BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Humanities Institute - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Humanities Institute X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Humanities Institute REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151103 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151102T212421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151102T212421Z UID:10006297-1446422400-1446508799@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies "The Future of Education: Advanced Computing\, Ubiquitous Learning\, and the Knowledge Economy" DESCRIPTION:EVENT PHOTOS:\nCreated with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. \nUCSC to host an International e-Learning Conference\, November 2-3 2015\nThis year\, UC Santa Cruz will play host to the Eighth International Conference on e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies from November 2-3\, 2015. The conference is built upon four key features: Internationalism\, Interdisciplinarity\, Inclusiveness\, and Interaction. Conference delegates include leaders in the field as well as emerging artists and scholars who travel to the conference from all corners of the globe and represent a broad range of disciplines and perspectives. A variety of presentation options and session types offer delegates multiple opportunities to engage\, to discuss key issues in the field\, and to build relationships with scholars from other cultures and disciplines. More than 20 countries are expected to be represented at the conference. I encourage our faculty and graduate students to submit proposals to present papers at this conference. \nThe e-Learning Conference will investigate the uses of technologies in learning\, including devices with sophisticated computing and networking capacities that are now pervasively part of our everyday lives. Additionally it explores the possibilities of new forms of technology-mediated learning devices not only in the classroom\, but also in a wider range of places and times than was conventionally the case for education. \nThe conference welcomes submissions from a variety of disciplines and perspectives and encourages faculty and students to jointly submit proposals discussing e-Learning through one of the following themes: \n• Theme 1: Pedagogies\n• Theme 2: Institutions\n• Theme 3: Technologies\n• Theme 4: Social Transformations\n• 2015 Special Focus: The Future of Education: Advanced Computing\, Ubiquitous Learning\, and the Knowledge Economy \nPlenary speakers will include: Satya V. Nitta\, Program Leader of the Cognitive Learning Content research group at IBM’s T J Watson Research Center; Kevin Franklin\, Executive Director of the Institute for Computing in the Humanities\, Arts\, and Social Sciences and Senior Research Scientist for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois; and Jim C. Spohrer\, Director of the IBM Global University Programs. \nFor more information\, including registration pricing\, please visit the conference website at: http://ubi-learn.com/. \nThis conference is co-sponsored by the UCSC Institute for Humanities Research and Academic Affairs. UCSC faculty and staff are welcome to contact Michael Tassio (mtassio@ucsc.edu) for more information. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/e-learning-and-innovative-pedagogies-3/2015-11-02/ LOCATION:Stevenson Event Center ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/eLearning.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151102T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151102T160000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151113T202305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151113T202305Z UID:10006300-1446465600-1446480000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Enduring Power - Photography Exhibit - Nov. 2 - Dec. 17 DESCRIPTION:Enduring Power: \nThe Middle Eastern and Iranian Women’s Story \n— A Photography Exhibit — \nNovember 2 – December 17\, 2015 \nAT: Resource Center for Nonviolence\, 612 Ocean St.\, Santa Cruz\, CA \nExhibit HOURS: M-TH noon – 4p.m. or by appointment\, 831-423-1626 \nSponsored by the Resource Center for Nonviolence and Senses Cultural\, \nEnduring Power’s striking images represent a wide range of experiences\, aspirations\, fears and realities of Middle Eastern and Iranian women from Yemen\, Egypt\, Bahrain\, Iran and Kuwait. A collection of work from several female photographers of Middle Eastern backgrounds\, Enduring Power shows an intimate and unique perspective of an otherwise private world to the American audience. This exhibition\, curated by photographer Sina Araghi\, presents powerful stories of education\, individuality\, familial relationships\, societal restraints\, and boldness. \n“Peering behind the veil and headscarves to reveal real individuals is a delicate but necessary boundary to push. These photographs speak of the greater issues of identity and resilience\, and the strength of women within these regions. Their sense of identity has not been erased by culture or governments. \n These women are empowering themselves – against all obstacles – through their own will. A clear defiance and a sense of individuality is present. They are not weak or afraid. They are powerful and energized. They command your attention and your interest. Let their stories be heard.” — Sina Araghi\, curator of Enduring Power \nSenses Cultural\, Davis\, CA\, and the Resource Center for Nonviolence are collaborating on this Senses Cultural’s traveling photography exhibition\, which was previously at UC Davis\, San Francisco State University. Senses Cultural believes that women – mothers\, grandmothers\, and daughters – have been the quiet strength that protects the rights of their families\, communities\, and nations. \nPlease join us for the First Friday EXHIBIT RECEPTION on December 4\, 6-9p.m. featuring Tata Masud\, Founder and CEO of Senses Cultural\, Davis\, CA. Light refreshments will be available. \nCo-sponsors (list in formation): WILPF Santa Cruz \nFor more information: 831-423-1626\, rcnv.org \nCurator Statement by Sina Araghi\nEnduring Power: The Middle Eastern and Iranian Woman’s Story is a collection of work by seven female photographers from Egypt\, Kuwait\, Bahrain\, Yemen\, and Iran\, examining the lives and livelihoods of women in that region. \nApart from their exceptional photographic work\, these photographers were selected in great part due to their diverse coverage of topics regarding women\, spanning across many different countries throughout the Middle East. \nPeering behind the veil and headscarves to reveal real individuals is a delicate but necessary boundary to push. It is so vital to the future and progress of women in these cultures to be seen succeeding\, thriving\, and discovering – all on their own. Whether they are generations apart or contemporaries\, progress is achieved when women grow and improve on their own terms\, separate from the male influence that so strongly permeates their public culture and the worldwide media. There is an almost constant push/pull between the individualized and powerful identity of the Middle Eastern woman\, and the attempts by culture and government to erase that identity. \nThis collection of images illustrate how that sense of identity has not been erased. This collection is a celebration of the progress and growth that has happened\, and a tangible foreshadowing of what is still to come. \nThe division of gender throughout daily life creates two very different worlds within the same culture. The photographic perspective in this exhibition is unique to women who are inside these cultures and countries. These 7 photographers are not outsiders\, tourists\, or just passing through\, and the familiarity and camaraderie felt between ‘insiders’ is tangible in these photographs. Being a female photographer creates uniquely privileged access into the lives and experiences of the Middle Eastern woman – access into a world that men seldom are privy to. Respecting this access while still honoring the truth in moments witnessed requires grace and trust. There is fragility in that access. As an Iranian male photographer\, I admire this perspective\, knowing full well the limitations and privileges of my own gender. \nCollectively\, these photographs speak of the greater issues of identity and resilience\, and the strength of women within these regions. They are empowering themselves – against all obstacles – through their own will. A clear defiance and sense of individuality is present (an especially sacred quality in a world of appearance commonality)\, and there is no apologizing for any of it. These women are not weak or afraid. They are resilient\, powerful\, and energized. They command your attention and your interest. \nLet their stories be heard. \n-Sina Araghi\, curator \nFor more information: 831-423-1626\, rcnv.org URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/enduring-power-photography-exhibit-nov-2-dec-17-3/2015-11-02/ LOCATION:Resource Center for Non Violence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Unknown.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151103 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151104 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151102T212421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151102T212421Z UID:10006298-1446508800-1446595199@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies "The Future of Education: Advanced Computing\, Ubiquitous Learning\, and the Knowledge Economy" DESCRIPTION:EVENT PHOTOS:\nCreated with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. \nUCSC to host an International e-Learning Conference\, November 2-3 2015\nThis year\, UC Santa Cruz will play host to the Eighth International Conference on e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies from November 2-3\, 2015. The conference is built upon four key features: Internationalism\, Interdisciplinarity\, Inclusiveness\, and Interaction. Conference delegates include leaders in the field as well as emerging artists and scholars who travel to the conference from all corners of the globe and represent a broad range of disciplines and perspectives. A variety of presentation options and session types offer delegates multiple opportunities to engage\, to discuss key issues in the field\, and to build relationships with scholars from other cultures and disciplines. More than 20 countries are expected to be represented at the conference. I encourage our faculty and graduate students to submit proposals to present papers at this conference. \nThe e-Learning Conference will investigate the uses of technologies in learning\, including devices with sophisticated computing and networking capacities that are now pervasively part of our everyday lives. Additionally it explores the possibilities of new forms of technology-mediated learning devices not only in the classroom\, but also in a wider range of places and times than was conventionally the case for education. \nThe conference welcomes submissions from a variety of disciplines and perspectives and encourages faculty and students to jointly submit proposals discussing e-Learning through one of the following themes: \n• Theme 1: Pedagogies\n• Theme 2: Institutions\n• Theme 3: Technologies\n• Theme 4: Social Transformations\n• 2015 Special Focus: The Future of Education: Advanced Computing\, Ubiquitous Learning\, and the Knowledge Economy \nPlenary speakers will include: Satya V. Nitta\, Program Leader of the Cognitive Learning Content research group at IBM’s T J Watson Research Center; Kevin Franklin\, Executive Director of the Institute for Computing in the Humanities\, Arts\, and Social Sciences and Senior Research Scientist for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois; and Jim C. Spohrer\, Director of the IBM Global University Programs. \nFor more information\, including registration pricing\, please visit the conference website at: http://ubi-learn.com/. \nThis conference is co-sponsored by the UCSC Institute for Humanities Research and Academic Affairs. UCSC faculty and staff are welcome to contact Michael Tassio (mtassio@ucsc.edu) for more information. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/e-learning-and-innovative-pedagogies-3/2015-11-03/ LOCATION:Stevenson Event Center ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/eLearning.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151103T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151103T150000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151026T220026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151026T220026Z UID:10006292-1446552000-1446562800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Fall Job and Internship Fair DESCRIPTION:The Fall Job and Internship Fair is an excellent opportunity for you to meet with hundreds of students seeking employment opportunities. Meet with students from a variety of majors to have dialogue and collect resumes. This event can provide your organization with talent for entry-level positions\, internships\, and summer jobs. Many of our students have had work experience through summer employment\, internships\, and jobs during the academic year. UC Santa Cruz students offer specific job skills\, knowledge developed in a rigorous academic major\, and the breadth of a well-rounded liberal arts education. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/fall-job-and-internship-fair-3/ LOCATION:College Nine and John R. Lewis Multipurpose Room\, College Ten\, University of California\, Santa Cruz\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151103T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151103T200000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151028T221555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151028T221555Z UID:10006293-1446575400-1446580800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) DESCRIPTION:Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) is a national program of evening gatherings that bring artists\, scientists\, and scholars together for informal presentations and conversations. \nPlease join us in the Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) 108 for refreshments at 6:30 p.m. followed at 7 p.m. with presentations by: \nGiacomo Bernardi “Finding general patterns in the natural world: underwater cuckoos” \nEmily Brodsky “Stress in Faults” \nRobin Hunicke “The Art of Play” \nA. Laurie Palmer “If I were you\, I’d call me us” \nBios: \nGiacomo Bernardi is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz. His laboratory research focuses on the ecology of coral reefs and understanding speciation mechanisms in marine organisms.​ Bernardi did his undergrad and grad school at the University of Paris where he earned a PhD in Molecular Biology. He did a Post Doc at the Pasteur Institute in Tunis\, Tunisia and a Post Doc at Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station before being hired at UCSC. \nEmily Brodsky is a professor and earthquake physicist at the UC Santa Cruz. Her research focuses on identifying the processes that trigger earthquakes and constraining the forces and processes that occur inside a fault zone during slip. Prof. Brodsky earned her A.B. from Harvard in 1995\, Ph.D. from Caltech in 2001 and was a 2001 Miller Fellow at the University of California\, Berkeley. She has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles and presented over 75 invited lectures or keynote talks. Her work was been featured in major press outlets such as the BBC\, NPR\, Time Magazine\, NY Times\, Nature\, Reuters\, LA Times and The Wall Street Journal. \nRobin Hunicke is the Director of the new Art\, Games & Playable Media BA program at UC Santa Cruz. A game designer and producer by training\, she has a background in computer science\, fine art and applied game studies. She has been designing\, making and teaching about games for over 12 years (Journey\, Boom Blox\,MySims\, TheSims2). Robin is also the Co-Founder of the independent game studio Funomena\, where she is currently working on a puzzling fable called Luna and a joyful and musical physics playground called Wattam. Recognized as an influential Woman in Games\, Robin is also an outspoken evangelist for diversity of thought and participation in game design and game culture. In this talk\, she will talk about how game developers can create novel\, experimental games by designing for feeling. \nA. Laurie Palmer is an artist\, writer\, and teacher. Her work includes sculpture\, installation\, writing\, and public art. She is concerned with material explorations of matter’s active nature as it asserts itself on different scales and in different speeds\, and she collaborates on strategic actions that work for social and environmental justice. Her book In the Aura of a Hole: Exploring Sites of Material Extraction (Black Dog\, London\, 2014) investigates what happens to places where materials are removed from the ground\, and how these materials move between the earth and our bodies. Palmer collaborated with the artist group Haha for 20 years on site- and community-based projects. She currently collaborates with Chicago Torture Justice Memorials (CTJM) and the Prison Neighborhood Arts Program (PNAP)\, both based in Chicago. She has shown her work\, both independently and with Haha\, at national and international venues. \nThis event is FREE and open to the public. Parking is available in the Performing Arts Lot adjacent to Digital Arts Research Center. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/leonardo-artscience-evening-rendezvous-laser-3/ LOCATION:Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) Dark Lab\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151104T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151104T104000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151008T234221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151008T234221Z UID:10005155-1446629400-1446633600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Berel Lang: “Primo Levi: Chemist\, Survivor\, Writer” DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, November 4\, Professor Berel Lang of Wesleyan University\, author of Primo Levi: The Matter of a Life\, will visit our campus and offer a lecture entitled “Primo Levi: Chemist\, Survivor\, Writer.”  Professor Lang’s many books include Act and Idea in the Nazi Genocide (University of Chicago Press\, 1990)\, The Anatomy of Philosophical Style (Basil Blackwell\, 1990)\, Holocaust Representation: Art within the Limits of History and Ethics (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2000) and Philosophical Witnessing: The Holocaust as Presence (University Press of New England\, 2009). His recently published biography\, Primo Levi: The Matter of a Life (Yale University Press\, 2013)\, is a groundbreaking study of the convergence of the roles of scientist\, humanist\, witness\, and moral philosopher in Levi’s writing. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/berel-lang-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Berel-Lang-Lecture-Flyer-for-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151104T133000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20150612T204914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150612T204914Z UID:10005117-1446638400-1446643800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Jasmine Syedullah: "‘Not Contraband\, but Soldier': Against the Domestic Violence of National Security" DESCRIPTION:Jasmine Syedullah’s current project\, “No Selves to Defend: Fugitive Justice and Black Feminist Loopholes of Abolition” is a political theory of abolition rooted in the antislavery writings of Harriet Jacobs\, the anti-prison testimonies of political prisoners Angela Davis\, Assata Shakur\, and narratives from the 1971 uprising at Alderson Federal Reformatory for Women. \nSyedullah is a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of English at UC Riverside. \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nFall 2015 Cultural Studies Colloquium Series\n  \nNovember 18\, 2015\nCatherine Sue Ramírez\n“’Our Porto Ricans’: Puerto Rican Students at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School\, 1898-1923″ URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/center-for-cultural-studies-colloquium-series-6-2/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151105T180000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151009T224010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151009T224010Z UID:10006275-1446739200-1446746400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Imogen Dickie "Proper Names: Transition to the End Game" DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nI shall prove a principle which brings out the significance for accounts of aboutness and reference of the fact that justification is truth conducive; use this principle to develop an account of reference-fixing for proper names which presents an alternative to the tired menu of traditional causalisms\, descriptivisms\, and crosses between; and identify two questions around which the next phase in discussions of reference-fixing for proper names should be structured. \nAbout: \nImogen Dickie is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Toronto. Research Interests: Philosophy of language and mind: theory of reference\, metasemantics\, acquaintance\, perception\, communication\, singular thought. Some topics in epistemology\, metaphysics\, and philosophy of action. \nacademia.edu: Imogen Dickie academic page \nhttp://philosophy.ucsc.edu/news-events/dickie.html URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/imogen-dickie-proper-names-transition-to-the-end-game-3/ LOCATION:Humanities 2\, Room 259 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151105T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151105T200000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151020T160102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151020T160102Z UID:10006290-1446746400-1446753600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Wage Justice: Fighting Wage Theft in Our Community DESCRIPTION:This community event will launch the public art and findings of a year-long research project – Working for Dignity: Low-Wage Worker Study of Santa Cruz County produced by the UCSC Center for Labor Studies. The event will showcase the project’s website and feature workers\, researchers and students sharing their stories about low pay and wage theft. Community organizations will also be on hand to discuss new\, monthly wage and hour clinics that can help those who have experienced wage theft to act. The event will conclude with a community dialog about workplace conditions and violations and what you can do.\n  \nCo-sponsored by the UCSC Center for Labor Studies\, California Rural Legal Assistance\, Chicano Latino Research Center\, UC Humanities Research Institute\, Santa Cruz Day Worker Center\, and the Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County. \nFor more information\, contact Steve McKay at smckay@ucsc.edu or the California Rural Legal Assistance: (831) 724-2253. \nFree and Open to the Public\nTranslation available\nRefreshments provided URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/wage-justice-fighting-wage-theft-in-our-community-3/ LOCATION:Civic Plaza Community Room ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Wage_Justice_SecondEdit_Eng-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151106T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151106T123000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20150928T191517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201204T192219Z UID:10005137-1446807600-1446813000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:PhD+: Internship Info Session DESCRIPTION:In the next couple of months\, the IHR will be launching a new public fellowship/internship program for our graduate students\, allowing them to work in organizations and companies in the area during the summer\, while getting fellowship support from the IHR. \nIf you are interested in learning about this program\, please join us for the next workshop in our PhD+ series on November 6th at 11 am. As always\, lunch will be provided! Please RSVP using the form below. \n\n  \nPhD+ Workshop Series\nPlease join us for the launch of PhD+\, our new series! We will meet monthly\, over lunch\, to discuss possible career paths for humanities PhDs\, online identity issues\, internship possibilities\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, grants/fellowships and much more. Please RSVP below for each workshop you would like to attend. \nOctober 9\, 2015: Alternative Academia Panel\nNovember 6\, 2015: Internship Info Session\nDecember 4\, 2015:  Coding for Humanists\nJanuary 8\, 2016: Research Tools and Methods\nFebruary 5\, 2016: Online Identity\nMarch 4\, 2016: Work-Life Balance\nApril 8\, 2016: Writing and Publishing in the Humanities\nMay 13\, 2016: Research and Grants\nJune 3\, 2016: End of Year Luncheon \nLoading… URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-internship-info-session-2/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151106T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151106T140000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151007T220309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151007T220309Z UID:10005147-1446813000-1446818400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Friday Forum: Samuael Topiary "The Anti-Representational Mode" DESCRIPTION:The Friday Forum is a graduate-run colloquium dedicated to the presentation and discussion of graduate student research. The series will be held weekly from 12:30pm to 2pm and will serve as a venue for graduate students in the Humanities\, Social Sciences\, and Arts divisions to share and develop their research. \nThis meeting will feature Samuael Topiary (Film & Digital Media) presenting his talk “The Anti-Representational Mode”. \nFor more info\, or to inquire about joining the roster of presenters for the 2015-16 academic year\, contact: fridayforum.ucsc@gmail.com URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/friday-forum-samuael-topiary-the-anti-representational-mode-3/ LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 202 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151106T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151106T153000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151029T184506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151029T184506Z UID:10006295-1446818400-1446823800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Joseph M. Pierce: "Writing Queer Sisterhood: The Diaries of Julia and Delfina Bunge and the Argentine Fin de Siglo (1890-1910)" DESCRIPTION:This presentation focuses on a unique coincidence in Argentine fin de siglo (1890-1910): sisters who 1) simultaneously kept a diary for an extended period of time\, 2) actually shared\, read\, and commented on reading each other’s diaries\, and 3) though under quite different circumstances\, published these diaries subsequently. I read the diary as an interface through which textual form influences understandings of self and other in the early years of the 20th century\, arguing that it is\, in this sense\, a technology of self-making. This talk explores not simply what the diarist does\, but what discourses\, what possible modes of feeling and thinking are revealed through the process of writing and reading the diary. In particular the sister serves as critical nucleus for understanding relational subjectivity\, sibling rivalry\, and the queer potentials of lateral kinship. Examining both original manuscript notebooks and later published versions\, I show how writing and reading the diary plays a crucial role in shaping each sister’s ideological positions regarding courtship\, marriage\, and sisterhood\, and from this exploration I argue that the cultural anxiety over the division of public and private space\, and in particular women’s labor\, led each sister to stake a claim of individuality that emerges through the process of imagining herself as different\, but potentially the same as\, her sister.