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  • New and Emerging Terms in Migration Studies: A Seminar with Nicholas De Genova

    Charles E. Merrill Lounge

    Inspired by Nicholas De Genova, et. al's “New Keywords: Migration and Borders”, the International Organization for Migration's Key Migration Terms, and recent debates regarding the distinction between "refugee" and "migrant," this one-day seminar explores key and emerging terms in migration studies and the growing gap between vocabulary and lived reality.  It kicks off Borders and Belonging, a series of events […]

    Free

  • Spring Job & Internship Fair

    College 8, West Field House

    You are invited to the Spring Job & Internship this Wednesday. Don't miss the last job and internship fair of the academic year! Spring Job & Internship Fair Wednesday, April 13 3:00-6:00pm College Eight West Field House Where companies come to meet Slug talent! Check out the companies that are signed up. More to come! […]

    Free

  • Roland Tolentino: “Cinema and State in Crisis: Political Film Collectives and the People’s Struggles in the Philippines”

    Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Roland Tolentino works on Philippine film, literature, and popular culture in national and transnational contexts. He is a fellow of the UP Institute of Creative Writing and a member of the Filipino Film Critics Group, Congress of Teachers and Educators for Nationalism and Democracy, and People’s Alternative Media Network. Tolentino is Faculty at University of the […]

    Free

  • Brown Bag Workshop: Teaching with Wikipedia (CANCELED)

    FITC, 1336 McHenry Library

    A hands-on workshop designed to construct innovative assignments using Wikipedia and its content editing platform. Building assignments that ask students to work on Wikipedia pages will help them: • Develop writing skills • Improve Media and Information Literacy • Refine Critical Thinking and Research Skills • Learn to work collaboratively The workshop will also include […]

    Free

  • Friday Forum for Graduate Research: Andrew Woods

    Humanities 1, Room 202

    Andrew Woods "Punk the Academy (aka. Punk as Method) With a particular emphasis on the non-hierarchical, ambiguous, and D.I.Y. ethos of punk cultures, this paper makes the case that punk can be used as a lens informing our investigations of other objects, scenes, themes, and theories. The information of punk as method is not assuming […]

  • Living Writers: Githa Hariharan (CANCELED)

    Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

      Spring 2016 Living Writers Series: Out of Line Why Out of Line? "I chose the theme Out of Line because it characterizes the way many of these writers work across genre, in different genres, and generally seem to prize the element of surprise in their writing. I'm hoping it will encourage our students to think […]

    Free

  • Book Talk: Sherene Seikaly

    Humanities 2, Room 259

    Men of Capital examines British-ruled Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s through a focus on economy. In a departure from the expected histories of Palestine, this book illuminates dynamic class constructions that aimed to shape a pan-Arab utopia in terms of free trade, profit accumulation, and private property. And in so doing, it positions Palestine […]

    Free

  • Grad Slam for 2016 Finalists

    Music Center Recital Hall Music Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Grad Slam, also referred to as the 3-Minute Thesis Challenge, is a competition that challenges doctoral students to present years’ worth of academic research in a concise, compelling, three-minute talk to a non-expert audience. It encourages students to clarify their ideas and to help others understand and appreciate the significance of their work. The contest […]

  • Sherene Seikaly: “Men of Capital: Scarcity and Economy in Mandate Palestine”

    Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Sherene Seikaly’s current work explores the construction and regulation of the poor in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Egypt in terms of governance and of popular politics. Through a political economy of the history of food, this project rethinks our understanding of the “masses” and the specter of the “bread riot.” This talk is generously co-sponsored by the […]

    Free
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