Events
#StopCVE: Challenging State Surveillance of Muslims in the Biden/Harris Era, with Fatema Ahmad
Virtual EventIn 2014, the Obama administration launched Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), a grant program that funneled federal money to police, universities, and nonprofit organizations in the name of combating terrorism. Although CVE and other “anti-radicalization” programs target Muslims and political activists, they have enjoyed support from some liberals who view anti-radicalization as a softer, more humane […]
Neferti Tadiar — A Physics Lesson: Notes on a Cultural Genealogy of Human Mediatic Forms
Virtual EventThis talk proposes a cultural genealogy of contemporary human mediatic forms – that is, the use of humans as the media of other humans. Beginning with a reading of José […]
FeaturedThe Helen Diller Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies, a Conversation with Professor Sarah Abrevaya Stein
Virtual EventJoin us for a conversation with Professor Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Alma Heckman as they discuss Professor Stein's book Family Papers: a Conversation about a Sephardi Jewish Family, Lived History, […]
Nitasha Dhillon and Amin Husain, of MTL / Decolonize This Place: Beyond the End of the World Sawyer Seminar Series
Virtual EventThe Humanities Institute and the Center for Creative Ecologies present Beyond the End of the World Lecture Series. Natasha Dhillon and Amin Husain, are MTL, a collaboration that joins research, […]
The Annual Noel Q. King Memorial Lecture with Tanya Marie Luhrmann
Virtual EventMerrill College Presents The Noel Q King Memorial Lecture: Voices of God, Voices of Madness Following Prof. Luhrmann's talk, she will be joined in conversation by award-winning author Laurie R. […]
Ethan Katz: Jews and Antisemites – The Unlikely Alliance That Paved the Way for Operation Torch
Virtual EventEthan Katz, Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of California-Berkeley, will speak in HIS 185O on "Jews and Antisemites - The Unlikely Alliance That Paved the Way for Operation Torch." Among Jewish resistance movements in World War II, none had the strategic impact of the Algiers underground. This talk will explore […]
Deep Read Salon: The Writing Craft of There There
Creative Writing professors Micah Perks and Jennifer Tseng will lead a conversation about the techniques at play in Tommy Orange's novel, There There. This salon is for Deep Read Community […]
Writing for Living: Helene Moglen Conference in Feminism and the Humanities
Writing for Living: Helene Moglen Conference in Feminism and the Humanities February 19-20, 2021 Please register for Zoom connections Friday, 3:30-5 PST: https://ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApcO2upzkrHNXJIpeessjoejEbdjqIQ3UF Saturday, 11:00-12:30 and 12:50-2:20 PST: https://ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrceyhrz0jGNPQA9pd9-MXOQhZ205ABiK3 Emphasizing […]
Book Talk: Kwaito Bodies by Xavier Livermon
Virtual EventJoin us on February 19 for a Feminist Studies Book Talk celebrating the publication of Associate Professor Xavier Livermon's new book: Kwaito Bodies. Xavier will be joined by respondents Marcia Ochoa, Associate Professor, Feminist Studies and Savannah Shange, Assistant Professor, Anthropology. Kwaito Bodies, Xavier Livermon examines the cultural politics of the youthful black body in […]
Book Talk: Elaine Sullivan, Constructing the Sacred
Virtual EventElaine Sullivan will discuss her recently published "born-digital" monograph, Constructing the Sacred: Visibility and Ritual Landscape at the Egyptian Necropolis of Saqqara (Stanford University Press, 2020). Using 3D models of […]