BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Humanities Institute - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Humanities Institute X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Humanities Institute REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20110313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20111106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120615T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120615T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120607T211010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120607T211010Z UID:10005156-1339786800-1339797600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:The Sammy Awards DESCRIPTION:Click image to enlarge\nJoin us for the Sammy Awards\, the UC Santa Cruz Annual Game Design Awards showcasing student work from the Computer Science Game Design major. \nFeaturing CS Chair Jim WHitehead as MC\, and a panel of tech and game industry judges from Google\, Microsoft\, EA\, Pixar\, and more! \nMusic by Terminal Degree! http://terminaldegree.posterous.com/ \nThis event is open to the public. \nWhen: Friday\, June 15th\, 7-10pm\nWhere: The Rio Theatre\, 1205 Soquel Avenue.\nTickets: $5\, advance purchase only. We can not sell tickets at the door!\nTo register: http://games.soe.ucsc.edu/registration/1 \nMore info: http://games.soe.ucsc.edu/sammys-2012 URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-sammy-awards-3/ LOCATION:Rio Theater\, 1205 Soquel Avenue\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95062\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120607T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120607T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120418T180625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120418T180625Z UID:10005096-1339092000-1339099200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Spring 2012 Living Writers Reading Series: Student Reading DESCRIPTION:The Living Writers Reading Series is sponsored by the Siegfried B. & Elisabeth Mignon Puknat Fund\, Porter College George Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center\, Literature Department/Creative Writing Program\, Laurie Sain Creative Writing Endowment\, East Asian Studies Program\, Bay Tree Bookstore\, Latino and Latin American Studies Center\, Office of Diversity\, Equity & Inclusion\, El Centro\, Cantu Queer Center\, Chicano Latino Research Center\, Stevenson College\, Oakes College\, and Merrill College. \nBooks are sold at the readings by The Bay Tree Bookstore. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/student-reading-3/ LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120607T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120607T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120530T180026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120530T180026Z UID:10005152-1339075800-1339081200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Zaricor Rare Flags on Display DESCRIPTION:Join us for this unique opportunity to view the Zaricor Flag Collection.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFlags from: U.S. Presidents\, Abraham Lincoln\, World Trade Center\, George Custer\, True Betsy Ross\, Women’s Suffrage\, Taliban\, and many more will be shown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n36 Star President A. Lincoln Mourning Flag\, photo courtesy of Zaricor Flag Collection.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:30-3:00 pm with formal remarks and Q&A at 2 pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpen to students\, staff\, faculty and the general public. Admission is free. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParking permits may be purchased at the main entrance kiosk. \nSimilar information and flyer (attached) can be found by visiting\nhttp://socialsciences.ucsc.edu/news-events/events/zaricor-flags.html \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsored by the Zaricor Family\, the Division of Humanities\, and the Division of Social Sciences.  URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/zaricor-rare-flags-on-display-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120606T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120606T133000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120518T233017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120518T233017Z UID:10005146-1338984000-1338989400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Funding Workshop for Graduate Students on June 6 DESCRIPTION:The IHR will host a workshop on funding opportunities and grant writing on Wednesday\, June 6. \nFOOD AND COFFEE provided! Please email Irena Polić (ipolic@ucsc.edu) by May 23rd if you are interested in coming\, so that we can order the appropriate amount of food. \nPlease also email Irena by then a list of topics you would like to see covered\, and any questions you have about resources available to you on our campus. \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/funding-workshop-for-graduate-students-on-june-6-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120605T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120605T173000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120510T171733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120510T171733Z UID:10005125-1338912000-1338917400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Robert Weinberg: "Blood Libel in Late Imperial Russia: Popular Antisemitism\, the Occult and the Trial of Mendel Beilis" DESCRIPTION:Professor Weinberg will explore the nature of popular antisemitism in the Russian Empire during the trial of Mendel Beilis\, a Kievan Jew accused of ritual murder in 1913. Concerned citizens sent letters to the prosecution during the trial in order to buttress the government’s case against Beilis. The letters permit us to delve into the popular beliefs and practices of the literate public and provide insight into the social\, intellectual\, and cultural tensions caused by late Imperial Russia’s encounter with modernity. \nBio: Professor Weinberg has been teaching at Swarthmore College for nearly 25 years. His research has focused on various aspects of the Jewish experience in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. His first book examined Jewish-gentile relations in the context of the 1905 revolution in Odessa (Blood on the Steps: The Revolutoin of 1905 in Odessa) and his second book explored the establishment of the Jewish Autonomous Region\, aka Birobidzhan\, in the Soviet Far East (Stalin’s Forgotten Zion: Birobidzhan and the Making of a Soviet Jewish Homeland). He is currently putting the finishing touches on a document reader about the Beilis Affair. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/robert-weinberg-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120601T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120601T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120522T161307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120522T161307Z UID:10005150-1338559200-1338570000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Digital Art & Democracy: People\, Places\, Participation DESCRIPTION:Have recent developments in digital art led to new “democratic” spaces? Who constitutes a democratic subject in on-line digital space? What does a new politics of representation look like? How do race and ethnicity appear (or disappear) in such spaces? How can artworks constitute democratic audiences? Join scholars and artists as they discuss these topics and recent online projects. Participants include Jennifer Gonzalez\, Carlos Motta\, Soraya Murray\, Warren Sack and Peggy Weil. \nhttp://people.ucsc.edu/~jag/digitalartdemo.html URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/digital-art-democracy-people-places-participation-3/ LOCATION:Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) Light Lab\, Room 306 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120601T040000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120601T173000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120531T165740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120531T165740Z UID:10005154-1338523200-1338571800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Hotze Rullman: "Epistemic Modality in the Scope of Past Tense" DESCRIPTION:Abstract: For many years the majority opinion in the literature has been that epistemic modals cannot scope under past tense (e.g.\, Groenendijk & Stokhof 1975\, Cinque 1999\, Abraham 2001\, Drubig 2001\, Fagan 2001\, Condoravdi 2002\, Stowell 2004\, Hacquard 2006\, Borgonovo & Cummins 2007\, Demirdache & Uribe-Etxebarria 2008\, Laca 2008). This view is based largely on the claim that epistemic modals in unembedded contexts are never interpreted with a past temporal perspective (in the sense of Condoravdi 2002). \nIn this paper we provide data from four languages (English\, Dutch\, Gitksan\, and St’át’imcets) to show that epistemic modals can scope under past tense. We thus join the minority of researchers who believe that past-T.P. epistemic readings are possible (e.g.\, Eide 2003\, Boogart 2007\, Martin 2009\, Homer 2010\, von Fintel and Gillies 2008)\, but unlike many of these authors\, we do not explain away the readings as dependent on free indirect discourse or some other exceptional mechanism. On the contrary\, we claim that the null hypothesis holds with respect to interactions between tense and the conversational backgrounds of modals: there are no grammatical constraints. In principle\, any modal can have any type of conversational background\, irrespective of its relation to tense. \nOur analysis is a modified version of Condoravdi’s\, with certain restrictions removed; we also build on insights from Abusch (2008). For English\, we rely not on have optionally scoping over the modal\, but on have optionally triggering the defective past tense of might. This is independently motivated by the behaviour of might and the other defective past-tense modals in sequence of tense environments (cf. Stowell 2004). \nHotze Rullman is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of British Columbia. This talk is presented by UCSC’s Department of Linguistics. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/hotze-rullman-epistemic-modality-in-the-scope-of-past-tense-3/ LOCATION:Santa Cruz\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120531T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120531T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120418T180458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120418T180458Z UID:10005095-1338487200-1338494400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Spring 2012 Living Writers Reading Series: Lysley Tenorio DESCRIPTION:Lysley Tenorio is a Filipino-American short story writer. Lysley Tenorio’s stories have appeared in The Atlantic\, Zoetrope: All-Story\, Ploughshares\, Manoa\, and The Best New American Voices and Pushcart Prize anthologies. A Whiting Writer’s Award winner and a former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University\, he has received fellowships from the University of Wisconsin\, Phillips Exeter Academy\, Yaddo\, The MacDowell Colony\, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Tenorio currently lives in San Francisco\, and is an associate professor at Saint Mary’s College of California. \nThe Living Writers Reading Series is sponsored by the Siegfried B. & Elisabeth Mignon Puknat Fund\, Porter College George Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center\, Literature Department/Creative Writing Program\, Laurie Sain Creative Writing Endowment\, East Asian Studies Program\, Bay Tree Bookstore\, Latino and Latin American Studies Center\, Office of Diversity\, Equity & Inclusion\, El Centro\, Cantu Queer Center\, Chicano Latino Research Center\, Stevenson College\, Oakes College\, and Merrill College. \nBooks are sold at the readings by The Bay Tree Bookstore. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/lysley-tenorio-3/ LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120531T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120531T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120518T230005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120518T230005Z UID:10005144-1338458400-1338465600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Sam Ball: "Graphic Novelists on Film" DESCRIPTION:SAM BALL WILL PRESENT HIS WORK WITH TWO GRAPHIC NOVELISTS:\nJoann Sfar Draws from Memory and Ben Katchor: Pleasures of Urban Decay \nSam Ball’s documentaries have been exhibited at many of America’s most prestigious venues for independent film\, ranging from the Sundance Film Festival to the Museum of Modern Art – New York’s documentary fortnight\, and several of them have aired on public television. His most recent film\, Joann Sfar Draws from Memory (a collaboration with KQED PRESENTS\, distributed to PBS affiliates nationally) profiles a bestselling graphic novelist whose work explores intersections of North African and European heritage. \nThis event is presented by UCSC’s Center for Jewish Studies\, and is made possible from generous support from the David B. Gold Foundation. For more information\, please contact Shann Ritchie at the Institute for Humanities Research\, sritchie@ucsc.edu\, or (831) 459-3527. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/sam-ball-film-producer-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120530T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120530T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120308T203005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120308T203005Z UID:10004677-1338379200-1338386400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Michael Ursell:“Surviving Humanism: Petrarchan Autobiography and Ecology" DESCRIPTION:The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents:\nMichael Ursell\nLiterature\, UCSC\nWhile critics have dismissed an image of the Renaissance humanist Petrarch as a nature-lover\, this talk reconsiders a poetics of the living in his work. Professor Ursell looks at how Petrarch’s “life writing” and “life reading” have been understood in relation to global ecology and world literature. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/michael-ursellsurviving-humanism-petrarchan-autobiography-and-ecology-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120524T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120524T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120418T180325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120418T180325Z UID:10005094-1337882400-1337886000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Spring 2012 Living Writers Reading Series: Justin Chin DESCRIPTION:Justin Chin was born in Malaysia\, raised & educated in Singapore\, shipped to the U.S. by way of Hawaii\, and now living in San Francisco. Author of 3 books of poetry\, all published by Manic D Press: Bite Hard (1997); Harmless Medicine (2001)\, a finalist in the Bay Area Book Reviewers Association Awards; and\, Gutted (2006)\, which received the 2007 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry by the Publishing Triangle. Squeezed in between these were 2 non-fictions: Mongrel: Essays\, Diatribes & Pranks (St. Martins\, 1999)\, and the ur-memoir\, Burden of Ashes (Alyson Publications\, 2002). \nThe Living Writers Reading Series is sponsored by the Siegfried B. & Elisabeth Mignon Puknat Fund\, Porter College George Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center\, Literature Department/Creative Writing Program\, Laurie Sain Creative Writing Endowment\, East Asian Studies Program\, Bay Tree Bookstore\, Latino and Latin American Studies Center\, Office of Diversity\, Equity & Inclusion\, El Centro\, Cantu Queer Center\, Chicano Latino Research Center\, Stevenson College\, Oakes College\, and Merrill College. \nBooks are sold at the readings by The Bay Tree Bookstore. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/justin-chin-3/ LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120524T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120524T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120521T153612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120521T153612Z UID:10005148-1337849100-1337875200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Thirteenth Annual Literature Undergraduate Colloquium DESCRIPTION:Opening Remarks 8:45 – 9:00 a.m.\nKaren Tei Yamashita Director\, Literature Department Undergraduate Program \nPanel One: Creative Writing: Memoir\n9:00 – 10:30 a.m.\nClaire Williams: This Girl Pulls the Whole World Over Herself: A Short Memoir in 3 Parts\nLauren Vargas: The Echoes of Light\nCynthia Pinto: A Picture Starts a Lifetime\nCheyenne Street Houck: Heritage\nBrooke Velasquez: Things I Did After My Mother Died \nPanel Two: Translation Theory\n10:45 – 11:45 a.m.\nRosa Angélica Castañeda: En Palabras Este Son: A creative transposition of the Mexican Folklórico dance El Son de La Negra\nAbigail Louise Jennings: Huckleberry Finn: Putting Theory into Practice\nKyle Thomson: Playing for a Limited Stage Only: The Difficulty of Translating Resistance and Spectatorship as Cultural Memory \nPanel Three: Literature and the Body\n12:00 – 1:15 p.m.\nHannah Louise Denyer: Code\, Language\, and the Wild\nCory Austin Knudson: Mind/Body: Toward Asymptotic Becoming\nKerry Keith: Escaping Exile: The (Im)Prisoned Body of Assata Shakur\nAlexis Robles: Transformations of Little Red Riding Hood: Erotic\, Traditional\, and Feminist Bodies \nLUNCH BUFFET 1:15 – 1:45 p.m. \nPanel Four: Poetry: Pre/Early/Modern\n1:45 – 2:45 p.m.\nCrystal Franco: How to go Beyond Language by Using Language: Metaphor’s Groundbreaking Role in Maurice Scève’s Emblems of Desire\nAmber McCready: Visual and Auditory Codes in “El Desdichado”\nBrenda Houser: Transgendering Comedy and Pathos in Ovid’s “Iphis and Ianthe” \nPanel Five: Literature and Film\n3:00 – 4:00 p.m.\nKile Bigbee: Lost in Fear: The Experience of The Blair Witch Project\nMerav Walklet: “I’VE COME HERE TO CHEW BUBBLEGUM AND TO KICK ASS… …AND I’M ALL OUT OF BUBBLEGUM.”\nAlyssa Shimmin: Fantasy and Wish Fulfillment in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994): An Oedipal Reading of Dylan \nClosing Remarks 4:00 p.m.\nKaren Bassi Chair\, Literature Department \nFREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. ALL ARE INVITED!\nFor more information: Literature.ucsc.edu\, or litdept@ucsc.edu URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/thirteenth-annual-literature-undergraduate-colloquium-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120523T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120523T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120308T202829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120308T202829Z UID:10004676-1337774400-1337781600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Anjali Arondekar: "Orienting Margins: Sexuality’s Geopolitics" DESCRIPTION:The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents:\nAnjali Arondekar \nAssociate Professor\, Feminist Studies\, UCSC \nHistories of sexuality routinely mediate geopolitical difference(s) through the narrative forms of marginality\, disenfranchisement and loss. What happens if we shift our attention from the reading of sexuality as marginality to understanding it as a site of vitalized abundance–even futurity? URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/anjali-arondekar-orienting-margins-sexualitys-geopolitics-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120522T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120522T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120430T073940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120430T073940Z UID:10004692-1337702400-1337706000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:An Evening with David Talbot DESCRIPTION:The Humanities Division and the Institute for Humanities Research presents:\nAn Evening with David Talbot\n\n\n\n\nDavid Talbot\, founder and CEO of the San Francisco based web magazine Salon\, is uniquely poised to tell his iconic city’s story in all its terrible glory. He will read from his new book\, Season of the Witch. Talbot has worked as a senior editor for Mother Jones magazine and as a features editor for the San Francisco Examiner. Talbot has written for The New Yorker\, Rolling Stone\, TIME among other publications. Talbot\, who lives with his family in San Francisco is a 1973 graduate of Stevenson College\, UC Santa Cruz. \nThis event is cosponsored by Stevenson College. \nPhoto by Sibylla Herbrich. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/an-evening-with-david-talbot-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120518T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120518T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120504T162305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120504T162305Z UID:10004701-1337371200-1337378400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:International Playhouse XII DESCRIPTION:COWELL COLLEGE\, STEVENSON COLLEGE\, & THE LANGUAGE PROGRAM present \nInternational Playhouse XII \nTHEATER PIECES in EIGHT languages with ENGLISH SUPERTITLES \nTHURSDAY & SATURDAY\, May 17 &19\, 2012\, at 8 PM (Chinese Italian Russian French) \n神來之筆 (The Magic Brush) \nby A. Stang\, directed by Ting-Ting Wu and Anna Stang \nLA RAGAZZA MELA (The Apple Girl) \nby I. Calvino\, directed by Giulia Centineo and Tessa Brown \nПациент (The Patient) \nby S. Dovlatov\, directed by Natalya Samokhina \nLA CANTATRICE CHAUVE (The Bald Soprano) \nby E. Ionesco\, directed by Miriam Ellis \n  \nFRIDAY & SUNDAY\, May 18 & 20\, at 8 PM (Greek German Japanese Spanish) \nΝΕΦΕΛΑΙ (Clouds) \nby Aristophanes\, directed by Alexander Clayden \nAUGEN IN DER GROßSTADT (Metropolitan Montage) \nby Tucholsky et al.\, directed by Judith Harris-Frisk \n柑子 (Three Tangerines) \nBased on an Izumi School script \nDIFUNTOS DE FIN DE SIGLO (The Dead at Century’s End) \nby E. Carballido\, directed by Carolina Castillo-Trelles and Marta Navarro URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/international-playhouse-xii-2-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Event Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120518T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120518T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20110818T162956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110818T162956Z UID:10004854-1337356800-1337364000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Linguistics Colloquium: Lisa Davidson DESCRIPTION:Lisa Davidson\nLisa Davidson is Associate Professor of Linguistics\, Director of the Phonetics & Experimental Phonology Lab and Affiliate Faculty in Psychology at New York University. Her research focuses on laboratory phonology\, speech production and perception\, and language acquisition. \nThis talk is presented by the Department of Linguistics. For more information please contact Nathan Arnett\, nvarnett@ucsc.edu. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/linguistics-colloquium-lisa-davidson-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120517T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120517T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120418T180156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120418T180156Z UID:10005093-1337277600-1337284800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Spring 2012 Living Writers Reading Series: Tom Marshall & Rusty Morrison DESCRIPTION:Having survived residence in 4 states and 1 province\, 20 towns & cities\, 23 jobs\, 3 families\, and 15 schools\, Marshall has slipped the noose of his handful of chapbooks and for now settled into a fresh way of making his poetry: free and green in blogbooks online. Impressed by the productive tensions between vocabularies in leading arts like dance\, he has let pictures into his poems. This began with a chuckle at Facebook and the form it offered with its way for posting a photo and saying something about it. His work still gets picked up by magazines\, but they too are drifting into the ether to find new formats. Teaching at many institutions (Cabrillo College for the last 22 years) has taught him about ineffable effect\, and politics have turned him away from object production. Marshall is a product of his times\, here and there on the web\, but not a commodity. \nRusty Morrison is an American poet and publisher. She received a BA in English from Mills College in Oakland\, California\, an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Saint Mary’s College in Moraga\, California\, and an MA in Education from California State University\, San Francisco. She has taught in the MFA program at the University of San Francisco\, and was Poet in Residence at Saint Mary’s College in 2009. She has also served as a visiting poet at a number of colleges and universities\, including the University of Redlands\, Redlands\, California; University of Arizona\, Tucson\, Arizona; Boise State University\, Boise\, Idaho; Marylhurst University\, Marylhurst\, Oregon\, and Millikin University\, Decatur\, Illinois. In 2001\, Morrison and her husband\, Ken Keegan\, founded Omnidawn Publishing in Richmond\, California and continue to work as co-publishers. \nThe Living Writers Reading Series is sponsored by the Siegfried B. & Elisabeth Mignon Puknat Fund\, Porter College George Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center\, Literature Department/Creative Writing Program\, Laurie Sain Creative Writing Endowment\, East Asian Studies Program\, Bay Tree Bookstore\, Latino and Latin American Studies Center\, Office of Diversity\, Equity & Inclusion\, El Centro\, Cantu Queer Center\, Chicano Latino Research Center\, Stevenson College\, Oakes College\, and Merrill College. \nBooks are sold at the readings by The Bay Tree Bookstore. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/tom-marshall-rusty-morrison-3/ LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120516T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120516T173000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120328T224740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120328T224740Z UID:10004681-1337184000-1337189400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Tarlochan Singh Nahal: "Religion and Politics in Sikhism" DESCRIPTION:Dr. Tarlochan Singh Nahal will speak about his new book\, Religion and Politics in Sikhism\, in conversation with Professor Nirvikar Singh. Dr. Nahal received his PhD in Political Science from Senior University International\, under the supervision of Dr. Noel Q. King\, then Professor Emeritus at UCSC. Dr. Nahal has organized several international conferences on Sikhism\, and he works actively with local Sikh youth promoting sports and healthy living. \nAll are welcome to attend. There will be time for questions and answers with the audience\, and light refreshments will be served.\nBiography: Dr. Tarlochan Singh Nahal was born in the Jalandhar district of Punjab\, India. He received an M.A. degree in English from Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar in 1977. He also studied Punjabi at M. A. level and finished M.A. Part I with a distinction. He won the Punjab State Merit Scholarship in B.A. Part III. He was the captain of the college wrestling team at Guru Gobind Singh Republic College\, Jandiala (Jalandhar)\, Punjab. He came to the US in 1979. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Senior University International\, Wyoming in 1999 under the supervision of late Dr. Noel Q. King\, Professor Emeritus UC Santa Cruz\, California. The topic of his Ph.D. thesis was “Miri and Piri: Religion and Politics in Sikhism with Special Reference to the Sikh Struggle (1947-1997).” \nDr. Nahal is currently employed as a Sr. Staff Technical Writer at Qualcomm Atheros\, Inc. in San Jose\, CA. He has been working as a Technical Writer in the Silicon Valley for the last 29 years and has written over 150 technical manuals in the computer industry. Dr. Nahal has been invited by various Universities and Sikh and non-Sikh organizations to speak on various topics related to Sikhism in the US and Canada. He has organized several Sikh Academic conferences in the San Jose area over the last seventeen years. He has appeared on local and regional television and radio many times on the Sikh issues. He is often consulted by the news media on various Sikh issues. Dr. Tarlochan Singh Nahal is one of the founding members of Sikh Gurdwara – San Jose. He has served as the Secretary General of World Sikh Council – America Region\, a representative body of Sikh Gurdwaras and institutions in the US. \nDr. Nahal has been actively working with local Sikh youth in promoting sports and healthy living. He has been working as the Secretary General of Sikh Sports Association of USA for the last several years. \nDr. Nahal has written dozens of research papers. He is an avid reader and maintains a large personal library that has thousands of books. He is the author of Religion and Politics in Sikhism: The Khalsa Perspective\, a major academic work dealing with religious and political aspects of Sikhism\, especially the Khalistan movement. He is currently doing some research on ancient Punjab related to Alexander the Great’s invasion of Punjab in 326 B.C. He is also doing some research on the Ghadar Movement started by the Sikhs in California around 1914. \nDr. Nahal has been honored twice with a siropa (Robe of Honor) from Sri Akal Takhat Sahib the seat of Sikh Spiritual and Temporal authority at Amritsar\, India in 2008 and 2011\, respectively for his research on the Sikh history and dedication to the Khalsa Panth. \nDr. Nahal lives in San Jose\, California with his family. He can be reached at tnahal99@yahoo.com. \n  URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/tarlochan-singh-nahal-religion-and-politics-in-sikhism-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120516T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120516T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120418T181359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120418T181359Z UID:10005097-1337176800-1337184000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Reading: Immanuel Wallerstein: "The Uncertainties of Knowledge" DESCRIPTION:The Department of Anthropology’s Emerging Worlds Lecture Series \nProfessor Immanuel Wallerstein \n\n\nYale University“World-Systems Analysis and the Disciplines: The Past\, the Present\, and Hopefully the Future” \n\n\nProfessor David Palumbo-Liu\, Stanford University\, Discussant\nTuesday\, May 15\, 2012\n7:00pm-9:00pm\nKresge Town Hall Graduate Student Workshop\nWednesday\, May 16\, 2012\n10:00am – 12:00 noon\nSocial Sciences 1\, Room 261Graduate Student and Faculty Reading Seminar\nReading: Immanuel Wallerstein\, The Uncertainties of Knowledge (available at the Literary Guillotine)\n2:00pm – 4:00pm\nLocation: TBA\n\n\nPre-registration requested: Please email Allyson Ramage ataramage@ucsc.edu\n\nProfessor Immanuel Wallerstein is the pre-eminent theorist of world-systems. His writings have consistently focused on the unequal distribution of resources\, power and life chances resulting from world-systems hierarchies.  His work on world-systems subsequently led him to analyze the ordering of disciplinary knowledge.  Professor Wallerstein is currently Senior Research Scholar at Yale and formerly Director of the Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies\, Historical Systems\, and Civilizations at SUNY\, Binghamton\, where he was also distinguished professor of Sociology.\nProfessor David Palumbo-Liu co-edited\, with Bruce Robbins and Nirvana Tanoukhi\, Immanuel Wallerstein and the Problem of the World: System\, Scale\, Culture (Duke University Press\, 2011). His most recent work is The Deliverance of Others–Reading Literature in a Global Age ( Duke UP\, forthcoming).These events are co-sponsored by the Division of Graduate Studies\, the Division of Social Sciences and Kresge College. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/reading-immanuel-wallerstein-3/ LOCATION:Kresge Town Hall END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120516T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120516T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120308T202654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120308T202654Z UID:10004675-1337169600-1337176800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Kate Brown: "Dismantling the Plutonium Curtain: Local Knowledge and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters" DESCRIPTION:The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents:\nKate Brown \nHistory Associate Professor\, University of Maryland\, Baltimore \nModern utopias and nuclear wastelands come together in Professor Brown’s “Plutopia” about the first two cities in the world to produce plutonium–Richland\, Washington and Ozersk\, Russia. New postwar communities of high-risk affluence alongside plutonium disasters and public health catastrophes were thus created on two of the world’s most radiated landscapes. \nCO-SPONSORS: History\, Anthropology URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/kate-brown-dismantling-the-plutonium-curtain-local-knowledge-and-the-great-soviet-and-american-plutonium-disasters-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120516 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120515T160004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120515T160004Z UID:10005142-1337040000-1337126399@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Dr. Immanuel Wallerstein: “World-Systems Analysis and the Disciplines: The Past\, the Present\, and Hopefully the Future” DESCRIPTION:The Department of Anthropology’s Emerging Worlds Lecture SeriesProfessor Immanuel Wallerstein \n\nYale University“World-Systems Analysis and the Disciplines: The Past\, the Present\, and Hopefully the Future” \n\n\nProfessor David Palumbo-Liu\, Stanford University\, Discussant\nTuesday\, May 15\, 2012\n7:00pm-9:00pm\nKresge Town HallGraduate Student Workshop\nWednesday\, May 16\, 2012\n10:00am – 12:00 noon\nSocial Sciences 1\, Room 261 \nGraduate Student and Faculty Reading Seminar\nReading: Immanuel Wallerstein\, The Uncertainties of Knowledge (available at the Literary Guillotine)\n2:00pm – 4:00pm\nLocation: TBA\n\n \n\nPre-registration requested: Please email Allyson Ramage ataramage@ucsc.edu\n\nProfessor Immanuel Wallerstein is the pre-eminent theorist of world-systems. His writings have consistently focused on the unequal distribution of resources\, power and life chances resulting from world-systems hierarchies.  His work on world-systems subsequently led him to analyze the ordering of disciplinary knowledge.  Professor Wallerstein is currently Senior Research Scholar at Yale and formerly Director of the Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies\, Historical Systems\, and Civilizations at SUNY\, Binghamton\, where he was also distinguished professor of Sociology.Professor David Palumbo-Liu co-edited\, with Bruce Robbins and Nirvana Tanoukhi\, Immanuel Wallerstein and the Problem of the World: System\, Scale\, Culture (Duke University Press\, 2011). His most recent work is The Deliverance of Others–Reading Literature in a Global Age ( Duke UP\, forthcoming). \nThese events are co-sponsored by the Division of Graduate Studies\, the Division of Social Sciences and Kresge College. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/dr-immanuel-wallerstein-world-systems-analysis-and-the-disciplines-the-past-the-present-and-hopefully-the-future-3/ LOCATION:Kresge Town Hall END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120514T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120514T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20111116T202638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111116T202638Z UID:10004911-1336998600-1337004000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Elsa Davidson: "The Burdens of Aspiration: Schools\, Youth\, and Success in the Divided Social Worlds of Silicon Valley" DESCRIPTION:Elsa Davidson is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Montclair State University in New Jersey. Her research focuses on processes of aspiration formation and social reproduction among youth from diverse class\, racial\, and ethnic backgrounds. In particular\, Dr. Davidson is interested in how young people forge aspirations in relation to experiences of schooling\, rapid social and economic transformation\, and their exposure to emergent ideals of citizenship in the contemporary United States. She is the author of The Burdens of Aspiration: Schools\, Youth\, and Success in the Divided Social Worlds of Silicon Valley (New York University Press\, 2011) from which this talk is drawn. She has also published articles in American Anthropologist\, Environment & Planning A\, and Ethnography. \nThe Urban Studies is a research cluster of the Institute for Humanities Research\, which has provided staff support for this event.  Sponsored by the UC Humanities Network. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/elsa-davidson-3/ LOCATION:College 8\, Room 301\, College Eight 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120511T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120511T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20110818T162311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110818T162311Z UID:10004853-1336752000-1336759200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Linguistics Colloquium: Dominique Sportiche DESCRIPTION:Dominique Sportiche works on formal syntax. He has focused on the theory of constituent structure\, and properties of the syntax/semantics interface (especially in French and the Romance languages) as they bear on the architecture of syntactic or grammatical theory and on cognition in general. He has published work on phrase structure\, agreement\, clitics\, and reconstruction phenomena. His current theoretical interests and ongoing works include phrase structure and the functional sequence\, the internal structure of VPs\, reconstruction phenomena and the binding theory. From an empirical standpoint his work focalizes primarily on various aspects of the syntax systems of English\, and of French and the Romance languages (complementizers\, relative pronouns\, reflexive constructions\, binding theory). In recent years his work has extended to the relation between linguistic theory and (i) linguistic impairment (in Huntington’s disease patients)\, (ii) very early acquisition of syntax and (iii) grounding theoretical choices in more systematic methods of data collection and control (particularly regarding the binding theory\, and the French complementizer system). \nDominique Sportiche is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California\, Los Angeles. \nThis talk is presented by the Department of Linguistics. For more information please contact Nathan Arnett\, nvarnett@ucsc.edu. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/linguistics-colloquium-dominique-sportiche-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120511T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120511T163000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120504T210524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120504T210524Z UID:10004705-1336743000-1336753800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Graduate Research Symposium DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, May 11th for the 8th Annual Graduate Research Symposium. This event offers students an opportunity to share their research with faculty\, staff\, friends\, colleagues and the local community in the form of poster\, oral\, live or multimedia presentations. \nThis year’s event featurs 20 oral and live presentations\, 100 poster presentations and 5 media presentations\, representing a wide range of research from insight into California Sea Otter population\, to song and rhetoric in mondern Italy. Once again the Terminal Degree Jazz Band will entertain us out on the veranda for the entirety of the event. \nFor participant and presenter information\, please click here to download the program\, or visit the Division of Graduate Studies website. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/graduate-research-symposium-4/ LOCATION:University Center\, UCSC\, College Nine and College Ten\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120510T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120510T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120418T180010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120418T180010Z UID:10005092-1336672800-1336680000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Spring 2012 Living Writers Reading Series: Natalie Handal DESCRIPTION:Natalie Handal is an award-winning poet\, playwright\, and editor. She has lived in Europe\, the United States\, the Caribbean\, Latin America and the Arab world. Her poetry collections include: The Neverfield\, The Lives of Rain\, shortlisted for The Agnes Lynch Starret Poetry Prize and the recipient of the Menada Literary Award\, and Love and Strange Horses\, University of Pittsburgh Press\, 2010\, winner of the Gold Medal Independent Publisher Book Award 2011\, and an Honorable Mention at the San Francisco Book Festival and the New England Book Festival. The New York Times says it is “a book that trembles with belonging (and longing).” She is a Lannan Foundation Fellow\, a Fundación Araguaney Fellow\, recipient of the Alejo Zuloaga Order in Literature 2011\, the AE Ventures Fellowship\, an Honored Finalist for the 2009 Gift of Freedom Award\, and was shortlisted for New London Writers Awards and The Arts Council of England Writers Awards. Handal was listed as one of the “100 Most Powerful Arab Women 2011” in a Special Report by ArabianBusiness.com. Pulitzer Prize winner Yusef Komunyakaa writes: “This cosmopolitan voice belongs to the human family\, and it luxuriates in crossing necessary borders.” Her new collection\, Poet in Andalucía\, is forthcoming in Spring 2012. \nThe Living Writers Reading Series is sponsored by the Siegfried B. & Elisabeth Mignon Puknat Fund\, Porter College George Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center\, Literature Department/Creative Writing Program\, Laurie Sain Creative Writing Endowment\, East Asian Studies Program\, Bay Tree Bookstore\, Latino and Latin American Studies Center\, Office of Diversity\, Equity & Inclusion\, El Centro\, Cantu Queer Center\, Chicano Latino Research Center\, Stevenson College\, Oakes College\, and Merrill College. \nBooks are sold at the readings by The Bay Tree Bookstore. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/natalie-handal-3/ LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120510T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120510T173000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120314T200632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120314T200632Z UID:10005087-1336665600-1336671000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Trevor Joy Sangrey: “’Put One More “S” in the USA’: Pamphlet Literature and the Productive Fiction of the Black Nation Thesis” DESCRIPTION:In 1928 the Communist Party developed an unconventional and intriguing proposal that black people in the Black Belt of the Southern United States were an unrecognized national group and should have rights to self-determination\, a move later called the “Black Nation Thesis.” Written in Moscow\, the Black Nation Thesis was forged in the US through direct action campaigns for the Scottsboro Nine\, local organizing around unemployment\, and an extensive production of pamphlets. \nThis paper focuses on pamphlets produced between 1932 and 1935\, especially The American Negro\, The Position of Negro Women\, and The Negroes in a Soviet America\, looking at the pamphlets as a literature of dissent that offers a strong critique of Jim Crow\, Chain Gangs\, Lynch Law\, and the economic and cultural oppression of black people. Alongside a critical analysis of the US\, the pamphlet develops a fictional a concept of a “Soviet America” in the Black Belt\, offering a new vision of radical freedom for black Southerners and enabling new conversations about race and class. \nTracing a different history of black radicalism in small press pamphlet literature\, this paper looks at a specific moment of dissident print culture\, whcih was spectacular\, imaginative\, and importantly pedagogical. Probing how radical visions grow and spread\, my research on 1930s CPUSA pamphlets reveals how pamphlets offer a place for internal critical thinking and stimulate movement participants to generate substantive critique of the US while also developing their own visions for a radical future. \nTrevor Joy Sangrey is a PhD candidate working in history\, education\, american studies\, race and ethnicity studies\, and gender studies\, with a focus on social movements. Trevor also teaches and has published in the interdisciplinary field of Transgender Studies. