Events
Events
Friday Forum for Graduate Research: Melissa Brzycki
Humanities 1, Room 202Friday Forum For Graduate Research: A weekly interdisciplinary colloquium series for sharing graduate research across the humanities. Join us for light refreshments and weekly presentations by your fellow graduate students. Fridays […]
FreeRachel Walker: "Partially Overlapping Harmonies: Implications for Agreement by Correspondence"
Abstract: Correspondence relations among segments in an output, known as surface correspondence, provide a means for enforcing (dis)agreement among segments (Hansson 2001, Rose & Walker 2004, Bennett 2013). In this talk, I examine a problematic prediction of proposals about the formal properties of surface correspondence for harmony patterns that are partially overlapping in a language. […]
FreeFighting for the Emperor: Nisei Soldiers in the Imperial Armed Forces
Japanese American Museum of San JoseWhile more than 110,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans in the United States endured mass incarceration during WWII, the war also altered the lives of thousands of Japanese Americans who were […]
$5Ching Kwan Lee: "Buying Stability in China: Markets, Protests and Authoritarianism”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk outlines China’s trajectory of commodification and the counter-movements by state and society in the past quarter century. Unpacking the class specific dynamics and experiences of precarization, I discuss how the commodification of land, labor, housing and the environment has triggered collective struggles by farmers, workers and the middle class. To maintain social stability, […]
FreeRobert Davis: “The Socio-Economy of Head Hunting in Late Renaissance Italy”
A distinguished professor of Early Modern Italy, Venice, and the Mediterranean, Professor Robert Davis has written or co-authored eight books and many articles that deal with a variety of topics, including slavery in the Mediterranean, Venetian shipbuilding, masculinity and the rituals of public violence, and Venice as a modern tourist city. His broad interests are […]
FreeUnderstanding Conflict in South Sudan
Social Sciences 2, Room 75 Social Sciences 2 University of California Santa Cruz, College Ten, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCENTER FOR EMERGING WORLDS 2014-2015 Theme: GLOBAL ISLAM Winter Quarter Events Featuring: Noah Salomon, Assistant Professor of Religion, Carleton College Tuesday, February 10th Public Event "Understanding Conflict in South […]
FreeKris Alexanderson: "Japanese Penetration and Dutch Conciliation: Transoceanic Politics in Maritime Asia during the 1930s"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesKris Alexanderson’s current book project examines the collaborative efforts of the Netherlands East Indies’ colonial administration, Dutch shipping businesses, and foreign consulates in port cities across the Middle East and […]
FreeGSC: The Secrets of Negotiation for Grad Students
Graduate Student CommonsDr. Richard Kaye will share the skills and tools for successful negotiations in every aspects of your lives. This is a professional development event open to all the graduate students at UCSC. Snacks and beverages will be served. If you plan to attend, please RSVP using the link below by 7pm on Mon, Feb 9th: […]
Free"When the State is Everywhere: Rethinking the Islamic Public Sphere"
Humanities 1, Room 202CENTER FOR EMERGING WORLDS 2014-2015 Theme: GLOBAL ISLAM Winter Quarter Events Featuring: Noah Salomon, Assistant Professor of Religion, Carleton College Tuesday, February 10th Public Event "Understanding Conflict in South […]
FreeDH Working Group Meeting / Digital Pedagogy Session
Cowell Senior Commons Room Cowell College 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin the DH Working Group to begin an ongoing conversation about teaching in the digital age. What kinds of digital tools have you used in the classroom? What worked and […]
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