\n  \nJoseph M. Pierce is Assistant Professor in the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature at Stony Brook University. His research focuses on discourses of kinship\, gender\, and sexuality in Latin America and on the intersection of Latin American and North American approaches to citizenship and belonging. He is currently drafting a book manuscript entitled Queer Kinship in the Argentine fin de siglo: La familia Bunge\, and is co-editor with Fernando Blanco and Mario Pecheny of Derechos Sexuales en el Sur: Políticas del amor y escrituras disidentes (Forthcoming\, Cuarto Propio).\n  \nLight refreshments will be served. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/joseph-m-pierce-writing-queer-sisterhood-3/ LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 402 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Pierce_colloquium_Fall2015-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151107T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151107T173000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151007T171659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151007T171659Z UID:10006273-1446885000-1446917400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Utopian Dreaming: 50 years of Imagined Futures in California and at UCSC DESCRIPTION:In 2015\, UCSC is celebrating its 50th anniversary\, and Ernest Callenbach’s Ecotopia its 40th. Both are products of a fertile period of ferment across California\, during the 1960s and 1970s. Why has California been such a fertile and fruitful site for “Utopian Dreaming\,” in film\, fiction\, media\, design\, architecture\, mobility\, electronics\, intentional communities\,ecology and environment\, counter-culture and social movements? What kinds of futures has California come to represent? What has been the role of UCSC in these imaginaries of the future. Does California remain a Promised Land\, or is it a Land of Squandered Promise?\nOn November 6th and 7th\, 2015\, join scholars\, students\, observers and utopian dreamers \, in a conference to celebrate those anniversaries and explore visions of the future that have emerged from California and UCSC about California and UCSC. Presentations will run the gamut from Ecotopia to Technodystopia\, from the real to the fantasized\, from the past to the future\, assessing the impacts of utopian imaginaries on culture\, politics\, environment\, cities\, beliefs and ideologies at UCSC\, across California\, and beyond. \nAdmission is free\, but attendees are asked to register for the conference here. \n\nConference Schedule:\nFriday\, November 6\, UCSC Music Recital Hall\, 7:30-10 PM\n7:30-10: Keynote — Return to Ecotopia: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Ernest Callenbach.\nKim Stanley Robinson\, “Ecotopia and the 1970s Utopian Moment”\nConversation & Reminiscences about Ecotopia & Ernest Callenbach\nMalcolm Margolin (publisher\, Heyday Books\, Berkeley)\,\nJoanna Callenbach (daughter)\nRichard Kahlenberg (Callenbach’s literary agent) \nSaturday\, November 7\, UCSC Music Recital Hall\n8:30-9: Registration & Continental Breakfast\n9-9:30: Keynote — Fred McPherson\, “Utopia at UCSC: The Early Years”\n9:30-11:00: Panel I — California as Eco(u)topia\nBenjamin Wurgaft (MIT)\, “All Futures Green and Chrome: From Callenbach’s Ecotopia to 21st-Century Cornucopianism”\nKristin Miller (Sociology\, UCSC)\, “Postcards from the Future”\n11-11:15: Coffee break\n11:15-12:45: Panel II — Ecotopia and Apocalypse\nAndrew Mathews (Anthropology\, UCSC)\, “Climate Change as Utopia and Apocalypse”\nUrsula Heise (English\, UCLA)\, “What’s the Matter with Dystopia?”\n12:45-1:30: Lunch (provided to attendees on site)\n1:30-3:00: Panel III — Imagining Other Utopian Worlds\nRosaura Sanchez & Beatrice Pita (Literature\, UC San Diego)\, “The Color of Sci Fi: The Presence/Absence of People of Color in Future Imaginaries.” \nMiriam Greenberg (Sociology\, UCSC)\, “Whose Ecotopia? Tracing Multiple Visions of a Sustainable Future in Northern California and Beyond”\n3-3:15: Coffee break\n3:15-4:45: Panel IV — California Techno-pasts and Utopian Futures\nFred Turner (Communications\, Stanford)\, “From Counterculture To Cyberculture: How The Whole Earth Catalog Brought Us Virtual Community”\nRichard Barbrook (Department of Politics and IR\, U. of Westminster\, London)\, “The California Ideology 2.0”\n4:45-5:30: Concluding Remarks\nRonnie D. Lipschutz (Politics and College Eight\, UCSC)\, “Eco-utopias and Other Such Futurist Dreaming in California” \n  \nFor questions and information\, please contact Ronnie Lipschutz\, rlipsch@ucsc.edu (email preferred) or 831-459-3275/459-2543. \nThis conference is sponsored by College Eight\, with funds from the Distinguished Visiting Professor fund\, and the following: the Social Sciences Division\, Anthropology\, Sociology\, Politics\, Latin American & Latino Studies\, Environmental Studies\, Art\, History\, Literature\, Crown College\, Merrill College\, Cowell College\, Stevenson College\, Porter College\, Oakes College\, Kresge College Institute of the Arts & Sciences\, Institute for Humanities Research\, the Everett Program\, the Chicano-Latino Research Center\, the Science & Justice Research Center\, an anonymous donor\, the UCSC Natural Reserve Program\, the Student Environmental Center and University Relations. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/utopian-dreaming-50-years-of-imagined-futures-in-california-and-at-ucsc-2-2/ LOCATION:Music Center Recital Hall\, Music Center\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/utopian-dreaming-poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151107T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151107T170000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20150924T234059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150924T234059Z UID:10006264-1446888600-1446915600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Leadership for Social Justice: A Sikh-American Perspective DESCRIPTION:This one-day workshop provides insights and training for individuals who wish to lead social change efforts. The workshop will be conducted by the Sikh Coalition\, a community-based organization that works toward the realization of civil and human rights for all people\, including Sikh-Americans. It will include sessions devoted to lobbying\, media\, legal remedies\, and a case study on effective advocacy. The workshop will be highly interactive and will provide participants with concrete skills that will enable them to immediately begin advocating on major social and political issues. \nEVENT PHOTOS: \nIf you have trouble viewing above images\, you may view this album directly on Flickr. \n  \n\n  \nAbout the Workshop Trainers:\nArjun Singh joined the Sikh Coalition in June 2015 as the Director of Law & Policy. In this role\, he is responsible for advocating and promoting policy solutions to civil rights issues that impact Sikhs and the broader American public. His work focuses on government affairs on Capitol Hill\, inside the White House\, and across numerous federal agencies\, including the Department of Justice\, Department of Homeland Security\, and Department of State. Additionally\, Arjun is an integral contributor to our media relations\, coalition building\, and regional advocacy campaigns. \nArjun joins the Sikh Coalition with nearly a decade of litigation and advocacy experience focused on civil and human rights in Washington D.C. First\, he spent six years working as a Government Affairs and Litigation Associate at the international law firm of Covington & Burling LLP\, where his clients included victims of government profiling\, national security detainees\, and criminal defendants on death row. More recently\, Arjun worked as a National Legislative Counsel for human rights and national security related affairs at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He is a regular contributor to national media outlets like Al Jazeera America\, CNN\, the Washington Post\, and USA Today\, and is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center\, where he teaches a course on 21st century policing and surveillance. \nArjun is a graduate of New York University School of Law and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. \n  \nHarjit Kaur joined the Sikh Coalition as Community Development Manager in May 2014. As Community Development Manager\, she leads program development and implementation for Bay Area youth to encourage leadership and engage them in advocacy and social justice work. She is also responsible for community engagement efforts and education initiatives to raise awareness about Sikhs. \nHarjit initially joined the Sikh Coalition as a graduate of the Sikh Advocate Academy\, Class of 2012. In her role as a Volunteer Sikh Advocate\, she supported key initiatives such as the passage of the Workplace Religious Freedom Act of California and became a member of the Sacramento Area Hate Crimes Task Force at the U.S. Department of Justice \nPrior to joining the Sikh Coalition\, she was a part of the criminal defense team in a recent landmark case\, led by Mani Sidhu\, Esq.\, in which a battered South Asian woman in Yuba City was acquitted of first degree murder due to self-defense and the defense of her unborn female child. She currently serves as a board member of the Sacramento South Asian Bar Association and is the board secretary for the Sacramento Valley Charter School. She is also an adjunct professor and advisory committee board member for the legal assisting program at American River College. \nHarjit earned her J.D. from the University of the Pacific\, McGeorge School of Law in 2011 and is licensed to practice in California. Harjit obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Sonoma State University. \n\n  \nFree and open to all UCSC students and staff. Breakfast\, lunch and coffee/tea provided.\nPre-registration required. Please register by clicking here. Enrollment limited to 20. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/leadership-for-social-justice-a-sikh-american-perspective-2/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151110 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20150916T202258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150916T202258Z UID:10005130-1446940800-1447113599@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:HUMANISTS@WORK DESCRIPTION:Humanists@Work is heading to Sacramento\, California for our next statewide graduate student career professionalization workshop. We invite humanities PhDs\, faculty\, and staff to REGISTER for the workshop and join us for what will be another meaningful and productive gathering of humanities PhDs. We are offering a limited number of travel grants to 3 students from each UC campus (grants will cover your roundtrip travel and accommodation at The Citizen Hotel). Please note that those receiving a travel grant will be invited to the pre-workshop networking dinner. Deadline to apply for a travel grant is October 9th. Please apply online via UCHRI’s FastApps application system. For more information about the pre-workshop networking dinner\, please visit our networking page. \nSCHEDULE: HUMANISTS@WORK GRADUATE CAREER WORKSHOP & NETWORKING DINNER \nNOVEMBER 8-9\, 2015 | SACRAMENTO\, CA \n8:00AM | BREAKFAST \nHot breakfast bar with–yes\, you guessed it–plenty of caffeinated beverages \n9:00AM | WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS \nKelly Anne Brown\, UCHRI’s Assistant Director \n9:15AM | THEORIZING OUR MOMENT: WHAT HUMANISTS@WORK LOOK LIKE \nPart I of a two-part conversation moderated by the Humwork Graduate Student Advisory Committee and continuing the interactive\, DIY activities began in San Diego last year\, the Humwork grad committee will facilitate a conversation about issues such as: the possibilities for work outside/alongside academia\, graduate student education and support\, the general conditions of the humanities in higher education and society more generally\, and the role of gatherings like Humwork to intervene in the many structural\, cultural\, and practical issues surrounding humanities work. \n9:45AM | STORIES FROM THE FIELD \nUC Humanities PhDs share their stories as humanists@work in the world. Featuring: \nJ. Guevara\, Economic Development Manager for the City of Santa Cruz (PhD Literature\, UCSC\, 2012)\nAmy Jamgochian\, Academic Program Director\, Prison University Project (PhD Rhetoric\, UCB\, 2010)\nSusie Lundy\, Bay Area Program Director\, Youth Speaks (PhD Cultural Studies\, UCLA\, 2008)\nMarty Weis\, UC Davis English PhD\, 2015\nModerated by Simon Abramowitsch\, UC Davis English PhD and Humanists@Work Graduate Advisory Committee Member \n11:00AM | COFFEE/NETWORKING BREAK \n11:30AM | RÉSUMÉ REDUX: USING THE WRITING PROCESS AS A TOOL FOR CAREER DISCOVERY \nThe quest to create a replicable résumé development framework for humanities PhD candidates exploring a variety of careers continues! \nSince UCHRI’s February 2015 Humanists@Work workshop in San Diego\, Jared Redick of The Résumé Studio\, Kelly Anne Brown of UCHRI\, and selected UC humanists have been hard at work refining the process of presenting academic experience within the boundaries of a non-academic résumé. \nThis iteration of the workshop builds on the work of past presentations at Berkeley and San Diego\, focusing on how the writing process is being used as a tool for career discovery. Highlights include: \nA glimpse into how current PhD candidates and other graduate students have used the Job Description Analysis to translate their academic and dissertation experience into transferable skills useful within a reimagined résumé.