Events
Living Writers Series: Luis Alfaro
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Creative Writing Program presents Luis Alfaro in the Winter 2015 Living Writers Series. Luis Alfaro is a Chicano writer and performer known for his work in poetry, theatre, short stories, performance and journalism. He is also a producer and director who spent ten years at the Mark Taper Forum as Associate Producer, Director of […]
FreeManuscript Reading Seminar: "The People of Sudan Love You, Oh Messenger of God"
Social Sciences 1, Room 261 Social Sciences 1 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 Sudan" 6:30-7:30 PM, Social Sciences 2, Room 075 Moderated by Mark Massoud, Assistant Professor of Politics and Legal Studies, UCSC Wednesday, February 11th Colloquium "When […]
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 what didn’t? How do new technologies change learning practices? Bring your experiences, your questions, and your skepticism as we debate new pedagogical frontiers. The Digital […]
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 Sudan" 6:30-7:30 PM, Social Sciences 2, Room 075 Moderated by Mark Massoud, Assistant Professor of Politics and Legal Studies, UCSC Wednesday, February 11th Colloquium "When […]
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: […]
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 Asia in controlling the flow of anti-Western and anti-colonial ideas—including pan-Islamism, Communism, and pan-Asianism. She is Assistant Professor of History at University of the Pacific. […]
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 Sudan" 6:30-7:30 PM, Social Sciences 2, Room 075 Moderated by Mark Massoud, Assistant Professor of Politics and Legal Studies, UCSC Wednesday, February 11th Colloquium "When […]
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 […]
FreeChing 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, […]
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 stranded in Japan. For many Nisei strandees in Japan, the war blurred the boundaries of their citizenship, as they found themselves in situations where they […]
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