Events

The direct object relation is a relation of central importance in syntactic theory and so it was an important moment when the nature of that relation was re-thought in a fundamental way in work of the 1990's. This paper examines some of the issues raised in that re-thinking, by looking closely at the expression of […]

Joanne Barker will be lead a seminar followed by a Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES) program building discussion. Please register to obtain the seminar readings. Joanne Barker (Lenape ) is associate professor of American Indian Studies at San Francisco State University. She received her Ph.D. in the History of Consciousness Department from the University […]

Oct 3-5, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, UC Berkeley. This conference is a pendant to the recent UK conference on Militant Politics and Poetry at Birkbeck College (Saturday, 18 May 2013). It features a large number of US and UK scholar-poets. The conference will take up from a variety of perspectives the relationship of poetry […]

Intervening in populist, Occupy Wall Street discourses about the subprime crisis and its remedies, this talk critically uncovers Manna Hata from Manhattan. Offering a long genealogical view of the militarized dispossession, genocide, and enslavement of Native peoples in order to problematize the subprime crisis as a signifier of racism, this talk focuses on territorial expansion, […]

In this talk, Professor Bueno will propose an empiricist account of visual evidence in the sciences and examine the role it plays in scientific representation (particularly, in microscopy). To motivate the view, a critical examination of Bas van Fraassen's empiricist proposal will be provided. Otávio Bueno is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy […]

Daniel Sack, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Program Officer in the Division of Research Programs, will provide an overview of NEH programs and initiatives, offer strategies for application writing, and facilitate a mock peer review panel session. NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, […]

Dr. Nicole Stahlmann, Director of Fellowship Programs at the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), will host an information session at 1:00 PM in the Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall at UC Berkeley. This presentation will provide an overview of ACLS funding opportunities for faculty and advanced graduate students, and include information on research proposal […]

Note: due to two unfortunate cancellations, the session originally planned for Tuesday evening, June 25th, will not take place. The workshop will begin Wednesday morning. All conference events will take place in Humanities 1, Room 210. Wednesday, June 26th 10:00–11:30 David Hyder (University of Ottawa) “Time and object in Transcendental Deduction §24” Moderator: Dennis Des […]

bodies / moving / borders displacements and dreams of citizenship a research symposium and performances re-membering legacies, pedagogies and ways of knowing with special guests: Julio Salgado, Leti Volpp, and Las Bomberas de la Bahia The symposium will extend the dialogue we have built about citizenship, culture and identity by bringing together scholars and practitioners […]

Please join us for readings by UCSC's creative writing students.