\nBefore and after samples from graduate students who have gone the distance and turned their backgrounds into marketable résumés\, several resulting in new jobs this year.\nUnsurprisingly\, the work focuses on the student’s ability to convert academic activities into work experience that resonates beyond academia. Sounds easier than it is—which is why this series continues. UCLA PhD candidate Dana Linda joins the discussion to share her own experience\, as well as insights she learned while going through the process. \nImportant: \nPlease be sure you have watched the full 1.5 hour Berkeley video before you attend\, otherwise you may not gain the full value of this presentation.\nBring your current CV and/or résumé attempt (no matter how rough\, printed or on your laptop) so it’s on hand for ideas you may capture along the way.\nJared Redick\, The Résumé Studio and Dana Linda\, UCLA Comparative Literature PhD Candidate \n12:45PM | LUNCH \nIn addition to a hot lunch\, participants will have access to view Al Farrow’s Bay Area Figurative Drawings in the special collections gallery. \n1:45PM | BREAKOUT SESSIONS \nSESSION A\nSKETCHING YOUR CAREER’S UNIQUE CHRONOLOGY IN THE RÉSUMÉ CONTEXT \nCROCKER ATRIUM\nJared Redick\, The Résumé Studio \nWorking one-on-one with University of California PhD candidates and other graduate students this year\, one of the surprising elements Jared Redick has discovered has been the complex task of distilling the hierarchy of one’s career within the limitations of the chronological résumé. \nAnd chronological résumés are essential in the world beyond academia because functional résumés—while sometimes useful—are frequently regarded by recruiters and hiring managers as tools for masking periods of unemployment. \nIn this breakout session\, Dana Linda joins Jared Redick for focused table work that utilizes the simplicity of 3×5 cards to wire frame your experience (institution names\, job titles\, dates\, buckets) in a way that is readily understood by recruiters and hiring managers. This breakout is intended for people who are\, or will soon be\, deeply focused on the résumé development process. \nImportant: \nBring a stack of your own 3×5 cards for table work. These are essential to the exercise we’ll be doing\, and we will not have enough to give to everyone.\nBring your current CV and/or résumé attempt\, no matter how rough\, printed or on your laptop.\nPlease be sure you have watched the 1.5 hour Berkeley video before you attend\, otherwise you may not gain the full value of this breakout session.\nSESSION B\nDECODING WORK: A VALUES-BASED APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING CAREERS FOR HUMANITIES PHDS \nCEMO MEETING SPACE\nAnnie Maxfield\, UCLA\nIn this session students will connect their unique strengths and value system to career trajectories by surveying how values are expressed through work\, organizations and industries. We will identify concrete UC-Humanities PhD career paths\, and discuss ways to “decode” jobs\, imagine possibilities\, and identify starting points. \n3:00PM | COFFEE/NETWORKING BREAK \n3:30PM | A MINDFUL INQUIRY INTO THE RIGHT KIND OF WORK \nLauri Mattenson\, UCLA Writing Programs\nMany of our assumptions about the job search are predetermined by the routines and rules of our educational institutions\, and accordingly\, we learn to package ourselves like products for sale to potential employers. If instead\, we regard ourselves as in-process and engage in mindful practices with an attitude of receptive non-judgement\, we can free ourselves from fixed notions of self and success. \nIn this participatory workshop\, we will practice “generative mindfulness” exercises designed to inspire greater insight into what might bring us true professional pleasure and fulfillment. \nMindful meditation is known to facilitate decision-making and cognitive flexibility and enhance well-being\, creativity\, social performance\, and health (Langer\, 1989; 2005; 2009)\, so a mindful inquiry into the right kind of work may help us conceptualize and create a career deeply aligned with our skills and values. \n4:30PM | PART II: THEORIZING OUR MOMENT \n5:30PM | CONCLUDING REMARKS URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/humanistswork-3/ LOCATION:The Citizen Hotel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Humanists@work.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151109T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151109T160000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151113T202305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151113T202305Z UID:10006301-1447070400-1447084800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Enduring Power - Photography Exhibit - Nov. 2 - Dec. 17 DESCRIPTION:Enduring Power: \nThe Middle Eastern and Iranian Women’s Story \n— A Photography Exhibit — \nNovember 2 – December 17\, 2015 \nAT: Resource Center for Nonviolence\, 612 Ocean St.\, Santa Cruz\, CA \nExhibit HOURS: M-TH noon – 4p.m. or by appointment\, 831-423-1626 \nSponsored by the Resource Center for Nonviolence and Senses Cultural\, \nEnduring Power’s striking images represent a wide range of experiences\, aspirations\, fears and realities of Middle Eastern and Iranian women from Yemen\, Egypt\, Bahrain\, Iran and Kuwait. A collection of work from several female photographers of Middle Eastern backgrounds\, Enduring Power shows an intimate and unique perspective of an otherwise private world to the American audience. This exhibition\, curated by photographer Sina Araghi\, presents powerful stories of education\, individuality\, familial relationships\, societal restraints\, and boldness. \n“Peering behind the veil and headscarves to reveal real individuals is a delicate but necessary boundary to push. These photographs speak of the greater issues of identity and resilience\, and the strength of women within these regions. Their sense of identity has not been erased by culture or governments. \n These women are empowering themselves – against all obstacles – through their own will. A clear defiance and a sense of individuality is present. They are not weak or afraid. They are powerful and energized. They command your attention and your interest. Let their stories be heard.” — Sina Araghi\, curator of Enduring Power \nSenses Cultural\, Davis\, CA\, and the Resource Center for Nonviolence are collaborating on this Senses Cultural’s traveling photography exhibition\, which was previously at UC Davis\, San Francisco State University. Senses Cultural believes that women – mothers\, grandmothers\, and daughters – have been the quiet strength that protects the rights of their families\, communities\, and nations. \nPlease join us for the First Friday EXHIBIT RECEPTION on December 4\, 6-9p.m. featuring Tata Masud\, Founder and CEO of Senses Cultural\, Davis\, CA. Light refreshments will be available. \nCo-sponsors (list in formation): WILPF Santa Cruz \nFor more information: 831-423-1626\, rcnv.org \nCurator Statement by Sina Araghi\nEnduring Power: The Middle Eastern and Iranian Woman’s Story is a collection of work by seven female photographers from Egypt\, Kuwait\, Bahrain\, Yemen\, and Iran\, examining the lives and livelihoods of women in that region. \nApart from their exceptional photographic work\, these photographers were selected in great part due to their diverse coverage of topics regarding women\, spanning across many different countries throughout the Middle East. \nPeering behind the veil and headscarves to reveal real individuals is a delicate but necessary boundary to push. It is so vital to the future and progress of women in these cultures to be seen succeeding\, thriving\, and discovering – all on their own. Whether they are generations apart or contemporaries\, progress is achieved when women grow and improve on their own terms\, separate from the male influence that so strongly permeates their public culture and the worldwide media. There is an almost constant push/pull between the individualized and powerful identity of the Middle Eastern woman\, and the attempts by culture and government to erase that identity. \nThis collection of images illustrate how that sense of identity has not been erased. This collection is a celebration of the progress and growth that has happened\, and a tangible foreshadowing of what is still to come. \nThe division of gender throughout daily life creates two very different worlds within the same culture. The photographic perspective in this exhibition is unique to women who are inside these cultures and countries. These 7 photographers are not outsiders\, tourists\, or just passing through\, and the familiarity and camaraderie felt between ‘insiders’ is tangible in these photographs. Being a female photographer creates uniquely privileged access into the lives and experiences of the Middle Eastern woman – access into a world that men seldom are privy to. Respecting this access while still honoring the truth in moments witnessed requires grace and trust. There is fragility in that access. As an Iranian male photographer\, I admire this perspective\, knowing full well the limitations and privileges of my own gender. \nCollectively\, these photographs speak of the greater issues of identity and resilience\, and the strength of women within these regions. They are empowering themselves – against all obstacles – through their own will. A clear defiance and sense of individuality is present (an especially sacred quality in a world of appearance commonality)\, and there is no apologizing for any of it. These women are not weak or afraid. They are resilient\, powerful\, and energized. They command your attention and your interest. \nLet their stories be heard. \n-Sina Araghi\, curator \nFor more information: 831-423-1626\, rcnv.org URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/enduring-power-photography-exhibit-nov-2-dec-17-3/2015-11-09/ LOCATION:Resource Center for Non Violence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Unknown.