Events
A Tamiment Book Talk with Bettina Aptheker
Virtual EventPresented by NYU Libraries - Join scholar activists Bettina Aptheker and Judith Smith as they discuss Aptheker's most recent book Communists in Closets: Queering the History 1930s–1990s. Communists in Closets: Queering the History 1930s–1990s explores the history of gay, lesbian, and non-heterosexual people in the Communist Party in the United States. The Communist Party banned […]
Christian Sorace: Steppe Immunity
Virtual and In PersonThe History of Consciousness department is pleased present their upcoming speaker series this fall quarter and invites you to join them. These will be hybrid events, hosted in-person in Humanities 1 Room 420 & virtually via Zoom, except for the talk on October 25th which will only be on Zoom. The Zoom link for all […]
Alberto Ortiz-Díaz – Carceral Care: Health Professionals and the Living Dead in Colonial Puerto Rico’s Sanitary City, 1920s-1940s
Virtual EventUsing an array of primary sources, this talk explores the early history of the Río Piedras sanitary city or medical corridor, a transnationally and imperially inspired built environment and complex of welfare institutions (a tuberculosis hospital, an insane asylum, and a penitentiary) constructed and consolidated on the margins of San Juan by Puerto Rico’s colonial-populist […]
Stories of Action: Community Activism in the Face of Racism in Latin America with Natalia Barrera Francis
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States"Stories of Action: Community Activism in the Face of Racism in Latin America with Natalia Barrera Francis." The Dolores Huerta Research Center of America is proud to welcome and sponsor two talks by Natalia Barrera-Francis, an award-winning journalist and anti-racist activist from Lima, Perú. She will deliver two talks at UCSC on Nov. 1st and […]
PhD+ Workshop – WordPress Website Design
Virtual and In PersonProfessional websites can boost your reputation and aid your networking and job search. UCSC provides free access to WordPress (with several design templates) to faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students. […]
Natasha Trethewey – Morton Marcus Poetry Reading
Cultural Center at Merrill Merrill Cultural Center, UC Santa Cruz, Merrill College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesPlease join us for the 13th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading, featuring honored guest Natasha Trethewey. Poet Gary Young will host the program, and the evening will include an announcement […]
Madhavi Murty Reading Group – Stories That Bind: Political Economy and Culture in New India
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe THI research cluster "Vernaculars of Travel in South Asia and the Middle East" presents a reading group on Madhavi Murty's new book "Stories That Bind: Political Economy and Culture […]
Victorian Necromancies with Professor Renée Fox – Discussion of Dracula (Beginning-Chap. 16)
Virtual EventVictorian Necromancies with Professor Renée Fox As part of the series “Victorian Necromancies,” Professor Fox will lead three sessions that offer the Friends an opportunity to explore the Victorian gothic, […]
Telling Your Research Story Through Comics
Virtual EventJoin us for "Telling Your Research Story Through Comics" on Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. on Zoom. Featuring: Felicia Lopez (UCM), Carolyn Jennings (UCM), Jordan Collver, and Pino Cao. Register […]
Sawyer Seminar Reading Group with Alberto Ortiz-Díaz
Virtual EventThis reading group is part of the Sawyer Seminar “Race, Empire, and Environments of Biomedicine.” Staff assistance is provided by The Humanities Institute. The talk will occur virtually and guests […]