Events

“Quotidian Erasures: Gender and the Records of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade” will argue that the emergence of what early modern political theorists described as “political arithmetic”—and what we term demography—is a product of the trade in slaves that bolstered the colonial economies they were at pains to describe. Numeracy, political arithmetic, and the science of […]

The Center for Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents: Matt O'Hara,  History,  UCSC “The History of the Future in Mexico” Historians of Latin America have spent much energy studying historical legacies. The notion that “the past weighs heavily on the present” is a standard frame for historical analysis. Stepping outside this paradigm, Professor O’Hara’s book project […]

A panel with Juan Flores (NYU),  Miriam Jiménez Román (The Schomburg Center),  Nancy Raquel Mirabal (SFSU), and Mark Anderson (UCSC).   Lourdes Martínez Echazábal (Literature) will be respondent. Juan Poblete (Literature) will moderate In celebration of the recent publication of Juan Flores and Miriam Jimenez Roman's "Afro-Latin@ Reader" (Duke, 2011)  The Afro-Latin@ Reader focuses attention on a […]

My aim will be to describe and assess Wittgenstein's anti-theoretical view of why philosophy ought not to be in conducted in the traditional way, how it should instead be done, and what can be accomplished by pursuing it properly. I will be especially concerned with the questions: (1) of how this view is related to […]

Please join us for an evening of poetry and prose with past and present Writing Program faculty: Chuck Atkinson,  Jeff Arnett, Roxi Power Hamilton, Ingrid Moody,  Robin Sommers, and Stephen Sweat

Shirley Graham {Du Bois} (1896-1977) had a successful early career as composer, performer and playwright that included her formal studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Yale University, and the near completion of a Ph D at NYU. In 1932 her opera, "Tom-Tom" for which she wrote the libretto and composed the music, was performed […]

This talk is about the strange accent on disorder in 17th century Dutch paintings of still life. The still-life genre includes pictures of flowers and food in domestic and outdoor settings. Its focus is on the conflict between an emphasis on order, harmony, and formal beauty, and an emphasis on disorder, damage, and death. I’ll […]

The American Indian Resource Center will be hosting internationally acclaimed poet/musician/playwright JOY HARJO (Har-joe) on April 21st, 2011, at Merrill College Event Center, from 7-9pm. Harjo will be performing a brand new solo work Red Dreams: A Trail Beyond Tears, blending music, poetry, personal reflection, and cultural histories, accompanied by Grammy-award winning guitarist and producer […]

The UCSC Center for Labor Studies presents: Bill Fletcher, Jr.:  "Right-Wing Populism and the Crisis of Organized Labor" Free and Open to the Public Right-wing populism is a phenomenon deeply rooted in the US system.  It tends to emerge in a virulent form during times of economic distress and crisis.  It plays upon fears and […]

Patricia T. Clough is a Professor of Sociology, Women’s Studies, and Intercultural Studies at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her books include Autoaffection: Unconscious Thought in the Age of Teletechnology (Minnesota 2000), Feminist Thought: Desire, Power and Academic Discourse (co-edited with Charles Lemert, J.W. Wiley, 1995) and The […]