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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-5/2024-05-01/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 515\, 1156 High St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - TechnoScience Improv
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by Center for Cultural Studies\, History of Consciousness: GeoEcologies + TechnoScience Conversations\, Global and Community Health\, and the Science & Justice Research Center \nThis two-hour roundtable improv (12.15-2.00pm) brings together ten UCSC scholars working on social\, historical\, and cultural studies of science\, technology and medicine. The event will be structured around eight open\, improvised conversations. Rather than structured around formal talks\, each conversation will start with a question from a different panelist exploring emerging practices\, speculative transformations\, and critical imaginings of technoscience\, health and ecology. \nWe welcome panelists: Dimitris Papadopoulos (convenor)\, Karen Barad\, James Doucet-Battle\, Kat Gutierrez\, Maria Puig de la Bellacasa\, Jenny Reardon\, Warren Sack\, Kriti Sharma\, Matt Sparke\, and Zac Zimmer. \n\nABOUT THE PANELISTS \nKaren Barad is Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies\, Philosophy\, and History of Consciousness. \nJames Doucet-Battle is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Co-Director of the Science & Justice Research Center. \nKat Gutierrez is an Assistant Professor in the History Department. \nDimitris Papadopoulos is Professor of History of Consciousness in the Department of History of Consciousness. \nMaria Puig de la Bellacasa is Professor of History of Consciousness in the Department of History of Consciousness. \nJenny Reardon is a Professor of Sociology and the Founding Director of the Science & Justice Research Center. \nWarren Sack is Professor of the Software Arts in the Film + Digital Media Department. \nKriti Sharma is an Assistant Professor of Critical Race Science and Technology Studies in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. \nMatt Sparke is Professor of Politics in the Politics Department and Co-Director of Global and Community Health. \nZac Zimmer is an Associate Professor of Literature in the Literature Department. \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. Staff assistance is provided by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/technoscience-improv/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dalit Histories\, Gender Formations: A Conversation with Journalist Meena Kotwal
DESCRIPTION:This talk is co-sponsored by the Center for South Asia at Stanford University and the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of California Santa Cruz (CSAS). \nOn May 1\, 2024 \, Meena Kotwal will be in conversation with Anjali Arondekar (Professor in Feminist Studies\, UCSC and Founding Director\, CSAS) at the Stanford University campus. This talk will take place in Encina Commons\, 123 (615 Crothers Way\, Stanford University) at 5:00 PM PT. For more details visit Dalit Histories\, Gender Formations \nThis event is hybrid: \nTo Attend In-person | Register Here\nTo Connect Virtually | Register Here \nMeena Kotwal is a journalist and founder of Mooknayak\, an online news channel and website that covers issues related to the persecution of the Dalit\, tribal\, and minority communities\, and which advocates for social justice and democracy for the marginalized.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/dalit-histories-gender-formations-a-conversation-with-journalist-meena-kotwal/
LOCATION:Virtual and In Person
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SUMMARY:The Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series & Thom Gentle Lecture
DESCRIPTION:The Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series & Thom Gentle Lecture will take place on Thursday\, May 2nd\, 2024\, at 3:00pm at the Cowell Provost House. This event will also be livestreamed and recorded: Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series Lecture. \nThis year’s guest speaker is Bathsheba Demuth\, Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Environment and Society\, Brown University. Professor Demuth’s lecture is titled “The Reindeer Herd in the Ruins.” \nClimate change is often described in apocalyptic terms: as Armageddon\, or the end of the world. Nowhere is this more true than in the Arctic\, where the rates of warming are twice that of temperate regions\, and have been visible for decades. This talk looks to the history of the Chukchi Peninsula on the far northeastern edge of Russia — a place that has experienced radical changes in the past\, first with the founding of the Soviet Union and then with its dissolution — to explore what kinds of narratives suit the experience of radical change. Weaving a story of devoted Bolsheviks\, Chukchi nomads\, and herds of reindeer\, it asks what is lost when we emphasize rupture\, and what is gained by paying attention to the ruins left by past ways of living\, as we face a transformed Arctic – and planet. \nBathsheba Demuth is a writer and environmental historian specializing in the lands and seas of the Russian and North American Arctic. Her interest in northern places and cultures began when she was 18 and moved to the village of Old Crow in the Yukon\, where she trained huskies for several years. From the archive to the dog sled\, she is interested in how the histories of people\, ideas\, and ecologies intersect. In addition to her prize-winning book Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait\, her writing has appeared in publications from The American Historical Review to The New Yorker and The Best American Science and Nature Writing. She is currently the Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Environment and Society at Brown University. \n\nThe Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series at UCSC honors the life and spirit of a brilliant scholar\, teacher\, and mentor whose career was cut short by her untimely death in 2021. A specialist in Russian\, Central Asian and environmental history\, Maya was a valued member of UCSC’s faculty in the History Department and the Humanities Division. The Explorations in History Seminar Series celebrates Maya’s passions for the study of history\, for dialogue between the humanities and the sciences\, and for innovative scholarship across disciplines—passions that she shared generously with students\, colleagues\, and communities around the globe. \nThis year’s event is being sponsored by The Maya K. Peterson Memorial Endowment\, the Thom Gentle Endowment in History\, and the UCSC History Department.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-maya-k-peterson-explorations-in-history-seminar-series-thom-gentle-lecture/
LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\,  Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Living Writers with Joseph Han
DESCRIPTION:Living Writers Series – Spring 2024\nImaginaries)Un(bound: Race\, Justice\, Writing: The Living Writers Series\, the Center for Racial Justice\, and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES) present poets\, theorists\, fiction and hybrid artists working at the nexus of creative-critical practice in the struggle for justice with the imperative of imaginatively undoing the academic and disciplinary strictures that bind critical scholarship. \nThis presentation will be both in person at the Humanities Lecture Hall and available via live stream at: https://vimeo.com/event/425786 \nJoseph Han is the author of Nuclear Family\, named a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and a best book of the year by NPR and Time Magazine. He was selected as a 2022 National Book Foundation ‘5 Under 35’ honoree and received a Kundiman fellowship in fiction. His novel won the 2023 Asian/Pacific American Literature Award Adult Fiction Honor and the 2024 Association for Asian American Studies Book Award. \nHe is an editor for the West region of Joyland Magazine and an Affiliate Faculty in Fiction at the Antioch University Los Angeles low-residency MFA program.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-with-joseph-han/
LOCATION:Virtual and In Person
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SUMMARY:Project Paradiso: A Gateway to Dante’s Heaven - Episode Fourteen – Global Perspectives\, Part 1: Paradiso in World Literature & Culture
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 \n  \nMartin Eisner is Chair of Romance Studies and Professor of Italian at Duke University. He is the author of Dante’s New Life of the Book: A Philology of World Literature (Oxford UP\, 2021)\, which won the Howard R. Marraro Prize from the Modern Language Association. His first book Boccaccio and the Invention of Italian Literature: Dante\, Petrarch\, Cavalcanti\, and the Authority of the Vernacular (Cambridge UP\, 2013) was recently published in Italian as Boccaccio e l’invenzione della letteratura italiana (Salerno\, 2022). He is currently working on a biography of Boccaccio for Reaktion Books’s Renaissance Lives series. \n  \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-episode-fourteen-global-perspectives-part-1-paradiso-in-world-literature-culture-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Jennifer Lunden\, author of American Breakdown
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, May 3 at 12:00PM for a virtual webinar with Jennifer Lunden\, author of AMERICAN BREAKDOWN: Our Ailing Nation\, My Body’s Revolt\, and the Nineteenth Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life. \n \nA Silent Spring for the human body\, this wide-ranging\, genre-crossing literary mystery interweaves the author’s quest to understand the source of her own condition with her telling of the story of the chronically ill 19th-century diarist Alice James—ultimately uncovering the many hidden health hazards of life in America. \nIn this meticulously researched and illuminating debut\, Lunden interweaves her own experience with Alice’s\, exploring the history of medicine and the effects of the industrial revolution and late-stage capitalism to tell a riveting story of how we are a nation struggling—and failing—to be healthy. Read More \nJennifer Lunden is an award-winning writer who explores the intersection of health and the environment. Her essays have been published in Creative Nonfiction\, Orion\, River Teeth\, DIAGRAM\, Longreads\, and other journals; selected for several anthologies; and praised as notable in Best American Essays. A former therapist\, she was named Maine’s Social Worker of the Year in 2012. She and her husband\, the artist Frank Turek\, live in a little house in Portland\, Maine\, where they keep several chickens\, two cats\, and some gloriously untamed gardens.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/conversation-with-jennifer-lunden-author-of-american-breakdown/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Educator's Mixer: Pajaro Valley Filipino American History
DESCRIPTION:To kick of Asian American and Pacific Islander History Month\, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) and Watsonville is in the Heart (WIITH) will co-host a free event for local educators. \nThe event provides educators with a chance to meet with WIITH team members who are working to produce educational resources about Filipino American history in Santa Cruz county. \nCo-sponsored by UCSC’s Arts Division\, Center for Labor and Community\, History Department\, Humanities Division\, and Institute for Social Transformation
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/educators-mixer-pajaro-valley-filipino-american-history/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History\, 705 Front St.\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Saturday Shakespeare
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Shakespeare Workshop at UCSC\, this in-person meeting of the Saturday Shakespeare Group will take place on Saturday\, May 4th in the new Aptos Library\, with a Zoom option for those who can not attend in person. The nominal meeting time is 10:00 am\, library doors open at 10:00 am. \nThe speaker for this meeting will be Charles Pasternack\, current Artistic Director of Santa Cruz Shakespeare. He will tell us about the ambitious program he has arranged for this summer\, which includes Hamlet. Additionally\, since he will also play the title role in Hamlet\, he may give us some thoughts on the play and Hamlet’s character. \nReadings: Act II scene 2 +Act III Scene 1 + Act III Scene 2 up to Polonius saying “lights\, lights\, lights” and all exit except for Horatio and Hamlet (this is line 265 in the Pelican edition) \nReading Coordinator: Linda Mandel | lindamandel@yahoo.com\nIf you would like to read please email the reading coordinator as soon as possible. \nZoom Information\nFor those who will be attending by Zoom\, here is the Zoom information. The link is:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/89795220016?pwd=QRcs1tQt6TAxaaBdYqUrXW6XVu4JlJ.1\nMeeting ID: 897 9522 0016\nPasscode: 755261 \nAll Scheduled Meetings \n\nApril 27 | Paul Whitworth\nMay 4 | Charles Pasternack\nMay 11 | Sean Keilen\nMay 18 | Michael Warren\nMay 25 | DVD showing\nJune 1 | Zoom only showing of DVD\n\nDirections\nThe Aptos library is easy to find –> Exit highway 1 at State Park Drive and go north to Soquel Drive. Turn left on Soquel Drive and the library is almost immediately on the right. The address is 7695 Soquel Dr\, Aptos\, CA 95003. There is free parking. \nThe Text\nWe will be using the Pelican edition. If you would like to read please get hold of a copy of this edition because there are differences between different editions. There are two sources for the play\, the second quarto (Q2) of 1604-5 and the first folio (F) of 1623. The folio contains 70 lines not in Q2 and lacks 230 that are in Q2. Most editions combine them in a conflated text\, thus making a long play even longer. The pelican edition does not do that\, but sticks almost entirely to Q2. As a result there will be significant differences between the Pelican edition and an edition that uses a conflated text. \nUnfortunately Bookshop Santa Cruz won’t order copies for the group (unless all copies are paid for in advance). You will therefore need to order a copy yourself. Alternatively you can buy it on Amazon. It is difficult to find the Pelican edition by searching on the Amazon site. Better is to google “Hamlet Pelican Edition Amazon”. \nDonations to Santa Cruz Shakespeare\nOur meetings are free\, but we suggest that members make a contribution to Santa Cruz Shakespeare. \nTo do this you can either make a donation by credit card or send a check payable to Santa Cruz Shakespeare:\nSanta Cruz Shakespeare\n501 Upper Park Rd\nSanta Cruz\, CA 95065 \nIf you send a check\, it would be helpful if you could indicate that this gift is on behalf of the Saturday Shakespeare Group. \nNew Members Wanted\nWe are always looking for new members. Everyone is welcome. If you know of anyone who would be interested in attending these meetings\, please encourage them to do so. Contact saturdayshakespeare@gmail.com to be added to the mailing list. \nNote: It is strongly encouraged to attend in person if you possibly can. The lectures and readings will be much more vivid for those actually present\, and the in-person interactions will restart the social aspect of the group.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/saturday-shakespeare-2/
LOCATION:Aptos Library\, 7695 Soquel Dr\, Aptos\, 95003\, United States
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SUMMARY:Prahlad Singh Tipanya & Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Experience the vigorous and joyful folk music of Prahlad Singh Tipanya and his ensemble\, singing the poetry of Kabir\, the great iconoclastic mystic of 15th-century North India. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies. \nPrahlad-ji is a locally\, nationally\, and internationally acclaimed folk singer from Lunyakhedi\, a small village in Ujjain District\, Madhya Pradesh. He is renowned for his singing and interpretation of Kabir and other Hindi poets associated with nirgun-bhakti—devotion to a God or ultimate reality beyond word and form. Kabir is famous for both his profound mystical insight and his sharp social commentary. His voice is often invoked as inspiring communal harmony and social equality. \nAmong Prahlad-ji’s many honors is the prestigious Padma Shri award given by the Government of India. He has delighted audiences in the USA on various visits since 2003. He is a featured figure in the book Bodies of Song: Kabir Oral Traditions and Performative Worlds in North India (Oxford University Press\, 2015) by Linda Hess. Linda will be traveling with the group and offering onstage translation. \nAdmission\n– Tickets available online at Eventbrite\n– Seating is general admission\n– Doors are scheduled to open at 7:00 pm. \n* Ticket holders not seated by the event start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and refunds will not be issued \nParking\n– Lot 126 is the closest parking lot to the event\n– Parking is by UCSC permit\, Park Mobile\, or pay $5 cash/credit to the on-site parking attendant in Lot 126\n– More visitor parking information here
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/prahlad-singh-tipanya-ensemble/
LOCATION:Music Center Recital Hall – UCSC\, 402 McHenry Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cancelled - 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 lunch meeting scheduled for Monday\, May 6th at 12pm in HUM 210. \nTo learn more about current cluster projects and further information about upcoming speakers\, please consult our website the events tab. 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. \nAttendees are cordially invited to bring their lunch. We will gather with our meals and take our seats. The first 10 minutes have been set aside to elucidate the cluster’s overview. Following this\, we will go ahead with individual introductions. After a short five-minute recess\, speakers will commence their presentations\, anticipated to last for approximately 20 minutes. A structured dialogue on the topic will follow. \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. \nTHI will graciously cater on the three specified dates. For the remaining meetings\, attendees are cordially invited to bring their lunch.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/humanities-in-the-age-of-ai-lunch-meeting-7/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Heidegger\, Christian Eschatology & the Temporality of Being with Prashan Ransinghe
DESCRIPTION:The History of Consciousness department presents Heidegger\, Christian Eschatology & the Temporality of Being with Prashan Ransinghe\, University of Ottawa. \nThis talk is a part of the Spring 2024 History of Consciousness Speaker Series. The History of Consciousness Speaker series is a quarterly series of talks by distinguished guests. To learn more visit: https://histcon.ucsc.edu/hisc_speaker_series/. \nRecordings of previous lectures are available in the HistCon Speaker Series Archive.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/heidegger-christian-eschatology-the-temporality-of-being-with-prashan-ransinghe/
LOCATION:Virtual and In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240506T180000
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SUMMARY:The Deep Read: Faculty Salon
DESCRIPTION:On May 6\, you’ll be able to join the conversation—either in person or online—at a salon-style event where our participating professors will lead a discussion of this year’s Deep Read book\, Trust\, with the Deep Read community. \nFaculty Speakers\n\nLori Kletzer\, Economics\, Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor\nMadhavi Murty\, Feminist Studies\nDard Neuman\, Music\nZac Zimmer\, Literature and Deep Read Faculty Lead\n\n\nNot in Santa Cruz? Sign up for the Zoom livestream. \nEvent Logistics\nBicycling\, car pooling\, ridesharing\, and public transportation are encouraged as parking is limited. If you drive to the event\, please plan to park in UCSC Lot #115 or 116. To reach these lots\, proceed through the main entrance to campus\, continue up the hill from the information kiosk on Coolidge\, then turn right at the Ranch View/Carriage House Road stoplight into the Carriage House/Campus Facilities parking lot. The Hay Barn is a 5-minute walk across the street from the parking lot. There will be directional signage to help you get to the correct parking lot and Barn entrances. Overflow parking will be available at lot 122. Download a parking map here. \n\nAbout The Deep Read\nThe Deep Read is an annual program of The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. Now in its fifth year\, we invite curious minds to think deeply about books and the most pressing issues of our contemporary moment.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/deep-read-2024-faculty-salon/
LOCATION:Cowell Ranch Hay Barn\, Ranch View Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Angie Sijun Lou & Karen Tei Yamashita - Dark Soil: Fictions and Mythographies
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Angie Sijun Lou and Karen Tei Yamashita for the launch of Dark Soil: Fictions and Mythographies—a new anthology edited by Lou and featuring ten new stories from Yamashita\, all centered around Santa Cruz’s history\, along with eight works of nonfiction from authors including Brandon Shimoda and Juliana Spahr. \n \nAbout Dark Soil \nEight authors’ works of personal nonfiction join with ten new stories by Karen Tei Yamashita to illuminate the hidden histories of places large and small. Faced with a scant historical record in her urge to reconstruct the layered past of Santa Cruz\, Karen Tei Yamashita turns to fiction set amidst its architecture. Ten stories explore the California city to animate what might have been\, to build the fullness of lives forgotten\, and to honor their living with story and possibility. Following this impulse into the realm of nonfiction\, eight other writers chart their own counternarratives of place through the greater United States. Diverging and converging in their scale and scope\, from an unnamed lot on the bank of the Ohio River to the territory of Guam\, these works use language as an instrument of excavation\, uncovering layers of hurt and desire concealed in the land. \nAngie Sijun Lou is a Kundiman Fellow and a PhD candidate in literature and creative writing at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. Her writings have appeared in the Kenyon Review\, Joyland\, Best Small Fictions\, and Gulf Coast. She lives in Oakland. \nKaren Tei Yamashita is the author of seven books (including I Hotel\, finalist for the National Book Award\, and most recently Sansei and Sensibility)\, all published by Coffee House Press. Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation\, the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature\, and a United States Artists’ Ford Foundation Fellowship\, she is professor emerita of literature and creative writing at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. \nPurchase your own copy of Dark Soil at: Bookshop Santa Cruz – Dark Soil \nThis event is co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/angie-sijun-lou-and-karen-tei-yamashita-dark-soil-fictions-and-mythographies/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Avenue\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240131T212356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240214T215013Z
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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-5/2024-05-08/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 515\, 1156 High St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T133000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240401T204326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240401T204326Z
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SUMMARY:Dimitris Papadopoulos – Toxic Realism: 222 Photographs in 44’33”
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by History of Consciousness: GeoEcologies + TechnoScience Conversations \nThrough a series of 222 photographs and a separate conceptual narration\, this intermedial and semi-performative presentation discusses the pervasive\, toxic realism of anthropochemicals and the search for alternative substances. \nDimitris Papadopoulos is Professor of History of Consciousness in the Department of History of Consciousness\, University of California\, Santa Cruz. His most recent books include Ecological Reparation: Repair\, Remediation and Resurgence in Social and Environmental Conflict (Bristol UP 2023); Reactivating Elements. Chemistry\, Ecology\, Practice (Duke UP 2021); Experimental Practice. Technoscience\, Alterontologies and More-Than-Social Movements (Duke UP 2018). He is currently completing a monograph entitled Substance and its Milieu. Anthropochemicals\, Autonomy\, and Geo-Ecological Justice and a theory photobook entitled Landscape After the Event. Constructivist Photography and the Vision of Abolition. \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. Staff assistance is provided by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/dimitris-papadopoulos-toxic-realism-222-photographs-in-4433/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T203000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240408T180035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T180035Z
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SUMMARY:The Deep Read: San Diego Salon
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-deep-read-san-diego-salon/
LOCATION:Stone Brewing Liberty Station\, 2816 Historic Decatur Rd UNIT 116\, San Diego\, CA\, 92106\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240509T172000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240509T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240306T220856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T214046Z
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SUMMARY:Living Writers with Graduate Alumni: Nathan Osorio and Kendall Grady
