheres and Other-Wise: Critical Theory in a Different Register
UCHRI presents: Elsewheres and Other-Wise: Critical Theory in a Different Register Discussants: Aijaz Ahmad Gregoire Chamayou Derek Gregory Hsiao Li-Chun Li Hung-Chiung Achille Mbembe Sarah Nuttall Eyal Weizman Respondent: Ackbar Abbas If you are unable to attend, the event will be live streamed at uchri.org/events/elsewheres.
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