Events
C.D.C. Reeve: Beginning and Ending with Happiness in Aristotle's Ethics
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesC.D.C. Reeve is the Delta Kappa Epsilon Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He works primarily in ancient Greek philosophy, especially Plato and […]
Celine Parreñas Shimizu: “Straitjacket Sexualities: Mapping Asian American Manhoods”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesGoing beyond the assessment that Asian American men in the movies embody asexuality/effeminacy/queerness, or a manhood that falls short of the norms, Celine Shimizu’s Straitjacket Sexualities (Stanford, 2012), explores how Asian/American men […]
Living Writers Reading Series: Student Reading
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesPlease join us for our quarterly student reading.
Karen D. Thompson: "Love is a Dangerous Promise
2nd Stage, Theater Arts Performing Arts, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesKaren Thompson gained national recognition following the November 13, 1983 car accident of her partner Sharon Kowalski, who sustained a traumatic brain injury after a drunk driver hit her car. […]
Critical Nutrition Symposium
Unnamed Venue Social Sciences 1 University of California Santa Cruz, College Ten, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAdvice about what to eat for health and well being is pervasive in the modern world, and such advice is delivered as if it were uncontroversial, universally applicable, welcome, and […]
James Young: “Stages of Memory: In Berlin & New York”
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesReception following lecture. James E. Young is Professor of English and Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he has taught since 1988, and currently Chair of the […]
Åse Vigdis Ystad: "Ibsen as Playwright: Between Dramaturgy and Ethics"
Special guest Dr. Åse Vigdis Ystad gives a talk as part of this year's Arts Divison Lecture Series, ”Engaging the Mind”, presenting work obtained through a lifetime of research on Norwegian playwright Henrik […]
Linguistics at Santa Cruz (LASC)
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesEvery year towards the end of the Winter Quarter, the Linguistics at Santa Cruz conference showcases the research of second and third year graduate students. This conference coincides with a […]
“Peer Gynt in a Digital Age” Conference
This international conference brings together scholars, designers, and dramaturgs from Norway, Tel Aviv, Seattle, and California for the second weekend of the performance. The event is held with the support […]
Daniel Guevara: "Has Traditional Ethical Theory Been Made Defunct by Kahneman and Tversky's Prospect Theory?"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWork-in-Progress: Daniel Guevara, Associate Professor of Philosophy, UC Santa Cruz This talk is based on a paper by Sandra Dreisbach (PhD, Philosophy, UC Santa Cruz 2012) and Daniel Guevara. It […]
