Events
Jarrod Shanahan – Skyscraper Jails
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesHow did a campaign to end the humanitarian catastrophe of New York City's Rikers Island penal colony culminate in the planned creation of skyscraper jails across the city, with no […]
Gershom Gorenberg: The Secret War Against the Nazis for the Middle East
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAt the midpoint of World War II, an Axis army under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was on the brink of conquering the Middle East. Drawing on his latest book, War […]
PhD+ Workshop – Carole McGranahan, “Drafting Stages”
Zoom CA, United StatesJoin UCSC's Dr. Gina Athena Ulysse in a series of intimate conversations with speakers working inside and outside of academia and at different points in their careers about writing as […]
Elora Shehebuddin – Bangladesh, Third World Solidarity, and the Global Politics of Feminism
Virtual Event“Bangladesh, Third World Solidarity, and the Global Politics of Feminism” is a part of the UC Santa Cruz Center for South Asian Studies 2022-2023 lecture series, Futures. Guests can register to […]
Anthony Trollope Down Under: Travel Writing, Bushfires and Australian Ecology with Professor Grace Moore
Virtual EventThe Friends of the Dickens Project invites you to participate in "Anthony Trollope Down Under: Travel Writing, Bushfires and Australian Ecology with Professor Grace Moore." The three sessions will offer […]
Baskin Ethics Lecture with Joy Connolly – A Connected Planet: Scholarship for the Global Good
University Center, Bhojwani Room CA, United States“Serving the public good” is the motto and a strategic goal of many an American research university. In this lecture, Joy asks: what public do humanistic scholars serve, how do […]
ACLS Workshop with Joy Connolly
Humanities 2, Room 259Professor Connolly will present an overview of current American Council of Learned Societies programs in support of humanistic scholarship, including fellowships, grants, and projects accelerating equity and progressive change; She […]
PhD+ Workshop – Psychology of Writing
Virtual and In PersonSometimes we can be our severest writing critics and biggest hindrances to writing success. Learn about the VOCES Graduate Student Writing Center (for graduate students only) and how to overcome […]
Amelia Glaser – Angry Winds: Jewish Leftists and the Challenge of Palestine, 1929
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesIn the summer of 1929, a week of violence in Mandate Palestine left hundreds of Jews and Arabs dead and many more wounded. These events, which began with protests in […]
Keya Ganguly – Reason and the Image: On Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players)
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk focuses on Satyajit Ray’s cinematic treatment of an episode from India’s late colonial history in Shatranj Ke Khilari (“The Chess Players,” 1977). Through his portrayal of the betrayal […]