Events
Wenyi Shang – Moving Beyond the Streetlight: How Computational Methods Can Open Up New Directions in Humanities Research
Virtual and In PersonJoin us for an engaging talk by Wenyi Shang, titled Moving Beyond the Streetlight: How Computational Methods Can Open Up New Directions in Humanities Research. The “streetlight effect” describes an observational bias relevant to the humanities and social sciences, where researchers tend to focus on the questions limited by the scales of materials they can […]
Jasbir Puar – Field Notes: Colonial Power at the Thresholds of Gender Studies
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Feminist Studies Department at UC Santa Cruz is pleased to host Jasbir Puar, Distinguished Faculty of Arts Professor, Global Race Studies at the University of British Columbia, presenting Field Notes: Colonial Power at the Thresholds of Gender Studies. Jasbir Puar's research focuses on how the liberal state, sexuality, and bio-politics bear on our understanding […]
Archives in Action
Humanities 1, Room 2022 PM | "Getting Into the Archive: Tales from Inside" Paul Erickson, Director of the Clements Library, University of Michigan This presentation will seek to demystify the process of applying for support for humanities research from libraries and archives by explaining it from the inside. It will offer suggestions for how to increase your chances […]
Crafting the CV with Veronica Heiskell
Virtual EventApplications for academic positions require a CV, and some industry, government, and nonprofit employers also require them. Learn how a CV differs from a resume, about hybrid CV-resumes, what goes on a CV, and what order to put information depending on the type of academic institution you’re applying to and for what type of position. […]
Project Paradiso – Episode Sixteen – The Futures of Dante’s Paradiso: Reading Forward
Virtual and In PersonJoin us for a conversation with Prof. Alison Cornish (New York University) and Prof. Arielle Saiber (Johns Hopkins University), about the challenges and opportunities of reading Dante’s Paradiso today, particularly in, but not limited to, the academic context. They will explore innovative future directions to take this poem to as many readers and diverse audiences […]
Public Speaking with Catherine Carlstroem
Graduate Student Commons, Room 204 420 Hagar Dr, Santa CruzThese interactive in-person workshops provide an overview of strategies and best practices for public speaking, including managing anxiety, key delivery techniques, and composition tips for crafting clearer and more focused speeches, with an emphasis on the parameters of the Grad Slam’s short presentations. This event has two sessions: Nov 13, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in […]
Dr. Christian Alvarado – “The Storm in Kenya”: The Mau Mau Uprising and pan-Africanist Thought in the mid-20th Century
Virtual and In PersonThe History Department invites you to an upcoming talk by Dr. Christian Alvarado entitled "The Storm in Kenya:" The Mau Mau Uprising and pan-Africanist Thought in the mid-20th Century. Join us in person from 1:30 - 3:00 pm (PT) in Humanities 1, Room 202 or join via Zoom here. Historical work on the event most […]
Dolly Kikon – Abundance: Living with a Forest
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesWe welcome Dolly Kikon for a screening of her film Abundance: Living with a Forest and a talk about her work on Indigenous ecology in the Eastern Himalayan region. Abundance: Living with a Forest (2024) is a filmic biography of foraging, forest, and jhum cultivation in Nagaland, a hill state in Northeast India where approximately 60% […]
The Hive Live! Featuring Gary Young & Elizabeth Robinson
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Hive Live! presents an evening of poetry with Gary Young and Elizabeth Robinson at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Gary Young is a poet, artist, and translator. He is the author of nine collections of poetry, among them That’s What I Thought, and American Analects, both from Persea Books. His other books include Precious Mirror, translations […]
Film Screening and Director’s Discussion: Chaityabhumi
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesChaityabhumi is a holy site that holds immense importance for the Dalit movement in India, as it is where Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s last rites were performed after his passing on December 6, 1956. Dr Ambedkar, often called the father of the Indian Constitution, dedicated his life to fighting the chains of caste oppression and bringing […]