Events
PhD+ Workshop – Public Speaking
Graduate Student CommonsLearn how to craft your talk, warm up, deal with nerves, and engage your audience. This workshop will be led by Bri McWhorter (Activate to Captivate, Founder/CEO). The Division of Graduate Studies' professional communication workshop on "Public Speaking" is co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2021-2022 PhD+ series. Workshops presented by the Division […]
Living Writers: Lesley Nneka Arimah
Virtual EventLesley Nneka Arimah was born in the UK and grew up in Nigeria and wherever else her father was stationed for work. Her stories have been honored with a National Magazine Award, a Commonwealth Short Story Prize and an O. Henry Award. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, McSweeney’s, GRANTA and has […]
Jess Walter – The Cold Millions
Virtual EventVIRTUAL EVENT: Award-winning author Jess Walter will join us online for a discussion of his bestselling novel The Cold Millions (available in paperback on September 28th). Walter will be in […]
Plenary of the Media and Society Lecture Series at Kresge College with Tongo Eisen-Martin
Virtual EventKresge College presents the keynote Plenary of the Media and Society lecture series, featuring San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin, in conversation with Kresge faculty, including Novelist-Poet Daniel Pearce (UCSC Writing Program) and Associate Professor Anjuli Verma (Politics / Legal Studies). They will discuss language and media in the history of slavery and policing, and […]
Sharika Thiranagama – In Memoriam: Stories of Dissent in Sri Lanka
Virtual EventSharika Thiranagama is Associate Professor in Anthropology and President of the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies. Her research has focused on various aspects of the Sri Lankan civil war. […]
PhD+ Workshop – Career Diversity and Humanities Without Walls
Virtual EventWhat does career diversity look like for a humanities PhD? How do we empower ourselves now to make values-driven choices about careers? What communities and resources are out there to help students and faculty think about these questions? In this workshop, we will discuss career diversity as an approach that can transform your thinking about […]
PhD+ Workshop – Slide Presentation Design
Graduate Student CommonsStudents will view an instructional video by Sonya prior to class. Students will practice giving 3-minute-maximum presentations with slides about their graduate work. This workshop will be led by Sonya Newlyn (Professional Development Coordinator, Division of Graduate Studies). The Division of Graduate Studies' professional communication workshop on "Slide Presentation Design" is co-sponsored by The Humanities […]
“By the Light of Burning Dreams: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Second American Revolution” with David Talbot and Margaret Talbot
Virtual EventSalon.com founder and former editor-in-chief David Talbot and his sister Margaret, a longtime staff writer at the New Yorker, together explore the potential landscape of the 1960s and 1970s. Based […]
Douglas Abrams – The Book of Hope
Virtual EventVIRTUAL EVENT: Local author Douglas Abrams (The Book of Joy) will join Bookshop Santa Cruz for an online discussion of The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times, […]
Radhika Natarajan – Post-Imperial Contractions: Asian Migration and Marriage in Deindustrializing Britain
Virtual and In PersonThe talk explores how Asian women became unassimilable in social work and public discourse in 1970s Britain. In the context of decolonization and deindustrialization, the Pakistani woman who worked for […]