Events
Events
Applying for Grants and Fellowships: A Roundtable for Faculty and Graduate Students in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Charles E. Merrill LoungeLearn from the experts! Faculty and graduate students who have recently won grants and fellowships discuss the application process and share their tips for a successful application. This roundtable discussion takes place Wednesday, October 22, 2014, 4:00-6:00pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge. Reservations are recommended, but not necessary. Featured Speakers: Sylvanna Falcón, Assistant Professor, […]
FreeRachel Deblinger: "Making Memories/Motifs: Holocaust Memory & the Unexpected Inspiration of Digital Humanities"
McHenry Library UCSC, Room 4286Please join the Digital Humanities Research Cluster and the University Library for a series of interactive lectures focused on "Digital Humanities & Cultural Heritage." This inaugural speaker series will highlight digital projects from across the humanities and enable lively discussion about the role of the digital in preserving, building, and making accessible cultural materials from […]
FreeLiving Writers Series: Andrew Lam & Kate Gale
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAndrew Lam is the author of Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora, which won the 2006 PEN Open Book Award, and East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres. Lam is an editor and cofounder of New America Media, an association of over three thousand ethnic media outlets in America. He was a regular commentator on NPR’s All […]
FreeRichard T. Rodriguez of: "Undocumented Desires: On Day Labor, Sex Work, and Neoliberal Queer Politics"
Charles E. Merrill LoungeRichard T. Rodríguez is Associate Professor of English and Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he is also affiliated with the Department of Gender and Women's Studies and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. He received his B.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley and his Ph.D. in the […]
FreeStephanie Montgomery: "Convicts and Mothers: Gender, Criminality, and the Prison in China, 1927-1953"
Humanities 1, Room 202Friday Forum For Graduate Research: A weekly interdisciplinary colloquium series for sharing graduate research across the humanities. Join us for light refreshments and weekly presentations by your fellow graduate students. […]
FreeToni Morrison: "Literature and the Silence of Goodness" (Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture)
Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesHumanities Division and Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture Presents: Toni Morrison: "LITERATURE AND THE SILENCE OF GOODNESS" at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz Tickets: $12 Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics […]
$122014 Founders Celebration Dinner
Cocoanut Grove 400 Beach Street , Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesSave the date for the eighth annual UC Santa Cruz Founders Celebration dinner, honoring extraordinary individuals and their outstanding contributions to society. This year's honorees include Toni Morrison, novelist, editor, […]
$135Annual Don Rothman Endowed Award in First-Year Writing
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesDon Rothman began teaching undergraduate writing classes at UC Santa Cruz in 1973. After more than three decades of guiding teachers and teaching college students, the senior lecturer emeritus in […]
FreeJean-Jacques Surbeck: "Israel and the World, a Unique Lesson in Double Standards"
UCSC Cowell College Presents Conflict and Compassion Speaker Series: Perspectives on Israel/Palestine Tuesday Evenings Fall 2014 6:00-7:45pm, Merrill Academy 102 Tuesday Oct 7: Christine King (Lecturer Kresge College). “Making Peace […]
FreeUCSC's Institute of the Arts and Sciences presents LASER
UCSC’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences invites you to the first LASER of the academic year Tuesday, October 28! Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) is a national program of […]
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