Events
Sex and the Archive
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWorkshop on Sex and the Archive May 20-21, 2014 • UC Santa Cruz Open to graduate students at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and UC Santa Cruz Application deadline: Wednesday April […]
Despina Kakoudaki: "Robots and Slaves: History, Allegory, and the Structural Logic of the Robot Story"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesDespina Kakoudaki’s work focuses on literature, film, visual and cultural studies, and the history of technology. Her new book, titled Anatomy of a Robot: Literature, Cinema, and the Cultural Work […]
FreePrasenjit Duara: "Circulatory and Competitive Histories: Temporal Foundations for Cosmopolitanism
Humanities 1, Room 520 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesStories – narratives of the past – are necessary in all collectivities that seek to constitute and maintain themselves. In modern times, competitive states have sought to mobilize all resources […]
Graduate Seminar with Despina Kakoudaki
Graduate Student CommonsAll graduate students are welcome but an RSVP is required by May 19th. Contact ihr@ucsc.edu to RSVP and request seminar readings. Despina Kakoudaki’s work focuses on literature, film, visual and […]
Free2014 Literature Undergraduate Colloquium
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Fifteenth Annual Literature Undergraduate Colloquium 9:00-9:10 AM - Opening Remarks Kirsten Silva Gruesz, Director, Literature Undergraduate Program 9:10-10:15 AM - Panel One: Borderlands: Creative Writers Read Moderator, Micah Perks […]
FreeKen Waltzer Seminar: A Holocaust Micro-History
Humanities 1, Room 202Professor Kenneth Waltzer is currently director of the Jewish studies program at Michigan State University. His interests cover American social and political history, including urban, labor, and minority history, immigration […]
Ken Waltzer and Film Screening: Kinderblock 66
College 8, Room 240 College Eight 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesKinderblock 66: Return to Buchenwald. Kinderblock 66 is the story of four men who, as young boys, were imprisoned by the Nazis in the notorious Buchenwald concentration camp and who, […]
"Working w/ Shakespeare: The Winter's Tale" Conference
UC Santa CruzIn celebration of Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, Working w/ Shakespeare fosters a dialogue between three professions that are especially dedicated to understanding his work: literary critics, theater designers, and professional actors. […]
FreeContemporary Horror Auteur Film Series: You're Next
Stevenson, Room 150You never want to do anything interesting anymore. If you’ve ever found yourself wondering what a mumblecore slasher film might be like, then look no further than You’re Next. Directed […]
FreeGopal Balakrishan: "Breakthroughs of the Young Marx"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesGopal Balakrishan Professor, History of Consciousness, UCSC Offering an intellectual history of the phases of Marx's thought from his dissertation on Greek philosophy to The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, […]