DESCRIPTION:Living Writers Series – Spring 2024\nImaginaries)Un(bound: Race\, Justice\, Writing: The Living Writers Series\, the Center for Racial Justice\, and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES) present poets\, theorists\, fiction and hybrid artists working at the nexus of creative-critical practice in the struggle for justice with the imperative of imaginatively undoing the academic and disciplinary strictures that bind critical scholarship. \nNathan Xavier Osorio’s debut full-length poetry collection\, Querida\, was selected by Shara McCallum as the winner of the 2024 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize and is forthcoming from the University of Pittsburgh Press. He is the author of The Last Town Before the Mojave\, selected by Oliver De la Paz for the Poetry Society of America’s 2021 Chapbook Fellowship. His poetry\, translations\, and essays have also appeared in BOMB\, The Offing\, Boston Review\, Public Books\, and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. His writing and teaching has been supported by fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center\, The Kenyon Review\, and Poetry Foundation. He is a PhD candidate in Literature and Creative/Critical Writing at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. \nKendall Grady is a poet scholar working the couplet as microsystem– contact zone–associative monad– elective affinity– allocentrism– affective capillary—baroque structure of intimacy. Selected poems live with Jupiter 88\, Dusie\, and The Atlas Review.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-with-graduate-alumni-nathan-osorio-and-kendall-grady/
LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240511T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240511T100000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240423T213129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T164145Z
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SUMMARY:Saturday Shakespeare
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Shakespeare Workshop at UCSC\, this in-person meeting of the Saturday Shakespeare Group will take place on Saturday\, May 11th in the new Aptos Library\, with a Zoom option for those who can not attend in person. The nominal meeting time is 10:00 am\, library doors open at 10:00 am. \nThe speaker for this meeting will be Sean Keilen\, Professor of Literature\, University of California\, Santa Cruz. \nSean is a regular speaker to the group\, and always presents original and stimulating ideas. He is also the founding Director of Shakespeare Workshop\, a research center of The Humanities Institute. \nReadings: Act III Scene 2 (starting with Hamlet “Why\, let the stricken deer go weep”\, line 266 in the Pelican edition) + Act III Scenes 3 and 4 + Act IV Scenes 1-6 \nReading Coordinator: Bob Peterson | rpeterson@scu.edu\nIf you would like to read please email the reading coordinator as soon as possible. \nZoom Information\nFor those who will be attending by Zoom\, here is the Zoom information. The link is:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/89795220016?pwd=QRcs1tQt6TAxaaBdYqUrXW6XVu4JlJ.1\nMeeting ID: 897 9522 0016\nPasscode: 755261 \nAll Scheduled Meetings \n\nApril 27 | Paul Whitworth\nMay 4 | Charles Pasternack\nMay 11 | Sean Keilen\nMay 18 | Michael Warren\nMay 25 | DVD showing\nJune 1 | Zoom only showing of DVD\n\nDirections\nThe Aptos library is easy to find –> Exit highway 1 at State Park Drive and go north to Soquel Drive. Turn left on Soquel Drive and the library is almost immediately on the right. The address is 7695 Soquel Dr\, Aptos\, CA 95003. There is free parking. \nThe Text\nWe will be using the Pelican edition. If you would like to read please get hold of a copy of this edition because there are differences between different editions. There are two sources for the play\, the second quarto (Q2) of 1604-5 and the first folio (F) of 1623. The folio contains 70 lines not in Q2 and lacks 230 that are in Q2. Most editions combine them in a conflated text\, thus making a long play even longer. The pelican edition does not do that\, but sticks almost entirely to Q2. As a result there will be significant differences between the Pelican edition and an edition that uses a conflated text. \nUnfortunately Bookshop Santa Cruz won’t order copies for the group (unless all copies are paid for in advance). You will therefore need to order a copy yourself. Alternatively you can buy it on Amazon. It is difficult to find the Pelican edition by searching on the Amazon site. Better is to google “Hamlet Pelican Edition Amazon”. \nDonations to Santa Cruz Shakespeare\nOur meetings are free\, but we suggest that members make a contribution to Santa Cruz Shakespeare. \nTo do this you can either make a donation by credit card or send a check payable to Santa Cruz Shakespeare:\nSanta Cruz Shakespeare\n501 Upper Park Rd\nSanta Cruz\, CA 95065 \nIf you send a check\, it would be helpful if you could indicate that this gift is on behalf of the Saturday Shakespeare Group. \nNew Members Wanted\nWe are always looking for new members. Everyone is welcome. If you know of anyone who would be interested in attending these meetings\, please encourage them to do so. Contact saturdayshakespeare@gmail.com to be added to the mailing list. \nNote: It is strongly encouraged to attend in person if you possibly can. The lectures and readings will be much more vivid for those actually present\, and the in-person interactions will restart the social aspect of the group.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/saturday-shakespeare-3/
LOCATION:Aptos Library\, 7695 Soquel Dr\, Aptos\, 95003\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240513T104000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240513T104000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240507T193707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240507T195916Z
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SUMMARY:Orit Bashkin: The Farhud - Gender\, Memory\, Reconstruction
DESCRIPTION:Orit Bashkin will give her lecture\, entitled The Farhud – Gender\, Memory\, Reconstruction on Monday\, May 13 at 10:40am in Soc Sci II Rm 71. This guest lecture is a part of UCSC’s class\, The Holocaust: A Global History\, taught by Nathaniel Deutsch and Alma Rachel Heckman. \nOrit Bashkin is Mabel Greene Myers Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Chicago. She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University (2004)\, and her BA (1995) and MA (1999) from Tel Aviv University. Her publications deal with Iraqi history\, Middle Eastern and Ottoman Jewry\, Arab cultural revival movements\, and the connections between history\, memory\, and literature. She authored three books published by Stanford University Press: Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel (2017); New Babylonians: A History of Jews in Modern Iraq (2012); The Other Iraq – Pluralism and Culture in Hashemite Iraq (2009). She coedited Jews and Journeys: Travel and the Performance of Jewish Identity\, with Joshua Levinson (U of Pennsylvania Press\, 2021).
