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SUMMARY:PhD+ Series – Curriculum Vitae with Veronica Heiskell
DESCRIPTION:Veronia Heiskell\, Director of Experiential Learning and Student Employment\, Career Success\nApplications for academic positions require a CV\, and some alternative-academic employers also require them. Learn how a CV differs from a resume\, about hybrid CV-resumes\, what goes on a CV\, and what order to put information depending on type of academic institution you’re applying to and for what type of position. \nVeronica Heiskell has worked for over thirteen years in diversity and career centers in a variety of higher education institutions and currently serves as associate director of experiential learning at Career Success. Her goal is to remove as many barriers as possible for all students to pursue meaningful experiential learning opportunities. She completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in LGBT studies at UCLA\, her master’s degree in counseling and guidance in higher education at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo\, and her doctoral degree in higher education administration at UT Austin. Her dissertation research focused on sense of belonging for exploratory students. \n \nThis workshop is presented by the Division of Graduate Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2023-2024 PhD+ series. The Division of Graduate Studies’ workshops are for current UC Santa Cruz graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and require an active UC Santa Cruz email address. \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series \nJoin us for the eighth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted (or co-sponsored) by The Humanities Institute. Our meetings provide the opportunity to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grant/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-series-curriculum-vitae-with-veronica-heiskell/
LOCATION:Graduate Student Commons\, Room 204\, 420 Hagar Dr\, Santa Cruz\, 95064
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Mogannam – Gendering Revolution: Palestinian Praxis\, Labor\, and Decolonization
DESCRIPTION:As a population of exile – transnational\, stateless refugees struggling to return to their lands and rebuild their communities lost since 1948 – the Palestinian people built a grassroots trajectory of decolonization that peaked in the 1970s. Through oral histories and cultural text\, this presentation analyzes gendered labor\, value\, and the intersections of national and popular struggles in the Palestinian liberation movement at the time. It juxtaposes the use of iconography with women’s narratives of participatory quotidian resistance to illuminate what is absent from masculinist histories and to interrogate the significance of pride for women and gendered labor in revolution. Lastly\, this talk offers possibilities for alternative views of gendered labor\, the consumption of femininity in revolution\, and prospects for more sustainable and equitable revolutionary praxis. \nJennifer Mogannam is an Assistant Professor of Critical Race & Ethnic Studies and an affiliate of the Center for the Middle East & North Africa at UC Santa Cruz. Prior to UC Santa Cruz\, she was a UC President’s postdoctoral fellow at UC Davis and\, through the program\, was selected as a 2023-24 Mellon Foundation/UC-HSI Humanities Initiative Faculty Fellow. She earned her PhD in Ethnic Studies from UC San Diego and her MA in Arab and Middle Eastern Studies from the American University of Beirut. Her scholarship is cross-disciplinary – centering oral history\, ethnography\, archives\, and cultural criticism – and broadly examines 20th and 21st century Palestinian and Arab transnational movements and third world solidarities\, with an eye for analyzing movement praxis for liberated futures. Her work intervenes in the critical study of refugees\, borders\, colonialism and imperialism\, global scales of race and indigeneity\, and resistance. Her current book project frames and analyzes the coalitional relationship forged between Palestinian and Lebanese revolutionary fronts during Civil War Lebanon. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. We gather at 12:00 PM\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. \nStaff assistance is provided by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/jennifer-mogannam-gendering-revolution-palestinian-praxis-labor-and-decolonization/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:PhD+ Series – Speaking Up to Bias with De Acker
DESCRIPTION:De Acker\, Campus Ombuds\, Office of Ombuds\nThis workshop will explore how to address bias when it is directed at you or someone else. We’ll review what bias is\, how it shows up\, and the impact it can have. We’ll discuss and practice ways to respond directly or as a bystander\, and how to offer support. Participants will leave with a set of options for response\, support\, and resources to address incidents of bias. \nDe Acker comes to UC Santa Cruz with more than three decades of UC experience. She served as director of the UC Santa Barbara Women’s Center for 12 years before joining UC Merced to serve as the assistant dean of the School of Natural Sciences. After founding the campus’s first ombuds office\, she went on to establish the UC Merced Office of Campus Climate\, which coordinated campus diversity\, equity and inclusion initiatives. De also served as a staff advisor to the UC Board of Regents from 2014-2016. \n \nThis workshop is presented by the Division of Graduate Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2023-2024 PhD+ series. The Division of Graduate Studies’ workshops are for current UC Santa Cruz graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and require an active UC Santa Cruz email address. \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series \nJoin us for the eighth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted (or co-sponsored) by The Humanities Institute. Our meetings provide the opportunity to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grant/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-series-speaking-up-to-bias-with-de-acker/
LOCATION:Graduate Student Commons\, Room 204\, 420 Hagar Dr\, Santa Cruz\, 95064
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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SUMMARY:PhD+ Series – California Community Colleges Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to apply to (first step: register with and upload your CV to the CCC Registry) and what it’s like to work for a California community college by talking to director of the CCC Registry\, Beth Au\, moderator of the panel\, and a panel of UCSC graduate student alumni and a former UCSC postdoc\, all of whom currently work for a CCC. \nBeth Au has a master’s degree in Asian American Studies from UCLA. She has been director of the California Community Colleges (CCC) Registry since 2002. As director\, she oversees and manages cccregistry.org and hosts annual job fairs for the college system every January. \nThe CCC Registry is the state chancellor’s job board for faculty\, management and staff opportunities at all 73 districts and 116 colleges across California. The CCCs are the largest higher education employer in the world with over 60\,000 faculty\, administrators and staff across the state. \nIn her role as a recruiter\, she frequently works with UC graduate students and postdocs through UC Career Centers and Graduate Divisions to host CCC interest panels. During Covid\, she pivoted the informational panels and 1:1 sessions with job seekers to a virtual format and has continued recruitment in the online environment. She has counseled over 400 job seekers in Zoom sessions since May 2020 and continues to use Zoom to maintain outreach and recruitment. Several of the job seekers she has coached have been offered full-time\, tenure track positions at a CCC since 2022. \nBeth is available for 1:1 Zoom sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to offer CCC application and career advice. Reach out to her directly at aub@yosemite.edu to schedule a session. \n \nLisa Beebe\, Professor of Music\, Cosumnes River College\, Sacramento\nLisa Beebe is a professor of music at Cosumnes River College (CRC)\, where she teaches music history and ethnomusicology. She completed a Ph.D. in cultural musicology at UCSC in 2017 with a dissertation about the Vietnamese đàn bầu monochord and served as the UCSC Music Department’s graduate coordinator from 2017 to 2019. At CRC\, she is the current chair of the Curriculum Committee\, a member of the Professional Standards Committee\, and has also served on several hiring committees. Along with teaching\, she has presented research at conferences of the American Musical Instrument Society and the Society for Ethnomusicology. She was awarded tenure and full professorship at CRC in summer 2023! \n  \n  \n  \nFrancesca “Chesa” Caparas\, Instructor\, English\, Women’s Studies\, and Asian American Studies\, De Anza College\, Cupertino\nChesa Caparas (she/they) has a B.A. and M.A. in modern literature from UC Santa Cruz. She is faculty in English\, Women’s Studies\, and Asian American Studies at De Anza College. In her classes she explores literature and pop culture\, the intersections of technology with race and gender\, and the ethical applications of artificial intelligence. In 2022\, she was a Fulbright Scholar to the Philippines where she researched media and information literacy. She is currently pursuing a master’s in Information and Knowledge Strategy at Columbia University. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJasmeet Dhaliwal\, Ph.D.\, Instructor\, Geology\, Earth and Environmental Sciences\, Chabot College\, Hayward\nJasmeet Dhaliwal received her Ph.D. in earth science from UC San Diego and held a postdoctoral researcher position at UC Santa Cruz until accepting a position as a geology and earth and environmental sciences instructor at Chabot College. She worked with Beth Au to prepare the application to Chabot. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSarah Gerhardt\, Ph.D.