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/trevor-joy-sangrey-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120509T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120509T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120504T164643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120504T164643Z UID:10004703-1336584600-1336590000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Mussolini's Secret DESCRIPTION:UCSC Language Program\, Italian Studies Program\, Cowell Provost and History Department \nPresent: \n \nA 2005 documentary folk by Gianfranco Norelli and Fabrizio Laurenti followed by a conversation with director Norelli. \nReception at Cowell Provost’s House 7:00PM. \n \nRunning tim 55 minutes in English \nMussolini’s Secret tells the unknown story of Benito Albino\, Mussolini’s secret son\, and his mother Ida Dalser\, and documents the inner workings of a dictatorship and the ways in which ordinary people collaborate in the destruction of innocent fellow citizens. \nFor information contact gckg@ucsc.edu URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/mussolinis-secret-3/ LOCATION:Classroom Unit 2\, Classroom Unit‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, UC Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120509T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120509T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120430T074740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120430T074740Z UID:10004693-1336581000-1336586400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Jon Varese: "Digital Dickens". DESCRIPTION:The Dickens Project would like to welcome everyone to visit the exhibit of its 32-year history\, mounted in four display cases just outside Special Collections on the 3rd floor of McHenry Library. The exhibit makes note of both the scholarly and the outreach missions of the Project\, and will be up for the duration of Spring Quarter.In conjunction with the exhibit\, Jon Varese\, Director of Digital Initiatives for the Dickens Project\, who recently completed his PhD in Literature at UCSC\, will give a talk called “Digital Dickens”\, Seating is very limited. A reception will follow\, downstairs in the Library. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/jon-varese-digital-dickens-3/ LOCATION:McHenry Library (3rd Floor)\, Special Collections END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120509T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120509T133000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120418T173106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120418T173106Z UID:10004688-1336564800-1336570200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Loren Goldman: “Vaclav Havel and the Politics and Practice of Hope” DESCRIPTION:The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents:\n \nLoren Goldman \nAssistant Professor\, a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities\, Townsend Fellow at UCB \nProfessor Goldman is a political theorist whose work concerns the intersection of utopian thought and political agency. He is currently completing a book manuscript on the concept of political hope in the modern period from Kant to Dewey. \nCo-sponsored by The Politics Department URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/loren-goldman-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120508T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120508T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120418T173537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120418T173537Z UID:10004689-1336482000-1336496400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Are You My Data? A Research Ethics Forum DESCRIPTION:The Office of Research is sponsoring a series of Research Ethics Fora for faculty\, postdocs and graduate students.  The first forum in the Series “Are You My Data?” is on Tuesday May 8th in the Alumni Room of the University Center and is hosted by Prof. Jennifer Reardon of the Science & Justice Working Group.  This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the challenges of managing research data. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAre You My Data?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith a human genome sequenced and a map of variable sites in that genome created\, governments and many other public and private actors now seek to make genomic data relevant to health\, medicine and the society.  However\, to do so they must navigate the conjunction of two different approaches to data.  Within the biomedical domain there are important\, well-articulated infrastructures and commitments arising out of concerns about individual rights\, patient privacy and the doctor-patient relationship that limit access to biomedical data.  This stands in stark contrast to the culture of open access forged by those who worked on the Human Genome Project\, and that has continued to be a central commitment of ongoing Human Genome research.  Thus\, architects of the genomic revolution face competing\, complex technical and ethical challenges that arise from this meeting of these domains with substantially different ethos.  Additionally\, the rise of social media has led to a broad and contested discussion about the proper relationship between persons and data and who profits through access to it. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe goal of the proposed workshop is to map out the challenges of building and controlling genomic data architectures that are responsive to these conditions.  Rather than suggesting that either openness or privacy is the answer\, the workshop will ask which kinds of openness and privacy might be possible and adequate\, and in which contexts?   Further\, who has the authority to decide?  Who can/should authorize the flow of data and what forms of consent are required? What kinds of flow of data should be allowed (e.g.\, ones that lead back to persons\, etc.)?  Finally\, the workshop will consider questions around where and how data should be accessed.  Is “the cloud” a viable option?  What other options exist to manage deluging data\, and what ethical and material challenges do they present? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhile the workshop will focus on the specific context of genomics\, of course the broader issues raised are not unique to genomics.  We hope the workshop is only one of  several we will host to consider the current gathering of fundamental and entwined issues of science\, engineering\, ethics and policy at the site of data. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n1:00-2:30 Panel 1: The Collision of Privacy and Openness\n2:30-2:45 Break\n2:45-4:15 Panel 2: Creating and Sustaining Trust\n4:15-4:30 BREAK\n4:30-5:00 Agenda Setting for Future Discussions \nSpeakers:\nConfirmed (*)\n*David Winickoff\, Associate Professor of Bioethics and Society\, UC Berkeley\n*Malia Fullerton\, Associate Professor in the Department of Bioethics & Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine\n*Bob Zimmerman\, Program Director\, Cancer Genome Hub\n*John Wilbanks\, VP of Science\, Science Commons URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/are-you-my-data-3/ LOCATION:University Center\, UCSC\, College Nine and College Ten\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120507T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120507T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120504T161610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120504T161610Z UID:10004699-1336410000-1336417200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Patricia Lunn: "In the Defense of Linguistic Grammar" DESCRIPTION:LANGUAGE PROGRAM COLLOQUIUM SERIES PRESENTS: \n“In the Defense of Linguistic Grammar” \n \nPatricia Lunn \nProfessor Emeritus of Spanish Michigan State University \nDiscussions about teaching grammar in the foreign language classroom are usually cast in terms of when (in order of acquisition) and how much (as against other activities). A little-discussed aspect of grammar teaching is what the content of grammar lessons should be. But not all grammatical description is equal\, and some is not even accurate. This presentation argues that the simplicity and descriptive adequacy of linguistic grammar should be recognized and exploited. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/patricia-lunn-in-the-defense-of-linguistic-grammar-3/ LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 320 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120505T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120505T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120314T190924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120314T190924Z UID:10005084-1336208400-1336248000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:“Emergent Communities in Experimental Writing” Conference DESCRIPTION:This conference is organized around experimental writing and its many\, varying communities including performance art collaborations\, small press publishing and editorial projects\, virtual and digital work\, academic affiliations\, and intersecting aesthetic\, social and political identities and representations. The goal of this conference is to embrace the productive and generative connotations of these two terms as innovative acts and encounters that are always in the process of both venturing to do something previously untried\, and questioning and testing the very boundaries and mores\, however contingent\, established by those attempts. Of particular interest is how writing communities might be changing historically in the early twenty-first century\, and how writers theorize and make use (or not) of various conceptualizations and practices of community. What do such formations include and leave out? What are the conditions of possibility for a community to emerge? From where does one emerge? How are writing communities that share an often contested collective vision themselves experimental formations for attempting new modes of relation\, affiliation and creation? This conference is organized around experimental writing and its many\, varying communities including performance art collaborations\, small press publishing and editorial projects\, virtual and digital work\, academic affiliations\, and intersecting aesthetic\, social and political identities and representations. The goal of this conference is to embrace the productive and generative connotations of these two terms as innovative acts and encounters that are always in the process of both venturing to do something previously untried\, and questioning and testing the very boundaries and mores\, however contingent\, established by those attempts. Of particular interest is how writing communities might be changing historically in the early twenty-first century\, and how writers theorize and make use (or not) of various conceptualizations and practices of community. What do such formations include and leave out? What are the conditions of possibility for a community to emerge? From where does one emerge? How are writing communities that share an often contested collective vision themselves experimental formations for attempting new modes of relation\, affiliation and creation? (Conference website: http://ucsccommunitypoetryconf.tumblr.com/) \nFriday\n9:00-9:30am Opening Comments \n9:30-10:45am Panel\n3 papers\, one respondent \n11:00am-12:15pm Panel\n3 papers\, one respondent \n12:15-1:15pm Lunch / Collaborative Writing Tables \n1:15-2:30pm Roundtable\n4 presenters \n2:45-4:00pm Panel\n3 papers\, one respondent \n4:30-6:30pm Dinner \n7:00pm Poetry Reading at the Felix Kulpa Gallery \nSaturday\n9:00-10:15am Panel\n3 papers\, one respondent \n10:30-11:45 Panel\n3 papers\, one respondent \n11:45am-1:00pm Lunch / Reading \n1:00-2:15pm Roundtable\n4 presenters \n2:30-4:00pm Panel\n3 papers\, one respondent \n4:00-6:15pm Dinner \n6:30pm Poetry Reading at the Felix Kulpa Gallery URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/emergent-communities-in-experimental-writing-conference-2-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120504T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120504T173000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120217T205820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120217T205820Z UID:10005064-1336147200-1336152600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Matthew Tucker\, "Variable Agreement: The Morphosyntax of Syntactic Binding" DESCRIPTION:Matthew Tucker\nThis talk discusses the interplay between syntax (the order of words and structure in sentences) and morphology (the structure of words) in natural language and the role it can play in linguistic theorizing. While traditional approaches often look at purely syntactic or purely morphological explanations\, data from three unrelated syntactic phenomena can be understood in a unified light if theories of language take the syntax- morphology interface as an object of study. The first of these\, called the Anaphor Agreement Effect\, involves the inability of reflexive elements (such as English himself\, or Italian se stesso) to control verbal agreement. The second and third are the inability of question words in some languages to control regular verbal agreement\, known variably as the Anti-Agreement Effect and wh-Agreement. Drawing on data from Berber\, Italian\, Abaza\, and other genetically unrelated languages\, I show that a unified understanding of these processes can be given if morphology is allowed to interpret the same syntactic structures in one of several different ways\, corresponding to the range of empirical phenomena seen in reflexive and question agreement. This in turn supports a methodological conclusion that deep descriptive\, partially abstract linguistic analysis is a prerequisite to understanding the possible space of cross-linguistic variation. \nMatthew Tucker is a fifth year graduate student in the Department of Linguistics. Mr. Tucker’s research focuses on the interaction between syntax (word order) and other parts of language. He is involved in the IHR research cluster Crosslinguistic Investigations in Syntax-Prosody\, where his work focuses on Arabic and the connections between syntax and word-level metrical structure. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/matthew-tucker-3/ LOCATION:Santa Cruz\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120504T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120504T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120314T190705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120314T190705Z UID:10005083-1336122000-1336165200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:"Emergent Communities in Experimental Writing" Conference DESCRIPTION:This conference is organized around experimental writing and its many\, varying communities including performance art collaborations\, small press publishing and editorial projects\, virtual and digital work\, academic affiliations\, and intersecting aesthetic\, social and political identities and representations. The goal of this conference is to embrace the productive and generative connotations of these two terms as innovative acts and encounters that are always in the process of both venturing to do something previously untried\, and questioning and testing the very boundaries and mores\, however contingent\, established by those attempts. Of particular interest is how writing communities might be changing historically in the early twenty-first century\, and how writers theorize and make use (or not) of various conceptualizations and practices of community. What do such formations include and leave out? What are the conditions of possibility for a community to emerge? From where does one emerge? How are writing communities that share an often contested collective vision themselves experimental formations for attempting new modes of relation\, affiliation and creation? This conference is organized around experimental writing and its many\, varying communities including performance art collaborations\, small press publishing and editorial projects\, virtual and digital work\, academic affiliations\, and intersecting aesthetic\, social and political identities and representations. The goal of this conference is to embrace the productive and generative connotations of these two terms as innovative acts and encounters that are always in the process of both venturing to do something previously untried\, and questioning and testing the very boundaries and mores\, however contingent\, established by those attempts. Of particular interest is how writing communities might be changing historically in the early twenty-first century\, and how writers theorize and make use (or not) of various conceptualizations and practices of community. What do such formations include and leave out? What are the conditions of possibility for a community to emerge? From where does one emerge? How are writing communities that share an often contested collective vision themselves experimental formations for attempting new modes of relation\, affiliation and creation? (Conference website: http://ucsccommunitypoetryconf.tumblr.com/) \nFriday\n9:00-9:30am Opening Comments \n9:30-10:45am Panel\n3 papers\, one respondent \n11:00am-12:15pm Panel\n3 papers\, one respondent \n12:15-1:15pm Lunch / Collaborative Writing Tables \n1:15-2:30pm Roundtable\n4 presenters \n2:45-4:00pm Panel\n3 papers\, one respondent \n4:30-6:30pm Dinner \n7:00pm Poetry Reading at the Felix Kulpa Gallery \nSaturday\n9:00-10:15am Panel\n3 papers\, one respondent \n10:30-11:45 Panel\n3 papers\, one respondent \n11:45am-1:00pm Lunch / Reading \n1:00-2:15pm Roundtable\n4 presenters \n2:30-4:00pm Panel\n3 papers\, one respondent \n4:00-6:15pm Dinner \n6:30pm Poetry Reading at the Felix Kulpa Gallery URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/emergent-communities-in-experimental-writing-conference-4/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120503T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120503T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20111209T192727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111209T192727Z UID:10004650-1336060800-1336068000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Celebrating Humanities Spring Awards DESCRIPTION:The annual “Celebrating Humanities” event is an important opportunity to acknowledge those who have achieved special recognition\, awards\, distinctions and honors over the course of this last year. Highlights include the presentation of the John Dizikes Teaching Awards in Humanities\, which honors the teaching efforts of faculty. \nEvent Photos:\nIf you have trouble viewing above images\, you may view this album directly on Flickr. \n  \nThe categories for acknowledgement this year are: \n\nFaculty Awards and Honors\nResearch Grants and Fellowships\nTeaching Awards and Instructional Innovation\nMajor Publications\nUndergraduate Awards and Honors:\n• HUGRA – supports and encourages undergraduate research in the Humanities\n• Dean’s and Chancellor’s – granted to undergraduates who have completed an outstanding senior thesis or project during the current academic year\n\nThis year’s Celebrating Humanities event will be held in conjunction with the HUGRA awards. Following is the schedule: \n1:00 – 3:00 pm: HUGRA Awards \n3:00 – 4:00 pm: Refreshments \n4:00 – 6:00 pm: Spring Awards \n  URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/2011-2012-spring-awards-event-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120503T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120503T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120314T182336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120314T182336Z UID:10005082-1336050000-1336057200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:HUGRA Award Presentations DESCRIPTION:This year’s Humanities Undergraduate Research Award Presentations will be held in conjunction with the Celebrating Humanities event. Following is the schedule: \n1:00 – 3:00 pm: HUGRA Awards \n3:00 – 4:00 pm: Refreshments \n4:00 – 6:00 pm: Spring Awards URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/hugra-award-presentations-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120503T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120503T230000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120503T160001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120503T160001Z UID:10004697-1336003200-1336086000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Dizikes Award and "Celebrating the Humanities" 2012 DESCRIPTION:Alan Christy\, Associate Professor of History and East Asian Studies Director\, is the 2012 recipient of the John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities. Both students and colleagues alike offered high praise regarding Alan’s teaching skills and the positive impact he has had on students over the years. \nJohn Dizikes will be on hand to present the award to Alan and will join Humanities faculty\, staff\, and students in honoring our other Humanities affiliates receiving recognition during our “Celebrating Excellence in the Humanities 2012 “ Spring Awards Event on Thursday\, May 3rd. \nFor more detailed information about this event\, please follow this link: http://humanities.ucsc.edu/news-events/announcements/news-article-spring-awards-call.html \nThe annual “Celebrating Humanities” event is an important opportunity to acknowledge those who have achieved special recognition\, awards\, distinctions and honors over the course of this last year. Highlights include the presentation of the Dizikes Faculty Teaching Award in Humanities\, which honors the teaching efforts of faculty. \nThe categories for acknowledgement this year are:\nFaculty Awards and Honors\nResearch Grants and Fellowships\nTeaching Awards and Instructional Innovation\nMajor Publications\nUndergraduate Awards and Honors:\nHUGRA – supports and encourages undergraduate research in the Humanities\nDean’s and Chancellor’s – granted to undergraduates who have completed an outstanding senior thesis or project during the current academic year \nThis year’s Celebrating Humanities event will be held in conjunction with the HUGRA awards. Following is the schedule: \n1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: HUGRA Awards\n3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Refreshments\n4:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: Dizikes Award\n4:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Spring Awards URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/dizikes-award-and-celebrating-the-humanities-2012-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120502T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120502T230000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120319T162820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120319T162820Z UID:10005088-1335960000-1335999600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:A Dickens Day Celebration DESCRIPTION:A Celebration in Honor of Charles Dickens’s 200th Birthday Anniversary Year \nCo-sponsored by The Dickens Project\, University of California\, Santa Cruz \nAn Important Notice of (perhaps) the one and only all-day Dickens Day Celebration in San Francisco\, hence\, one that should not be missed on all account. Thus\, a brief description of what will occur by way of discourse and disquisition\, literary enrichment\, theatrical engagement\, delectable fare\, and of course\, sheer fun. \nA Dickens Day Celebration (in honor of Charles Dickens’s 200th Birthday Anniversary Year will be held on Wednesday\, May 2 from NOON – 8:30 pm at San Francisco’s historic Mechanics’ Institute Library & Chess Room (founded in 1854). The day will start at Noon with lunch in the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters Pub followed by a series of talks from 12:30 -3:30 pm on Discovering Dickens’s London. From 3:30 – 4:30 pm we feature English Tea with Charles Dickens in Residence (performed by Robert Young) with additional “5 minute Dickens” readings from the audience. The evening program from 6:30 -8:30 pm features a keynote address by Jane Smiley (Charles Dickens (2002)\, followed by a panel titled\, A Writer’s Life: Author\, Celebrity\, Social Reformer\, Intrepid Traveler\, Amateur Actor & Family Man and Dickens in the Digital Age with professors from the UC Santa Cruz Dickens Project and others; culminating with a dramatic reading by actor Paul Whitworth. \nSix Jolly Fellowship Porters Pub will offer hearty tavern fare from NOON – 6:00 pm with a special Tea Service from 3:30 -5:00 pm. The audience and participants are welcomed to come in costumes as favorite characters from Dickens’s novels or people of the times! \nAfternoon Program\nDiscovering Dickens’s London\n12:00 – Six Jolly Fellowship Porters Pub (hearty tavern fare & libations 12:00 – 6:00 pm) \n12:30-1:30 – John Jordan\, Arriving in Dickens’s London \n1:30-2:30 – Murray Baumgarten\, Reading Dickens Writing London \n2:30-3:30 – Peter Orner\, Dickens and Melville: A Tale of Two Scriveners \n3:30-4:30 – Tea Readings with Charles Dickens (Robert Young) Dramatic Reading by the Author!