Events
Paromita Vohra – The Lovers’ Argument: What Bollywood Songs Taught Me About Making Documentaries
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesAs a documentary filmmaker, working in India, and especially as one interested in political conversation and social change, you inherit a form. The documentary form ostensibly exists outside commercial mainstream […]
THI Public Fellowship Information Session
Virtual EventCurious about becoming a THI Public Fellow? Not sure how to find the right partner organization? If you're thinking about applying your expertise in the public sphere or exploring career […]
Living Writers – Zaina Alsous
Virtual EventZaina Alsous is the author of the poetry collection A Theory of Birds (University of Arkansas Press, 2019), winner of the Norma Farber First Book Award and the Etel Adnan […]
Deep Read Partner Event: Confronting Climate Change
Zoom CA, United StatesThe Deep Read is partnering with Confronting Climate Change, an annual public lecture series that brings together scientists, artists, policy experts, and community members to discuss our planet’s wellbeing and […]
Paisley Currah – This Anti-Trans Moment: Resisting the Right and the Center
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe current assault on transgender people in the United States seems relatively new, but in fact governments have been regulating the lives of transgender people for decades—from contradictory rules for sex classification to bans on Medicaid coverage to rules about gender-appropriate comportment. In this talk, Currah situates these legislative attacks within a longer history of […]
Linguistics Colloquia: Bryan Donaldson
Humanities 1, Room 202Bryan Donaldson, UC Santa Cruz Over the course of each year, the Linguistics department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. For full speaker and event information, please visit: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html
PhD+ Workshop – Grants and Fellowships
Graduate Student CommonsGrants and Fellowships for Scholars in the Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences Learn how to make your fellowship and grant proposals competitive to a wide range of selection committees. We’ll discuss what does and does not need to be in a research proposal, the proper tone and form, and ways to tease out the larger […]
Max Weiss: Revolutions Aesthetic
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesPlease join us for a talk by Professor Max Weiss (Princeton University), who will be discussing his new book on cultural production in Ba'thist Syria, Revolutions Aesthetic: A Cultural History of Baʻthist Syria (Stanford University Press, 2022). Revolutions Aesthetic reconceptualizes contemporary Syrian politics, authoritarianism, and cultural life. Engaging rich original sources—novels, films, and cultural periodicals—Weiss […]
What’s Happening in Peru? Interdisciplinary Perspectives on a Structural Crisis
Virtual EventPeru has been in a state of political and humanitarian crisis since early December 2022 when protests erupted in the wake of former President Pedro Castillo’s unsuccessful attempt to shut down Congress to avert an impeachment. When acting President Dina Boluarte–Castillo’s former vice president—announced that elections would not be held until May 2024, Peruvians across […]
Kristin Lawler – Surfing, Capitalism, and the Refusal of Work
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesIn this talk, I will examine surfing as a countercultural practice and will consider the ways in which it constitutes a lived refusal of the logic of capital. I will look at several contemporary and historical iterations of the surf image in popular culture to think through its political significance, and will survey the state […]