Events
Quantifying Creativity: Art through the Eyes of Computation
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCo-sponsored by the Data Science Initiative Is the experience of art uniquely human? Can algorithms be artistic producers? Or, do machines remove the context and meaning from creativity? As […]
FreeTyrus Miller: "The Non-Contemporaneity of György Lukács: Cold War Contradictions and the Aesthetics of Visual Arts"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesTyrus Miller has recently published Modernism and the Frankfurt School, and his forthcoming Cambridge Companion to Wyndham Lewis will appear in 2015. He is the translator/editor of György Lukács’s, The […]
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Ozploitation Film Series Presents: Wyrmwood
Stevenson, Room 150We need to find a zombie fast. The visually striking feature-film debut of director Kiah Roache-Turner, who made it on weekends with friends and actors over a number of years, […]
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Living Writers: John Keene: Rutgers University, Newark
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJohn Keene Rutgers University, Newark John Keene is the author of the novel Annotations (New Directions); the text-art collection Seismosis (1913 Press) with artist Christopher Stackhouse; and the short fiction collection Counternarratives (New Directions). He also translated Brazilian author […]
FreeFriday Forum: AK Morais “Blundering Empire: The Smithsonian African Expedition of 1919-1920”
Humanities 1, Room 202The Friday Forum is a graduate-run colloquium dedicated to the presentation and discussion of graduate student research. The series will be held weekly from 12:30pm to 2pm and will serve […]
Free50th Anniversary: First Annual UCSC Downtown Fair
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and HistoryAs part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the founding of the University of California, Santa Cruz, the City of Santa Cruz will host the first annual UCSC Downtown Fair […]
FreeMelissa Gregg: “From Productivity to Personal Logistics: A Brief History of Time Management from Shop Floor to Departure Gate”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesEVENT PHOTOS: This talk offers a reading of time management in the workplace and the role of technology in facilitating dominant ideas of productivity. It begins by revisiting classic moments […]
FreeMelissa Gregg: “8 Hours for What We Will”
Humanities 1, Room 402Discussion on time management in the workplace and the role of technology in facilitating dominant ideas of productivity. RSVP required. Please email Caroline Kao cakao@ucsc.edu. In preparation, please read 2 […]
FreeJuliana Spahr: "The Politics of Poetry Production > The Politics of Poetic Form"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk is part of a larger project about contemporary US literature that asks a very old question about the relation between literature and politics. Professor Spahr suggests that turn […]
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UCHRI Funding Information Session
Google HangoutUCHRI 2016-2017 Calls for Funding Information Session Have questions about UCHRI's 2016-17 calls for funding? Join our information session and ask UCHRI's Director and Assistant Director any questions you may […]
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