\n        “5-Minute Dickens” with audience participation – bring your favorite selection to share!\n        English Tea Service available!\n \nEvening Program\nA Writer’s Life: Author\, Celebrity\, Social Reformer\, Intrepid Traveler\, Amateur Actor & Family Man and\nDickens in the Digital Age\n6:00 – Doors Open – Victorian Guests & Surprises \n6:30-8:30 – Keynote Address: Jane Smiley\, author of Charles Dickens (2002) \nPanel discussion\, moderated by John Jordan with Murray Baumgarten\, Edwin Eigner\, Jane Smiley\, Peter Orner\, Jon Michael Varese \nFrom Page to Stage –A Dramatic Reading by actor Paul Whitworth\n \nReservations Required: (415) 393-0100 or rsvp@milibrary.org www.milibrary.org \nMembers Free; Public $15 URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/a-dickens-day-celebration-3/ LOCATION:Mechanic’s Institute\, 57 Post Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120502T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120502T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120430T075505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120430T075505Z UID:10004695-1335960000-1335967200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Lisa Kaborych of the Medici Archive Project and Its New Digital Interactive Platform DESCRIPTION:The Medici Archive Project Presents: \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPreview a presentation by Lisa Kaborycha of the Medici Archive Project\, Florence\, of  a new\, interactive digital platform that will debut as freeware this July. This platform is adaptable for the needs of many kinds of document management\, and Lisa will be on hand to discuss its properties and capacities. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/lisa-kaborych-3/ LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 620\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120502T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120502T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120308T202501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120308T202501Z UID:10004674-1335960000-1335967200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Catherine Jones: “Children and the Problem of Agency” DESCRIPTION:The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents:\nCatherine Jones \nHistory\, UCSC \nExcluded from favored liberal remedies for realizing new freedoms in postemancipation Virginia\, children nevertheless shaped broad Reconstruction contests over the meaning of freedom. This paper focuses on children in order to consider whether liberal assumptions embedded in the idea of agency have excessively narrowed historians’ analysis of postemancipation politics. \nSPONSORS: The Institute for Humanities Research (IHR) at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/catherine-jones-children-and-the-problem-of-agency-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120428 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120429 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120428T160001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120428T160001Z UID:10004691-1335571200-1335657540@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:2012 Reunion Weekend DESCRIPTION:2012 Reunion Weekend\nMore information TBA. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/2012-reunion-weekend-3/ LOCATION:Santa Cruz\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120427T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120427T173000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120214T191010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120214T191010Z UID:10005050-1335542400-1335547800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Craig Schiffer: Santa Cruz to Wall Street DESCRIPTION:The University of California Satna Cruz Humanities presents the East Coast Distinguished Alumni Guest Lecture Speaker\, Craig Schiffer – Cowell\, Class of ’78 \nSanta Cruz to Wall Street\nHow I got from UCSC to Wall Street\, my experience in the world of finance and investment banking\, and the options for someone coming out of school now \nReception immediately following the lecture. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/east-coast-distinguished-alumni-lecture-featuring-craig-schiffer-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120427T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120427T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120420T191556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120420T191556Z UID:10005100-1335535200-1335542400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Jeff Hull: "Unlocking the Power of Play; Immersive Narrative in the Civic Realm" DESCRIPTION:Jeff Hull is engaged in a decade long metaphysical street battle against banality and routine. This takes the form of fictional cults with real world induction centers\, pirate radio broadcasts from rogue agencies\, bizarre team building exercises\, guerrilla masonry\, covert subterranean exploration\, sasquatch dance bombs\, and all manner of subterfuge. As the founder of Oaklandish and The Jejune Institute he has taken Situationism and Street Art in unseen new directions\, blowing minds and winning awards along the way. His talk will offer a glimpse into the future of storytelling. \nJeff Hull is the creative director of Nonchalance\, a San Francisco based Situational Design agency whose mission is to provoke discovery through visceral experience and pervasive play. This is achieved this by means of interactive narrative\, game design\, augmented reality\, automated environments\, event production\, installation art\, spatial navigation and cultural curation. They are best known for their award winning independent projects The Jejune Institute and Oaklandish. \nHosted By the Center for Games and Playable Media URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/jeff-hull-unlocking-the-power-of-play-immersive-narrative-in-the-civic-realm-3/ LOCATION:Media Theater\, M110 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120426T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120426T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120418T175652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120418T175652Z UID:10005091-1335463200-1335470400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Spring 2012 Living Writers Reading Series: Nalo Hopkinson DESCRIPTION:The Living Writers Reading Series is sponsored by the Siegfried B. & Elisabeth Mignon Puknat Fund\, Porter College George Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center\, Literature Department/Creative Writing Program\, Laurie Sain Creative Writing Endowment\, East Asian Studies Program\, Bay Tree Bookstore\, Latino and Latin American Studies Center\, Office of Diversity\, Equity & Inclusion\, El Centro\, Cantu Queer Center\, Chicano Latino Research Center\, Stevenson College\, Oakes College\, and Merrill College. \nBooks are sold at the readings by The Bay Tree Bookstore. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/nalohopkinson-3/ LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120426T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120426T183000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120417T230310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120417T230310Z UID:10004687-1335459600-1335465000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Herman Blake: About Oakes History and Diversity in the Medical Sciences DESCRIPTION:Come join us for a conversation with Oakes’ First Provost and UCSC’s first African American faculty member\, Dr. Herman Blake. Dr. Blake is currently the Humanities Scholar in Residence at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Our conversation will center around Oakes History and Diversity in the Medical Sciences field. Refreshments will be served. \nPresented by Oakes College\, Oakes Science Community\, Science and the Justice Working Group. For more information\, please contact Philip Longo (plongo@ucsc.edu) or Walter Adams (wjadams@ucsc.edu). URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/herman-blake-about-oakes-history-and-diversity-in-the-medical-sciences-3/ LOCATION:Guzman Room\, Oakes College\, Oakes College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120425T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120425T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120418T174902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120418T174902Z UID:10005090-1335380400-1335387600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:A Tribute to Adrienne Rich DESCRIPTION:A Tribute to Adrienne Rich\nIt was in 1973\, in the midst of Black and women’s liberation movements\, the Vietnam War\, and her own personal distress\, that Adrienne Rich wrote and published Diving into the Wreck\, which garnered her the National Book Award in 1974. Rich accepted the award on behalf of all women. In the decades that followed\, Rich’s poetry\, essays\, and books addressed issues of feminist politics\, lesbian experience\, and Jewish identity\, and deeply engaged the critical concerns of racial and imperial oppression\, war and environmental degradation. Relentless in her commitment to social justice for all peoples\, her work has enlightened and inspired. She is considered\, in the last half of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century\, one of our greatest American poets. In this tribute\, members of our campus community will read from her work. \n \nSponsored by Literature Department\, Feminist Studies Department\, Porter College\, Oakes College\, Cowell College\, Merrill College\, Colleges 9 & 10\, Stevenson College\, Center for Cultural Studies\, Living Writers & the Creative Writing Program. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/a-tribute-to-adrienne-rich-3/ LOCATION:Kresge Town Hall END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120425T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120425T173000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120420T193612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120420T193612Z UID:10004690-1335369600-1335375000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Pranav Anand: "All I Want is Some Honest Answers to My Questions: Tracking Argumentation and Stance in Online Political Debate" DESCRIPTION:Whereas a generation ago\, engaging in public discourse might have meant leafleting or writing letters to the editor\, today a host of venues exist online\, enabling meaningful dialogue on an unprecedented scale. It also provides researchers with an unprecedented look onto the diversity of positions people hold on a given issue align as well as the structure of argumentative combat in general. This talk will describe efforts to computationally discover both the variety of stances that people express in online debate and tactics through which they seek to defend their position. \nFollowing the lecture\, there will be a catered reception at the Stevenson provost house. \nPranav Anand is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at UC Santa Cruz. Mr. Anand’s work concentrates on elucidating how contextual factors affect the meaning of linguistic expressions\, including expression of affect\, belief\, perspective\, and quantity. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/pranav-anand-all-i-want-is-some-honest-answers-to-my-questions-tracking-argumentation-and-stance-in-online-political-debate-3/ LOCATION:Santa Cruz\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120425T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120425T173000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120214T200400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120214T200400Z UID:10005056-1335369600-1335375000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:ChaeRan Freeze: "Crafting an Elite Russian-Jewish Identity: Subjectivity and Gender in Diaries of Zinaida Poliakova" DESCRIPTION:ChaeRan Freeze\, an associate professor in Jewish history at Brandeis University\, has focused her research on the Jews of Russia and women’s and gender studies. Her first book\, Jewish Marriage and Divorce in Imperial Russia (Waltham\, 2001) examines the impact of modernization on Jewish family practices and patterns in Imperial Russia based on newly-declassified archival materials from the former Soviet Union. It received the Koret Foundation Publication Award and the Salo Baron Award for the Best First Book in Jewish Studies. She also edited Polin: Jewish Women in Eastern Europe\, Volume 18 (Oxford\, 2005) with Paula Hyman and Antony Polonsky. This volume is the first collection of essays devoted to the study of Jewish women’s experiences in Eastern Europe. She is presently completing a project\, “Everyday Jewish Life in Imperial Russia\, 1825-1914: Select Documents” (coauthored with Jay Harris\, Harvard University) which documents the “everyday” (Alltags) as a site of interaction with modernity where Jews confronted the unfamiliar\, and negotiated their environment in strategic and creative ways. This project received a Collaborative NEH Grant\, and will be published by the Brandeis University Press. Her new project is to publish the eight diaries of Zinaida Poliakova (1862-1952)\, a noble Jewish woman who described elite Jewish culture and life in tsarist Russia. \nThis event is made possible by generous support from the Helen Diller Family Foundation. Staff support provided by the Institute for Humanities Research. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/helen-diller-family-foundation-distinguished-lecture-chaeran-freeze-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120425T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120425T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120313T232745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120313T232745Z UID:10005070-1335366000-1335373200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Stephen Tatum: “Cormac McCarthy\, Roberto Bolaño\, and the Natural History of Destruction” DESCRIPTION:In his 1997 lecture series on literature and the air raids of the Second World War\, W.G. Sebald asks at one point “how ought such a natural history of destruction begin?” In the process of beginning himself to answer this question\, Sebald critiques the German literary failure to confront “the true state of the material and moral ruin in which the country found itself\,” to relay the “very real horrors” of the constitutive feature of the European postwar landscape: death. As some critics have more recently observed\, death constitutes the very being not only of the Holocaust but also of the contemporary genocide accompanying neoliberalism or our globalizing world system. With Sebald’s question (and provisional answers to it) as a prompt\, this talk explores questions of style and affective dynamics in the representations of violence and genocide in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands exemplified by Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men and Roberto Bolaño’s 2666. \nAs I have argued in another context\, the postregional US West ought to be regarded as a rather spectral\, deterritorialized discursive terrain produced by the intersection of media imagery and the migration of transnational capital and human and animal bodies with particular geophysical terrains. These fictions by McCarthy and Bolaño specifically disclose how a postregional or global South economy of representation centers on the violent manner in which embodied laboring populations on both sides of the border are brought into and positioned in the spaces of relatively wealthy societies\, particularly its maquiladoras and the transportation networks produced by flows of drugs\, weapons\, and immigrants. Through an analysis of figures of suspended agency living in the aftermath of violent trauma\, I will speculate further on the ethical and political consequences of a forensic aesthetic combining pensiveness with parataxis. \nStephen Tatum is Professor of English and Director of the Environmental Humanities graduate program at the University of Utah\, where he teaches courses in US West literature\, theories of popular culture\, and environmental writing and ecocriticism. His recent publications include award-winning essays on postregional western American literature and culture\, an edited collection Reading ‘The Virginian’ in the New West\, and the books Cormac McCarthy’s ‘All the Pretty Horses’: A Reader’s Guide and In the Remington Moment. He is currently at work on a projected titled Morta Las Vegas. \nThis event is sponsored by the Institute for Humanities Research\, and the departments of American Studies and Literature. Staff support provided by the IHR. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/stephen-tatum-3/ LOCATION:Cowell\, Room 132\, Cowell College 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120425T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120425T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120308T202254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120308T202254Z UID:10004673-1335355200-1335362400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Pedro Di Pietro: “Decolonizing Queer Space: Race\, Sexuality and the Production of the Real” DESCRIPTION:The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents:\nPedro Di Pietro \nVisiting Assistant Professor; Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities and Townsend Fellow\, UCB; Research Affiliate\, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Philosophy\, Interpretation\, and Culture\, Binghamton University \nProfessor Di Pietro examines the production of queer spaces in the Andes and their diasporic dispersal in the Americas. He also examines geopolitical linkages between subaltern queerness and vernacular spirituality among Latino/as in the U.S.\, weaving regional epistemologies of sex/gender/desire together with a critique of the human/non-human distinction and its ethico-political aftermath across ethnic\, gender\, and queer studies. \nCO-SPONSORS: The Department of Latin American and Latino Studies\, and the Critical Race and Ethnicity Studies Research Cluster. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/pedro-di-pietro-decolonizing-queer-space-race-sexuality-and-the-production-of-the-real-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120422T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120422T163000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120404T231353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120404T231353Z UID:10004683-1335103200-1335112200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Rabindranath Tagore 150th Anniversary with Aparna Sen DESCRIPTION:Aparna Sen starred at age 16 in Samapti\, directed by Satyajit Ray\, in 1961. Based on a story by the Nobel Laureate\, Rabindranath Tagore\, it was her very first film. Since then Sen has achieved critical acclaim\, both nationally and internationally\, as an actress and a feminist filmmaker. \nOn April 21 (Media Theater\, UCSC\, 5 PM) Ms. Sen will appear on stage after the screening of Samapti\, an hour- long film. She will speak on Tagore’s great cultural and literary heritage. (admission free) \nOn April 22 there will be a screening ofst The Japanese Wife\, directed by Ms. Sen\, at Nickelodeon at 2 pm. (Nickelodeon\, 210 Lincoln Street\, Santa Cruz\, 95060. Call: 831.426.7511 for reservation) \nMs. Sen will appear on stage for brief Question & Answer sessions after the screening of both the films. \nPresented by: Satyajit Ray Film & Study Center\, UCSC & ICCR\, New Delhi for more information call us 831.459.4012/459.2696\, or visit http://satyajitray.ucsc.edu/news.htm URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/rabindranath-tagore-150th-anniversary-with-aparna-sen-2-3/ LOCATION:Nickelodeon Theater\, 210 Lincoln Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120421T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120421T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120228T203104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120228T203104Z UID:10004669-1335013200-1335031200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:WHAT ARE WE DOING WHEN WE DO THE HUMANITIES? DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 21 @ 1 pm  //  Museum of Art & History\nFree and Open to the Public (includes free museum access)\n\nJoin us for an exploration and celebration of the Humanities at the University of California. Hear leading scholars discuss their work and examine the following questions. \n\nWhat does it mean to do the humanities?