Events
Caren Kaplan, “The Visual Culture of Stealth: Interpretation & Deception in Militarized Aeromobility
Communications, Room 139 Communications Bldg University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCaren Kaplan is Professor of American Studies at the University of California, Davis and is Affiliated Faculty in Film Studies, Cultural Studies, and Science & Technology Studies. Professor Kaplan authored […]
Gershom Gorenberg: Distinguished Alumni Lecture
Stevenson Event CenterGershom Gorenberg UCSC alumnus Gershom Gorenberg is the author of the forthcoming book, The Unmaking of Israel, on the crisis of Israeli democracy and how to solve it. The book […]
Deanna Shemek, “Digital Princess: Toward an Open-Access Online Archive of Renaissance Correspondence”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesDeanna Shemek Professor Shemek studies intersections of elite and popular culture in early modern Italy, especially among women. Her current research focuses on early modern letter writing. She is completing […]
A Public Dialogue with Jean Baumgarten and Nathaniel Deutsch
Humanities 1, Room 202One of the most important—and least appreciated—categories that Jews have employed to experience the world Jewishly is minhag, a Hebrew word typically translated into English as "custom." Historically, minhag enabled […]
Long Bui, “Ms. Little Saigon: Through the Looking Glass of Art, Politics and Community”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesFeminist Studies presents Long Bui, UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow Ms. Little Saigon: Through the Looking Glass of Art, Politics and Community This presentation examines the historical legacy of the Vietnam […]
Giancarlo Casale, “What did it mean to be European in the Sixteenth Century? A View from the Ottoman Empire”
Humanities 1, Room 520 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Department of History presents: Muslim Mediterranean/Middle Eastern World Search Job Talk. Giancarlo Casale is a specialist in the history of the early modern Ottoman empire, although he also has interests […]
Living Writers Reading Series: David Vann
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Living Writers Reading Series presents David Vann. David Vann writes both fiction and non-fiction and has won several awards, including the Grace Paley Prize 2007, California Book Award 2008, […]
Linguistics Colloquium: Laurence R. Horn,”On the Contrary: Pragmatic Strengthening and Disjunctive Syllogism”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLaurence R. Horn On the Contrary: Pragmatic Strengthening and Disjunctive Syllogism The dictum that “The essence of formal negation is to invest the contrary with the character of the […]
2nd Annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading featuring Kay Ryan
Music Center Recital Hall Music Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesTHE 2nd ANNUAL MORTON MARCUS MEMOMRIAL POETRY READING honors poet, teacher and film critic Morton Marcus (1936-2009), one of Santa Cruz’s beloved cultural icons. This second annual event will feature Kay […]
Joshua White “Catch and Release: Piracy, Slavery, and Law in the Early Modern Ottoman Mediterranean”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Department of History presents: Muslim Mediterranean/Middle Eastern World Search Job Talk. Beginning in the 1570s, incidents of piracy in the Eastern Mediterranean increased exponentially, as the conclusion of the war […]