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-farhud-gender-memory-reconstruction/
LOCATION:Social Sciences 2\, Room 71
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240515T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240515T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240131T212356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240214T215013Z
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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-5/2024-05-15/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 515\, 1156 High St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240515T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240515T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240423T182804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240423T184906Z
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SUMMARY:Women of Color Environmentalists Panel
DESCRIPTION:Join the UCSC community for an empowering panel that celebrates the voices\, visions\, and efforts of women of color environmentalists. Our panelists include inspiring women from UC Santa Cruz and external organizations. \nAfter the panel\, enjoy a special dinner with the panelists and all event attendees! UCSC community members and affiliates of all identities are invited to attend this free event. \nThis event is set to begin at 5:00pm in the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn\, doors will open at 4:45pm. Dinner will be served from 6:30pm to 7:50pm. RSVP coming soon! \nSave the date to your Google Calendar with https://bit.ly/savedate-WOC \nThis event is made possible with the collaboration and sponsorship of: The African American Resource & Cultural Center\, The American Indian Resource Center (AIRC)\, The Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center\, The Center for Coastal Climate Resilience\, The Latin American and Latino Studies Department\, The People of Color Sustainability Collective\, The Student Alliance of Native American & Indigenous Peoples (SANAI)\, The Sustainability Office\, and The Womxn’s Center.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/women-of-color-environmentalists-panel/
LOCATION:Cowell Ranch Hay Barn\, Ranch View Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240518
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240430T192240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T191923Z
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SUMMARY:The 2nd Annual FMST Undergraduate Research Symposium
DESCRIPTION:UCSC Feminist Studies Presents The 2nd Annual FMST Undergraduate Research Symposium. This year’s FMST Symposium will be a two-day event in celebration of Feminist Studies’ 50th Anniversary. \nMay 16 | Feminists in the World | 10am to 1pm \nUCSC professors across the university – from anthropology and digital media to molecular biology and politics – in conversation about how feminist thought and theory has influenced their work. \nMay 17 | Radical Research: Feminists on the Rise | 10am to 4pm \nA showcase of undergrad research exploring feminist theories and the FMST ethos of activism. Featuring oral presentations and posters exploring questions central to feminist studies. Plus food trucks\, music\, and live entertainment!
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-2nd-annual-fmst-undergraduate-research-symposium/
LOCATION:Cowell Ranch Hay Barn\, Ranch View Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240517T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240517T103000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20231015T221410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240112T173607Z
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SUMMARY:Project Paradiso: A Gateway to Dante’s Heaven - Episode Fifteen – Global Perspectives\, Part 2 & 3: Paradiso in World Religions & Spirituality and A Text that Fosters Interreligious Dialogue
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 \n  \n \nEileen Gardiner\, a research fellow at the University of Bristol\, specializes in medieval visions of the otherworld. She is the author of Visions of Heaven and Hell Before Dante and Medieval Visions of Heaven and Hell: A Sourcebook. She has also published on pilgrimage with her 2010 book on The Pilgrim’s Way to St. Patrick’s Purgatory. She has also published five volumes on hell in various religious traditions\, including Hinduism and Buddhism. She holds a Ph.D. in English Literature and Medieval Studies. With Ron Musto\, Eileen is a co-founder and co-publisher of Italica Press\, the former co-director of ACLS Humanities E-Book and of the Medieval Academy of America and co-editor of its journal\, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. \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-episode-fourteen-global-perspectives-part-1-paradiso-in-world-literature-culture/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240517T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240517T100000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240430T175702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T181014Z
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SUMMARY:Swag: A Creolised Alegropolitics of Resistance
DESCRIPTION:The UCSC Center for South Asian Studies presents Swag: A Creolised Alegropolitics of Resistance with Ananya Jahanara Kabir on May 17th. This virtual event will be held via Zoom | Register Here \nLearn more about this event at: CSAS Crossings \nAnanya Jahanara Kabir is Professor of English Literature at King’s College London. Her research spans creolisation across the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds\, critical philology\, and the politics of pleasure. A Fellow of the British Academy\, she has been awarded India’s Infosys Prize in the Humanities and Germany’s Humboldt Research Prize. \nCo-sponsored by The Center for Cultural Studies and The Humanities Institute. This event is a part of The Center for South Asian Studies’ annual lecture series\, Crossings.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/swag-a-creolised-alegropolitics-of-resistance/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240517T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240517T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240221T195937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T165802Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Humanities Division Graduate Awards Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:We are postponing the Humanities Division Graduate Awards. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Information about rescheduling to come.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/humanities-division-graduate-awards/
LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\,  Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240518T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240518T100000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240423T213448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T164218Z
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SUMMARY:Saturday Shakespeare