\nWhy do the humanities matter?\nWhat’s public about the humanities?\n\nThe afternoon will consist of panel discussions and poster presentations. Panel topics include the power of language\, religion and modernity\, empire and nation. Poster presentations cover research on the ethnography of disasters\, feminist art\, slavery and cannibalism\, the criminalization of religious practice\, party-crashing in medieval literature\, the inevitable fate of the novel\, and many others. \nFor details visit: http://humanities.ihr.ucsc.edu/ \nBring your family and friends! All of the MAH exhibits will be free and open to the public that afternoon\, including the highly anticipated “All You Need Is Love” exhibit. Visitors will be able to enter a free raffle for items donated by local businesses – Logos Books and Records\, L’Atelier Salon\, Kuumbwa Jazz Center\, and many others. \nSponsored by the UC Humanities Network\, UCSC Institute for Humanities Research\, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History\, and local Santa Cruz businesses. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/what-are-we-doing-when-we-do-the-humanities-2-3/ LOCATION:Museum of Art & History\, 705 Front Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120419T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120419T230000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120419T160000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120419T160000Z UID:10005098-1334793600-1334876400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Spring 2012 Living Writers Reading Series: Laleh Khadivi DESCRIPTION:The Living Writers Reading Series is sponsored by the Siegfried B. & Elisabeth Mignon Puknat Fund\, Porter College George Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center\, Literature Department/Creative Writing Program\, Laurie Sain Creative Writing Endowment\, East Asian Studies Program\, Bay Tree Bookstore\, Latino and Latin American Studies Center\, Office of Diversity\, Equity & Inclusion\, El Centro\, Cantu Queer Center\, Chicano Latino Research Center\, Stevenson College\, Oakes College\, and Merrill College. \nBooks are sold at the readings by The Bay Tree Bookstore. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/laleh-khadivi-3/ LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120418T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120418T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120412T235816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120412T235816Z UID:10004686-1334770200-1334775600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Jonathan Kahana and Irene Lusztig: Documentary Reenactment DESCRIPTION:Filmed reenactment has a long\, inglorious history: for decades from the origins of cinema\, it was a central aesthetic and conceptual method for both fiction and nonfiction filmmakers working with unrecorded pasts. With the invention of cinéma vérité\, an ethos which virtually banished reenactment overnight from the toolkit of “serious” historical documentary\, reenactment fell from favor during the 1960s. But in the past decade\, and with\nremarkable alacrity\, reenactment has been revived as a critical figure\, in all manner of film-historical writing\, both in and on film. UCSC Film and Digital Media professors Jonathan Kahana and Irene Lusztig consider some sources and implications of this renewed interest in reenactment as a trope of history\, with reference to and excerpts from two of Lusztig’s reenacted documentaries\, Reconstruction (2001)\, and The Samantha Smith Project (2005). In Reconstruction\, Lusztig unearths a dark family secret in search of answers and reconciliation\, when she travels to Bucharest to construct a portrait of her enigmatic grandmother. The title of the documentary is derived from a bizarre government propaganda film that reenacts the crime and trial of a robbery that “starred” her grandmother\, as a member of the infamous Ioanid Gang. Braiding together the story of the briefly-famous ten-year-old girl from Manchester\, Maine who became Yuri Andropov’s penpal at the height of the Cold War and a parallel personal narrative of travel to Russia fifteen years after the collapse of the Soviet Union\, The Samantha Smith Project explores the aftermath of the Cold War and the contemporary Russian landscape\, while meditating on notions of forgetting\, nostalgia\, and the manufacturing and dismantling of political enemies. \nPlease visit our website: http://artsresearch.ucsc.edu/vps/reenactment for more information. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/jonathan-kahana-and-irene-lusztig-documentary-reenactment-3/ LOCATION:Cowell Conference Room\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120418T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120418T183000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120406T171706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120406T171706Z UID:10004684-1334768400-1334773800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Sara M. Benson: "Locating Leavenworth: Prisons and Political Geography" DESCRIPTION:This talk historicizes the placement of Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary (the U.S. nation’s oldest and largest federal prison designed as a replica of the U.S. capitol building) at the center of the nation in the post-Reconstruction 1890s. Drawing on understandings of political geography from feminist and critical race studies\, the talk traces the geography of prisons in what is now the U.S. Midwest\, maps the border politics and competing claims to law that brought the federal prison to Kansas\, and disrupts the conventional regional narrative of American prisons as North/South institutions. The talk locates Leavenworth in the afterlife of a civil war over slavery that began the Civil War and at the center of the federal strategy to establish\, police\, and dissolve Indian Territory. \nSara Benson received her Ph.D. from the Department of Politics and was part of the Designated Emphasis Program in Feminist Studies. She is now a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at UCLA. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/sara-m-benson-locating-leavenworth-prisons-and-political-geography-3/ LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 320 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120418T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120418T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120308T202058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120308T202058Z UID:10004672-1334750400-1334757600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Eva Vibeke Kofoed Pihl: "Pig Patients and their Personalities" DESCRIPTION:The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents: \nEva Vibeke Kofoed Pihl \nPh.D Fellow\, Center for Medical Science and Technology Studies\, University of Copenhagen; Visiting Fellow\, and The Science and Justice Working Group\, UCSC \nWhat  makes animal technicians describe a pig as “depressed\,” “a rebel” or “girly”? How do scientists get pigs to mimic human patients biologically and become sources of information on human health? Professor Pihl discusses human/pig becomings in biomedical research\, focusing on apparatuses and spaces. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/eva-vibeke-kofoed-pihl-pig-patients-and-their-personalities-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120417T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120417T173000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120214T193005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120214T193005Z UID:10005052-1334678400-1334683800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Jonathan Boyarin: "Trickster's Children: Jewishness and the Generations of Anthropology" DESCRIPTION:Jonathan Boyarin is the Leonard and Tobee Kaplan Distinguished Professor of Modern Jewish Thought at the University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill. He has also taught at Wesleyan University\, Dartmouth College\, the New School for Social Research and the University of Kansas. Boyarin received a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1998\, after receiving his Ph.D. in Anthropology at the New School for Social Research in New York in 1984. \nHis research and writing combine his backgrounds in anthropology and Yiddish to point toward new pathways in the study of Jewish culture. His first book\, as co-editor\, was From a Ruined Garden: The Memorial Books of Polish Jewry (1983 and 1998)\, which served as an introduction for younger\, English-speaking Jews to first-hand accounts of Jewish life in Eastern Europe. This was followed by Polish Jews in Paris: The Ethnography of Memory (1991)\, based on his dissertation fieldwork in Paris\, and by a volume on the life history of Yiddish scholar Shlomo Noble. Further ethnographic and critical essays\, including some dealing with the contemporary Lower East Side in New York\, were published in Storm from Paradise: The Politics of Jewish Memory(1992) and Thinking in Jewish (1996). He edited and contributed to The Ethnography of Reading (1993) and Remapping Memory: The Politics of TimeSpace (1994). With his brother\, Daniel Boyarin\, he co-edited Jews and Other Differences: The New Jewish Cultural Studies (1997). His interest in Zionism\, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict\, and revaluation of diaspora in contemporary Jewish life is reflected in Palestine and Jewish History (1996) and (again with Daniel Boyarin) Powers of Diaspora (2002). His books in recent years include Jewishness and the Human Dimension (Fordham\, 2008); Time and Human Language Now (with Martin Land; Prickly Paradigm\, 2009); The Unconverted Self: Jews\, Indians and the Identity of Christian Europe (Chicago\, 2009) and Mornings at the Stanton Street Shul: A Lower East Side Summer (Fordham\, 2011). \nThis event was made possible by generous support by the David B. Gold Foundation. Staff support provided by the Institute for Humanities Research. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/jonathan-boyarin-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120416T163000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120406T212341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120406T212341Z UID:10004685-1334590200-1334593800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Ondrej Skovajsa: "Written Voice: Walt Whitman’s first edition of Leaves of Grass (1855) and Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer (1934)" DESCRIPTION:The Literature Department invites you to a talk by: Ondrej Skovajsa\, Visiting Fulbright Scholar \n“Written Voice: Walt Whitman’s first edition of Leaves of Grass (1855)\nand Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer (1934)”\nDiscussing first the relevance of oral theory when dealing with texts\, the paper deals with the strategies Whitman and Miller share to get their voices across to the reader. With some striking similarities already at the paratextual level\, the paper moves to stylistic features\, most important of which is the present tense: it aligns these works with the “future focus” of biblical orality that James Nohnrberg defines as contrary to the “nostalgia” of literature. Further\, the paper discusses how the two texts employ Marcel Jousse’s notion of “mimisme” as the rhythmical creative law of the universe. (Jousse’s notion is parallel to Dorothee Soelle’s notion of creative happiness\, and Elaine Scarry’s notion of beauty that demands a replication of itself.) On a still deeper level\, the paper discusses imitatio Christi strongly embraced by both authors: important is the two flâneurs’ “sympathy”\, and the notion of “rebirth as hermeneutics” – i.e. as resurrection of the spoken living logos from the “grave of the book”\, as discussed by Walter Ong’s in “Maranatha” (1977). Whitman and Miller remain in resurrection of – and constant dialogue with – their textual “fixations” on their further journeys. \nMr. Skovajsa is an assistant professor at Purkyně University in Usti nad Labem\, and a doctoral student at the Department of Comparative Literature at Charles University in Prague. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/ondrej-skovajsa-written-voice-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120415T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120415T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120210T222329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120210T222329Z UID:10004665-1334484000-1334502000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics DESCRIPTION:The 30th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics\, hosted by the Department of Linguistics and the Linguistics Research Center\, will take place on Friday\, April 13 to Sunday\, April 15\, 2012 at the University of California\, Santa Cruz.\nConference Program (PDF)\nFor more information and registration\, please visit the conference website. \nThis event is sponsored by the UC Santa Cruz Department of Linguistics\, the Institute for Humanities Research\, the Linguistics Research Center\, and Stevenson College. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/west-coast-conference-on-formal-linguistics-3-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Event Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120413T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120413T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120314T175151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120314T175151Z UID:10005080-1334307600-1334332800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Migration and Ethnic Studies DESCRIPTION:The Borders\, Bodies and Violence Research Cluster presents: \nMigration and Ethnic Studies\nThis symposium brings together scholars roused by recent legislation targeting migrants and ethnic studies\, such as Arizona’s SB 1070\, one of the most draconian anti-immigration measures in the United States\, and HB 2281\, the 2010 prohibition on ethnic studies in public schools. Topics to be addressed include language\, labor\, indigeneity\, nativist populism\, state surveillance\, violence\, trauma\, displacement\, culture wars\, and education. Taken together\, the works presented will shed light on the nexus of migration and Latino studies\, assess the state of this field\, and explore the possibilities for its future. \nThursday\, April 12\n4:00-5:30pm: Keynote\n“Politics\, Process\, and Human Folly: Life among the Arizona Lilliputians of Cultural and Linguistic Suppression”\nCarlos Vélez-Ibáñez\, Director of the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University \nFriday\, April 13\n9:00-9:30am: Welcome \n9:30-11:00am: Panel 1: Ethnographies \n\nRuben Espinoza (Sociology): “Bodies\, Border Thinking\, and the Labor Process”\nTania Cruz Salazar (LALS): “Maya Migrant Youth in California”\nMary Virginia Watson (Politics): “‘Taking America Back’: Arizona Nativists and the\nEmergence of Nativist Populism”\nCarlos Vélez-Ibáñez\, respondent\n\n11:00am-12:30pm: Lunch Break \n12:30-2:00pm Panel 2: Archival Research and Textual Analysis \n\nCecilia Rivas (LALS): “The Bodies in the Television: Salvadoran Gardeners\, Memory\, and Representation”\nFelicity Schaeffer-Grabiel (Feminist Studies): “Tracking Migrants: Sexual Surveillance and Securing Communities”\nCatherine Ramírez (LALS): “Bad Subjects: Chicana/o Studies in the Wake of HB 2281”\nSandra K. Soto\, respondent\n\n2:00-2:30pm: Break \n2:30-4:00pm: Closing remarks\n“Thinking While Brown: Ethnic Studies and Arizona’s Culture Wars”\nSandra K. Soto\, Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona: \n4:00-5:00pm: Reception\nDr. Carlos Velez-Ibanez’ intellectual interests are broadly comparative and interdisciplinary and span specific interests in migration\, economic stratification\, political ecology\, transnational community and household formation\, and applied social science. His academic fields include applied anthropology\, complex social organizations\, culture and education\, ethno-class relations in complex social systems\, migration and adaptation of human populations\, political ecology\, qualitative methodology and urban anthropology. \nDr. Velez-Ibanez concentrates his work on the Southwestern United States\, Mexico and the Caribbean. His publications are numerous including eleven books\, four of which are based on original field research and his grants are many from NSF\, NEH\, and private foundations. He is presently conducting transnational field research in two rural valleys in California and New Mexico and their sending communities in Mexico. He received a Ph.D. in Anthropology\, University of California\, San Diego (1975). Later he became Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology\, University of California\, Riverside\, 1994-2005. Additionally\, he was Dean of the College of Humanities\, Arts\, and Social Sciences at the University of California\, Riverside from 1994-1999. \nPreviously he had been appointed Professor of Anthropology\, Department of Anthropology\, University of Arizona\, Tucson\, 1984-1994 and Director of the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology\, Department of Anthropology\, University of Arizona\, Tucson\, 1982-1994. Prior to this appointment\, he was a tenured associate professor at UCLA. His honors include the 2004 Robert B. Textor and Family Prize for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology awarded by the American Anthropology Association\, and in 2003 the Bronislaw Malinowski Medal presented by the Society for Applied Anthropology in addition to a number of other awards and fellowships including a Fellow\, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences\, Palo Alto\, California\, 1993-94 and elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, 1999. \nHe is presently Regents Professor and Motorola Presidential Professor of Neighborhood Revitalization\, Professor of School of Transborder Studies and and Human Evolution and Social Change\, Director of the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University\, and Emeritus Professor of Anthropology of the University of California\, Riverside. \nSandra K. Soto is Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona. She holds a PhD in English\, with a focus in Ethnic and Third World Literature\, from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research and teaching interests are in Chicana/o and Latina/o Literary and Cultural Studies. She is co-editor of the journal Feminist Formations and the author of the book\, Reading Chican@ Like a Queer: The De-Mastery of Desire. In 2010 she and Miranda Joseph received the National Education Association Excellence in the Academy Award in Democracy in Higher Education for their essay “Neoliberalism and the Battle over Ethnic Studies in Arizona.” When she is not writing about the politics of Arizona\, she works on her book in progress which draws from queer theories of affect to think about the production\, circulation\, and consumption of cultural production in Greater Mexico\, focusing especially on the internationally-renown Mexican photographer\, Graciela Iturbide.\nThe Borders\, Bodies and Violence Research Cluster is a research cluster of the Institute for Humanities Research which has provided staff support for this event. Sponsored by the UC Humanities Network with support from the UCSC Office for Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion\, the Chicano Latino Research Center\, and El Centro: Chicano Latino Resource Center. \nFor more information\, contact Shann Ritchie at the Institute for Humanities Research\, sritchie@ucsc.edu\, (831) 459-5655. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/migration-and-ethnic-studies-2-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120412T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120412T163000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120328T202740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120328T202740Z UID:10004680-1334242800-1334248200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Charles Post: "The American Road to Capitalism" DESCRIPTION:University Press Books and the 2430 Arts Alliance invite you to join\nCharles Post for a reading and discussion of his new book: \nThe American Road to Capitalism:\nStudies in Class Structure\, Economic Development and Political Conflict\, 1620-1877\n\n“Charles Post’s new book\, The American Road to Capitalism\, is sure to become a reference point for debates among historians and Marxists about the transformation of the English colonies into the fully developed capitalist United States. […] it should be widely read\, appreciated for its insights and rigor\, and also debated.” —Ashley Smith\, International Socialist Review \n“This is a thoughtful\, learned\, stimulating\, challenging and altogether valuable volume. It reprints a series of reflections by the Marxist sociologist Charles Post on various aspects of the rise and evolution of capitalism in North America between the colonial era and the late 19th century. The book is anchored in a wide-ranging study of (and it duly credits) the work of generations of historians.” —Bruce Levine\, author of Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves during the Civil War\, in Against the Current \n“Explaining the origin and early development of American capitalism is a particularly challenging task. It is in some ways even more difficult than in other cases to strike the right historical balance\, capturing the systemic imperatives of capitalism\, and explaining how they emerged\, while doing justice to historical particularities… To confront these historical complexities requires both a command of historical detail and a clear theoretical grasp of capitalism’s systemic imperatives\, a combination that is all too rare. Charles Post succeeds in striking that difficult balance\, which makes his book a major contribution to truly historical scholarship.” —Ellen Meiksins-Wood\, York University\, author of The Origins of Capitalism: A Long View. \nUnable to analyze the dynamics of specific forms of social labour in the antebellum U.S.