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  • After Ursula Discussion

    Humanities 1, Room 202

    Join us to discuss excerpts from authors Karen Joy Fowler, Molly Gloss, Nisi Shawl, and Kim Stanley Robinson. Please email Micah Perks at (meperks@ucsc.edu) for the readings and to RSVP for the discussion. Kim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer. He is the author of more than twenty books, including the international bestselling […]

  • Linguistics Colloquia: Jorge Hankamer

    Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

    Jorge Hankamer (UC Santa Cruz) - CP Complements to D About eight times each year, the Linguistics department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. For full information visit: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html

  • PhD+ Workshop – Demystifying the Publishing Process with UC Press

    Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

    Learn about the publishing process, including book proposals, pitches, meeting with editors, and contracts. University of California Press (UC Press) is one of the most forward-thinking scholarly publishers, committed to influencing public discourse and challenging the status quo. At a time of dramatic change for scholarship and publishing, UC Press collaborates with faculty, librarians, authors, and […]

  • Living Writers: “After Ursula” with Karen Joy Fowler, Molly Gloss, Nisi Shawl, and Kim Stanley Robinson

    Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    After Ursula: Four renowned Sci Fi/Fantasy Writers all mentored by Ursula K Le Guin read from their work. Molly Gloss is the author of several novels including The Jump-Off Creek, The Dazzle of Day, Wild Life, The Hearts of Horses and Falling From Horses, as well as the story collection Unforeseen. She writes both realistic […]

  • THI Open House

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

    Join us as we kick off the 20th anniversary of The Humanities Institute: a vibrant community at the center of UC Santa Cruz and at the cutting edge of Humanities research, education, and public engagement. Raise a glass, meet our fellows, and connect with your colleagues. In many ways, The Humanities Institute is a demonstration […]

  • Extreme Weather and the Mexican Revolution: Historical Reality and Perception

    Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

    This talk will present recently published research that combines environmental history and historical climatology to examine the relationship between extreme weather events, especially drought and frost, and the origins of the Mexican Revolution. Wolfe’s findings suggest that inaccurate and misleading weather reporting—what he calls “politico-environmental” coverage—by a variety of newspapers throughout the country was as […]

  • Mikael Wolfe: Extreme Weather and the Mexican Revolution – Historical Reality and Perception

    Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

    Speaker, Mikael Wolfe, presents recently published research that combines environmental history and historical climatology to examine the relationship between extreme weather events, especially drought and frost, and the origins of the Mexican Revolution. His findings suggest that inaccurate and misleading weather reporting—what he calls “politico-environmental” coverage—by a variety of newspapers throughout the country was as […]

  • LOCATION CHANGE Dean Spade: Solidarity Not Charity – Mutual Aid for Mobilization and Survival

    Resource Center for Non Violence

    Join the Feminist Studies department as they present their second FMST Colloquium for the 2019 Fall quarter! Widespread, effective social movements usually include mutual aid strategies that directly address conditions faced by targeted people, such as providing housing, food, healthcare and transportation. Examples include the Black Panther Party's Free Breakfast Program, the Young Lords' hijacking […]

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    LOCATION CHANGE David Biggs: Archipelagic Vietnam – Rethinking Nationalism From the Shoreline

    CA, United States

    Please RSVP for the Cultural Studies Colloquium location Until recent conflicts over islands in the South China Sea, Vietnam’s history was described in terrestrial terms. Vietnam’s nationalist struggles, we were told, involved epic battles with American and other troops in highland jungles and city streets; and the nation’s territorial expansion from Hanoi happened in two […]

  • A Literary Masquerade with Erin Morgenstern

    DNA Comedy Lab 155 S. River St., Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    You are cordially invited to Bookshop Santa Cruz's first-ever Literary Masquerade, celebrating the release of Erin Morgenstern's highly anticipated new novel, The Starless Sea. Co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. From Erin Morgenstern, the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground […]

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