Events
Adriana M. Brodsky: "Becoming Jewish-Argentines: Marriage choice, and the construction of a Jewish Argentine Identity (1920-1960)"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe presentation explores the marriage patterns of the Sephardi Jewish communities, paying special attention to when Sephardim began marrying Ashkenazi Jews, thereby giving birth to a new type of Jewish […]
Center for Cultural Studies Colloquium – Christine Hong: "'War Is the Force That Gives Us Meaning': Militarized Queerness, Lieutenant Dan Choi, and Korean War Mascotry"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United States"'War Is the Force That Gives Us Meaning': Militarized Queerness, Lieutenant Dan Choi, and Korean War Mascotry" Offering a historically layered examination of the rights-based battle waged by former Lt. […]
Radical Reading Practices, A Symposium
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesRadical Reading Practices, A Symposium, April 18-19, 2013 Presented by UCSC’s Poetry and Politics Research Cluster. Sponsored by the Porter Hitchcock Poetry Fund and the UC Humanities Network, with staff […]
25th Anniversary of the UC Humanities Initiative & 2013 Society of Fellows Event
University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPlease save the date. Check back for more information.
The Living Writers Reading Series: Patrick DeWitt
Unnamed Venue Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesPatrick DeWitt, author of The Sisters Brothers, finalist for the Man Booker Prize, "If Cormac McCarthy had a sense of humor, he might have concocted a story like Patrick DeWitt's […]
Center for Cultural Studies Colloquium – William Marotti: "Timely and Untimely Politics: Art and Protest in Early 1960s Japan"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United States"Timely and Untimely Politics: Art and Protest in Early 1960s Japan" William Marotti explores politics and timeliness by examining the advent of a critical art of the everyday in Japan […]
Feminist Poetry with Brenda Shaughnessy
Unnamed Venue Humanities and Social Sciences Facility, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesReception: 5:00-6:00 PM • Humanities Building 1, Room 210 Reading: 6:00-7:30 PM • Humanities Lecture Hall Brenda Shaughnessy is a prize-winning poet and UCSC alumni (Women's Studies, Literature, 1993) whose […]
Giovanna Di Chiro: “Embodied Ecologies: Connecting Sustainability and Environmental Justice”
Dr. Giovanna Di Chiro’s research bridges academic and community action domains and integrates the fields of environment, sustainability, and social justice. She teaches interdisciplinary courses in environmental studies and women’s […]
Víctor Fuentes: "Literatura memorialista de la inmigración"
Humanities 1, Room 408Víctor Fuentes is the author of a memoir, Memorias del segundo exilio español (2011) and fourteen books, among them, La marcha al pueblo en las letras españolas (1917-1936), El cántico […]
Brenda Shaughnessy: "Feminism & Poetry, Empowerment & Passion"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesPlease join Women's Studies / Feminist Studies alumni, classmates, and faculty for an intriguing afternoon. 2:00-3:00 PM: Reception 3:00-4:30 PM: Brenda Shaughnessy will present a talk entitled: "Feminism & Poetry, […]