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151109T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151109T190000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20150611T220357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150611T220357Z UID:10006157-1447088400-1447095600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Ruth Wilson Gilmore: "Organized Abandonment and Organized Violence: Devolution and the Police" DESCRIPTION:EVENT VIDEO:\n \nEVENT PHOTOS:\n \n  \nCITY ON A HILL PRESS ARTICLE:\n \nThe UC Presidential Chair in Feminist Critical Race and Ethnic Studies invited Ruth Wilson Gilmore to UC Santa Cruz to discuss police violence and mass incarceration in a lecture called “Organized Abandonment & Organized Violence: Devolution and The Police.” Her discussion in the UCSC Music Recital Hall on Nov. 9 paralleled the theme of her prize-winning publication “Golden Gulag\,” a prescient examination of California prisons and the consequences of a punitive justice system. Continue Reading Article \n  \n\nEVENT INFO:\n“America locks up too many people for too many offenses\, jamming prisons\, ruining families and running up steep taxpayer bills. That’s the party line on mass incarceration heard from social critics for years\, but now it’s coming from a new chorus: police chiefs by the score.” –San Francisco Chronicle\, October 22\, 2015 \nOn November 9\, the UC Presidential Chair in Feminist Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at UC Santa Cruz will examine the issue of police and prisons with a free public lecture by Ruth Wilson Gilmore. The title of her talk is “Organized Abandonment & Organized Violence: Devolution & the Police.” Feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker\, co–chair of the UC Presidential Chair with literature professor Karen Yamashita\, explained why they decided to bring Gilmore to campus. \n“Several years ago\, Ruth Wilson Gilmore wrote a timely and significant book\, ‘Golden Gulag: Prisons\, Surplus\, Crisis\, and Opposition in Globalizing California\,’ published by the University of California Press\,” said Aptheker. “Gilmore\, a well-known public intellectual\, documents in this book the ways in which California embarked upon the largest prison-building project in its and the nation’s history. Her work critically examines the political and economic forces that combined to propel such an ominous course.” Aptheker added that despite a crime rate that has been steadily declining for decades\, California continues to incarcerate\, even in the face of federal court orders to reduce its overcrowded and repressive system. “Most affected by these rates of incarceration are men and women of color\,” Aptheker noted. Continue Reading \nRuth Wilson Gilmore is Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences\, and American Studies at the Graduate Center\, CUNY. She has many honors and awards\, and has delivered invited lectures at universities and cultural institutions around the world. Among many publications\, her prize-winning book is Golden Gulag: Prisons\, Surplus\, Crisis\, and Opposition in Globalizing California (2007). Current projects include a second edition of Golden Gulag\, as well as several other book projects: Fatal Couplings: Essays on Motion\, Racial Capitalism\, and the Black Radical Tradition; and Big Things: Reconfigured Landscapes and the Infrastructure of Feeling. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and The Caribbean (IRADAC)\, and serves on the boards of many social justice\, cultural\, and scholarly formations in the US\, Europe\, and West Asia. She was a founding member of Critical Resistance\, California Prison Moratorium Project\, and other grassroots organizations. \nUCSC Sponsors\nUC Presidential Chair in Feminist Critical Race and Ethnic Studies\nUC Presidential Chair in Criminal Justice Reform\nInstitute for Humanities Research\nArts Division \nDirections & Parking\nThe Music Center is located east of Heller Drive\, and is best accessed from the West Entrance of the campus. At the Main Entrance\, proceed west on Empire Grade\, then turn right on Heller (the West Entrance). Go four stop signs and turn right on Meyer Dr.\n$4 parking available in the Performing Arts Lot #126.\nClick here for a map and directions \nFor information and disability accommodations\, please contact ihr@ucsc.edu or (831) 459-5655. \nJoin the Discussion\nFacebook\n#ihrevents\n#ucsc50 URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/ruth-wilson-gilmore-2/ LOCATION:Music Center Recital Hall\, Music Center\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Gilmore_Final.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151109T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151109T213000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151028T222516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151028T222516Z UID:10006294-1447097400-1447104600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:UPDATED TIME: Amalia Mesa-Bains Talk & Film Screening of "Eduardo Carrillo: A Life of Engagement" DESCRIPTION:Monday\, November 9\, 2015\n6 PM\, Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) 108 \nThe Institute of the Arts and Sciences and the Museo Eduardo Carrillo invite you to a talk by internationally renowned artist Amalia Mesa-Bains and a screening of the Museo’s new 30 minute documentary Eduardo Carrillo: A Life of Engagement. \nAmalia Mesa-Bains is an artist\, scholar\, curator\, and writer who has been involved in the Chicano artist movement since the 1960s. Dr. Mesa-Bains is a leading altar installation artist\, incorporating Chicano culture and folk traditions into her work. She was the curator for the traveling exhibition\,Ceremony of Memory\, and the regional committee chair (Northern California) for the exhibitionChicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation\, 1965-1985 (CARA). She also has written extensively on Chicano art. \nEduardo Carrillo was a founding faculty member at Oakes College at UC Santa Cruz\, beloved Professor of Art and a renowned painter and muralist. He came of age during the dynamic social change on the 1960s. His tenure at UCSC (1972-1997) began at a turning point on the campus; there was a commitment to become more socially conscious and representative of diversity. Mesa-Bains and Eduardo worked together on a project called the CALIFAS SEMINAR at the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery\, Porter College\, UCSC in April\, 1982. Califas gathered Chicano/a artists to discuss the evolving role they played in society. It was a breakthrough event. \nFilmed over 4 years across California and in Baja California\, Mexico\, the award winning documentary\, A Life of Engagement\, documents the artist’s relationship with his Mexican cultural heritage as he negotiated the challenges first generation Americans faced during the tumultuous social changes of the 60s and 70s. It features commentary by Amalia Mesa- Bains. \nJoin us November 9 at 6 pm in Digital Art Research Center\, RM 108. The event is FREE and open to the public. Parking is available in the Performing Arts Lot for $4. \nThis program is cosponsored by the Chicano Latino Research Center. Institute programs are supported by the Division of the Arts and and our annual donors. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/amalia-mesa-bains-talk-film-screening-of-eduardo-carrillo-a-life-of-engagement-3/ LOCATION:Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) Dark Lab\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151112T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151112T180000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20150904T183652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150904T183652Z UID:10005124-1447344000-1447351200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Miriam Posner: “Head-and-Shoulder Hunting in the Americas: Exploring Lobotomy's Visual Culture” DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the University Library \nBetween 1936 and 1967\, Walter Freeman\, a prominent neurologist\, lobotomized as many as 3\,500 Americans. Freeman was also an obsessive photographer\, taking patients’ photographs before their operations and tracking them down years — even decades — later. In this presentation\, Miriam Posner details her efforts to understand why Freeman was so devoted to this practice\, using computer-assisted image-mining and -analysis techniques to show how these images fit into the larger visual culture of 20th-century psychiatry. \n\n  \nMiriam Posner is the Digital Humanities program coordinator and a member of the core DH faculty at the University of California\, Los Angeles. A film\, media\, and visual culture scholar by training\, she frequently writes on the history of science and technology. She is also a member of the executive council of the Association for Computers and the Humanities. \nMore details click here! URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/miriam-posner-head-and-shoulder-hunting-in-the-americas-exploring-lobotomys-visual-culture-2/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Posner_Poster_11.12.15.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151112T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151112T200000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20150909T181112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150909T181112Z UID:10005127-1447353000-1447358400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading with California's Poet Laureate Emeritus Al Young DESCRIPTION:UC Santa Cruz presents California’s Poet Laureate Emeritus Al Young. \nAl Young\, born in Ocean Springs\, Mississippi\, is an American poet\, novelist\, essayist\, screenwriter\, and professor. In 2005\, he was named poet laureate of California by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Widely translated\, Al Young’s twenty-two books include: poetry—Heaven\, The Sound of Dreams Remembered\, Coastal Nights and Inland Afternoons\, and Something About the Blues; fiction—Who Is Angelina?\, Sitting Pretty\, and Seduction by Light; essays—Jazz Idiom: The Jazz Photography of Charles L. Robinson; anthologies—Yardbird Lives! (co-edited with Ishmael Reed)\, African American Literature: A Brief Introduction and Anthology\, and The Literature of California (with Jack Hicks\, James D. Houston\, and Maxine Hong Kingston); musical memoirs—Bodies & Soul\, Kinds of Blue\, Mingus Mingus: Two Memoirs (with Janet Coleman)\, and Drowning in the Sea of Love. His work has appeared in literary journals and magazines including Paris Review\, Ploughshares\, Essence\, The New York Times\, Chicago Review\, Seattle Review\, Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz & Literature\, Chelsea\, Rolling Stone\, Gathering of the Tribes\, and in anthologies including the Norton Anthology of African American Literature\, and the Oxford Anthology of African American Literature. His honors include NEA\, Fulbright\, and Guggenheim Fellowships; the PEN/Library of Congress Award for Short Fiction; the PEN/USA Award for Nonfiction; two Pushcart Prizes; two American Book Awards; the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence; and\, most recently\, the 2011 Thomas Wolfe Award. \nOn the first Friday of each month\, he reads a freshly-composed poem during The California Report\,broadcast at San Francisco’s NPR-affiliate KQED. A teaching veteran (Stanford\, UC Santa Cruz\, University of Michigan\, Colorado College\, University of Washington\, Rice\, University of Arkansas\, Davidson College)\, he currently holds seminars in imaginative writing and creativity at California College of the Arts\, San Francisco. Love Offline\, a new poem collection\, awaits publication. In the 1970s and 80s\, Young wrote screenplays for Sidney Poitier\, Bill Cosby\, and Richard Pryor. Learn more about this versatile Berkeley-based author at www.AlYoung.org \n\n  \nIn conjunction with the Living Writers Series Fall 2015. \nCreative Work & Critical Play \nThursdays\, 6:00-7:45 PM\nHumanities Lecture Hall\, 206 \nCreative Work & Critical Play features contemporary writers and artists who expose and explore the space between critical discourse and the creative imagination. Through the work of making art and the play in ideation\, they mine issues of race\, sexuality\, gender\, and class through several genres and media\, to include poetry\, fiction\, critical prose\, performance\, sonic and visual art\, memoir\, as well as hybrid forms. \nOctober 8: CA Conrad: The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage\nOctober 15: Tonya Foster: California College of the Arts\nOctober 22: John Keene: Rutgers University\, Newark\nOctober 29: Ronaldo V. Wilson: University of California\, Santa Cruz\nNovember 5: Student Reading\nNovember 12: Al Young: California Poet Laureate\, Emeritus\nNovember 19: Juliana Spahr: Mills College & Jasper Bernes: University of California\, Berkeley\nDecember 3: Claudia Rankine: University of Southern California URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/sixth-annual-morton-marcus-memorial-poetry-reading-2/ LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-Poster-for-Internet-Al-Young.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151113T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151113T120000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20150904T183832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150904T183832Z UID:10005126-1447407000-1447416000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Workshop with Miriam Posner: "How Did They Make That?" DESCRIPTION:Directions in Digital Humanities presents:\nMiriam Posner\nUCLA \nHead-and-Shoulder Hunting in the Americas:\nExploring\nLobotomy’s Visual Culture \nWorkshop: How Did They Make That?\n\nThe catch-all term “digital project” can refer to a daunting array of technologies and methods. For a newcomer (or even an experienced practitioner)\, it can be hard to know where to start. In this presentation\, we’ll examine a range of digital projects to get a handle on what’s out there. Then I’ll share some simple principles for figuring out the sources and technologies that constitute a “project.” You can use these principles to model your own project\, or just to understand and evaluate someone else’s. \n\n  \nMiriam Posner is the Digital Humanities program coordinator and a member of the core DH faculty at the University of California\, Los Angeles. A film\, media\, and visual culture scholar by training\, she frequently writes on the history of science and technology. She is also a member of the executive council of the Association for Computers and the Humanities. \nMore details click here! URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/workshop-with-miriam-posner-how-did-they-make-that-2/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/miriam-posner.