\, most historians of the US Civil War have ignored its deep social roots. To search out these roots\, Post applies the theoretical insights from the transition debates to the historical literature on the U.S. to produce a new analysis of the origins of American capitalism. \nCharles Post Ph. D. (1983) in Sociology\, SUNY-Binghamton\, is Professor of Sociology at Borough of Manhattan Community College-CUNY. He has published in New Left Review\, Journal of Peasant Studies\, Journal of Agrarian Change\, Against the Current and Historical Materialism. \nSponsored by the History of Consciousness Department. Co-sponsored by the Sociology Department and the History Department. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/charles-post-the-american-road-to-capitalism-3/ LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 420\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120411T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120308T201817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120308T201817Z UID:10004671-1334145600-1334152800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Isabelle Delpla: “How to Conceptualize Extreme Evil: Eichmann’s Trial & Modern Theodicies” DESCRIPTION:The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents:\nIsabelle Delpla \nAssistant Professor of Philosophy\, University of Montpellier III \nProfessor Delpla focuses on the relation between philosophy and anthropology in theorizing international ethics and justice. Her work on postwar Bosnia deals with the Srebrenica massacre\, the reception of the International Criminal Tribunal and the status of victims and witnesses. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/isabelle-delpla-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120410T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120410T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120403T234010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120403T234010Z UID:10004682-1334055600-1334062800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Amelia Jones: "Activating the Feminist Body and the Curating of Feminist Art" DESCRIPTION:The Museum and Curatorial Studies (MACS) Research Cluster presents:\nAmelia Jones\, Professor and Grierson Chair in Visual Culture\, McGill University \nThis paper takes off from a brief history of the curating of feminist art in the North American and European contexts. My aim is to think about the exhibition\, and the feminist show in particular\, as a junction between practice and theoretical thought\, a place of intersection between art making\, the writing of art history\, and the positing of critical interventions in institutions. I propose to look at these interrelated questions by a two-part inquiry\, looking at both a history of feminist curating and a small selection of practices that might\, precisely by maintaining an openness to ever- shifting structures of sexual and gender difference\, be impossible to “tame” fully through curatorial practice. \nThis is the final event organized according to the 2011-2012 MACS research theme Exhibitions and Performance. \nFor more information\, please contact Lucian Gomoll at macs@ucsc.edu or visit the MACS website at http://macs.ucsc.edu/ \nCo-sponsored by History of Consciousness\, History of Art and Visual Culture\, and Feminist Studies. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/amelia-jones-activating-the-feminist-body-and-the-curating-of-feminist-art-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120406T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120406T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20110817T235204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110817T235204Z UID:10004852-1333728000-1333735200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Linguistics Colloquium: Hotze Rullmann DESCRIPTION:Hotze RullmannHotze Rullmann is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of British Columbia. Professor Rullmann’s research interests include (formal) semantics and pragmatics\, and Dutch and other West-Germanic languages. \nThis talk is presented by the Department of Linguistics. For more information please contact Nathan Arnett\, nvarnett@ucsc.edu. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/linguistics-colloquium-hotze-rullmann-3/ LOCATION:Santa Cruz\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120405T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120405T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120314T192210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120314T192210Z UID:10005086-1333643400-1333648800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Charles Hedrick\, Sr.: “Secret Mark: The Scholarly Firestorm that Followed...” DESCRIPTION:The UCSC Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the President’s Chair in Ancient Studies present a pair of lectures in an ongoing series on “Archaeology and the Ancient World”\nProfessor Charles Hedrick\, Sr.\nEmeritus Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies\, Missouri State University \n“Secret Mark: second edition or forgery?” \nMonday\, April 2 at 5 p.m. \n“Secret Mark: the scholarly firestorm that followed…” \nThursday\, April 5 at 5 p.m. \nBoth lectures will be held in Humanities 1\, room 210\nCoffee will be served before and a reception will follow each lecture \n  \nIn 1973\, Columbia University History Professor Morton Smith published an ancient manuscript that contended the author of the Gospel of Mark later wrote a longer second edition of his gospel. The firestorm of criticism prompted by the book eventually led to accusations that Smith had forged the document. Forty years later\, the issue remains unsettled. \nRead more about the Secret Gospel of Mark here. \nCharles W. Hedrick (Ph.D Claremont Graduate University) is a member of the UNESCO team of scholars who reconstructed and translated the Nag Hammadi Codices\, and both a translator and editor of texts in the critical edition of the collection. He is the author of numerous articles and several books including Unlocking the Secrets of the Gospel of Thomas: A Radical Faith for a New Age (Wipf and Stock\, 2010)\, The Gospel of the Savior: A New Ancient Gospel (Polebridge\, 1999)\, and Many Things in Parables: Jesus and his Modern Critics (Westminster\, 2004). He is a Fellow of the Jesus Seminar and a retired U. S. Army Chaplain; today he explores the thin line that separates faith from apostasy in writings published on his blog: www.charleshedrick.com. \nFor more information on the lecture or the AIA\, please contact hedrick@ucsc.edu. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/charles-hedrick-sr-secret-mark-2-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120404T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120404T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120313T210422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120313T210422Z UID:10005069-1333558800-1333566000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Clive Sinclair: "The Jew in the Crown" DESCRIPTION:“The Jew in the Crown” will offer a brief examination of the ambiguous role of the semitic anti-hero in English literature; anti-heroes such as Shylock\, Fragin\, and Svengali\, whose half-life continues to radiate. \nClive Sinclair has published 13 books of fiction\, travel\, and autobiography\, some of which have been given prizes. Early in his career he was selected as one of the twenty Best of Young British Novelists. His most acclaimed collection of stories – The Lady and the Laptop – won both the PEN Silver pen for fiction\, and the Jewish Quarterly award for fiction. An earlier collection\, Bedbugs\, was recently republished by Syracuse University Press in its Library of Modern Jewish Literature. In 2008 he published Clive Sinclair’s True Tales of the Wild West\, an exercise in Dodgy Realism. He also leads a double-life as an academic and critic: he has published a study of Isaac Bashevis and Israel Joshua Singer – The Brothers Singer – and writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement. His association with UCSC began in 1969\, when he arrived from England as a graduate student; it continued in 1980-81\, when he returned as a Visiting Lecturer\, as he did again in 2003. \nPresented by the Center for Jewish Studies\, with generous support from the David B. Gold Foundation. Staff support is provided by the Institute for Humanities Research. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/clive-sinclair-the-jew-in-the-crown-3/ LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 202 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120404T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120404T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120308T201515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120308T201515Z UID:10004670-1333540800-1333548000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Hayden White: “Fictions of the Holocaust” DESCRIPTION:The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents:\nHayden White \nUniversity Professor\, Historical Studies\, Emeritus\, UCSC \nProfessor White serves as American Representative of Pasts\, Inc. Narrative Therapy: “Get the Past You Deserve.” He wears the title of Philologian\, the division of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences into which he was inducted after being rejected by both the history and literature divisions. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/hayden-white-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120403T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120403T173000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120214T195424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120214T195424Z UID:10005054-1333468800-1333474200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Emanuela Trevisan-Semi: "Why Jews left Morocco: Different Narratives" DESCRIPTION:Emanuela Trevisan Semi is professor of Modern Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice (Italy). She has done research about Jews at the margins (karaites\, Jews of Ethiopia\, Judaising movements) and mizrahim in Israel. She has recentely published a book in French on memory and represention of Jews in Morocco among Moroccan Muslims (Paris\, Publisud\, 2011) \nThis event was made possible by generous support by the David B. Gold Foundation\, and the University of California Mediterranean Studies Multi-Campus Research Program. Staff support provided by the Institute for Humanities Research. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/emanuela-trevisan-semi-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120403T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120403T133000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120328T202134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120328T202134Z UID:10005089-1333454400-1333459800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Selma James on Sex\, Race\, and Class DESCRIPTION:Selma James is a renowned women’s rights and anti-racist campaigner and author. In her activist work and her writings\, Selma has addressed the power relations within the working class movement\, and how to organize across sectors despite divisions of sex\, race\, and class\, South and North. She has founded the International Wages for Housework Campaign in 1972\, and in 2000 she helped launch the Global Women’s Strike\, which she coordinates. She is currently in the United States on a speaking tour for the publication of her new book\, Sex\, Race and Class – The Perspective of Winning: A Selection of Writings\, 1952-2011 (PM Press\, March 2012). \nSelma James will be speaking about the historical and contemporary reality of unwaged work in the household\, the community\, and beyond. She will discuss specifically the exploitation of women in the capitalist system and the context and meaning of the recent assault on welfare and women’s reproductive rights in the current global economic crisis. Come join us for a talk and discussion. \nSponsored by the History of Consciousness Department. Co-sponsored by American Studies\, Community Studies and Feminist Studies. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/selma-james-on-sex-race-and-class-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120402T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120402T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120314T192043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120314T192043Z UID:10005085-1333384200-1333389600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Charles Hedrick\, Sr.: "Secret Mark: Second Edition or Forgery?"" DESCRIPTION:The UCSC Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the President’s Chair in Ancient Studies present a pair of lectures in an ongoing series on “Archaeology and the Ancient World”\nProfessor Charles Hedrick\, Sr.\nEmeritus Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies\, Missouri State University \n“Secret Mark: second edition or forgery?” \nMonday\, April 2 at 5 p.m. \n“Secret Mark: the scholarly firestorm that followed…” \nThursday\, April 5 at 5 p.m. \nBoth lectures will be held in Humanities 1\, room 210\nCoffee will be served before and a reception will follow each lecture \n  \nIn 1973\, Columbia University History Professor Morton Smith published an ancient manuscript that contended the author of the Gospel of Mark later wrote a longer second edition of his gospel. The firestorm of criticism prompted by the book eventually led to accusations that Smith had forged the document. Forty years later\, the issue remains unsettled. \nRead more about the Secret Gospel of Mark here. \nCharles W. Hedrick (Ph.D Claremont Graduate University) is a member of the UNESCO team of scholars who reconstructed and translated the Nag Hammadi Codices\, and both a translator and editor of texts in the critical edition of the collection. He is the author of numerous articles and several books including Unlocking the Secrets of the Gospel of Thomas: A Radical Faith for a New Age (Wipf and Stock\, 2010)\, The Gospel of the Savior: A New Ancient Gospel (Polebridge\, 1999)\, and Many Things in Parables: Jesus and his Modern Critics (Westminster\, 2004). He is a Fellow of the Jesus Seminar and a retired U. S. Army Chaplain; today he explores the thin line that separates faith from apostasy in writings published on his blog: www.charleshedrick.com. \nFor more information on the lecture or the AIA\, please contact hedrick@ucsc.edu. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/charles-hedrick-sr-secret-mark-4/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120316T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120316T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20110817T234454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110817T234454Z UID:10004851-1331913600-1331920800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Linguistics Colloquium: Gabriela Caballero DESCRIPTION:Gabriela Caballero\nGabriela Caballero is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of California\, San Diego. Her research interests include languages of the Americas (particularly Uto-Aztecan languages)\, phonology\, morphology\, language description and documentation\, comparative/historical linguistics\, and typology. \nThis talk is presented by the Department of Linguistics. For more information please contact Nathan Arnett\, nvarnett@ucsc.edu. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/linguistics-colloquium-gabriela-caballero-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120315T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120315T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120308T210424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120308T210424Z UID:10004678-1331838000-1331845200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Peter Kenez: "The Coming of the Holocaust" DESCRIPTION:University of California\, Santa Cruz\,  \nEmeriti group presents Emeriti Faculty Lecture by: \n \nPeter Kenez \nProfessor of History\,\nCo-Holder of Neufield-Levin Chair in Holocaust Studies UC Santa Cruz \nA Holocaust survivor and native of Hungary\, Peter Kenez is a scholar of the history of Russia and the former Soviet Union. He is currently completing a book-length study of the Holocaust-a comparative study of the prerequisites for mass murder in countries occupied by the Nazis during the second world war. Professor Kenez is a founding faculty member of Stevenson College. \n— \nParking is available for $3.00 per car in the Performing Arts lot. For questions or accommodation requirements\, contact UC Santa Cruz Special Events Office at 831. 459.5003 or specialevents@ucsc.edu. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/peter-kenez-3/ LOCATION:Media Theater\, M110 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120315T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120315T194500 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20111207T223623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111207T223623Z UID:10004649-1331834400-1331840700@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:UCSC Winter Living Writers Series: Professor Keorapetse Kgositsile DESCRIPTION:Keorapetse Kgositsile\nCreative Writing and Literature present:\nUCSC Winter Living Writers Series \nProfessor Keorapetse Kgositsile \nCollaborators\, Collectors & Collectives\nRonaldo V. Wilson\, Visiting Assistant Professor \nCollaborators\, Collectors & Collectives is a reading/performance series by poets who write and disseminate poetry across multiple disciplines and communities.  Whether as editors\, publishers\, activists\, teachers\, multi-media artists\, and/or co-collaborators\, the featured poets in this series present work that reflects their dynamic engagements in the world. \nThursdays / 6:00 -7:45 pm / Humanities Lecture Hall \nContact: Ronaldo V. Wilson\, rvwilson@ucsc.edu or visit http://creativewriting.ucsc.edu \nCo-sponsored by the Siegfried B. & Elisabeth Mignon Puknat Literary Studies Endowment\, Porter College George Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, Poets & Writers through the grant from the James Irvine Foundation\, Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center\, Literature Department and the Creative Writing Program. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/lws-keorapetse-kgositsile-3/ LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120314T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120314T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20111202T025153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T025153Z UID:10004949-1331726400-1331733600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Akira Mizuta Lippit: “Like Cats and Dogs” DESCRIPTION:The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents:\nAkira Mizuta Lippit\nAkira Mizuta Lippit\nProfessor\, Comparative Literature\,\nEast Asian Languages and Cultures\, USC\nChair\, Critical Studies in the School of Cinematic Arts \n“Like Cats and Dogs” \nProfessor Lippit has recently completed a book on contemporary experimental cinema\, Ex-cinema: Essays on Experimental Film and Video\, and is completing another book on contemporary Japanese cinema and the concept of the world.  He is also writing a book on David Lynch and anagrams. \n———————————————————————————————————— \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors.  The sessions consist of a 30-40 minute presentation followed by discussion.  We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM.  Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nALL COLLOQUIA ARE IN HUMANITIES 210. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/csc-akira-mizuta-lippit-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120313T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120313T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120213T172758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120213T172758Z UID:10004666-1331647200-1331654400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Allen Wells: "Lives in the Balance: The United States\, the Dominican Republic and the Rescue of Jews during World War II" DESCRIPTION:Allen Wells\nInitially supportive of the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo’s offer to accept 100\,000 Jews at the 1938 Evian Conference\, Washington began to back away from its ringing endorsement soon after a succession of German victories throughout Western Europe during the spring of 1940. Only 750 refugees would find their way to Sosúa\, a farming settlement on the island’s north coast. Why did the Roosevelt administration discourage Trujillo from taking in additional refugees\, putting the settlement’s future in jeopardy? This lecture will explore the impact such an abrupt change in policy had for other refugees seeking to flee Nazism and for U.S. policy in Latin America? \nAllen Wells is the Roger Howell\, Jr. Professor of History at Bowdoin College. His scholarship has focused on modern Mexican history\, especially Yucatán\, the history of commodities\, and U.S.-Latin American relations\, and he offers a range of courses in colonial and modern Latin American history. Originally from New York\, he received his M.A (1974) and Ph.D. (1979) in History at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and his B.A. (1973) in History and Latin American Studies from the State University of New York at Binghamton. \nThis event is sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies\, with generous support from the Jim Joseph Foundation and the David B. Gold Foundation. Staff support provided by the Institute for Humanities Research. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/allen-wells-lives-in-the-balance-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120312T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120312T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112753 CREATED:20120123T185921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120123T185921Z UID:10005047-1331566200-1331571600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Nathaniel Deutsch\, “The Jewish Dark Continent: Inventing Jewish Ethnography in the Russian Pale of Settlement” DESCRIPTION:The Anthropology Cultural Colloquium presents: \nNathaniel Deutsch\nNathaniel Deutsch\, Professor of History\, UCSC \n\n\n“The Jewish Dark Continent: Inventing Jewish Ethnography in the Russian Pale of Settlement”\nOn the eve of World War I\, the Russian Jewish writer\, socialist revolutionary\, and aspiring ethnographer named An-sky set out on an ethnographic expedition into the Pale of Settlement\, the area of the Russian Empire to which a vast majority of its Jews were restricted prior to the Revolution. Over the course of three seasons\, An-sky and his team recorded thousands of tales\, jokes\, and incantations\, took hundreds of photos\, and collected numerous artifacts\, manuscripts\, and other objects. They also designed a massive life-cycle questionnaire consisting of 2087 questions entitled “The Jewish Ethnographic Program” for use in the field. An-sky’s goal was to document the traditional Jewish life of the Pale of Settlement before it disappeared forever and\, in the process\, to create a distinctly Jewish ethnography. \nNathaniel Deutsch is Professor of History and Literature at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, where he is also the Director of the Institute for Humanities Research and the Co-Director of the Center for Jewish Studies. He has been a professor at Swarthmore College\, a visiting professor at Stanford University\, and the The Workmen’s Circle/Dr. Emanuel Patt Visiting Professor in Eastern European Jewish Studies at the YIVO Institute. Deutsch is the author of five books\, most recently The Jewish Dark Continent: Life and Death in the Russian Pale of Settlement(Harvard University Press\, 2011)\, for which he received a Guggenheim Fellowship. \nContact: Allyson Ramage\, aramage@ucsc.edu for more information. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/nathaniel-deutsch-the-jewish-dark-continent-inventing-jewish-ethnography-in-the-russian-pale-of-settlement-3/ LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Social Sciences 1‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, College Ten\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120310T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120310T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20120221T181910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120221T181910Z UID:10005066-1331370000-1331398800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Conservation in No Man's Land: A Colloquium on Values\, Science\, and the Crisis of Biodiversity DESCRIPTION:PANELISTS \nDaniel Guevara \nUCSC Department of Philosophy \nClaudio Campagna\nWildlife Conservation Society\nUCSC Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology \nRonnie Lipschutz\nUCSC Politics Department \nDaniel Press \nUCSC Department of Environmental Studies \n\n  \nAGENDA \n9:00 am   Introductory Remarks: Daniel Guevara \n9:15 am   Introductory Remarks: Claudio Campagna \n9:30 am   On the Place of Science and Scientists in Conservation \nIntroduced and Moderated by Claudio Campagna \n10:45 am   Public Policy\, Science and Values in Conservation and Environmentalism\nIntroduced and Moderated by Daniel Press \n12:00 pm   Lunch \n1:00 pm   Rights\, Property and Other Key Social and Political Concepts in Conservation and Environmentalism\nIntroduced and Moderated by Ronnie Lipschutz \n2:15 pm   The Relevance of Philosophy to the Language and Fundamental Concepts of the Conservation and Environmental Movements\nIntroduced and Moderated by Daniel Guevara \n3:45 pm   The Direction of the Conservation Movement in the Next Decade: What Is It Likely to Be? What Should It Be? \n  \nThis event is open to the public and campus community. \nPlease email Professor Guevara at guevara@ucsc.edu if you plan to attend. \nSponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology\, UC Santa Cruz URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/conservation-in-no-mans-land-a-colloquium-on-values-science-and-the-crisis-of-biodiversity-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120308T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120308T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20120214T184346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120214T184346Z UID:10004668-1331233200-1331240400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:The Noel Q. King Memorial Lecture: "Interfaith Perspectives on Economic Justice\, and its implications for the worldwide Occupy movement" DESCRIPTION:The Noel Q. King Memorial Lecture series celebrates the work of the late Noel King\, founding father and Professor of History and Comparative Religion at UC Santa Cruz. The series reflects Noel’s lifelong commitment to\, and joy in\, dialogue between the faiths. \nFor the 2012 NQK Lecture\, representatives of four of the world’s great religions join in conversation: \nInterfaith Perspectives on Economic Justice\, and its implications for the worldwide Occupy movement.\nChed Myers\, leading the discussion\, is a fifth generation Californian who has spent three decades working with faith-based peace and justice organizations\, including the American Friends Service Committee\, the Pacific Concerns Resource Center\, and the Pacific Life Community. He is currently with the Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries\, focusing on building capacity for biblical literacy\, church renewal\, and faith based witness for justice. \nRabbi and Congregational Cantor Paula Marcus has served Temple Beth El since 1979. She was ordained as a Rabbi in May\, 2004 by the Academy for Jewish Religion in Los Angeles and has apprenticed with cantors in the U.S. and Israel. She received her BA in Judaic studies from SUNY at Binghamton and\nher MA degree in Rabbinic studies from the Academy of Jewish Religion. \nImam Zaid Shakir is an American Muslim scholar with a background in politics and international relations. His work balances the academic and spiritual study of Islam with being a voice of conscience in issues of race\, peace\, and poverty\, for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. He has been ranked one of America’s most influential Muslim scholars. \nDr. Inder Mohan Singh\, an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley\, has been instrumental in founding several technology companies as well as the Chardi Kalaa Foundation\, which fosters a sense of community and reinforces Sikh values. Dr. Singh is the Chairman of LynuxWorks and cofounder of Excelan and Kalpana. He has long been active in interfaith dialogue. \nReception to follow Stevenson College Event Center University of California\, Santa Cruz\nFree admission\, parking $3.00 \nSponsored by the Noel Q. King memorial fund; the University Inter-faith Council; Santa Cruz Progressive Christian Forum; Cowell and Stevenson Colleges; and the Humanities Division of UCSC. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/interfaith-perspectives-on-economic-justice-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Event Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120307T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120307T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20111202T024558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T024558Z UID:10004947-1331121600-1331128800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Peter Euben: “Women of Melos” DESCRIPTION:The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents:\nPeter Euben\nPeter Euben\nEmeritus Research Professor\, Political Science and Classical Studies\,\nKenan Distinguished Faculty Fellow Emeritus\, Duke University \n“Women of Melos” \nAlthough the Melian Dialogue is not much of a dialogue\, it is anointed as the foundation of political realism. The paper argues that realism is delusional and defeating. The more inclusive dialogue in Euripides’ The Trojan Women juxtaposes the language of power\, war and empire with loss\, hopelessness and what Saïd called “the crippling sorrow of estrangement.” \n———————————————————————————————————— \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors.  The sessions consist of a 30-40 minute presentation followed by discussion.  We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM.  Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nALL COLLOQUIA ARE IN HUMANITIES 210. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/csc-peter-euben-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120307T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120307T133000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20120214T174432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120214T174432Z UID:10004667-1331121600-1331127000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Tracie McMillian: "Real Food vs. Affordable Food: Can we have both?" DESCRIPTION:Join journalist Tracie McMillan to discuss her work for The American Way of Eating\, which chronicles her experience in three undercover jobs across the American food system: California farmworker\, produce clerk in a Detroit-area Walmart\, New York City Applebee’s kitchen wretch. Weaving policy and agricultural economics into personal narrative\, McMillan explores what it would cost to grow food fairly. \nTracie McMillan\, a freelance journalist whose work centers on food and class\, is a Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University. Her first book\, The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart\, Applebee’s\, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table\, will be published by Scribner in February 2012. Learn more on her website. \nPresented by the Studies of Food and the Body Multicampus Research Program. Support is provided by the University of California Office of the President. Staff support is provided by the Institute for Humanities Research. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/tracie-mcmillian-real-food-vs-affordable-food-can-we-have-both-3/ LOCATION:Oakes Mural Room\, Room 223\, Oakes College‎ 150 Heller Drive\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120305T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120305T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20111207T213443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111207T213443Z UID:10004959-1330974000-1330981200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Helga Tawil-Souri: “Visual Conflict of and in Palestine-Israel” DESCRIPTION:The Visual and Media Cultures Colloquium Presents: \nHelga Tawil-Souri\, Department of Media\, Culture\, and Communication\, NYU \n“Visual Conflict of and in Palestine-Israel” \nHelga Tawil-Souri\nAll readings will be available two weeks prior to talk. \nCo-sponsored by the History of Art and Visual Culture\, Film & Digital Media\, and the Arts Division. \nDepartmental sites:\nhttp://film.ucsc.edu/news_events\nhttp://havc.ucsc.edu/news_events \nTo receive readings\, contact visualmedia@ucsc.edu. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/vmcc-helga-tawil-souri-3/ LOCATION:Communications\, Room 139\, Communications Bldg‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120302T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120302T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20110817T233221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110817T233221Z UID:10004850-1330704000-1330711200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Linguistics Colloquium: Matthew Gordon DESCRIPTION:Matthew Gordon\nMatthew Gordon is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California\, Santa Barbara. His research interests include phonetics\, phonology\, and typology. \nThis talk is presented by the Department of Linguistics. For more information please contact Nathan Arnett\, nvarnett@ucsc.edu. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/linguistics-colloquium-matthew-gordon-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120229T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120229T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20111114T034555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111114T034555Z UID:10004905-1330542000-1330549200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Poetry and Politics: Professor Craig Dworkin Poetry Reading DESCRIPTION:Craig Dworkin is the author of Reading the Illegible (Northwestern UP)\, Signature-Effects (Ghos-Ti)\, Dure (Cuneiform)\, Strand (Roof)\, and Parse (Atelos)\, and the editor of Architectures of Poetry (Rodopi)\, Against Expression: An Anthology of Conceptual Writing (Northwestern UP)\, The Sound of Poetry (Chicago UP)\, and Language to Cover a Page: The Early Writing of Vito Acconci (MIT). He teaches at the University of Utah and curates two on-line archives: Eclipse and The UbuWeb Anthology of Conceptual Writing.\n \nPoetry and Politics is a research cluster of the Institute for Humanities Research\, which has provided staff support for this event. Sponsored by the UC Humanities Network. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/poetry-and-politics-professor-craig-dworkin-poetry-reading-3/ LOCATION:Santa Cruz\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120229T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120229T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20111114T034340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111114T034340Z UID:10004903-1330531200-1330538400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Craig Dworkin: "The Politics of the Work" DESCRIPTION:In Partnership with Poetry and Politics Research Cluster and the Literature Department presents: Craig Dworkin for a Lecture on Poetics. \nCraig Dworkin is the author of Reading the Illegible (Northwestern UP)\, Signature-Effects (Ghos-Ti)\, Dure (Cuneiform)\, Strand (Roof)\, and Parse (Atelos)\, and the editor of Architectures of Poetry (Rodopi)\, Against Expression: An Anthology of Conceptual Writing (Northwestern UP)\, The Sound of Poetry (Chicago UP)\, and Language to Cover a Page: The Early Writing of Vito Acconci (MIT). He teaches at the University of Utah and curates two on-line archives: Eclipse and The UbuWeb Anthology of Conceptual Writing.\nPoetry and Politics is a research cluster of the Institute for Humanities Research\, which has provided staff support for this event. Sponsored by the UC Humanities Network. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/poetry-and-politics-professor-craig-dworkin-on-poetics-3/ LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 202 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120229T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120229T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20111202T023710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T023710Z UID:10004946-1330516800-1330524000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Melissa L. Caldwell: “Sowing the Seeds of Civil Society: Russia’s Garden Democracy” DESCRIPTION:The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents: \nMelissa L. Caldwell\nProfessor\, Anthropology\, UCSC\nCo-Director\, UCMRP on Studies of Food and the Body \n“Sowing the Seeds of Civil Society: Russia’s Garden Democracy” \nProfessor Caldwell examines the politics of poverty\, social welfare\, care and intimacy in Russia through ethnographic research in Dacha Idylls: Living Organically in Russia’s Countryside (California 2011). Her new research is on Russian-African assistance and development relations in the twentieth century. She also studies changing food practices in the postsocialist world. \n———————————————————————————————————— \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors.  The sessions consist of a 30-40 minute presentation followed by discussion.  We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM.  Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nALL COLLOQUIA ARE IN HUMANITIES 210. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/csc-melissa-caldwell-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120228T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120228T173000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20120216T223414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120216T223414Z UID:10005058-1330443000-1330450200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:J. Cameron Monroe: "Elephants for Want of Towns? New Light on Old Cities in West Africa’s Atlantic Age" DESCRIPTION:Western conceptions of the city have a long and storied history\, one that until recently largely dismissed pre-colonial African urbanisms as no more than a passive response to cultural stimulus from outside the continent. This has been particularly true for West African cities that emerged in the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. However\, landscape archeology is enriching our understanding of how urban centers were organized on the coast of West Africa in the Atlantic Era\, providing a sharper picture of indigenous trade\, the values of the elite classes and power relationships across the region. This work is demonstrating the active role played by such communities in shaping the contours of Atlantic commerce in this period. This presentation will focus on one such urban tradition\, located on the Abomey Plateau in the Republic of Bénin\, exploring the dynamic ways that local political factors shaped and were shaped by global economic forces. \nJ. Cameron Monroe is an historical archaeologist in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. Monroe’s research examines political\, economic and cultural transformations in West Africa and the African Diaspora in the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. He has studied African-American ethnic identity and household-level craft production in early colonial Virginia\, and currently he directs the Abomey Plateau Archaeological Project in the Republic of Bénin\, West Africa. Integrating documentary\, oral and archaeological data\, the project focuses on the political economy of landscape and the built environment\, and the nature of urban transformation in contact-period West Africa. \nLecture will begin at 4:00 PM\, snacks from 3:30 PM. For more information\, please contact hedrick@ucsc.edu. \nThis lecture is presented by the President’s Chair in Ancient Studies. Staff support provided by the Institute for Humanities Research. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/ancient-studies-presents-j-cameron-monroe-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120227T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120227T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20120221T221148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120221T221148Z UID:10005068-1330362000-1330369200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Angela Elsey\, "Life in Senegal / La Vie senegalaise" DESCRIPTION:LANGUAGE PROGRAM COLLOQUIUM SERIES \nLife in Senegal / La Vie sénégalaise \nAngela Elsey\nAngela Elsey Lecturer in French \nPlease join Lecturer in French Angela Elsey for an introduction to daily life in Senegal through photos and short video clips depicting work\, school\, play\, home life\, language use\, creative activities\, and religious practices. Lecturer Elsey has made two trips to Senegal during which she studied at the University of Dakar\, traveled the country and spent time with the local people. The talk will be in English. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/angela-elsey-3/ LOCATION:Cowell Conference Room\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120225T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120225T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20120113T232814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120113T232814Z UID:10005044-1330164000-1330171200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Crosslinguistic Investigations in Phonology-Syntax Research Cluster presents a Seminar with Mary Paster DESCRIPTION:Mary Paster (PhD UC Berkeley\, 2006) is Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Pomona College in Claremont\, California. Her research focuses on phonology and morphology\, and their interface. She specializes in the study of African languages\, particularly their tone systems. She has published in such journals as Phonology\, Yearbook of Morphology (now Morphology)\, Word Structure\, and Studies in African Linguistics.\n \nThe Crosslinguistic Investigations in Syntax-Phonology Research Cluster is a research cluster of the Institute for Humanities Research\, which has provided staff support for this event. Sponsored by the UC Humanities Network. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/crosslinguistic-investigations-in-phonology-syntax-research-cluster-presents-a-seminar-with-mary-paster-3/ LOCATION:Cowell Senior Commons Room\, Cowell College 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95062-1225\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120226 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20111209T194058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111209T194058Z UID:10004652-1330128000-1330214340@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:2012 Scholarship Benefit Dinner DESCRIPTION:2012 Scholarship Benefit Dinner \nMore information TBA. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/2012-scholarship-benefit-dinner-3/ LOCATION:Santa Cruz\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120224T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120224T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20120113T232628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120113T232628Z UID:10005024-1330099200-1330106400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Mary Paster: "Phonologically Conditioned Morphology" DESCRIPTION:Mary Paster (PhD UC Berkeley\, 2006) is Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Pomona College in Claremont\, California. Her research focuses on phonology and morphology\, and their interface. She specializes in the study of African languages\, particularly their tone systems. She has published in such journals as Phonology\, Yearbook of Morphology (now Morphology)\, Word Structure\, and Studies in African Linguistics.\nThe Crosslinguistic Investigations in Syntax-Phonology Research Cluster is a research cluster of the Institute for Humanities Research\, which has provided staff support for this event. Sponsored by the UC Humanities Network. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/mary-paster-3/ LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 202 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120223T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120223T194500 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20111207T223032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111207T223032Z UID:10004968-1330020000-1330026300@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:UCSC Winter Living Writers Series: Garrett Hongo DESCRIPTION:Garrett Hongo\nCreative Writing and Literature present:\nUCSC Winter Living Writers Series \nGarrett Hongo \nCollaborators\, Collectors & Collectives\nRonaldo V. Wilson\, Visiting Assistant Professor \nCollaborators\, Collectors & Collectives is a reading/performance series by poets who write and disseminate poetry across multiple disciplines and communities.  Whether as editors\, publishers\, activists\, teachers\, multi-media artists\, and/or co-collaborators\, the featured poets in this series present work that reflects their dynamic engagements in the world. \nThursdays / 6:00 -7:45 pm / Humanities Lecture Hall \nContact: Ronaldo V. Wilson\, rvwilson@ucsc.edu or visit http://creativewriting.ucsc.edu \nCo-sponsored by the Siegfried B. & Elisabeth Mignon Puknat Literary Studies Endowment\, Porter College George Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, Poets & Writers through the grant from the James Irvine Foundation\, Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center\, Literature Department and the Creative Writing Program. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/lws-garrett-hongo-3/ LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120223T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120223T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20120110T211608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120110T211608Z UID:10004981-1330018200-1330023600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Visual Performance Studies Presents: Andre Lepecki DESCRIPTION:Temporalities of Reenactment: A Speaker Series\, 2011-2012\n \nAndre Lepecki\, \nPerformance Studies\, New York University \nNot as Before\, but Again: Reenactments and “Transcreation” \nThe recent retrospective of the work of Marina Abramovic at MOMA in New York brought to wide public attention the phenomenon of what she called the “reperformance” of her earlier work\, which had only existed until then as one-time events recorded on film.  Bringing this ephemeral performance work into the museum space as a live artifact raised consciousness of a broader trend currently taking place in contemporary dance\, theatre\, film\, video and performance art.  Reenactment raises questions of the differences between reconstruction\, revival\, adaptation\, reinvention\, quotation\, amplification\, and the kinds of temporalities these strategies to recover past performance signify. But beyond the terminological questions\, issues of artist identity\, authenticity\, and history emerge in direct relationship with performative documentary activity. The question of the event and the document become dramatically foregrounded. The question of trauma and catharsis in relation to reenactment is salient as became clear in our first seminar with Chip Lord and Magaret Morse. \n\n\n\nReenactment of the work of one artist by another has been a form of contemporary creativity in theatre\, film\, dance\, and performance for some time\, but has been gaining momentum as a major trend of artistic production and research.  Clearly\, it evokes the connections of historiography and interpretation to art making that documents the past in a non-literal or even paradoxical yet exacting and rigorous way that evades certain mimetic conventions.  It is time to ask what sorts of temporality are deployed in reenactments\, and how new sorts of temporality reframe notions of documentation\, reconstruction/reinvention\, citation/quotation\, and amplification of an earlier work or event in the contemporary moment. \nThis year-long speaker series will present artists and scholars specializing in this area of contemporary creativity. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/vps-lepecki-3/ LOCATION:Cowell Conference Room\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120223T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120223T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20120217T001003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120217T001003Z UID:10005062-1329998400-1330005600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Ory Amitay: "Mary\, Paulina and Fulvia: Allegorical History in Josephus' Antiquities 18.53-84" DESCRIPTION:Ory Amitay is Professor of History at the University of Haifa. \nThis event is made possible from generous contributions from the Classical Studies Program\, the Center for Jewish Studies\, the departments of Literature and History\, and the David B. Gold Foundation. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/ory-amitay-mary-paulina-and-fulvia-allegorical-history-in-josephus-antiquities-18-53-84-3/ LOCATION:Cowell Conference Room\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120223T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120223T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20120104T191557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120104T191557Z UID:10004656-1329991200-1329998400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:A Seminar with Jean Franco DESCRIPTION:To obtain a copy of the paper that will be discussed at the seminar\, please contact Courtney Mahaney (cmahaney@ucsc.edu). \nProfessor Jean Franco was the first Professor of Latin American Literature in England. She was appointed Professor by the University of Essex in 1968 having previously taught at Queen Mary College and Kings College\, London University. In 1972 she took up a position at Stanford University where she was later appointed to the Olive H. Palmer chair of Humanities. She has been at Columbia University since 1982\, first in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and later in the Department of English and Comparative Literature. She is now Professor Emerita. \nProfessor Franco is one of the editors of the Cultural Studies of the Americas series\, published by Minnesota University Press\, and is General Editor of the Library of Latin America series\, published by Oxford University Press. She has been writing on Latin American literature since the early sixties. She has published The Modern Culture of Latin America (1967)\, An Introduction to Latin American Literature (1969)\, Plotting Women: Gender and Representation in Mexico (1989)\, and Marcando diferencias: Cruzando Fronteras (1996). A selection of essays\, Critical Passions\, edited by Mary Louise Pratt and Kathleen Newman was published in October 1999 by Duke University Press. Her book\, The Decline and Fall of the Lettered City: Latin America and the Cold War was published by Harvard University Press in 2001 and was translated into Spanish as Decadencia y caída de la ciudad letrada in the collection\, Debates. The book was awarded the Bolton-Johnson Prize by the Conference of Latin American Historians for the best work in English on the History of Latin America published in 2003. Plotting Women\, Marcando Diferencias\, and several chapters of Critical Passions and The Decline and Fall specifically focus on gender and the essays\, “Killing Priests\, Nuns\, Women\, Children” and “Gender\, Death and Resistance\,” have been reprinted on numerous occasions. She is at present working on racial discrimination in Latin America. \nProfessor Franco has been decorated by the governments of Mexico\, Chile and Venezuela for her work on Latin American literature and has received awards from PEN and from the Latin American Studies Association for lifetime achievement. She has served as President of the Latin American Studies Association in Great Britain and of the Latin American Studies Association in the U.S. \nCo-sponsored by the Research Groups of Transnationalizing Justice; Borders\, Bodies\, and Violence; and Latino Literary Cultural Project; the Chicano Latino Research Center\, and the Departments of Feminist Studies\, Literature\, and Latin American and Latino Studies. Staff support provided by the Institute for Humanities Research. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/a-seminar-with-jean-franco-3/ LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 202 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120222T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120222T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20120104T191448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120104T191448Z UID:10004655-1329930000-1329937200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Jean Franco: "Cruel Modernity" DESCRIPTION:Professor Jean Franco was the first Professor of Latin American Literature in England. She was appointed Professor by the University of Essex in 1968 having previously taught at Queen Mary College and Kings College\, London University. In 1972 she took up a position at Stanford University where she was later appointed to the Olive H. Palmer chair of Humanities. She has been at Columbia University since 1982\, first in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and later in the Department of English and Comparative Literature. She is now Professor Emerita. \nProfessor Franco is one of the editors of the Cultural Studies of the Americas series\, published by Minnesota University Press\, and is General Editor of the Library of Latin America series\, published by Oxford University Press. She has been writing on Latin American literature since the early sixties. She has published The Modern Culture of Latin America (1967)\, An Introduction to Latin American Literature (1969)\, Plotting Women: Gender and Representation in Mexico (1989)\, and Marcando diferencias: Cruzando Fronteras (1996). A selection of essays\, Critical Passions\, edited by Mary Louise Pratt and Kathleen Newman was published in October 1999 by Duke University Press. Her book\, The Decline and Fall of the Lettered City: Latin America and the Cold War was published by Harvard University Press in 2001 and was translated into Spanish as Decadencia y caída de la ciudad letrada in the collection\, Debates. The book was awarded the Bolton-Johnson Prize by the Conference of Latin American Historians for the best work in English on the History of Latin America published in 2003. Plotting Women\, Marcando Diferencias\, and several chapters of Critical Passions and The Decline and Fall specifically focus on gender and the essays\, “Killing Priests\, Nuns\, Women\, Children” and “Gender\, Death and Resistance\,” have been reprinted on numerous occasions. She is at present working on racial discrimination in Latin America. \nProfessor Franco has been decorated by the governments of Mexico\, Chile and Venezuela for her work on Latin American literature and has received awards from PEN and from the Latin American Studies Association for lifetime achievement. She has served as President of the Latin American Studies Association in Great Britain and of the Latin American Studies Association in the U.S.\nCo-sponsored by the Research Groups of Transnationalizing Justice; Borders\, Bodies\, and Violence; and Latino Literary Cultural Project; the Chicano Latino Research Center\, and the Departments of Feminist Studies\, Literature\, and Latin American and Latino Studies. Staff support provided by the Institute for Humanities Research. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/jean-franco-3/ LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 202 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120222T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120222T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20120216T231123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120216T231123Z UID:10005060-1329919200-1329926400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Sean Keilen: "From Latin Rhetoric to English Poetry: Shakespeare’s Antic Dispositions" DESCRIPTION:The Literature Department invites you to attend a talk held in conjunction with the search for a position in Early Modern Comparative Studies/Shakespeare: \nSean Keilen\, College of William and Mary\n“From Latin Rhetoric to English Poetry: Shakespeare’s Antic Dispositions” \nThe talk Shakespeare’s efforts to distinguish the poems and plays he was writing from the arguments he had learned to make at school—no small task\, given the fact that the study of poetry was subordinate to the study of rhetoric in the Elizabethan curriculum. In particular\, the talk focuses on the difference between the role the emotions play in determining the meaning of works of art in Shakespearean texts and the role they play in determining the meaning of a case in Latin rhetoric. According to the laws that defined rhetoric as species of discourse\, an emotion is a tool that orators must use to make audiences feel what they want them to feel\, and nothing else. Shakespeare’s works\, by contrast\, identify poetry with aesthetic experiences that give rise to ambiguous feelings\, multiple interpretations\, and authorless texts. \nSean Keilen teaches courses about Shakespeare\, English literature and criticism\, and the reception of the classical tradition. A recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation (2008) and National Humanities Center (2006)\, he is also the author of Vulgar Eloquence: On the Renaissance Invention of English Literature (Yale 2006)\, co-editor of Forms of Renaissance Thought: New Essays on Literature and Culture (Palgrave 2008)\, and a General Editor of the series Studies in Renaissance Literature (Boydell & Brewer).\nAt 4:00 pm\, Professor Keilen will conduct a graduate-student-only seminar on “Reading for Pleasure.” \nTexts: Barthes\, The Pleasure of the Text (excerpts)\, Sontag\, Against Interpretation\, and Shakespeare\, Venus and Adonis URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/sean-keilen-from-latin-rhetoric-to-english-poetry-shakespeares-antic-dispositions-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120222T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120222T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20111202T023404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T023404Z UID:10004945-1329912000-1329919200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Megan Moodie: “We Were Adivasis: Collective Aspiration in an Indian Scheduled Tribe” DESCRIPTION:The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents:\nMegan Moodie\nMegan Moodie\nAssistant Professor\, Anthropology\, UCSC \n“We Were Adivasis: Collective Aspiration in an Indian Scheduled Tribe” \nProfessor Moodie studies the sociality engendered by legal and economic projects for uplift and empowerment\, including affirmative action\, microfinance\, and gender-based rights assertions. Her in-progress book\, based on ethnographic work with the Dhanka\, examines the gendered impact of affirmative action-based upward mobility. \n———————————————————————————————————— \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors.  The sessions consist of a 30-40 minute presentation followed by discussion.  We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM.  Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nALL COLLOQUIA ARE IN HUMANITIES 210. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/csc-megan-moodie-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120217T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120217T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20120205T182637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120205T182637Z UID:10004663-1329487200-1329494400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Gautam Premnath: "Urban Form\, Minority Identity\, and Narrative Drift in Altaf Tyrewala’s No God in Sight" DESCRIPTION:Thirty-two pages into No God in Sight (2005)\, Altaf Tyrewala’s novel undertakes a dramatic formal turn. By this point\, Tyrewala has established an inventive formula\, serving up a series of brief\, elegantly crafted\, loosely connected\, first-person narratives that chart sinuous\, unpredictable pathways through various Bombay localities. Throughout Tyrewala sustains an unvaryingly wry\, detached narratorial voice that levels out differences between petty travails and high tragedy in the lives of his middle-class Muslim characters. Yet as the seventh episode nears its end\, a different tonal register irrupts into the narrative. As Amin-bhai\, a small shoeshop-owner\, anticipates his emigration to the United States\, the laconic speaking style he shares with other narrators gives way to an impassioned litany of recrimination and regret. Cataloguing assaults upon Muslims and other religious minorities by Hindu fundamentalist zealots\, Amin-bhai punctuates his leavetaking of his country\, stating\, “Let them have their Hindustan for Hindus.” Here\, Tyrewala institutes a formal break\, marked by a blank page. When the first-person narrative chain resumes\, the scene has shifted to a Gujarati village whose residents are being harangued by a mahant into violence against unspecified “outsiders.” Tyrewala has retrieved his studied equanimity\, and the novel renders state-sanctioned pogroms in 2002 Gujarat with a remarkably light touch. Before long the narrative returns to Bombay\, and the novel reverts to its earlier guise of urban dérive. But the Gujarat detour has crucially redirected this earlier imperative. This talk analyzes how the novel’s ambitions as urban exploration are conditioned and inflected by its concern to reflect upon the question of contemporary Indian Muslim identity. \nGAUTAM PREMNATH is Assistant Professor of English at UC Berkeley\, where he specializes in the 20th-century Anglophone literatures of Britain\, the Caribbean\, and South Asia\, and in theories of postcoloniality and diaspora. He has published numerous articles of literary criticism and cultural theory. His first book\, Mobile Republics: Itineraries of Postcolonial Authorship between India and the Caribbean\, is forthcoming from University of Virginia Press. \nThis lecture is presented by the Literature Department and the Institute for Humanities Research. \nEvent is free and open to the public. For further information\, please contact Christine Hong at cjhong@ucsc.edu. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/gautam-premnath-urban-form-minority-identity-and-narrative-drift-in-altaf-tyrewalas-no-god-in-sight-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120216T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120216T194500 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20111207T222402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111207T222402Z UID:10004967-1329415200-1329421500@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:UCSC Winter Living Writers Series: giovanni singleton and Ara Shirinyan DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing and Literature present:\nUCSC Winter Living Writers Series \ngiovanni singleton and Ara Shirinyan \ngiovanni singleton\nAra Shirinyan \ngiovanni singleton is founding editor of nocturnes (re)view of the literary arts\, a critically acclaimed journal dedicated to experimental work by artists and writers of the African Diaspora and other contested spaces. Counterpath Press will publisher ascension\, a collection of poems in 2012. singleton is currently at work on AMERICAN LETTERS: works on paper\, a collection of concrete poems inspired by African American spirit writing\, the aboriginal dreamtime\, Tibetan meditation practice\, and the study of Japanese language and calligraphy. \nAra Shirinyan lives in Los 
Angeles\, where he writes and is editor of Make Now Press. He is the author of two books of poetry\, Syria Is in the World ( Palm Press\, 2007) and Your Country is Great (Futurepoem Books\, 2008). With Stan Apps and Teresa Carmody\, he co-curates The Last Sunday Reading Series at the 
Smell in Los Angeles (an all ages punk/art rock club that he helped 
co-found in 1997 and briefly ran for a year). His work has appeared 
or is forthcoming in Word Ways\, UBUWEB\, Greetings\, Trepan\, Combo\, Area Sneaks\, Tuli & Savu among others. \nCollaborators\, Collectors & Collectives is a reading/performance series by poets who write and disseminate poetry across multiple disciplines and communities.  Whether as editors\, publishers\, activists\, teachers\, multi-media artists\, and/or co-collaborators\, the featured poets in this series present work that reflects their dynamic engagements in the world. \nThursdays / 6:00 -7:45 pm / Humanities Lecture Hall \nContact: Ronaldo V. Wilson\, rvwilson@ucsc.edu or visit http://creativewriting.ucsc.edu \nCo-sponsored by the Siegfried B. & Elisabeth Mignon Puknat Literary Studies Endowment\, Porter College George Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, Poets & Writers through the grant from the James Irvine Foundation\, Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center\, Literature Department and the Creative Writing Program. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/lws-giovanni-singleton-ara-shrinyan-3/ LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120215T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120215T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T112754 CREATED:20111202T010201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111202T010201Z UID:10004944-1329307200-1329314400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Bettina Apthekar: “Queering the History of the Communist Left in the United States” DESCRIPTION:The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents:\n\nBettina Apthekar\n\nBettina Apthekar\nDistinguished Professor\, Feminist Studies and History\, UCSC \n“Queering the History of the Communist Left in the United States” \nIn 2010 gays and lesbians of the U.S. Communist Party began publishing a newsletter\, The Queer Communist\, whose emblem is a pink triangle superimposed on a hammer and sickle\, marking an extraordinary moment relative to the homophobic history and politics of the CPUSA. The paper analyzes this history. \n———————————————————————————————————— \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors.  The sessions consist of a 30-40 minute presentation followed by discussion.  We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM.  Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nALL COLLOQUIA ARE IN HUMANITIES 210. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/csc-bettina-apthekar-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR