Events
Proactive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with Lorato Anderson
Graduate Student Commons, Room 204 420 Hagar Dr, Santa CruzHow do you proactively promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in your role as a graduate student, a researcher, a teaching assistant, and a peer and undergraduate mentor? Learn active steps you can take in every role to promote a just and welcoming environment at UCSC in every space. Recommended Reading: Ely, Robin J., and Thomas, […]
Art and Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Investigation with Alice Barale
Virtual and In PersonThe History of Consciousness department presents "Art and Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Investigation" with Alice Barale, University of Milan as part of the 2024-2025 HistCon Speaker Series. Join us Monday, October 28 at 1pm PST in Hum 1 Rm 210 or register below to attend virtually: It has been several years since the first artwork […]
Living Writers with Carolina Ixta
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLiving Writers Series – Fall 2024 Growing Things ~ gardens, poems, emotions, relationships, stories, our artistic practices, carefully tended, beautifully ordered, rewilded and wild ~ About The Living Writers Series The Living Writers Series (LWS) is a live reading series organized especially for the Creative Writing Program community at UCSC. There is a new series […]
Academic Publishing with Martha Stuit and Erich van Rijn
Virtual and In PersonHow do you choose a reputable academic journal to publish in? What are your copyrights? What is open access? Where do you find academic publishing support at UCSC beyond your program and department? This event has two sessions: Oct 24, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. via Zoom, or Oct 29, 3:00-4:30 p.m. in Graduate Student Commons, Study […]
The Center for Cultural Studies 35th Anniversary Conference
UC Santa CruzJoin us for a celebratory conference in collaborative form, including a conversation with founding director Jim Clifford, lightning talks on Cultural Studies keywords, dialogues, reflections by former graduate student affiliates, and a collective imagining of CCS’s next chapter. Events begin Thursday, October 24 at 5:00 PM and run through Friday evening in Humanities 210 and […]
Employing Humanities – Humanities at Work: Making a Meaningful Career
Humanities 1, Room 202The Humanities Career Engagement Specialist will lead an interactive workshop that will set you up to better understand how your humanities skills can prepare you for a fulfilling career. Free burritos for all who register through our Linktree here! Open to all Humanities Majors and Minors. For more information please email humco@ucsc.edu. Please visit the […]
Mjriam Abu Samra – “Intergenerational, Anticolonial Vanguards: The Palestinian Transnational Student Movement in Historical Perspective”
Cervantes and Velasquez Conference Room Bay Tree Building, 420 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThis presentation focuses on the political potential of contemporary Palestinian transnational youth activism in Europe and USA. It compares student political engagement namely by examining the formation and development of the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS) during what is regarded as the “golden age” of the Palestinian revolution (1960s-1970s) with contemporary initiatives, efforts and […]
Noreen Khawaja – What is a University? Humboldt and HistCon in Perspective
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk reteaches the history of the research university as a series of answers to the question of what symbols are for, what symbols can do. By answers I do not mean simply what scholars have said about these matters, but also what we have done, the worlds we have made in our teaching and […]
Engaging Digital Democracy: Tools to Recognize Political Dis- and Mis-Information
Virtual and In PersonThis event is part of the 2024 U.S. Elections Forum Series - Power, Politics, and Our Democracy UC Santa Cruz is excited to share our U.S. Elections Forum Series to provide a platform for deep conversations about our quickly changing and polarized democracy, and consider how to participate in and help shape our futures. How […]
Burnout: Recognizing, Preventing, Mitigating with Audrey Kim and Nicolette Severson
Graduate Student Commons, Room 204 420 Hagar Dr, Santa CruzBurnout is a state of exhaustion that can impact our work, personal lives, health, and overall sense of well-being and purpose. Join us to discuss common causes and symptoms, and learn strategies to recognize, prevent, and manage burnout. This event is on Oct 22, 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Graduate Student Commons, Study Lounge 204. Register below […]