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151113T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151113T140000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151007T220940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151007T220940Z UID:10005149-1447417800-1447423200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Friday Forum: Maya Iverson "Re-reading the Black Civil Rights Documentary 'Sit-In'" DESCRIPTION:The Friday Forum is a graduate-run colloquium dedicated to the presentation and discussion of graduate student research. The series will be held weekly from 12:30pm to 2pm and will serve as a venue for graduate students in the Humanities\, Social Sciences\, and Arts divisions to share and develop their research. \nThis meeting will feature Maya Iverson (Sociology) presenting her talk “Re-reading the Black Civil Rights Documentary ‘Sit-In'”. Maya Iverson is a PhD student in Sociology. Her research focuses on black American media histories\, archives and representation. Currently her work concerns how media scholars analyze the presence of black Americans in non-fictional depictions of the Civil Rights Movement.\n  \nFor more info\, or to inquire about joining the roster of presenters for the 2015-16 academic year\, contact: fridayforum.ucsc@gmail.com URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/friday-forum-maya-iverson-re-reading-the-black-civil-rights-documentary-sit-in-3/ LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 202 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Friday-Forum-Poster-2015-16.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151113T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151113T151000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151109T172621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151109T172621Z UID:10006299-1447423200-1447427400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Manuel M. Martín-Rodríguez: "A Net Made of Words: Intertextuality in Chicano/a Literature" DESCRIPTION:This lecture will explore ways in which Chicano/a literature crosses literary borders\, establishing a net of ties and connections with other literary traditions. \nManuel M. Martín-Rodríguez is Professor of Literature and founding faculty at the University of California\, Merced. He has published the books The Textual Outlaw: Reading John Rechy in the 21st Century (co-edited with Beth Hernandez-Jason\, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares\, 2015)\, Cantas a Marte y das batalla a Apolo: Cinco estudios sobre Gaspar de Villagrá (Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española\, 2014)\, With a Book in Their Hands: Chicano/a Readers and Readership Across the Centuries (University of New Mexico Press\, 2014\, edited; recipient of a 2015 International Latino Book Award)\, a scholarly edition of Gaspar de Villagrá’s Historia de la nueva Mexico (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares\, 2010)\, Gaspar de Villagrá: Legista\, soldado y poeta (Universidad de León\, 2009)\, Life in Search of Readers: Reading (in) Chicano/a Literature (University of New Mexico Press\, 2003)\, La voz urgente: Antología de literatura chicana en español (Editorial Fundamentos\, 1995\, 1999\, and 2006)\, and Rolando Hinojosa y su “cronicón” chicano: Una novela del lector (Universidad de Sevilla\, 1993). His scholarly articles have appeared in PMLA\, Modern Language Quarterly\, The Bilingual Review\, The Americas Review\, La Palabra y el Hombre\, Hispania\, Revista Iberoamericana\, Latin American Literary Review\, REDEN\, and Aztlán\, among others. Martín-Rodríguez is also the publisher of alternaCtive-publicaCtions\, a virtual press that has featured numerous Latino/a authors. He serves on the National Committee of the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award\, and is an elected Académico de Número of the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/manuel-m-martin-rodriguez-a-net-made-of-words-intertextuality-in-chicanoa-literature-3/ LOCATION:College 8\, Red Room ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mmr-flyer.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151116T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151116T160000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151113T202305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151113T202305Z UID:10006302-1447675200-1447689600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Enduring Power - Photography Exhibit - Nov. 2 - Dec. 17 DESCRIPTION:Enduring Power: \nThe Middle Eastern and Iranian Women’s Story \n— A Photography Exhibit — \nNovember 2 – December 17\, 2015 \nAT: Resource Center for Nonviolence\, 612 Ocean St.\, Santa Cruz\, CA \nExhibit HOURS: M-TH noon – 4p.m. or by appointment\, 831-423-1626 \nSponsored by the Resource Center for Nonviolence and Senses Cultural\, \nEnduring Power’s striking images represent a wide range of experiences\, aspirations\, fears and realities of Middle Eastern and Iranian women from Yemen\, Egypt\, Bahrain\, Iran and Kuwait. A collection of work from several female photographers of Middle Eastern backgrounds\, Enduring Power shows an intimate and unique perspective of an otherwise private world to the American audience. This exhibition\, curated by photographer Sina Araghi\, presents powerful stories of education\, individuality\, familial relationships\, societal restraints\, and boldness. \n“Peering behind the veil and headscarves to reveal real individuals is a delicate but necessary boundary to push. These photographs speak of the greater issues of identity and resilience\, and the strength of women within these regions. Their sense of identity has not been erased by culture or governments. \n These women are empowering themselves – against all obstacles – through their own will. A clear defiance and a sense of individuality is present. They are not weak or afraid. They are powerful and energized. They command your attention and your interest. Let their stories be heard.” — Sina Araghi\, curator of Enduring Power \nSenses Cultural\, Davis\, CA\, and the Resource Center for Nonviolence are collaborating on this Senses Cultural’s traveling photography exhibition\, which was previously at UC Davis\, San Francisco State University. Senses Cultural believes that women – mothers\, grandmothers\, and daughters – have been the quiet strength that protects the rights of their families\, communities\, and nations. \nPlease join us for the First Friday EXHIBIT RECEPTION on December 4\, 6-9p.m. featuring Tata Masud\, Founder and CEO of Senses Cultural\, Davis\, CA. Light refreshments will be available. \nCo-sponsors (list in formation): WILPF Santa Cruz \nFor more information: 831-423-1626\, rcnv.org \nCurator Statement by Sina Araghi\nEnduring Power: The Middle Eastern and Iranian Woman’s Story is a collection of work by seven female photographers from Egypt\, Kuwait\, Bahrain\, Yemen\, and Iran\, examining the lives and livelihoods of women in that region. \nApart from their exceptional photographic work\, these photographers were selected in great part due to their diverse coverage of topics regarding women\, spanning across many different countries throughout the Middle East. \nPeering behind the veil and headscarves to reveal real individuals is a delicate but necessary boundary to push. It is so vital to the future and progress of women in these cultures to be seen succeeding\, thriving\, and discovering – all on their own. Whether they are generations apart or contemporaries\, progress is achieved when women grow and improve on their own terms\, separate from the male influence that so strongly permeates their public culture and the worldwide media. There is an almost constant push/pull between the individualized and powerful identity of the Middle Eastern woman\, and the attempts by culture and government to erase that identity. \nThis collection of images illustrate how that sense of identity has not been erased. This collection is a celebration of the progress and growth that has happened\, and a tangible foreshadowing of what is still to come. \nThe division of gender throughout daily life creates two very different worlds within the same culture. The photographic perspective in this exhibition is unique to women who are inside these cultures and countries. These 7 photographers are not outsiders\, tourists\, or just passing through\, and the familiarity and camaraderie felt between ‘insiders’ is tangible in these photographs. Being a female photographer creates uniquely privileged access into the lives and experiences of the Middle Eastern woman – access into a world that men seldom are privy to. Respecting this access while still honoring the truth in moments witnessed requires grace and trust. There is fragility in that access. As an Iranian male photographer\, I admire this perspective\, knowing full well the limitations and privileges of my own gender. \nCollectively\, these photographs speak of the greater issues of identity and resilience\, and the strength of women within these regions. They are empowering themselves – against all obstacles – through their own will. A clear defiance and sense of individuality is present (an especially sacred quality in a world of appearance commonality)\, and there is no apologizing for any of it. These women are not weak or afraid. They are resilient\, powerful\, and energized. They command your attention and your interest. \nLet their stories be heard. \n-Sina Araghi\, curator \nFor more information: 831-423-1626\, rcnv.org URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/enduring-power-photography-exhibit-nov-2-dec-17-3/2015-11-16/ LOCATION:Resource Center for Non Violence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Unknown.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151118T133000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20150612T205123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150612T205123Z UID:10005118-1447848000-1447853400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Catherine Ramírez: “'Our Porto Ricans': Puerto Rican Students at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School\, 1898-1923" DESCRIPTION:Catherine Ramírez works on 20th-century Mexican-American history\, histories of migration and assimilation\, Latino literature\, feminist theory\, and comparative ethnic studies. She is writing a book on the history of assimilation in the U.S. and was recently awarded a grant from the Mellon Foundation for her work on migration\, belonging\, and non-citizenship. \nRamírez is Associate Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies and Director of the Chicano Latino Research Center at UC Santa Cruz. \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/center-for-cultural-studies-colloquium-series-7-2/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151119T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151119T180000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151009T224532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151009T224532Z UID:10006276-1447948800-1447956000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Casey O'Callaghan "The Multisensory Character of Perception" DESCRIPTION:Abstract: My thesis is that perceptual awareness itself is richly multisensory. I argue for this conclusion on the grounds that certain forms of multisensory perceptual experience are incompatible with the claim that each aspect of a perceptual experience is associated with some specific sensory modality or another. First\, I explicate what it is for some feature of a conscious perceptual episode to be associated with a given modality\, or to be modality specific\, since no clear criterion yet exists in the literature on multisensory perception. Then\, I argue based on philosophical and experimental evidence that some novel intermodal features are perceptible only through the coordinated use of multiple senses. The cases to which I appeal involve consciously perceptible feature instances and feature types that could not be perceptually experienced through the use of individual sense modalities working on their own or simply in parallel. Thus\, not every feature of a conscious perceptual episode is associated with some specific modality or another. Finally\, I offer an account of how to type perceptual experiences by modality that makes room for richly multisensory experiences. The key is rejecting the presumption that perceptual experiences apportion neatly into modality-specific components – an experience’s being visual does not preclude its being auditory. \nPre-reading: The Multisensory Character of Perception \nAbout: Casey O’Callaghan is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. Research Interests: Focus on philosophical questions about perception\, auditory perception and the nature of its objects. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/casey-ocallaghan-3/ LOCATION:Humanities 2\, Room 259 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151119T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151119T194500 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20150918T192729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150918T192729Z UID:10006174-1447956000-1447962300@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Living Writers: Juliana Spahr & Jasper Bernes DESCRIPTION:Juliana Spahr\n Mills College \nJuliana Spahr edits the book series Chain Links with Jena Osman and the collectively funded Subpress with nineteen other people and Commune Editions with Joshua Clover and Jasper Bernes. With David Buuck she wrote Army of Lovers. She has edited with Stephanie Young A Megaphone: Some Enactments\, Some Numbers\, and Some Essays about the Continued Usefulness of Crotchless-pants-and-a-machine-gun Feminism (Chain Links\, 2011)\, with Joan Retallack Poetry & Pedagogy: the Challenge of the Contemporary(Palgrave\, 2006)\, and with Claudia Rankine American Women Poets in the 21st Century(Wesleyan U P\, 2002). With Joshua Clover\, she has twice organized somewhat free schools\, the 95 cent Skool (summer of 2010) and the Durruti Free Skool (summer of 2011)\, written on politics\, on manifestos\, applied for a job at the Poetry Foundation\, and organized\, with Chris Chen too\, the conference Poetry and/or Revolution. \n \n  \nJasper Bernes\n University of California\, Berkeley \nJasper Bernes is the author of two books of poetry\, We Are Nothing and So Can You (2015) and Starsdown (2007). He is currently completing a book of literary history\, Poetry in the Age of Deindustrialization\, about the role poetry and art played in the postindustrial restructuring of labour. With Joshua Clover and Juliana Spahr\, he edits Commune Editions. \n  \n\n  \nFall 2015 Living Writers Series: \nCreative Work & Critical Play \nThursdays\, 6:00-7:45 PM\nHumanities Lecture Hall\, 206 \nCreative Work & Critical Play features contemporary writers and artists who expose and explore the space between critical discourse and the creative imagination. Through the work of making art and the play in ideation\, they mine issues of race\, sexuality\, gender\, and class through several genres and media\, to include poetry\, fiction\, critical prose\, performance\, sonic and visual art\, memoir\, as well as hybrid forms. \nOctober 8: CA Conrad: The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage\nOctober 15: Tonya Foster: California College of the Arts\nOctober 22: John Keene: Rutgers University\, Newark\nOctober 29: Ronaldo V. Wilson: University of California\, Santa Cruz\nNovember 5: Student Reading\nNovember 12: Al Young: California Poet Laureate\, Emeritus\nNovember 19: Juliana Spahr: Mills College & Jasper Bernes: University of California\, Berkeley\nDecember 3: Claudia Rankine: University of Southern California URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-series-fall-2015-al-young-2/ LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Living-Writers-2015-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151119T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151119T210000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151019T170223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151019T170223Z UID:10006289-1447959600-1447966800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Working for Dignity: A Community Discussion on Raising the Minimum Wage DESCRIPTION:This event launches the final report from the Working for Dignity: Low-Wage Worker Study of Santa Cruz County\, produced by UCSC Center for Labor Studies\, and a community conversation on economic justice. The event will include a panel discussion on the state-wide campaign to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour\, featuring local workers and small business owners\, community organizations\, and experts on the minimum wage. A wide range of community groups working on issues such as affordable housing\, wage theft & legal services\, paid family and sick leave\, voter registration\, and immigration reform will be on hand with information about services – and how you can get involved in the fight for economic justice. Refreshments provided and translation available. \nCo-sponsored by the UCSC Center for Labor Studies\, the Economic Justice Alliance\, Chicano Latino Research Center\, UC Humanities Research Institute\, California Rural Legal Assistance\, SC Day Worker Center\, and the Museum of Art and History. \nQuestions? Email smckay@ucsc.edu\n  \n\nTrabajando por la Dignidad: Una conversación comunitaria sobre el aumento del salario mínimo\n7:00-9:00 PM | Noviembre 19\, 2015\nMuseo de Arte y Historia\n705 Front Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA \nGratis y abierto al público \nEste evento iniciará una conversación con la comunidad sobre la justicia económica y lanzará el informe final del Trabajo por la Dignidad: Estudio de Trabajadores con Bajos Ingresos del Condado de Santa Cruz\, producido por el Centro de Estudios Laborales UCSC. El evento incluirá un panel de discusión con los trabajadores locales y los propietarios de pequeñas empresas\, organizaciones comunitarias\, y expertos en el salario mínimo sobre la campaña a nivel estatal para aumentar el salario mínimo a $15 la hora. Un amplio gama de grupos comunitarios trabajando en varios temas como la vivienda asequible\, el robo de salarios y servicios legales\, el registro de votantes\, y la reforma migratoria estarán a su disposición con la información sobre servicios– y cómo usted puede participar en la lucha por la justicia económica. Refrescos y traducción disponible. \n¿Preguntas? Ponganse en contacto con Steve smckay@ucsc.edu URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/working-for-dignity-a-community-discussion-on-raising-the-minimum-wage-3/ LOCATION:Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/working_for_dignity.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151120T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151120T140000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151007T221520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151007T221520Z UID:10005151-1448022600-1448028000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Friday Forum: Antoinette Wilson "Who Do You Think You Are: The Role of Racial Typicality on In-group Belonging and Stereotyping among African American Youth" DESCRIPTION:Antoinette Wilson is a PhD candidate in Developmental Psychology. Her work investigates ways in which in-group members judge and validate racial authenticity (e.g.\, accusations of “acting White” and bias based on skin tone). Central to her research is exploring adolescents’ perceptions of “Who fits in?”\, “Who is typical of our group”\, and “Who is ‘really’ one of us?” Her dissertation research focuses on how two aspects of racial-ethnic typicality– appearance and behavior–relate to variation in peer belonging and stereotyping among African American adolescents and young adults. Wilson’s talk describes findings from this work and is titled “Who Do You Think You Are: The Role of Racial Typicality on In-group Belonging and Stereotyping among African American Youth”. \nKeywords: Black identity\, Stereotyping\, Development\, In-group Belonging\n  \nThe Friday Forum is a graduate-run colloquium dedicated to the presentation and discussion of graduate student research. The series will be held weekly from 12:30pm to 2pm and will serve as a venue for graduate students in the Humanities\, Social Sciences\, and Arts divisions to share and develop their research. \nThis meeting will feature Antoinette Wilson (Psych) presenting her talk “Who Do You Think You Are: The Role of Racial Typicality on In-group Belonging and Stereotyping among African American Youth”. \nFor more info\, or to inquire about joining the roster of presenters for the 2015-16 academic year\, contact: fridayforum.ucsc@gmail.com. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/friday-forum-antoinette-wilson-who-do-you-think-you-are-the-role-of-racial-typicality-on-in-group-belonging-and-stereotyping-among-african-american-youth-3/ LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 202 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Toni-blurb.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151120T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151120T160000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151015T190118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151015T190118Z UID:10006281-1448028000-1448035200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Elliott Moreton: "Implicit and Explicit Learning of Phonotactic Patterns" DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nWhat properties are shared by the processes used for learning linguistic and non-linguistic patterns? What properties are different? Research on non-linguistic (mainly visual) pattern learning has found distinct implicit and explicit processes which have different computational architectures\, are facilitated by different experimental conditions\, and differ in sensitivity to different pattern types. Is the same true of phonological pattern learning (“artificial-language” experiments)? \nExperiment 1 asked whether implicit and explicit process are both available to human learners of a phonological pattern\, and whether the same experimental conditions favor one over the other as in non-linguistic pattern learning. The pattern involved binary gender assignment conditioned by a single phonological or semantic feature. Training conditions were manipulated in ways which\, in analogous non-linguistic experiments\, have been found to elicit more implicit or explicit learning. Participants’ responses were duly shifted towards one or the other\, as measured by self report of strategy\, report of the correct rule\, abruptness of learning curves\, acceleration of response times after the last error\, and bimodality of generalization performance. However\, the shift was not categorical; some implicit and some explicit learners were found in both experimental conditions. \nExperiment 2 asked whether explicit and implicit processes differed in sensitivity to structurally different patterns. In visual pattern learning\, explicit learning has typically been found to be more sensitive to two-feature exclusive-or patterns (red XOR triangle) than to three-feature family-resemblance patterns (at least two of red\, triangle\, or small)\, and a large modelling literature has been dedicated to accounting for the exclusive-or advantage. Conditions which favor implicit learning reduce or reverse the exclusive-or advantage (reviewed in Kurtz et al. 2013). Our experiment reversed both of these results: The family-resemblance pattern was the easier one\, and explicit learners showed a significantly stronger exclusive-or advantage. The reason for this surprising reversal seems to be that rule-seekers have a much harder time distinguishing relevant from irrelevant features in the exclusive-or condition compared to the family-resemblance condition. \nThese findings are discussed in the context of the larger question of how much linguistic and non-linguistic learning have in common (Moreton\, Pater\, & Pertsova\, in press)\, and in connection with the practical question of how to design and interpret phonological-learning experiments.\n \nElliott Moreton is Professor of Linguistics and Director of Graduate Studies and Admissions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.\n  \n\n  \nLinguistic Colloquium: \nThe Linguistic Department hosts colloquium talks by distinguished faculty from around the world. \nFall 2015\nOctober 9th: Keith Johnson\, UC Berkeley\nOctober 16th: Heidi Harley\, University of Arizona\nOctober 30th: Ivano Caponigro\, UC San Diego\nNovember 20th: Elliott Moreton\, University of North Carolina \nWinter 2016\nJanuary 15th: Sharon Inkelas\, UC Berkeley\nFebruary 5th: Colin Phillips\, University of Maryland\nFebruary 6th: N. Goodman\, Stanford University and A. Kehler\, UC San Diego\nMarch 5th: Linguistics Conference at Santa Cruz Conference \nSpring 2016\nApril 15th: Sabine Iatridou\, MIT\nApril 29th: Paul Kiparsky\, Stanford University\nMay 6\, 7\, 8: Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas 9\nMay 20th: Kyle Johnson\, University of Massachusetts\nMay 27th/June 3rd (TBA): Linguistics Undergraduate Research Conference \n  URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/linguistic-colloquium-elliott-moreton-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Linguistics Department":MAILTO:mjzimmer@ucsc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151123T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151123T160000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151113T202305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151113T202305Z UID:10006303-1448280000-1448294400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Enduring Power - Photography Exhibit - Nov. 2 - Dec. 17 DESCRIPTION:Enduring Power: \nThe Middle Eastern and Iranian Women’s Story \n— A Photography Exhibit — \nNovember 2 – December 17\, 2015 \nAT: Resource Center for Nonviolence\, 612 Ocean St.