Events
Julia Clancy-Smith “Springs Equinox in 18th Century Tunsia: Wreaks, People, and Things in the Sea”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJulia Clancy-Smith is the author of, most recently, Mediterraneans: North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration, c. 1800-1900 (2010). Her current work, From Household to Schoolroom: Education and Gender in North Africa, Europe, and the Mediterranean, c. 1900-present, is a multi-sided ethnographic inquiry into gender, education, literacy, and the social circulation of knowledge and people. […]
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Micah Perks: “What Becomes Us”
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us as we celebrate the launch of this wonderfully consuming new novel from local author, professor, and co-director of UCSC’s creative writing program Micah Perks. Following a near-fatal accident, Evie, a mild-mannered, pregnant school teacher, abandons her controlling husband and flees California for the wilds of western New York. She rents a farm house […]
Alma Heckman: “Absence and Counter-Narratives: The Years of Lead and the Moroccan Jewish Exodus”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAlma Rachel Heckman’s research crosses Jewish history, North Africa, French empire and the history of social movements. Her talk emerges from her project “Radical Nationalists: Moroccan Jewish Communists 1925-1975.” Heckman is Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies at UC Santa Cruz. The Center for Cultural Studies will continue to host a Wednesday colloquium series, […]
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Linking Citizenship, Migration, Labor, Border, and Carceral Studies: A Seminar with Bridget Anderson
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesHow, when, where, and why do citizenship, migration, labor, border, and carceral studies converge? What happens when we put these fields in dialogue with one another? Why the distinction between migration studies and refugee studies? When do forced migration and labor migration overlap and when are they different? Who is a "migrant," "refugee," "citizen," and […]
PhD+: Arts and Humanities Grants & Fellowships Workshop for Graduate Students
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for a conversation about funding opportunities, nuts and bolts of grant proposal writing, and campus resources available to you in the Arts and Humanities Divisions. In this workshop we will focus on Fall deadlines and introduce a new research development service for graduate students in the two divisions: one-on-one consultations! Friday, September 30, […]
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Living Writers: Chanan Tigay
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAuthor of the forthcoming Unholy Scriptures: Fraud, Suicide, Scandal—and the Bible that Rocked the Holy City (Ecco/HarperCollins), and two long works of nonfiction, The Special Populations Unit: Arab Soldiers in Israel’s Army (McSweeney’s) and Nuclear Meltdown, released on the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan (Rodale Press). Tigay was awarded the UC […]
Silicon Valley Campus Grand Opening
UC Santa Cruz Silicon ValleyPlease join us for the opening celebration of the UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus, a multidisciplinary teaching and research hub. The evening will include an open house, ribbon-cutting, reception, and TED-style talks. We welcome you to choose one or all. Wednesday, September 28, 4-9 p.m. 4-7 p.m. Silicon Valley Campus open house 6-6:15 p.m. […]
Digital Exhibit Building Symposium
McHenry Library, Digital CommonsThe Digital Exhibit Building Symposium will consider the value of curating digital exhibits, communicating with online audiences, and implementing new digital assignments in the classroom. We will also offer hands on workshops that can help you get started. By reorienting the conversation around digital exhibit building away from specific platforms, we will explore the process […]
Weekend with Shakespeare 2016
De Laveaga Elementary SchoolWeekend with Shakespeare - August 12 – 14, 2016 Join Shakespeare Workshop for a weekend of lectures, discussions, and demonstrations about Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s summer productions, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet. New this year is an Educators’ Workshop on Sunday, August 14, an event for teachers that provides creative and scholarly resources for enlivening Shakespeare’s […]
MAH 3rd Friday: Changemakers
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and HistoryMeet the creative leaders making change happen in Santa Cruz County. Engage with county supervisors and cycling advocates. Meet artists and food justice activists. Network with film festival directors and Oaxacan cultural preservationists. Interact with hands-on workshops, demonstrations and performances. C3 (Creative Community Committee) is the MAH’s community think tank of 45 diverse leaders across […]