Events
Events
Kenyon Branon: Locality and Anti-Locality – Two Case Studies
Humanities 1, Room 202Much work in syntax suggests that there is a strong preference --- given two or more options --- for shorter dependencies over longer dependencies, often referred to as a locality condition. Cases where these conditions are apparently violated are therefore a general topic of interest. This talk presents two case studies of apparent violations of locality in […]
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: Beyond the End of the World Sawyer Seminar Series
FeaturedMusic Center Recital Hall - UCSC 402 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Humanities Institute and the Center for Creative Ecologies present the inaugural event in the Beyond the End of the World series. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is an award-winning […]
Public Fellowship Info Session
Humanities 1, Room 402Curious about becoming a THI Public Fellow? Not sure how to find the right partner organization? If you're thinking about applying your expertise in the public sphere or exploring career opportunities beyond academia, then you may be interested in THI's Public Fellowship program. Public fellowships provide opportunities for doctoral students in the Humanities to contribute […]
Kate McDonald – The Society of Wheels: Rethinking the History of Technology and Labor in Modern Japan
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesHumans power transport. This is obviously true for the early twentieth century. It's easy to find images of rickshaws on city streets in Tokyo and other major cities in Asia. […]
Public Fellowship Info Session
Humanities 1, Room 402Curious about becoming a THI Public Fellow? Not sure how to find the right partner organization? If you're thinking about applying your expertise in the public sphere or exploring career opportunities beyond academia, then you may be interested in THI's Public Fellowship program. Public fellowships provide opportunities for doctoral students in the Humanities to contribute […]
Robert Nichols – Theft is Property! Dispossession and Critical Theory
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesIn his recent publication, Theft is Property! (Duke 2020), Robert Nichols reconstructs the concept of dispossession as a means of examining how shifting configurations of law, property, race, and rights […]
Bronwyn Bjorkman: Realizing Syntax
Humanities 1, Room 202For more information, please see visit the Linguistics Department Website.
Living Writers: Jess Arndt
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJess Arndt received her MFA at Bard and was a 2013 Graywolf SLS Fellow and 2010 Fiction Fellow at the New York Foundation of the Arts. She has written for Fence, BOMB, Aufgabe, and the […]
Latinos Modelos Conferencia/Latino Role Models Conference 2020
Cabrillo College Crocker Theater 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos, CA, United StatesOradora Principal: Reyna Grande La galardonada autora de La Distancia Entre Nosotros ADMISIÓN GRATUITA para estudiantes (6th grado hasta la universidad) y sus familias Se ofrece almuerzo Sorteo Mesas de […]
Teaching in Tense Times: A Workshop on Academic Freedom, Inclusive Classrooms, and Some Challenges in College Teaching Today
Alumni Room, University Center CA, United StatesThe Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning and the Humanities Institute invite you to a workshop on academic freedom in the classroom environment with visiting scholars Andrea Brenner and […]