\, Chemistry Department Chair and Instructor\, Cabrillo College\nSarah started teaching immediately after receiving her Ph.D. in physical chemistry from UCSC. She started as a lecturer at Santa Clara University teaching general and physical chemistry and moved to Cabrillo College to teach general\, introductory\, and biological chemistry\, the last for allied health sciences. She also participated in the ACCESS program at UCSC as a community college liaison for several summers. After having two children (teaching while pregnant and at night while her children were young) and several years as a lecturer\, Sarah did a postdoctorate in molecular\, cell\, and developmental biology under Professor Harry Noller at UCSC. She returned to teaching general and introductory chemistry full-time at Monterey Peninsula College 2011 to 2017. Since August 2017\, she has taught general chemistry full-time at Cabrillo College and is currently chair of Cabrillo’s Chemistry Department. \n  \n  \n  \nBrian Malone\, Ph.D.\, Professor of English\, De Anza\, Cupertino\nBrian Malone (he/him) is a tenured professor of English at De Anza College in Cupertino. He teaches classes in composition and English literature\, in addition to serving on the leadership team for Guided Pathways and as project director for a Title III: Strengthening Institutions Program grant. He previously served as tenure review coordinator for the college. He holds an A.B. from Harvard University and an M.A. from the University of Virginia. He received a Ph.D. in literature from UC Santa Cruz in 2014\, with a dissertation focusing on the nineteenth-century novel in England and France. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMelissa-Ann Nievera-Lozano\, Ph.D.\, Ethnic Studies Professor\, Evergreen Valley College\, San José\nMelissa-Ann Nievera-Lozano is a full-time ethnic studies professor at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose. She obtained her A.A. in sociology from Southwestern College\, B.A. in sociology from UC San Diego\, M.A. in Asian American studies from San Francisco State University\, and both an M.A. and Ph.D. in education from UC Santa Cruz. She is co-editor of the Pilipinx Radical Imagination Reader (2018)\, and a contributing author to the anthologies Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy (2019)\, the SAGE Encyclopedia of Filipina/x/o American Studies (2022)\, as well as Closer to Liberation: Pin[a/x]y Activism in Theory and Practice (2023). Her work draws from women-of-color radical thought to address how intersectional struggles of racism\, classism\, cisheteropatriarchy\, and body terrorism impact us every day. \n  \n  \nAndrea Seeger\, A.B.D.\, Lecturer\, Social Justice\, Literature\, Writing Oakes College\, UCSC; Faculty\, English Department\, Cabrillo College\, Aptos\nAndrea Seeger\, a Santa Cruz native\, returned a few years ago to her hometown after academic wandering. She received her undergraduate education at UCSC\, first studying mathematics\, then completing her B.A. in literature. She has an M.A. in English literature from the University of Colorado Boulder and is A.B.D. in English at UC Berkeley. Andrea has been teaching literature\, writing\, and social justice for nearly 20 years. She has taught writing and rhetoric in The Program for Writing and Rhetoric at CU Boulder and literature at UC Berkeley. She currently teaches social justice at Oakes College and writing through the UCSC Writing Program. She also lectures in English at Cabrillo College. Andrea recently served as the director of the UCSC Writing Center and its VOCES Graduate Student Writing Center\, an HSI Initiative. Andrea is deeply committed to student-centered learning and equitable access to a deep\, quality education. \n  \n  \n  \nRandy Villegas\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor\, Political Science\, College of the Sequoias\, Visalia\nA product of public education institutions\, Randy Villegas is an associate professor of political science at College of the Sequoias and a trustee for the Visalia Unified School District Board of Education. Before beginning graduate school\, Villegas worked as a journalist and an organizer in Bakersfield\, CA. He has been a recipient of numerous awards\, including the 2020 CARE-UC Innovation Fellowship and the American Political Science Association (APSA) Fund for Latino Scholarship. He is currently featured in the Unity Exhibit of the California State Capitol Museum for his work around social justice issues in the Central Valley. After being appointed to the Visalia Board of Trustees in December 2021\, he was elected by the voters of area 6 to continue serving in November 2022. Randy is honored to serve our students\, families\, and community. \n  \n  \nThis workshop is presented by the Division of Graduate Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2023-2024 PhD+ series. The Division of Graduate Studies’ workshops are for current UC Santa Cruz graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and require an active UC Santa Cruz email address. \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series \nJoin us for the eighth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted (or co-sponsored) by The Humanities Institute. Our meetings provide the opportunity to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grant/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-series-california-community-colleges-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Graduate Student Commons\, Room 204\, 420 Hagar Dr\, Santa Cruz\, 95064
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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SUMMARY:Dr. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni – Morton Marcus Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the 14th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading\, featuring honored guest Dr. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Poet Gary Young will host the program\, and the evening will include an announcement of the winner of the Morton Marcus Poetry Contest (recipient receives a $1\,000 prize). \n \nSeating will be first come\, first served. Registration required. \nDr. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning author\, poet\, activist and professor. She is the author of 20 books including Mistress of Spices\, Sister of My Heart\, Oleander Girl\, Before We Visit the Goddess and Palace of Illusions. Her latest novels are The Forest of Enchantments\, a feminist retelling of the epic The Ramayana in the voice of Sita\, and The Last Queen\, the story of Maharani Jindan\, the indomitable queen regent of Punjab who fought the British in many ingenious ways. Divakaruni often writes about contemporary life in America and India\, women’s experiences\, immigration\, history\, magical realism and mythology. \nGary Young is the author of several collections of poetry. His most recent books are That’s What I Thought\, winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice Award from Persea Books\, and Precious Mirror\, translations from the Japanese. His other books include Even So: New and Selected Poems; Pleasure; No Other Life\, winner of the William Carlos Williams Award; Braver Deeds\, winner of the Peregrine Smith Poetry Prize; Days; The Dream of a Moral Life\, which won the James D. Phelan Award; and Hands. He has received a Pushcart Prize\, and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, the California Arts Council\, and the Vogelstein Foundation\, among others. In 2009 he received the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. Young was the first Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County\, and in 2012 he was named Santa Cruz County Artist of the Year. Since 1975 he has designed\, illustrated\, and printed limited edition letterpress books and broadsides at his Greenhouse Review Press. His fine print work is represented in numerous collections including the Museum of Modern Art\, the Victoria and Albert Museum\, The Getty Museum\, and special collection libraries throughout the U.S. and Europe. He teaches creative writing and directs the Cowell Press at UC Santa Cruz. \nThis event is a part of the Fall UCSC Living Writers course\, which features poets\, novelists\, academics\, curators\, and artists in conversation with one another\, in person\, across genre and media. \nParking information: The Merrill Cultural Center is located in Merrill College\, in the northeast corner of the campus core. Those walking or arriving by Metro bus or campus shuttle can take the steep path heading northeast from the Crown/Merrill bus stop. \nFor those driving from the Main Entrance\, stay on Coolidge Drive. Shortly after Coolidge turns left and becomes McLaughlin Drive\, turn right at the sign for Merrill College. At the top of the hill\, veer right. There are ParkMobile parking spaces along the left side of the lot\, and parking for “A\,” “B\,” and “C” permits along the right. There are two accessible parking spaces if you turn left at the top of the hill and two more if you turn right. Parking attendants will be on site to sell parking permits to event attendees. \nPurchase both poets works at: www.bookshopsantacruz.com \nThe Morton Marcus Poetry Reading honors poet\, teacher\, and film critic Morton Marcus (1936–2009). Marcus was the 1999 Santa Cruz County Artist of the Year and a recipient of the 2007 Gail Rich Award. Among his published works are eleven volumes of poetry\, including The Santa Cruz Mountain Poems\, Pages from a Scrapbook of Immigrants\, Moments Without Names\, Shouting Down the Silence\, Pursuing the Dream Bone and The Dark Figure In The Doorway; a novel\, The Brezhnev Memo; and a literary memoir\, Striking Through the Masks. He taught English and Film at Cabrillo College for thirty years\, was the co-host of the radio program\, The Poetry Show\, and was the co-host of the television film review show\, Cinema Scene. Learn more at: www.mortonmarcus.com \nThe Morton Marcus Poetry Archive can be found at UCSC Special Collections. Mort’s personal papers\, manuscripts\, and recordings reflect his legacy as a poet and educator\, and his collection of poetry books\, broadsides\, literary magazines and correspondence with other poets and writers illuminate his deep involvement in\, and passion for\, the literary art of poetry. \nOrganizing Committee: Danusha Laméris\, Donna Mekis\, Mark Ong\, Maggie Paul\, Catherine Segurson\, David Sullivan\, Irena Polić\, Teresa Mora\, and Gary Young. \nThe Morton Marcus Poetry Contest: phren-Z\, an online literary magazine\, whose mission is to celebrate the Santa Cruz literary community\, has established a national poetry contest\, The Morton Marcus Poetry Prize\, in honor of Morton Marcus\, “whose life and work inspired the writing of many students\, friends\, and emerging poets.” This years contest will be judged by Maggie Paul. For more information visit: http://phren-z.org/poetry_contest.html \nSupport Poetry in Santa Cruz: The Annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading is made possible due to campus and community co-sponsorships and generous contributions from members of our community\, like you. To ensure we can continue to offer this poetry reading free and open to the public in honor and memory of Morton Marcus\, and to have our lives deeply enriched by exceptional poetry\, please consider making a gift to The Morton Marcus Poetry Reading Fund: thi.ucsc.edu/projects/morton-marcus-poetry-reading. \nThis community event is presented by the The Humanities Institute and co-sponsored by: \nBookshop Santa Cruz\nCabrillo College English Department\nCowell College\nDonna F. Mekis\nCenter for South Asian Studies.