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  • Gershom Gorenberg: Distinguished Alumni Lecture

    Stevenson Event Center

    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, “The Visual Culture of Stealth: Interpretation & Deception in Militarized Aeromobility

    Communications, Room 139 Communications Bldg‎ University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    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 […]

  • Scott Saul, “What You See Is What You Get”?: Wattstax, Richard Pryor, and the Secret History of the Black Aesthetic in 1970s LA”

    College 8, Room 301 College Eight 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    The Urban Studies Research Cluster presents Scott Saul, ""What You See Is What You Get"?: Wattstax, Richard Pryor, and the Secret History of the Black Aesthetic in 1970s LA". This talk revolves around Pryor’s role as narrator of and interviewee in the 1973 documentary film Wattstax (about the 1972 concert held at the LA Coliseum), examines […]

  • Sikh and Punjabi Studies: Achievements and New Directions Dinner

    TBD Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    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. […]

  • Sikh and Punjabi Studies: Achievements and New Directions Conference

    Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    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. […]

  • Pacific Study Group of the North American Kant Society 2011 Meeting

    Cowell Conference Room Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    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 […]

  • Sikh and Punjabi Studies: Achievements and New Directions Opening Event

    University Center University Center‎ University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    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. […]

  • Living Writers Reading Series: Susie Bright

    Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    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. […]

  • Martin Puchner: “Re-Enactment and Site-Specific Performance”

    Cowell Conference Room Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Martin Puchner While re-enactment has long been a popular art, it has entered performance art in two ways: through site-specific performances such as the ones orchestrated by Mike Pearson or David Levine, which often explore the history of a place; and the re-enactment of performance art, as in the recent case of Marina Abramovic. In […]

  • Lawrence “Ren” Weschler

    Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Lawrence Weschler Lawrence "Ren" Weschler will present a special lecture "Convergences" in advance of his visit to Bookshop Santa Cruz to promote his latest book, Uncanny Valley.  In his talk Weschler will consider a spectrum of such convergent effects, from apophenia (the tendency of humans to see patterns where none exist) through co-causation, fractalization, influence […]

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