Events
Victorian Necromancies with Professor Renée Fox – Discussion of Dracula (Chap. 17-End)
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, one of her favorite genres of 19th-century literature. From Professor Fox: “The first session will be a presentation on my forthcoming book, The Necromantics: Reanimation, […]
Miriam Ellis Memorial Celebration
Stevenson Event CenterJoin us to celebrate the life of Miriam Ellis, lecturer emerita of French, fellow of Cowell College, and founder of the Miriam Ellis International Playhouse (MEIP). The memorial will be […]
CANCELED – Linguistics Colloquia: Argyro Katsika
Humanities 2, Room 359Argyro Katsika, UC Santa Barbara 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 […]
POSTPONED – Douglas Brinkley: Silent Spring Revolution
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesNew York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley will present his new book Silent Spring Revolution, which chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), on December 1 at the UC Santa Cruz Cowell Ranch Hay Barn. The book tells the story of an indomitable generation that saved the […]
Living Writers: Student Reading
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesConversations: Power Forged, the Fall Living Writers theme, features poets, novelists, academics, curators, and artists in conversation with one another, in person, across genre and media to open up a space […]
CANCELED: Hannah Zeavin – Sigmund Freud: Tele-Analyst
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesIn The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy, Hannah Zeavin shows that, far from a recent concern in the COVID-19 pandemic, teletherapy is as old as psychoanalysis itself. It may […]
CANCELED – PhD+ Workshop – Public Speaking
Virtual and In PersonLearn techniques to warm up, deal with nerves, craft your talk, and deliver an engaging oration for any audience. This interactive workshop will take you through Bri’s trademarked W.A.V.E.® methods […]
PhD+ Workshop – Career Pathways for Humanities Graduate Students
Virtual EventJoin us for a virtual workshop with Katina Rogers, "Career Pathways for Humanities Graduate Students," Nov. 30 at 1 p.m. on Zoom. Register here. This workshop is presented by the Center for the Humanities at the University of California, Merced and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2022-2023 PhD+ series. About the […]
CANCELED: Hannah Zeavin – Hot and Cool Mothers
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States“Hot and Cool Mothers” moves toward a media theory of mothering and parental “fitness.” The article begins with an investigation into midcentury pediatric psychological studies on Bad Mothers and their impacts on their children. The most famous, if not persistent, of these diagnoses is that of the so-called refrigerator mother. The refrigerator mother is not […]
CANCELED – PhD+ Workshop – Maintaining Work-Life Balance in Academia
Virtual and In PersonJoin Angel Dominguez for an interactive workshop and discussion of what it means to cultivate a healthy work-life balance. The interactive discussion will cover the importance of setting boundaries, time management, how technology can be your friend, and why saying “no” doesn't make you a bad person! Angel is a queer, first-generation, Latinx UCSC alumnus […]