Events
CANCELLED: The Deep Read: Kresge Reads The Testaments
Kresge Provost House Programs Annex, 510 Porter-Kresge Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesGet in the Deep Read spirit with a community of readers. Every Wednesday from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. (through April 1), students, staff, and faculty are welcome to join Kresge Provost Ben Leeds Carson at the Kresge Provost House to read aloud and discuss The Testaments. To find the location, follow Google Maps to “Kresge Provost […]
Postponed: Online Humanities Funding Workshop – Pivot
Zoom CA, United StatesThe Research Development Office is holding an online workshop for Humanities faculty and graduate students to learn how to use Pivot to find funding opportunities. Pivot is a grant search engine that exists to connect researchers to private and federal funding. In this session, you will learn how to: 1. Effectively tailor funding opportunity searches […]
CANCELLED: PhD+ Workshop – Equity-Minded Humanities Teaching
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesIn this interactive PhD+ session, we will explore what current research in teaching and learning can bring to the Humanities, and what Humanities values, contexts, and ways of thinking can bring to our conceptions of teaching and learning. First, we'll define what equity means to us, both within our specific disciplines and within Humanities teaching […]
CANCELLED: Writing for Living: A Conference in Honor of Helene Moglen (1936-2018)
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWith deep sadness, we have to announce that this weekend’s conference in honor of Helene Moglen, Writing for Life, March 13-14, with the first memorial Helene Moglen Lecture in Feminism and the Humanities and many other wonderful talks and events, plus some amazing food, is canceled because of the evil Covid 19 virus. Following CDC […]
Radical Futurisms Film Series: Part II
Del Mar TheatreHow are artists envisioning radical futures? This free film series assembles a diverse group of visionaries whose films offer points of light in a dark world. Get Tickets Here >> Featuring films by Karrabing Film Collective, Sky Hopinka, Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), Antonio Paucar, and Nanobah Becker. For more information on the Beyond the […]
POSTPONED: Jason Martel – Stories to Not Begin By: A Spanish Teacher Candidate’s Identity Deconstruction
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis colloquium will be rescheduled at a later date. The DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS presents: Jason Martel (Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey) - "Stories to Not Begin By: A Spanish Teacher Candidate’s Identity Deconstruction" Within the robust research literature on teacher identity, there is a growing interest in “stories to leave […]
CANCELLED: Kresge Reads The Testaments
Kresge Provost House Programs Annex, 510 Porter-Kresge Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesDue to the new campus policy regarding events and the coronavirus, this event is cancelled. Get in the Deep Read spirit with a community of readers. Every Wednesday from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. (through April 1), students, staff, and faculty are welcome to join Kresge Provost Ben Leeds Carson at the Kresge Provost House to read […]
CANCELLED Michael Allan – World Pictures/Global Visions
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesAlongside discussions of worldliness, globalization, and planetarity, the talk will focus on a global network of camera operators working on behalf of the Lumière Brothers film company from 1896-1903. This microhistory of the transnational origins of early cinema will lead to questions about what it means to apprehend the world through the eyes of a […]
The Deep Read Santa Cruz Salon
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesFocusing on Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments the Santa Cruz Salon will be an opportunity to discuss the book with UCSC professors and your fellow community members. Speakers David Draper, Statistics, Director of the College Scholars Program Marcia Ochoa, Feminist Studies Andrew S. Mathews, Anthropology Moderator: Laura Martin, Porter College Details 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Cowell […]
Prof and a Pint: Death on the Nile – A 3D Visit to Egypt’s Most Enduring Cemetery
Forager, San Jose 420 S 1st St, San Jose, CA, United StatesThe ancient Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara was the burial place of kings, queens, priests, and elite officials for 2500 years (3000-332 BCE), and boasts some of the most spectacular architecture and art from the Pharoanic Period. In this talk, we'll make a virtual visit to the site, using a 3D model that digitally 'reconstructs' the […]