\nLiving Writers Series\nOw Family Properties\nMerrill College\nPoetry Santa Cruz\nPorter Hitchcock Modern Poetry Fund\nPorter College\nSanta Cruz Writes\nSide By Side Press\nSpecial Collections & Archives \nIf you have disability-related needs\, please contact us at thi@ucsc.edu or call 831-459-1274 by October 26th\, 2023.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/dr-chitra-banerjee-divakaruni-morton-marcus-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Cultural Center at Merrill\, Merrill Cultural Center\, UC Santa Cruz\, Merrill College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mediterranean Studies\, Present & Future: The “California School” Twenty Years On
DESCRIPTION:From its inception at UC Santa Cruz in 2003\, the “California School” of Mediterranean Studies has promoted the Mediterranean not (pace Braudel) as a predefined place of the olive and the vine\, but as a heuristic rubric useful for disrupting or reconfiguring existing categories of analysis (especially those defined by nation-states\, continents\, or religious cultures)—in the process generating new questions and bringing new objects\, case studies\, or perspectives into focus. Now\, two decades on\, the Fall 2023 Mediterranean Seminar Workshop will return to UCSC on the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the UCSC Mediterranean Studies Reading Group\, the precursor to the Mediterranean Seminar\, to take stock of the field and suggest new avenues of research and methodologies.   \n“Mediterranean Studies\, Present & Future: The ‘California School’ Twenty Years On\,” the Mediterranean Seminar Fall 2023 Workshop\, is is organized by Sharon Kinoshita and Brian A. Catlos\, and is hosted by the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, sponsored by the Literature Department and the Humanities Division with generous support from the Siegfried B. and Elisabeth Mignon Puknat Endowment for Literary Studies\, The Humanities Institute\, and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa at UCSC\, together with the CU Mediterranean Studies Group and the Mediterranean Seminar. \nFor more information\, please contact: mailbox@mediterraneanseminar.org.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/mediterranean-studies-present-future-the-california-school-twenty-years-on/
LOCATION:TBD\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Critical Theory Roundtable Comes to UC Santa Cruz
DESCRIPTION:Next month the 30th annual Critical Theory Roundtable will take place on UC Santa Cruz’s campus in Humanities 2 Room 259 hosted by HistCon professors Banu Bargu & Massimiliano Tomba. The events will take place on November 3rd & 4th. Find the program below. \nThe Critical Theory Roundtable is a small\, high caliber conference that represents the best of the diverse streams of critical theory in philosophy and the social sciences. In the past it has been hosted at Yale University\, Northwestern\, Dartmouth\, the University of Toronto\, and other venues across the country. It draws participants from across the US and often Europe. The conference now represents a new generation of critical theorists who are focused on diversifying the perspectives and problems in the field. This includes challenges of neoliberalism\, globalization\, and nationalism\, and fostering creative new critical modalities in the social sciences\, humanities\, and arts. \nThis event is sponsored by the History of Consciousness Department\, the Humanities Division\, and The Humanities Institute. \nExplore more about the Roundtable here \nView the full program here.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/critical-theory-roundtable-comes-to-uc-santa-cruz/
LOCATION:Humanities 2\, Room 259
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SUMMARY:Nathan Hill– Wellness
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop welcomes Nathan Hill\, best-selling author of The Nix\, for a reading and signing of Wellness—a poignant and witty novel about marriage\, the often baffling pursuit of health and happiness\, and the stories that bind us together. From the gritty ’90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home-renovation hysteria\, Wellness reimagines the love story with a healthy dose of insight\, irony\, and heart. \n \n“A hilarious and moving exploration of a modern marriage that astounds in its breadth and intimacy.” —Brit Bennett\, author of The Vanishing Half \nWhen Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the ’90s\, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight\, each eager to claim a place in Chicago’s thriving underground art scene with an appreciative kindred spirit. Fast-forward twenty years to married life\, and alongside the challenges of parenting\, they encounter cults disguised as mindfulness support groups\, polyamorous would-be suitors\, Facebook wars\, and something called Love Potion Number Nine. \nFor the first time\, Jack and Elizabeth struggle to recognize each other\, and the no-longer-youthful dreamers are forced to face their demons\, from unfulfilled career ambitions to painful childhood memories of their own dysfunctional families. In the process\, Jack and Elizabeth must undertake separate\, personal excavations\, or risk losing the best thing in their lives: each other. \nNathan Hill’s best-selling debut novel\, The Nix\, was named the number one book of 2016 by Entertainment Weekly and one of the year’s best books by The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, NPR\, Slate\, and many others. It was the winner of the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction from the Los Angeles Times and was published worldwide in more than two dozen languages. A native Iowan\, Hill lives with his wife in Naples\, Florida.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/nathan-hill-wellness/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Avenue\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:PhD+ Series – WordPress Website Design with Jason Chafin
DESCRIPTION:Professional websites can boost your reputation and aid your networking and job search. UCSC provides free access to WordPress (with several design templates) to faculty\, postdoctoral scholars\, and graduate students. Get design tips from Jason and get started using WordPress to make a blog or static website to showcase your graduate or postdoctoral work! \n \nJason Chafin graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1993 with a bachelor’s in environmental studies. He earned his master of environmental studies from The Evergreen State College in Olympia\, WA\, and spent over a decade as an environmental planner. He switched gears in 2010 and became a web developer\, working primarily with WordPress. He’s been with University Relations as the senior web developer in the Communications and Marketing Department since 2017. \n  \n  \n \n  \nThis workshop is presented by the Division of Graduate Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2023-2024 PhD+ series. The Division of Graduate Studies’ workshops are for current UC Santa Cruz graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and require an active UC Santa Cruz email address. \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series \nJoin us for the eighth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted (or co-sponsored) by The Humanities Institute. Our meetings provide the opportunity to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grant/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-series-wordpress-website-design-with-jason-chafin/
LOCATION:Graduate Student Commons
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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SUMMARY:Giving Day