\, Santa Cruz\, CA \nExhibit HOURS: M-TH noon – 4p.m. or by appointment\, 831-423-1626 \nSponsored by the Resource Center for Nonviolence and Senses Cultural\, \nEnduring Power’s striking images represent a wide range of experiences\, aspirations\, fears and realities of Middle Eastern and Iranian women from Yemen\, Egypt\, Bahrain\, Iran and Kuwait. A collection of work from several female photographers of Middle Eastern backgrounds\, Enduring Power shows an intimate and unique perspective of an otherwise private world to the American audience. This exhibition\, curated by photographer Sina Araghi\, presents powerful stories of education\, individuality\, familial relationships\, societal restraints\, and boldness. \n“Peering behind the veil and headscarves to reveal real individuals is a delicate but necessary boundary to push. These photographs speak of the greater issues of identity and resilience\, and the strength of women within these regions. Their sense of identity has not been erased by culture or governments. \n These women are empowering themselves – against all obstacles – through their own will. A clear defiance and a sense of individuality is present. They are not weak or afraid. They are powerful and energized. They command your attention and your interest. Let their stories be heard.” — Sina Araghi\, curator of Enduring Power \nSenses Cultural\, Davis\, CA\, and the Resource Center for Nonviolence are collaborating on this Senses Cultural’s traveling photography exhibition\, which was previously at UC Davis\, San Francisco State University. Senses Cultural believes that women – mothers\, grandmothers\, and daughters – have been the quiet strength that protects the rights of their families\, communities\, and nations. \nPlease join us for the First Friday EXHIBIT RECEPTION on December 4\, 6-9p.m. featuring Tata Masud\, Founder and CEO of Senses Cultural\, Davis\, CA. Light refreshments will be available. \nCo-sponsors (list in formation): WILPF Santa Cruz \nFor more information: 831-423-1626\, rcnv.org \nCurator Statement by Sina Araghi\nEnduring Power: The Middle Eastern and Iranian Woman’s Story is a collection of work by seven female photographers from Egypt\, Kuwait\, Bahrain\, Yemen\, and Iran\, examining the lives and livelihoods of women in that region. \nApart from their exceptional photographic work\, these photographers were selected in great part due to their diverse coverage of topics regarding women\, spanning across many different countries throughout the Middle East. \nPeering behind the veil and headscarves to reveal real individuals is a delicate but necessary boundary to push. It is so vital to the future and progress of women in these cultures to be seen succeeding\, thriving\, and discovering – all on their own. Whether they are generations apart or contemporaries\, progress is achieved when women grow and improve on their own terms\, separate from the male influence that so strongly permeates their public culture and the worldwide media. There is an almost constant push/pull between the individualized and powerful identity of the Middle Eastern woman\, and the attempts by culture and government to erase that identity. \nThis collection of images illustrate how that sense of identity has not been erased. This collection is a celebration of the progress and growth that has happened\, and a tangible foreshadowing of what is still to come. \nThe division of gender throughout daily life creates two very different worlds within the same culture. The photographic perspective in this exhibition is unique to women who are inside these cultures and countries. These 7 photographers are not outsiders\, tourists\, or just passing through\, and the familiarity and camaraderie felt between ‘insiders’ is tangible in these photographs. Being a female photographer creates uniquely privileged access into the lives and experiences of the Middle Eastern woman – access into a world that men seldom are privy to. Respecting this access while still honoring the truth in moments witnessed requires grace and trust. There is fragility in that access. As an Iranian male photographer\, I admire this perspective\, knowing full well the limitations and privileges of my own gender. \nCollectively\, these photographs speak of the greater issues of identity and resilience\, and the strength of women within these regions. They are empowering themselves – against all obstacles – through their own will. A clear defiance and sense of individuality is present (an especially sacred quality in a world of appearance commonality)\, and there is no apologizing for any of it. These women are not weak or afraid. They are resilient\, powerful\, and energized. They command your attention and your interest. \nLet their stories be heard. \n-Sina Araghi\, curator \nFor more information: 831-423-1626\, rcnv.org URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/enduring-power-photography-exhibit-nov-2-dec-17-3/2015-11-23/ LOCATION:Resource Center for Non Violence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Unknown.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151123T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151123T190000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151116T183435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151116T183435Z UID:10006307-1448298000-1448305200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Stacey Katz Bourns: "Integrating Grammar Pedagogy within New Frameworks for Language Instruction" DESCRIPTION:Foreign language programs in the 21st Century are in a period of transition. Many applied linguistics researchers now consider Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) to be antiquated and are initiating alternate approaches\, some more compelling than others. Central to the discussion is the always-controversial topic of grammar pedagogy. How should grammar be taught and learned? How can grammar pedagogy fit into new frameworks for teaching language that favor focusing on texts? Is metalinguistic competence a goal that should be pursued\, and\, if so\, at what level of instruction? At the core of the issue is the changing profile of students who enroll in language classes and the need to balance students’ pragmatic demands with broader programmatic goals. \nStacey Katz Bourns is Professor of Romance Languages & Literatures at Harvard University.\n  \nLight refreshments will be served.\n \n \n  URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/stacey-katz-bourns-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151124T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151124T234500 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151121T002617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151121T002617Z UID:10005171-1448359200-1448408700@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Joel Kaminsky: "Does God Play Favorites?: A Dialogue on Chosenness in Genesis" DESCRIPTION:Professor Kaminsky will explore various motifs surrounding the theme of special divine favor toward certain individuals and groups that pervades Genesis in hopes of illuminating these often troubling narratives. The talk will be conducted as a dialogue prompted by questions raised by Professor Nathaniel Deutsch and the students in his course.  \nJoel S. Kaminsky is the Morningstar Family Chair in Jewish Studies as well a Professor of Bible in the Religion Department at Smith College in Northampton\, Massachusetts. He has lectured widely at universities and colleges across the globe including Oxford\, Cambridge\, Harvard\, St. Andrews\, UCLA\, Middelbury\, University of the Pacific\, University of British Columbia\, University of Kansas\, and University of Virginia. He has been a Visiting Professor at Duke\, Harvard and twice at Yale Divinity School\, as well as serving as a Visiting Jewish Studies Research Scholar in Residence at Durham University in England three times. He has authored many essays in both scholarly and more popular journals as well as authored and edited several books including\, Yet I Loved Jacob: Reclaiming the Biblical Concept of Election\, and most recently he co-authored The Hebrew Bible for Beginners: A Jewish and Christian Introduction.  URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/joel-kaminsky-does-god-play-favorites-a-dialogue-on-chosenness-in-genesis-3/ LOCATION:Porter College\, Room 144 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151130T160000 DTSTAMP:20260428T112409 CREATED:20151113T202305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151113T202305Z UID:10006304-1448884800-1448899200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Enduring Power - Photography Exhibit - Nov. 2 - Dec. 17 DESCRIPTION:Enduring Power: \nThe Middle Eastern and Iranian Women’s Story \n— A Photography Exhibit — \nNovember 2 – December 17\, 2015 \nAT: Resource Center for Nonviolence\, 612 Ocean St.\, Santa Cruz\, CA \nExhibit HOURS: M-TH noon – 4p.m. or by appointment\, 831-423-1626 \nSponsored by the Resource Center for Nonviolence and Senses Cultural\, \nEnduring Power’s striking images represent a wide range of experiences\, aspirations\, fears and realities of Middle Eastern and Iranian women from Yemen\, Egypt\, Bahrain\, Iran and Kuwait. A collection of work from several female photographers of Middle Eastern backgrounds\, Enduring Power shows an intimate and unique perspective of an otherwise private world to the American audience. This exhibition\, curated by photographer Sina Araghi\, presents powerful stories of education\, individuality\, familial relationships\, societal restraints\, and boldness. \n“Peering behind the veil and headscarves to reveal real individuals is a delicate but necessary boundary to push. These photographs speak of the greater issues of identity and resilience\, and the strength of women within these regions. Their sense of identity has not been erased by culture or governments. \n These women are empowering themselves – against all obstacles – through their own will. A clear defiance and a sense of individuality is present. They are not weak or afraid. They are powerful and energized. They command your attention and your interest. Let their stories be heard.” — Sina Araghi\, curator of Enduring Power \nSenses Cultural\, Davis\, CA\, and the Resource Center for Nonviolence are collaborating on this Senses Cultural’s traveling photography exhibition\, which was previously at UC Davis\, San Francisco State University. Senses Cultural believes that women – mothers\, grandmothers\, and daughters – have been the quiet strength that protects the rights of their families\, communities\, and nations. \nPlease join us for the First Friday EXHIBIT RECEPTION on December 4\, 6-9p.m. featuring Tata Masud\, Founder and CEO of Senses Cultural\, Davis\, CA. Light refreshments will be available. \nCo-sponsors (list in formation): WILPF Santa Cruz \nFor more information: 831-423-1626\, rcnv.org \nCurator Statement by Sina Araghi\nEnduring Power: The Middle Eastern and Iranian Woman’s Story is a collection of work by seven female photographers from Egypt\, Kuwait\, Bahrain\, Yemen\, and Iran\, examining the lives and livelihoods of women in that region. \nApart from their exceptional photographic work\, these photographers were selected in great part due to their diverse coverage of topics regarding women\, spanning across many different countries throughout the Middle East. \nPeering behind the veil and headscarves to reveal real individuals is a delicate but necessary boundary to push. It is so vital to the future and progress of women in these cultures to be seen succeeding\, thriving\, and discovering – all on their own. Whether they are generations apart or contemporaries\, progress is achieved when women grow and improve on their own terms\, separate from the male influence that so strongly permeates their public culture and the worldwide media. There is an almost constant push/pull between the individualized and powerful identity of the Middle Eastern woman\, and the attempts by culture and government to erase that identity. \nThis collection of images illustrate how that sense of identity has not been erased. This collection is a celebration of the progress and growth that has happened\, and a tangible foreshadowing of what is still to come. \nThe division of gender throughout daily life creates two very different worlds within the same culture. The photographic perspective in this exhibition is unique to women who are inside these cultures and countries. These 7 photographers are not outsiders\, tourists\, or just passing through\, and the familiarity and camaraderie felt between ‘insiders’ is tangible in these photographs. Being a female photographer creates uniquely privileged access into the lives and experiences of the Middle Eastern woman – access into a world that men seldom are privy to. Respecting this access while still honoring the truth in moments witnessed requires grace and trust. There is fragility in that access. As an Iranian male photographer\, I admire this perspective\, knowing full well the limitations and privileges of my own gender. \nCollectively\, these photographs speak of the greater issues of identity and resilience\, and the strength of women within these regions. They are empowering themselves – against all obstacles – through their own will. A clear defiance and sense of individuality is present (an especially sacred quality in a world of appearance commonality)\, and there is no apologizing for any of it. These women are not weak or afraid. They are resilient\, powerful\, and energized. They command your attention and your interest. \nLet their stories be heard. \n-Sina Araghi\, curator \nFor more information: 831-423-1626\, rcnv.org URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/enduring-power-photography-exhibit-nov-2-dec-17-3/2015-11-30/ LOCATION:Resource Center for Non Violence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Unknown.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR