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One of the most important—and least appreciated—categories that Jews have employed to experience the world Jewishly is minhag, a Hebrew word typically translated into English as "custom." Historically, minhag enabled Jews to transform practically every event and action into something with Jewish meaning; it also enabled Jews to differentiate themselves from non-Jews, as well as […]

Deanna Shemek Professor Shemek studies intersections of elite and popular culture in early modern Italy, especially among women. Her current research focuses on early modern letter writing. She is completing an edition of Isabella d’Este’s letters and a book on the broader significance of early modern women's letters. The talk addresses plans to digitize the […]

Gershom Gorenberg UCSC alumnus Gershom Gorenberg is the author of the forthcoming book, The Unmaking of Israel, on the crisis of Israeli democracy and how to solve it. The book will be published in November by HarperCollins and is now available for pre-order at all the usual places. Gershom’s previous book is The Accidental Empire: […]

Caren Kaplan is Professor of American Studies at the University of California, Davis and is Affiliated Faculty in Film Studies, Cultural Studies, and Science & Technology Studies. Professor Kaplan authored Questions of Travel: Postmodern Discourses of Displacement (Duke, 1996) and co-authored and co-edited Introduction to Women's Studies: Gender in a Transnational World (McGraw-Hill, 2001/2005); Between […]

In this inaugural conference for the Sikh and Punjabi Studies program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, leading and emerging scholars will take stock of the state of the field and its future direction, in the areas of their expertise. Sessions will cover history, philosophy, language and literature, political economy, musicology and contemporary society. […]

In this inaugural conference for the Sikh and Punjabi Studies program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, leading and emerging scholars will take stock of the state of the field and its future direction, in the areas of their expertise. Sessions will cover history, philosophy, language and literature, political economy, musicology and contemporary society. […]

Kant The Philosophy Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz is proud to host the 2011 Meeting of the Pacific Study Group of the North American Kant Society November 12-13, 2011. Speaking events are open to the public and will be held in the Cowell College Conference Room. For more information or to register […]

In this inaugural conference for the Sikh and Punjabi Studies program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, leading and emerging scholars will take stock of the state of the field and its future direction, in the areas of their expertise. Sessions will cover history, philosophy, language and literature, political economy, musicology and contemporary society. […]

The Living Writers Reading Series presents Susie Bright. Susie Bright, known as a "sexpert," is a writer, performer, and teacher on the subject of sexuality. A UCSC alum, she has written several books. including Mommy's Little Girl and How to Write a Dirty Story. Her latest work is titled Big Sex, Little Death: A Memoir. […]