DESCRIPTION:Please consider partnering with the Humanities Division on Wednesday\, November 8\, by supporting one or more of our exciting Giving Day projects. This annual 24-hour fundraising drive is full of challenges and matches that can double or even triple your dollars. We believe in the power of the humanities to transform lives and society for the better. And we believe that with your support\, our students can lead impactful lives that transform our world. \nIn the Humanities at UC Santa Cruz\, we prepare students not just for jobs and careers\, but for lifelong learning\, happiness\, and meaningful engagement in the world. These five Giving Day projects will provide incredible opportunities for our students to engage beyond the classroom. \nHumanities Student Success Fund \nThrough our Humanities Student Success Fund\, we provide access to experiential learning that enhances academic curriculum and prepares students for rewarding and impactful careers. With your support\, we will increase access to things like paid internships\, service learning\, and research support for undergraduate\, transfer\, and graduate students studying the Humanities. \nCenter for Public Philosophy \nThe Center for Public Philosophy aims to empower the general public with the tools and insights of philosophy and critical thought. Through community programming\, events\, and media\, the center helps foster more thoughtful and engaged thinkers\, doers\, and change makers. Your donation will go towards the annual High School Ethics Bowl as well as our new programs such as the Night of Ideas\, a free event that brings art\, music\, and interesting speakers to the public. Help the Center for Public Philosophy share the power\, practice\, and joy of philosophy far\nbeyond university walls. \nClassics Alive! \nClassics Alive! helps students learn about the language\, literature\, art\, and history of Ancient Greece\, Rome\, and beyond. Your generous gift will help us purchase Greek and Latin textbooks for students with financial need\, provide support to the Classics Library in Cowell College\, fund awards to recognize student achievement\, organize class excursions to the Getty Villa and other regional museums\, and sponsor students on archaeological digs and other summer programs. \nMinorities and Philosophy \nMinorities and Philosophy (MAP) is an organization of 180 local MAP Chapters dedicated to addressing structural injustices in academic philosophy and removing barriers that impeded participation for members of marginalized groups. Your gift to UCSC’s local chapter provides support for mentorship opportunities\, speaker events\, panel discussions\, reading groups\, and conferences. \nOkinawa Memories Initiative \nThe Okinawa Memories Initiative (OMI) is a dynamic international public history project with a big impact. For nearly a decade\, OMI has been a campus leader in connecting undergraduate students to career-building experiential learning opportunities. From innovative exhibits and oral history interviews to community partnerships\, undergraduate members develop vital professional and academic skills through hands-on public humanities research. \nPhilosophical Slug Society \nThe Philosophical Slug Society is a student-run undergraduate club where students meet to discuss ancient and contemporary philosophy and apply their education outside of the classroom. Help philosophy students attend workshops\, conferences\, and other academic events that greatly enhance their academic experience. \nLook for another email in the coming days to learn more about our impact in and beyond the classroom! \nGive Now! \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/giving-day-is-november-8/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:PhD+ Series – Slide Design with Sonya Newlyn
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever inflicted a boring slide presentation on an audience? Learn tips and techniques for using slides the way they should be used\, as visual aids to your spoken-word presentation. Prior to attending this workshop\, review this slide design page. \nSonya Newlyn received her M.A. in English literature from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and her B.A. in English literature from Emory University\, where she also minored in anthropology. In addition to organizing professional development classes\, workshops\, panels\, and the two certificate programs\, she also organizes Grad Slam\, the Graduate Symposium\, and the Distinguished Graduate Student Alumni Award Ceremony. \n  \n  \n \n  \nThis workshop is presented by the Division of Graduate Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2023-2024 PhD+ series. The Division of Graduate Studies’ workshops are for current UC Santa Cruz graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and require an active UC Santa Cruz email address. \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series \nJoin us for the eighth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted (or co-sponsored) by The Humanities Institute. Our meetings provide the opportunity to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grant/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-series-slide-design/
LOCATION:Graduate Student Commons
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231108T133000
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SUMMARY:Hafsa Kanjwal – Colonizing Kashmir: State-building Under Indian Occupation
DESCRIPTION:Cosponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies \nIn this talk\, Dr. Hafsa Kanjwal discusses her new book Colonizing Kashmir: State-Building Under Indian Occupation. The book interrogates how Kashmir was made “integral” to India through a study of the decade long rule (1953-1963) of Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad\, the second Prime Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Drawing upon a wide array of bureaucratic documents\, propaganda materials\, memoirs\, literary sources\, and oral interviews in English\, Urdu\, and Kashmiri\, Kanjwal examines the intentions\, tensions\, and unintended consequences of Bakshi’s state-building policies in the context of India’s colonial occupation. She reveals how the Kashmir government tailored its policies to integrate Kashmir’s Muslims while also showing how these policies were marked by inter-religious tension\, corruption\, and political repression. Challenging the binaries of colonial and postcolonial\, Kanjwal historicizes India’s occupation of Kashmir through processes of emotional integration\, development\, normalization\, and empowerment to highlight the new hierarchies of power and domination that emerged in the aftermath of decolonization. In doing so\, she urges us to question triumphalist narratives of India’s state-formation\, as well as the sovereignty claims of the modern nation-state. \nHafsa Kanjwal is an assistant professor of South Asian History in the Department of History at Lafayette College in Easton\, Pennsylvania\, where she teaches courses on the history of the modern world\, South Asian history\, and Islam in the Modern World. As a historian of modern Kashmir\, she is the author of Colonizing Kashmir: State-building Under Indian Occupation (Stanford University Press\, 2023)\, which examines how the Indian and Kashmir governments utilized state-building to entrench India’s colonial occupation of Kashmir in the aftermath of Partition.  \nHafsa has written and spoken on her research for a variety of news outlets including The Washington Post\, Al Jazeera English\, and the BBC. She received her Ph.D. in History and Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan and a Bachelors in Regional Studies of the Muslim World from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. \nZoom Registration Link: https://bit.ly/45QVLw0 \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. We gather at 12:00 PM\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. \nStaff assistance is provided by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/hafsa-kanjwal-colonizing-kashmir-state-building-under-indian-occupation/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:The First Folio at 400 Exhibit Opening
DESCRIPTION:Special Collections and Archives at UCSC invites you to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio. \nWorking together\, Sean Keilen\, Katie O’Hare and Peggy Gotthold and Lawrence Van Velzer present an exhibition that explores this landmark event in the history of printing and the transmission of Shakespeare’s works. The First Folio at 400 considers texts drawn from Shakespeare’s wide and eclectic reading; the folio and quarto formats in which his plays were published in early modern England; the eighteen plays the First Folio rescued from oblivion by printing them; and actors\, theaters\, and productions that have brought those plays to life. Please join us for the opening of The First Folio at 400 on Wednesday\, November 8\, from 4:00 until 6:00pm in the Special Collections & Archives Reading Room at McHenry Library. \nAbout the Curators: \nSean Keilen is Professor of Literature and Founding Director of Shakespeare Workshop at UC Santa Cruz and Head of Dramaturgy at Santa Cruz Shakespeare. \nKatie O’Hare is a doctoral student in the Literature Department at UC Santa Cruz. She is writing a dissertation about Shakespeare’s Henriad and has worked with Santa Cruz Shakespeare as a dramaturg and community educator. \nPeggy Gotthold and Lawrence Van Velzer\, the proprietors of Foolscap Press\, are responsible for the Shakespeare Garden at Santa Cruz Shakespeare.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-first-folio-at-400-exhibit-opening/
LOCATION:McHenry Library (3rd Floor)\, Special Collections
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231109T130000
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SUMMARY:PhD+ Series – Psychology of Writing with Andrea Seeger
DESCRIPTION:Sometimes we can be our severest writing critics and biggest hindrances to writing success. Learn how to overcome psychological barriers and start writing and about the VOCES Graduate Student Writing Center (for graduate students only)! \n \nAndrea Seeger received a bachelor’s degree in literature from UC Santa Cruz\, master’s in English literature from the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder\, and an all but dissertation in English from UC Berkeley. Andrea has been teaching literature\, writing\, and social justice for nearly 20 years. She has taught writing and rhetoric in the Program for Writing and Rhetoric at CU Boulder and literature at UC Berkeley. She currently teaches social justice at UCSC’s Oakes College and writing through UCSC’s Writing Program. She is also a lecturer at Cabrillo College\, where she teaches English. Andrea is the director of The Writing Center and of its VOCES Graduate Student Writing Center\, one of the Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Initiatives of the Graduating and Advancing New American Scholars (GANAS) Graduate Pathways program (Activity 6). Andrea is deeply committed to student-centered learning and equitable access to a quality education. Andrea’s scholarship focuses on the intersections of racial and gender formation in 20th-century American literature\, and her work is deeply invested in social justice. \n  \n \n  \nThis workshop is presented by the Division of Graduate Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2023-2024 PhD+ series. The Division of Graduate Studies’ workshops are for current UC Santa Cruz graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and require an active UC Santa Cruz email address. \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series \nJoin us for the eighth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted (or co-sponsored) by The Humanities Institute. Our meetings provide the opportunity to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grant/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-series-psychology-of-writing-with-andrea-seeger/
LOCATION:Graduate Student Commons
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231113T203000
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SUMMARY:Cancelled - Dr. Joy Buolamwini: Unmasking AI
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz present Dr. Joy Buolamwini\, “The conscience of the AI revolution” (Fortune)\, who will discuss her new book\, Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines. Buolamwini explains how we’ve arrived at an era of AI harms and oppression\, and what we can do to avoid its pitfalls. \nThis event will take place at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn and is cosponsored by NAACP Santa Cruz County Branch. \n“If you’re going to read only one book about AI\, this should be it.”—Darren Walker\, president of the Ford Foundation \n \n$10 for event access\, $33 includes event entry and a hardcover copy of UNMASKING AI. \n25 free tickets are available to UCSC students. Please email thi@ucsc.edu to reserve a student ticket. Free tickets are first come\, first served. \n“This revelatory book exposes the myriad\, deeply ingrained biases encoded into facial recognition and other ‘trusted’ AI systems\, pushing us to confront our blind trust in the machines that are taking over our lives. In describing how she conquered her own demons along her path towards justice for all\, Dr. Joy Buolamwini’s offers a deeply felt\, stirring call to action for ethical AI—a must-read for those who want a world in which technology serves humanity.” —Maria Ressa\, Nobel Peace Prize winner\, CEO and president of Rappler \nTo most of us\, it seems like recent developments in artificial intelligence emerged out of nowhere to pose unprecedented threats to humankind. But to Dr. Joy Buolamwini\, who has been at the forefront of AI research\, this moment has been a long time in the making. \nAfter tinkering with robotics as a high school student in Memphis and then developing mobile apps in Zambia as a Fulbright fellow\, Dr. Buolamwini followed her lifelong passion for computer science\, engineering\, and art to MIT in 2015. As a graduate student at the “Future Factory\,” she did groundbreaking research that exposed widespread racial and gender bias in AI services from tech giants across the world. \nUnmasking AI goes beyond the headlines about existential risks produced by Big Tech. It is the remarkable story of how Dr. Buolamwini uncovered what she calls “the coded gaze”—the evidence of encoded discrimination and exclusion in tech products—and how she galvanized the movement to prevent AI harms by founding the Algorithmic Justice League. Applying an intersectional lens to both the tech industry and the research sector\, she shows how racism\, sexism\, colorism\, and ableism can overlap and render broad swaths of humanity “excoded” and therefore vulnerable in a world rapidly adopting AI tools. Computers\, she reminds us\, are reflections of both the aspirations and the limitations of the people who create them. \nEncouraging experts and non-experts alike to join this fight\, Buolamwini writes\, “The rising frontier for civil rights will require algorithmic justice. AI should be for the people and by the people\, not just the privileged few.” \nDr. Joy Buolamwini is the founder of the Algorithmic Justice League\, a groundbreaking researcher\, and a renowned speaker. Her writing has been featured in publications such as Time\, The New York Times\, Harvard Business Review\, and The Atlantic. As the Poet of Code\, she creates art to illuminate the impact of artificial intelligence on society and advises world leaders on preventing AI harms. She is the recipient of numerous awards\, including the Rhodes Scholarship\, the inaugural Morals & Machines Prize\, and the Technological Innovation Award from the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Her MIT research on facial recognition technologies is featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary Coded Bias. Born in Canada to Ghanaian immigrants\, Buolamwini lives in Cambridge\, Massachusetts.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/dr-joy-buolamwini-unmasking-ai/
LOCATION:Cowell Ranch Hay Barn\, Ranch View Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231115T120000
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SUMMARY:THI Coffee Hour
DESCRIPTION:The Humanities Institute is excited to welcome students\, faculty\, staff\, and friends for a weekly Coffee Hour on Wednesdays\, 11am to noon. \nWe invite you to visit our team\, meet our new Faculty Director\, Pranav Anand\, and talk with us about your academic interests as well as upcoming THI events and programs. Learn about how THI supports Faculty\, Graduate Students\, and Undergraduate Students\, including fellowship and grant opportunities\, and hear more about our ongoing research initiatives and partnerships. Enjoy a free cup of coffee\, pick up a THI sticker\, and be a part of our humanities community. \nCome say hi to us at the THI Suite\, on the 5th floor of the Humanities 1 building. We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/thi-coffee-hour/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 515\, 1156 High St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231115T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231115T130000
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SUMMARY:PhD+ Series – Interviewing and Negotiating the Job Offer with Veronica Heiskell
DESCRIPTION:Learn interviewing strategies to land the job offer. Then learn how to negotiate the best salary and benefits package when you receive the job offer. This class offers strategies that apply to both academic and alternative-to-academic job applications and negotiations. The negotiation strategies also apply to asking for raises\, job reclassifications\, and title and responsibilities changes. \nVeronica Heiskell has worked for over twelve years in diversity and career centers in a variety of higher education institutions and currently serves as associate director of experiential learning at Career Success. Her goal is to remove as many barriers as possible for all students to pursue meaningful experiential learning opportunities. She completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in LGBT studies at UCLA\, her master’s degree in counseling and guidance in higher education at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo\, and her doctoral degree in higher education administration at UT Austin. Her dissertation research focused on sense of belonging for exploratory students. \n  \n \nThis workshop is presented by the Division of Graduate Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2023-2024 PhD+ series. The Division of Graduate Studies’ workshops are for current UC Santa Cruz graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and require an active UC Santa Cruz email address. \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series \nJoin us for the eighth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted (or co-sponsored) by The Humanities Institute. Our meetings provide the opportunity to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grant/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more. \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-series-interviewing-and-negotiating-the-job-offer-with-veronica-heiskell/
LOCATION:Graduate Student Commons
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231115T133000
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SUMMARY:Ya Zuo – Feeling the Universe: Phenomenology of Emotion in Premodern China
DESCRIPTION:What is an emotion? Are your feelings inside you\, or somewhere out there in the world? In this talk\, Ya Zuo introduces the phenomenology of emotion in premodern China. The Chinese theories offer an interesting understanding of affectivity which places emotions beyond the subject. Emotion is simultaneously a deep cosmic order exceeding the mundane world and a fact anchored in the human body. A feeling\, therefore\, is constantly universal and personal at the same time. \nYa Zuo is an associate professor of History at University of California\, Santa Barbara. She is a cultural historian of middle and late imperial China. She is the author of Shen Gua’s Empiricism (Harvard University Press\, 2018) and a range of articles on subjects such as theory of knowledge\, sensory history\, medical history\, and the history of emotions. \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. We gather at 12:00 PM\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. \nStaff assistance is provided by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/ya-zuo-feeling-the-universe-phenomenology-of-emotion-in-premodern-china/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231115T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231115T153000
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SUMMARY:Israel/Palestine: Learn-In
DESCRIPTION:Deeply concerned about Israel/Palestine? Grappling with Hamas’ attack on October 7 and Israel’s current bombardment and invasion of Gaza\, as well as the broader historical context for both? Wonder how we got here and how we might imagine a better future together? Come with questions and a desire to learn with and from others. All members of the Santa Cruz community are welcome. \nConveners: Nathaniel Deutsch\, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies\, and Alma Heckman\, Professor of History and Jewish Studies \nThis event is presented by the Center for Jewish Studies.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/israel-palestine-learn-in/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:PhD+ Series – Academic Publishing with Martha Stuit and Erich van Rijn
DESCRIPTION:How do you choose a reputable academic journal to publish in? What are your copyrights? What is open access? Where do you find academic publishing support at UCSC beyond your program and department? \nAs scholarly communication librarian at the UCSC University Library\, Martha Stuit provides author services\, which covers theses and dissertations\, publishing academic articles and books\, open access\, and copyright. She also serves as the library’s liaison to the Division of Graduate Studies. Prior to becoming a librarian\, she was a journalist. Martha has an M.S. in information from the University of Michigan. \n  \n  \nErich van Rijn is executive director at the University of California Press where he leads the press’s book and journal publishing operations. Erich has been with the University of California Press since 1997 and has held positions in marketing\, sales\, operations\, and finance. Prior to joining the press he held positions in marketing at Oxford University Press and HarperCollins Publishers. \n  \n  \n \n  \nThis workshop is presented by the Division of Graduate Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2023-2024 PhD+ series. The Division of Graduate Studies’ workshops are for current UC Santa Cruz graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and require an active UC Santa Cruz email address. \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series \nJoin us for the eighth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted (or co-sponsored) by The Humanities Institute. Our meetings provide the opportunity to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grant/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-series-academic-publishing-with-martha-stuit-and-erich-van-rijn/
LOCATION:Graduate Student Commons
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231116T190000
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SUMMARY:Living Writers - Chia Chia Lin
DESCRIPTION:Chia-Chia Lin is the author of The Unpassing (FSG 2019)\, which was a New York Times Book Review Editor’s’ Choice and won the 2020 Clark Fiction Prize. She graduated with an MFA in Fiction from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Her short stories and essays have appeared in The Paris Review\, NewYorker.com\, The New York Times\, Zyzzyva\, and more. She currently lives in Northern California. \nSponsors: Sponsored by The Puknat Literary Endowment\, The Porter Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, The Laurie Sain Endowment\, The Humanities Institute\, Bookshop Santa Cruz\, and Two Birds Books (where the writers’ books are available for purchase)
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-chia-chia-lin/
LOCATION:Merrill Academics 102
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231117T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231117T103000
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SUMMARY:Project Paradiso: A Gateway to Dante’s Heaven - Episode Two – The Structure of Dante’s Paradiso: or How to Tell a Story beyond Time\, Space\, and Individuality
DESCRIPTION:Dante’s Paradiso is the least studied and the least understood of the three parts of the Commedia. Yet it is arguably the most important for the dynamism and originality of the literary\, theological\, and philosophical inquiries that take place there. It is also a singularly important interpretive guide for a full understanding of the entire Commedia. It is a poem that asks to be tackled by a community of engaged readers: here it’s your opportunity! This year-long series of webinar workshops led by world-renowned scholars will take you on a deep reading of the Paradiso and an unforgettable journey to the heart of Dante’s universe. This virtual series will reward both first-time and expert readers of the Commedia with an opportunity to delve deep into one of the most complex and daring speculative poems ever written. We’ll be meeting online almost every other week from October to May. See the Project Paradiso page for full schedule. \n \nEpisode Two – The Structure of Dante’s Paradiso: or How to Tell a Story beyond Time\, Space\, and Individuality featuring: \nAlejandro Cuadrado is a Lecturer in the Department of Italian Studies. He received his PhD in Italian and Comparative Literature from Columbia University in 2023\, where he was also a Core Preceptor and Provost Diversity Fellow. He has an undergraduate degree in French & Italian from Princeton University. His research focuses on medieval Italian literature at the intersection of history and religion. He is currently writing his first book\, Dante\, Historian of Religious Institutions\, which argues that Dante embeds parallel histories of the papacy\, monasticism\, and the mendicant fraternal orders into the Commedia. His other research has considered medieval exemplarity\, travel and pilgrimage narratives\, Boccaccio\, Petrarch\, lyric poetry\, Mediterranean Studies\, and Cervantes. With Akash Kumar\, he is the co-editor of the Dante Simile Project\, which brings together a wide range of scholars to historicize and contextualize Dante’s narrative similes. He is an Assistant Editor of Digital Dante\, an online resource dedicated to original research and ideas on Dante\, including Teodolinda Barolini’s commentary to the Divine Comedy. \nPresented by the Humanities Institute and the Department of Literature Italian Studies. Sponsored by the University of California Humanities Research Institute\, Siegfried and Elizabeth Mignon Puknat Literary Studies Endowment\, and Porter College
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/project-paradiso-a-gateway-to-dantes-heaven-episode-two-the-structure-of-dantes-paradiso-or-how-to-tell-a-story-beyond-time-space-and-individuality/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231117T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231117T180000
DTSTAMP:20260419T195051
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SUMMARY:The Japanese American Mass Incarceration\, Art\, Activism\, and Multiracial Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a panel discussion with Karen Tei Yamashita and traci kato-kiriyama. The panel discussion will be moderated by Alice Yang. \nKaren Tei Yamashita\, UCSC Literature Professor Emerita\, acclaimed author of Letters to Memory\, and a 2021 recipient of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters\, will read from her work\, discuss her research\, the creation of the Yamashita family archive\, and the legacy of the mass incarceration and a loyalty questionnaire for her family and the Japanese American community. \ntraci kato-kiriyama will read from Navigating With(out) Instruments – a collage of poetry and reflections of intersectional identity & memory – and discuss legacies of silence and collective noise in relation to World War II mass incarceration of Japanese Americans\, friendship & solidarity in movement building\, and how we can (must) use our voices for collective self-determination and transformation today. \nReception to follow. Please help us order enough manjus by RSVP-ing here. \nDirections and Parking: The Page Smith Library is located in the Cowell College Courtyard. The closest parking lots are 107\, 109\, 110\, and 108. Slightly farther parking can be found at 103A and 119. Here is a map of the parking lots at UCSC.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-japanese-american-mass-incarceration-art-activism-and-multiracial-solidarity/
LOCATION:Page Smith Library
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231117T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231117T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T195051
CREATED:20231025T005222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T204153Z
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SUMMARY:Il Moro: Film Screening and Director Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Join The Humanities Institute and the Departments of Literature\, Film and Digital Media\, and History of Art & Visual Culture for a screening of the award-winning\, Oscar-qualifying short film Il Moro (Italian\, with subtitles). Il Moro is a period drama based on true events in the life of Alessandro de’ Medici\, the illegitimate son of a woman of African descent and Pope Clement VII who eventually became the first Black head of state in modern Western Europe. After the screening\, Profs. Camilla Hawthorne and Consuelo Endrigo-Williams will moderate a Q&A with Daphne Di Cinto\, the writer\, director\, and producer of Il Moro. About the Speaker: Daphne Di Cinto is a Black Italian screenwriter\, director\, actor\, and producer. She began her film and theater studies in Rome\, where she focused on acting at Scuola di Cinema\, while earning a degree in Communication Science from Roma Tre University. She attended the faculty of cinema at Sorbonne University in Paris before moving to New York for her master’s in fine arts at the Actors Studio Drama School. Currently based in London\, Daphne is writer\, director\, and producer of the award-winning short film Il Moro/The Moor\, her directorial debut. As an actor\, she played the Duchess of Hastings in the Netflix series Bridgerton. \nTo register for the virtual event\, please click here \nThis event will be presented both in person and virtually. The in person location is DARC 108. \nThis event is co-sponsored by Italian Studies at UCSC\, The Humanities Institute\, the History of Art and Visual Culture Department\, and the Film and Digital Media Department
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/il-moro-film-screening-and-director-qa/
LOCATION:DARC 108\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231118T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231118T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T195051
CREATED:20230922T004707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T011551Z
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SUMMARY:Broadsides – Pairing Artworks with Poetry from the Morton Marcus Community of Poets
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an artists’ reception and poetry reading to celebrate the opening of Broadsides\, an exhibition presented by m.k. contemporary art\, which brings together diverse voices from the local poetry scene and pairs their writings with highly accomplished local and regional visual artists. The event will be hosted by Santa Cruz treasure Wallace Baine. \nThis unique collaboration offers visitors a chance to explore the profound connections between art and poetry. The exhibition was thoughtfully curated by local talents Donna Mekis and Rose Sellery\, with the elegant broadside design crafted by Gary Young\, Director of the Cowell Press at UC Santa Cruz. The art and poetry worlds collide in this unique exhibition which showcases our community’s extraordinary creativity. Donna Mekis\, co-curator\, remarked\, “the magic of pairing art and poetry is seeing how the two art forms enrich and complement each other. The visual images provide a new perspective and depth to the words\, and create an entirely new experience for the viewer/listener.” Rose Sellery\, co-curator\, added\, “the Broadsides exhibition is a testament to the beauty of collaboration. It demonstrates how two distinct art forms can merge to create something greater than the sum of their parts. We invite everyone to come and be inspired by this remarkable fusion of art and poetry.” \nFeaturing\nVisual Artists: Tamera Avery\, Ric Ambrose\, Gale Antokal\, Adon Valenziano\, Marti Somers\, Robin McCloskey\, Harry Clewans\, Jay Mercado\, Rose Sellery \nPoems By: Farnaz Fatemi\, Danusha Laméris\, Morton Marcus\, Deng Ming-Dao\, Maggie Paul\, Joseph Stroud\, David Sullivan\, Jeff Tagami\, Gary Young \nBroadsides is made possible through the generous support of The Humanities Institute (THI) and Special Collections & Archives at UC Santa Cruz\, Mark Ong and Side By Side Studios\, and Santa Cruz based Community Printers. \nAbout m.k. contemporary art (formerly Curated by the Sea Gallery): m.k. contemporary art has become a prominent hub for contemporary art in downtown Santa Cruz\, dedicated to showcasing the work of talented local and regional artists. It serves as a platform for artistic expression and fosters creative connections within the community. \nMore info at: https://www.mkcontemporary.art/broadsides2023
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/broadsides-pairing-artworks-with-poetry-from-the-morton-marcus-community-of-poets/
LOCATION:m.k. contemporary art\, 703 Front Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231120T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231120T133000
DTSTAMP:20260419T195051
CREATED:20231025T004805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T004805Z
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SUMMARY:Humanities in the Age of AI Lunch meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Humanities Institute Research cluster\, “Humanities in the Age of AI\,” is pleased to invite you to their second lunch meeting scheduled for November 6th (Monday) at noon in HUM 210. The research cluster boasts a diverse group of core participants. This includes six esteemed faculty members from various disciplines\, graduate students representing politics\, history\, literature\, philosophy\, feminist studies\, and film and visual studies\, and undergraduate scholars from computer science\, computational media\, and creative writing. \nFrom the Department of Politics\, Professor Matt Sparke will be guiding a conversation on the intersection of AI-driven developments in global and community health\, in conjunction with teaching collaborations here at UC Santa Cruz. In a similar vein\, Jack Fox Keen\, a 1st Year Ph.D candidate in Computer Science and Engineering\, will be presenting their research on explainable AI\, health care and natural language processing in application to suicide prevention. \nWe encourage you to bring your own lunch to this meeting as this is an uncatered event. Until then\, please continue to check our website for more updates on the cluster’s upcoming projects and presenters. \nFor those who prefer to schedule in advance\, please note the dates for our brown bag meetings throughout the academic year: 10/2 (lunch provided)\, 11/6\, 12/11\, 1/8 (lunch provided)\, 2/12 (featuring Davide Panagia)\, 3/4\, 4/8 (lunch provided)\, and 5/6. THI will graciously cater on the three specified dates. For the remaining meetings\, attendees are cordially invited to bring their lunch. We are honored to have Professor Davide Panagia from UCLA present on 2/12; arrangements are underway to secure another external speaker for a subsequent session.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/humanities-in-the-age-of-ai-lunch-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231126T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231126T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T195051
CREATED:20231012T061803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T165125Z
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SUMMARY:Santa Cruz Pickwick Club
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Santa Cruz Dickens Fellowship and the Santa Cruz Pickwick Club for our monthly Pickwick Club meeting. New this year\, we will be devoting an entire year to one novel instead of two\, and will dive deeply into Great Expectations. Join Dickens enthusiasts and Pickwick Club members for a series of discussions about this book. \n \nCharles Dickens depicts how a gentleman is made\, not born\, in this novel. Presented as Pip’s confessional autobiography\, Great Expectations describes his childhood at the forge\, his infatuation with the beautiful Estella\, his shame at his working-class origin and his eagerness to be a gentleman\, and eventually his life as a young man-about-town with “great expectations” of inheriting a fortune. Recalling these events as an adult\, Mr. Pirrip is frank about his mistakes and shortcomings. \nRecommended Edition: We recommend the Penguin Classics edition of the novel for its appendices and notes\, but other versions are fine. First-time readers should avoid the Introduction if they don’t want spoilers. Download the novel to read at Gutenburg.org or to listen at LibriVox.org. \nIf you have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach out at dpj@ucsc.edu
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/santa-cruz-pickwick-club-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231128T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231128T130000
DTSTAMP:20260419T195051
CREATED:20231026T040111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T062928Z
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SUMMARY:PhD+ Series – Listening\, Mentoring\, Coaching\, Advising with Andrea Cohen
DESCRIPTION:Listening to understand represents an equally important half of effective oral communication to the other half\, delivery of the communication by spoken word. Listening well forms the essential communication base upon which to build the skills of mentoring\, coaching\, and advising. Listening well also aids your performance on a team and in any professional and personal relationship. Learn how to listen conscientiously and to mentor\, coach\, and advise with empathy. \nAndrea Cohen serves as director of strategy and chief of staff in the Division of Academic Affairs at UC Santa Cruz where she engages with strategic initiatives; manages recruitments\, supports personnel\, and guides employee development; centers DEIA goals; and conducts research and strategizes on divisional and campuswide projects. A trusted adviser to colleagues at all levels\, Andrea develops project and implementation plans\, facilitates groups through projects and change processes\, offers workshops and training\, participates on several boards\, and was the founding chair of UCSC’s Campus Advisory Committee on the Status of Womxn (CACSW). Andrea earned a master’s in public administration (M.P.A.) from Villanova University in Philadelphia and a bachelor’s in geography from the University of Colorado Boulder. \n  \n \n  \nThis workshop is presented by the Division of Graduate Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2023-2024 PhD+ series. The Division of Graduate Studies’ workshops are for current UC Santa Cruz graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and require an active UC Santa Cruz email address. \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series \nJoin us for the eighth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted (or co-sponsored) by The Humanities Institute. Our meetings provide the opportunity to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grant/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-series-listening-mentoring-coaching-advising-with-andrea-cohen/
LOCATION:Graduate Student Commons
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231129T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231129T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T195051
CREATED:20231128T071608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231128T072801Z
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SUMMARY:THI Coffee Hour
DESCRIPTION:The Humanities Institute is excited to welcome students\, faculty\, staff\, and friends for a weekly Coffee Hour on Wednesdays\, 11am to noon. \nWe invite you to visit our team\, meet our new Faculty Director\, Pranav Anand\, and talk with us about your academic interests as well as upcoming THI events and programs. Learn about how THI supports Faculty\, Graduate Students\, and Undergraduate Students\, including fellowship and grant opportunities\, and hear more about our ongoing research initiatives and partnerships. Enjoy a free cup of coffee\, pick up a THI sticker\, and be a part of our humanities community. \nCome say hi to us at the THI Suite\, on the 5th floor of the Humanities 1 building. We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/thi-coffee-hour-2/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 515\, 1156 High St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231129T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231129T130000
DTSTAMP:20260419T195051
CREATED:20231026T040408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T063052Z
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SUMMARY:PhD+ Series – Maintaining Work-Life Balance with Angel Dominguez
