Events
Giving Day 2024
Virtual EventMark your calendar for Wednesday, November 20 and join us for UC Santa Cruz’s annual Giving Day—a 24-hour online fundraising event dedicated to supporting projects that enrich the UCSC student experience. Giving Day is an opportunity to unite the entire UCSC community—students, alumni, faculty, and friends—to create a lasting, positive impact on our students, the […]
Public Film Screening and Filmmaker Q&A: A Feeling Greater than Love with Mary Jirmanus Saba
Communications 150, Studio CIn her directorial debut, Mary Jirmanus Saba deals with a forgotten revolution, saving from oblivion bloodily suppressed strikes at Lebanese tobacco and chocolate factories. These events from the 1970s, which […]
Contributions to Diversity Statement with Judith Estrada
Virtual and In PersonJudith Estrada, Ph.D. Assistant Vice Chancellor Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) This event has two sessions: Nov 19, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. via Zoom, or Nov 20, 1:30 […]
LinkedIn with Eric Curiel
Virtual EventLinkedIn is a powerful tool to network and search for jobs. We will go over tips to update your LinkedIn profile to help recruiters find you, explore ways to identify […]
Wenyi Shang – Moving Beyond the Streetlight: How Computational Methods Can Open Up New Directions in Humanities Research
Virtual and In PersonJoin us for an engaging talk by Wenyi Shang, titled Moving Beyond the Streetlight: How Computational Methods Can Open Up New Directions in Humanities Research. The “streetlight effect” describes an observational bias relevant to the humanities and social sciences, where researchers tend to focus on the questions limited by the scales of materials they can […]
Jasbir Puar – Field Notes: Colonial Power at the Thresholds of Gender Studies
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Feminist Studies Department at UC Santa Cruz is pleased to host Jasbir Puar, Distinguished Faculty of Arts Professor, Global Race Studies at the University of British Columbia, presenting Field Notes: Colonial Power at the Thresholds of Gender Studies. Jasbir Puar's research focuses on how the liberal state, sexuality, and bio-politics bear on our understanding […]
Archives in Action
Humanities 1, Room 2022 PM | "Getting Into the Archive: Tales from Inside" Paul Erickson, Director of the Clements Library, University of Michigan This presentation will seek to demystify the process of applying for support for humanities research from libraries and archives by explaining it from the inside. It will offer suggestions for how to increase your chances […]
Crafting the CV with Veronica Heiskell
Virtual EventApplications for academic positions require a CV, and some industry, government, and nonprofit employers also require them. Learn how a CV differs from a resume, about hybrid CV-resumes, what goes on a CV, and what order to put information depending on the type of academic institution you’re applying to and for what type of position. […]
Project Paradiso – Episode Sixteen – The Futures of Dante’s Paradiso: Reading Forward
Virtual and In PersonJoin us for a conversation with Prof. Alison Cornish (New York University) and Prof. Arielle Saiber (Johns Hopkins University), about the challenges and opportunities of reading Dante’s Paradiso today, particularly in, but not limited to, the academic context. They will explore innovative future directions to take this poem to as many readers and diverse audiences […]
Public Speaking with Catherine Carlstroem
Graduate Student Commons, Room 204 420 Hagar Dr, Santa CruzThese interactive in-person workshops provide an overview of strategies and best practices for public speaking, including managing anxiety, key delivery techniques, and composition tips for crafting clearer and more focused speeches, with an emphasis on the parameters of the Grad Slam’s short presentations. This event has two sessions: Nov 13, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in […]