DESCRIPTION:Join Angel Dominguez for an interactive workshop and discussion of what it means to cultivate a healthy work-life balance. The interactive discussion will cover the importance of setting boundaries\, time management\, how technology can be your friend\, and why saying “no” doesn’t make you a bad person! \nAngel is a queer\, first-generation\, Latinx UCSC alumnus dedicated to supporting historically excluded groups of students during their time here in the redwoods as the GANAS graduate services counselor for UCSC. Angel holds an M.F.A. in writing and poetics from Naropa University and is the author of several books of poetry and prose. \n  \n \n  \nThis workshop is presented by the Division of Graduate Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2023-2024 PhD+ series. The Division of Graduate Studies’ workshops are for current UC Santa Cruz graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and require an active UC Santa Cruz email address. \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series \nJoin us for the eighth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted (or co-sponsored) by The Humanities Institute. Our meetings provide the opportunity to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grant/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-series-maintaining-work-life-balance-with-angel-dominguez/
LOCATION:Graduate Student Commons
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231129T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231129T133000
DTSTAMP:20260419T195051
CREATED:20230927T174421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T164230Z
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SUMMARY:Robert Nichols – The Indian Wars Have Never Ended
DESCRIPTION:In the 1960s and 70s\, Red Power intellectuals and activists engaged in a remarkably ambitious wholesale rewriting of American Indian history. New works of popular and academic history challenged standard narratives of U.S. territorial expansion\, with particular emphasis paid to major events of the nineteenth century ‘Indian Wars’\, such as Sand Creek\, Wounded Knee\, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. This presentation seeks to understand Red Power Historiography as more than just retrospective revision and\, instead\, as a distinct mode of contemporaneous political critique. Particular attention is paid to the way that Red Power Historiography helped to reframe popular interpretations of Cold War conflict\, especially\, the spectre of the guerilla\, the partisan\, and the revolutionary insurgent. Work from this period serves as a model then for how we might bind disparate struggles together\, across great time and space. \nRobert Nichols is Professor of History of Consciousness at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. His work in social and political theory has been published in several books and journal articles\, including Theft is Property! Dispossession and Critical Theory (Duke\, 2020); The Dispossessed: Karl Marx’s Debates on Wood Theft and the Right of the Poor\, ed. and trans.\, (Minnesota\, 2021); and The World of Freedom: Heidegger\, Foucault\, and the Politics of Historical Ontology (Stanford\, 2014). \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. We gather at 12:00 PM\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. \nStaff assistance is provided by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/robert-nichols-structural-oppression-and-historical-critique/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231129T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231129T183000
DTSTAMP:20260419T195051
CREATED:20231117T192626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231117T192648Z
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SUMMARY:Netta Avineri - Language and Social Justice: What Is\, What Has Been\, and What Could Be?
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics is pleased to present Netta Avineri\, Ph.D. (Middlebury Institute of International Studies) “Language and Social Justice: What Is\, What Has Been\, and What Could Be.” Refreshments will be served. \nHow are language and social justice interconnected? How can one cultivate a language and social justice praxis\, integrating reflection\, dialogue\, and action for language-related social change? In this presentation\, I will discuss the applied linguistic anthropological (ALA) framework\, a multi scaled\, temporally-shaped critical engagement with socially-situated language issues\, balancing contextual knowledge\, relationship-building\, and aspirations for action (Avineri & Baquedano-López\, forthcoming). The ALA framework explores what is\, what has been\, and what could be through the following steps: centering language\, reflection\, noticing\, observation\, narrative\, positionalities and commitments\, critique\, relationships\, aspirations\, and actions for social change. Through exploring language and social justice issues\, critical reflections\, and hand-on activities\, we will demonstrate the ways that individual\, interpersonal\, and collective engagement are fundamental for systemic social change. \nDr. Netta Avineri is a Language Teacher Education Professor and Intercultural Competence Committee Chair at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. She serves as the Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation Graduate Education Pillar Lead. Netta teaches Critical ServiceLearning and Teacher Education courses at California State University\, Monterey Bay. She is co-editor of Language and Social Justice in Practice\, author of Research Methods for Language Teaching: Inquiry\, Process\, and Synthesis\, co-editor of Metalinguistic Communities: Case Studies of Agency\, Ideology\, and Symbolic Uses of Language\, and Series Editor for Critical Approaches in Applied Linguistics. Her co-authored forthcoming textbook is An Introduction to Language and Social Justice: What Is\, What Has Been\, and What Could Be. She has served as the American Association for Applied Linguistics Public Affairs and Engagement Committee Chair and is the Secretary/Treasurer of the Society of Linguistic Anthropology. Netta’s research interests include language and social justice\, critical interculturality\, heritage language socialization\, and ethical community partnerships.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/67951/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231130T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231130T130000
DTSTAMP:20260419T195051
CREATED:20231026T040910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T063156Z
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SUMMARY:PhD+ Series – Public Speaking with Bri McWhorter
DESCRIPTION:Every presentation is an opportunity to share your ideas and connect with your audience. In this interactive workshop\, Bri will lead you through her program\, W.A.V.E.®\, where she will show you techniques to overcome nerves\, use your voice effectively\, and bring your content to life. Whether you are sharing a pitch about your work\, speaking at a conference\, or giving a job talk\, she will share tools that you can use to impress and captivate your audience. \nBri McWhorter is the founder and CEO of Activate to Captivate\, where she teaches communication techniques from an actor’s point of view. She specializes in public speaking\, scientific communications\, interview skills\, and interpersonal communications. She has taught workshops at Fortune 500 companies\, privately coached CEOs at nonprofits\, and led certificate programs at top universities. She is the creator of W.A.V.E.®\, a program where she teaches speakers how to overcome nerves\, use body language\, and rely on their voice to tell an engaging story. She has coached speakers for academic symposia at various institutions\, including UC Office of the President\, UC Irvine\, UC Santa Barbara\, and UC Santa Cruz. She has a Master of Fine Arts in acting from UC Irvine and a bachelor’s degree in theater and performance studies from UC Berkeley. \n \n  \nThis workshop is presented by the Division of Graduate Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2023-2024 PhD+ series. The Division of Graduate Studies’ workshops are for current UC Santa Cruz graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and require an active UC Santa Cruz email address. \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series \nJoin us for the eighth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted (or co-sponsored) by The Humanities Institute. Our meetings provide the opportunity to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grant/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-series-public-speaking-with-bri-mcwhorter/
LOCATION:Graduate Student Commons
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231130T172000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231130T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T195051
CREATED:20231001T225422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T170225Z
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SUMMARY:Living Writers - Justin Torres
DESCRIPTION:Justin Torres is the author of the novel Blackouts. His debut novel\, We the Animals\, won the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award\, was translated into fifteen languages\, and was adapted into a feature film. He was named a National Book Foundation “5 Under 35\,” a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University\, a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University\, and a Cullman Center Fellow at the New York Public Library. His short fiction and essays have appeared in The New Yorker\, Harper’s\, Granta\, Tin House\, The Washington Post\, LA Times Image Magazine\, and Best American Essays. He lives in Los Angeles\, and teaches at UCLA. \nSponsored by The Puknat Literary Endowment\, The Porter Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, The Laurie Sain Endowment\, The Humanities Institute\, Bookshop Santa Cruz\, and Two Birds Books (where the writers’ books are available for purchase)
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-justin-torres/
LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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