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Shakespeare Workshop at UCSC\, this in-person meeting of the Saturday Shakespeare Group will take place on Saturday\, May 18th in the new Aptos Library\, with a Zoom option for those who can not attend in person. The nominal meeting time is 10:00 am\, library doors open at 10:00 am. \nThe speaker for this meeting will be Michael Warren\, Emeritus Professor of Literature at UCSC. Warren has been dramaturg for many productions of Santa Cruz Shakespeare and its predecessor\, Shakespeare Santa Cruz. We are very grateful to him for sharing his knowledge of\, and enthusiasm for\, each of the plays that we study. \nReadings: Act IV Scene 7 + all of Act 5 \nReading Coordinator: Esther Chun | eechun1@gmail.com\nIf you would like to read please email the reading coordinator as soon as possible. \nZoom Information\nFor those who will be attending by Zoom\, here is the Zoom information. The link is:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/89795220016?pwd=QRcs1tQt6TAxaaBdYqUrXW6XVu4JlJ.1\nMeeting ID: 897 9522 0016\nPasscode: 755261 \nAll Scheduled Meetings \n\nApril 27 | Paul Whitworth\nMay 4 | Charles Pasternack\nMay 11 | Sean Keilen\nMay 18 | Michael Warren\nMay 25 | DVD showing\nJune 1 | Zoom only showing of DVD\n\nDirections\nThe Aptos library is easy to find –> Exit highway 1 at State Park Drive and go north to Soquel Drive. Turn left on Soquel Drive and the library is almost immediately on the right. The address is 7695 Soquel Dr\, Aptos\, CA 95003. There is free parking. \nThe Text\nWe will be using the Pelican edition. If you would like to read please get hold of a copy of this edition because there are differences between different editions. There are two sources for the play\, the second quarto (Q2) of 1604-5 and the first folio (F) of 1623. The folio contains 70 lines not in Q2 and lacks 230 that are in Q2. Most editions combine them in a conflated text\, thus making a long play even longer. The pelican edition does not do that\, but sticks almost entirely to Q2. As a result there will be significant differences between the Pelican edition and an edition that uses a conflated text. \nUnfortunately Bookshop Santa Cruz won’t order copies for the group (unless all copies are paid for in advance). You will therefore need to order a copy yourself. Alternatively you can buy it on Amazon. It is difficult to find the Pelican edition by searching on the Amazon site. Better is to google “Hamlet Pelican Edition Amazon”. \nDonations to Santa Cruz Shakespeare\nOur meetings are free\, but we suggest that members make a contribution to Santa Cruz Shakespeare. \nTo do this you can either make a donation by credit card or send a check payable to Santa Cruz Shakespeare:\nSanta Cruz Shakespeare\n501 Upper Park Rd\nSanta Cruz\, CA 95065 \nIf you send a check\, it would be helpful if you could indicate that this gift is on behalf of the Saturday Shakespeare Group. \nNew Members Wanted\nWe are always looking for new members. Everyone is welcome. If you know of anyone who would be interested in attending these meetings\, please encourage them to do so. Contact saturdayshakespeare@gmail.com to be added to the mailing list. \nNote: It is strongly encouraged to attend in person if you possibly can. The lectures and readings will be much more vivid for those actually present\, and the in-person interactions will restart the social aspect of the group.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/saturday-shakespeare-4/
LOCATION:Aptos Library\, 7695 Soquel Dr\, Aptos\, 95003\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240518T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240518T160000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240423T190505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240423T200519Z
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SUMMARY:Santa Cruz County History Fair
DESCRIPTION:This is the 6th History Fair for our County! This year’s Santa Cruz County History Fair will be hosted by the Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park on Saturday May 18th at 12pm. Admission in free for all ages. \nWe look forward to engaging a wide public audience in a diverse offering of inclusive local history stories and resources. With the aim to bring local history to our community\, the event will feature tables hosted by local historians and history organizations. There will also be tours\, lectures\, a “Passport to the Past” scavenger hunt\, and refreshments! \nSponsored by State Parks\, Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks\, the Capitola Historical Museum\, & The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/santa-cruz-county-history-fair-3/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park\, 144 School Street\, Santa Cruz\, 95060\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240519T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240519T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240416T211205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240416T220142Z
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SUMMARY:Victorian Gaslighting with Professor Nora Gilbert
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Friends of the Dickens Project for our spring Friends Faculty Fellowship talk series by Associate Professor Nora Gilbert (University of North Texas) who will be discussing “Victorian Gaslighting” \nVirtual Sessions: \nApril 14: Book Talk: Victorian Gaslighting: Genealogy of an Injustice \nMay 19: Discussion: Gaslight (1944) –Directed by George Cukor \n \nAs someone who co-specializes in Victorian literature and early Hollywood film\, I’ve long been a fan of the darkly disturbing 1944 film Gaslight starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. During the first session of this series\, I will provide an overview of an essay collection that I’m currently co-editing with Diana Bellonby and Tara MacDonald called Victorian Gaslighting: Genealogy of an Injustice\, in which we trace the genealogy of gaslighting back to its Victorian roots by bringing together fourteen essays that examine a wide range of nineteenth-century literary texts through the lens of gaslighting. During the second session\, we will have an in-depth discussion of the 1944 film version of Gaslight itself\, which captures the “maddening” feeling of this particular form of emotional abuse so gut-wrenchingly well. \nNora Gilbert is an associate professor of English at the University of North Texas. She is the author of Better Left Unsaid: Victorian Novels\, Hays Code Films\, and the Benefits of Censorship (2013) and Gone Girls\, 1684-1901: Flights of Feminist Resistance in the Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British Novel (2023)\, as well as a number of other essays on Victorian literature and classical Hollywood film. Since 2017\, she has served as the editor of the journal Studies in the Novel. She is the 2024 Spring Friends of the Dickens Project Faculty Fellow.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/victorian-gaslighting-with-professor-nora-gilbert-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240519T173000
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SUMMARY:The Deep Read: A Conversation with Hernan Diaz
DESCRIPTION:*Venue Change: Join us at the Kaiser Permanente Arena in Downtown Santa Cruz* \n3:00pm – Doors open \n3:30pm – Chamber music performance by Astrophic Duo: Polly Malan (Viola) and Chris Pratorius-Gomez (Piano)   \n4:00pm – Program begins \nJoin us for a public conversation with author Hernan Diaz. He’ll discuss his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Trust with Deep Read Faculty Lead\, Associate Professor of Literature Zac Zimmer. We’ll consider how the technologies of finance and fiction overlap in this novel about capitalism and its social\, cultural\, and political power in the United States. \n  \n \nHernan Diaz\nHernan Diaz is the award-winning author of In the Distance\, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award\, and Trust\, which was longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize and one of the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. \nAssociate Professor Zac Zimmer\nZac Zimmer is an interdisciplinary scholar of literature\, culture\, and technology in the hemispheric Americas and serves as a faculty lead for this year’s Deep Read.  \n\n\nParking information\nCLICK HERE for information regarding Downtown Santa Cruz parking and a full city map of available parking lots. \n\n\nDisabled Parking Lot 17: The Laurel Street Extension Parking Lot (200 Laurel Street\, near Wheel Works)\n\nStreet Parking on Spruce Street where it intersects with Front Street.\n\nPublic Transportation Santa Cruz Metro has many routes that will drop off near Kaiser Permanente Arena. For bus routes and details CLICK HERE.\n  \n\nAbout the Deep Read \nThe Deep Read is an annual program of The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. Now in its fifth year\, we invite curious minds to think deeply about books and the most pressing issues of our contemporary moment.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-deep-read-a-conversation-with-hernan-diaz/
LOCATION:Kaiser Permanente Arena\, 140 Front Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240520T120000
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Art and Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Investigation with Alice Barale
DESCRIPTION:The History of Consciousness department presents Art and Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Investigation with Alice Barale\, University of Milan. \nJoin us Monday\, May 20 at 12pm in Hum 1 Rm 210 or register below to attend virtually: \n \nIt has been several years since the first artwork created with artificial intelligence was sold at the renowned auction house Christie’s in 2018. In the meantime\, new types of artificial intelligence have emerged\, enabling artists to conduct different experiments. However\, the presence of AI in the artistic process continues to raise significant questions. How should its role be understood? And\, more importantly\, what new chances does it offer within the artistic field and beyond? \n \nAlice Barale is a scholar of Aesthetics and Assistant Professor at the Department of Cultural and Environmental Heritage at the University of Milan. She has extensively researched Aby Warburg and Walter Benjamin\, authors to whom she has dedicated several essays and two monographs (“La malinconia dell’immagine\,” FUP\, 2009\, and “La prima impresa: Shakespeare in Warburg e Benjamin\,” Jaca Book\, 2021). For Benjamin\, she has edited and translated a new Italian version of “Origin of the German Trauerspiel” (Carocci\, 2018). Among her most recent research interests are the philosophy of color (“Il giallo del colore\,” Jaca Book\, 2020) and the relationship between art and artificial intelligence. She has curated the collected volume “Arte e intelligenza artificiale. Be my GAN” (Jaca Book\, 2020) and is currently working on a new book on the topic\, which will be released soon. \nTalk co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute with Humanities in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/alice-barale-art-and-artificial-intelligence-a-philosophical-investigation/
LOCATION:Virtual and In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240522T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240522T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
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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-5/2024-05-22/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 515\, 1156 High St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240525T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240525T100000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
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SUMMARY:Saturday Shakespeare
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Shakespeare Workshop at UCSC\, this in-person meeting of the Saturday Shakespeare Group will take place on Saturday\, May 25th in the new Aptos Library\, with a Zoom option for those who can not attend in person. The nominal meeting time is 10:00 am\, library doors open at 10:00 am. \nThis meeting features a DVD showing. There are many productions to choose from\, most of which cut the play considerably. We will see the 1996 Kenneth Branagh version which presents the play in its entirety. It has a star-studded cast. \nThe play is in two parts with an intermission: the first part lasts 2hrs. 37 min and the second part 1 hr. 24 min. We will proceed as follows:\n10:00: View part 1\n12:45 – 1:15: Break (light refreshments will be provided). We also suggest that people bring something light to share (mini-potluck).\n1:15 – 2:45: View part 2 \nNote: For those who don’t want to view both parts in one sitting\, we will reshow part 2\, by Zoom only on June 1. \nZoom Information\nFor those who will be attending by Zoom\, here is the Zoom information. The link is:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/89795220016?pwd=QRcs1tQt6TAxaaBdYqUrXW6XVu4JlJ.1\nMeeting ID: 897 9522 0016\nPasscode: 755261 \nAll Scheduled Meetings \n\nApril 27 | Paul Whitworth\nMay 4 | Charles Pasternack\nMay 11 | Sean Keilen\nMay 18 | Michael Warren\nMay 25 | DVD showing\nJune 1 | Zoom only showing of DVD\n\nDirections\nThe Aptos library is easy to find –> Exit highway 1 at State Park Drive and go north to Soquel Drive. Turn left on Soquel Drive and the library is almost immediately on the right. The address is 7695 Soquel Dr\, Aptos\, CA 95003. There is free parking. \nDonations to Santa Cruz Shakespeare\nOur meetings are free\, but we suggest that members make a contribution to Santa Cruz Shakespeare. \nTo do this you can either make a donation by credit card or send a check payable to Santa Cruz Shakespeare:\nSanta Cruz Shakespeare\n501 Upper Park Rd\nSanta Cruz\, CA 95065 \nIf you send a check\, it would be helpful if you could indicate that this gift is on behalf of the Saturday Shakespeare Group. \nNew Members Wanted\nWe are always looking for new members. Everyone is welcome. If you know of anyone who would be interested in attending these meetings\, please encourage them to do so. Contact saturdayshakespeare@gmail.com to be added to the mailing list. \nNote: It is strongly encouraged to attend in person if you possibly can. The lectures and readings will be much more vivid for those actually present\, and the in-person interactions will restart the social aspect of the group.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/saturday-shakespeare-6/
LOCATION:Aptos Library\, 7695 Soquel Dr\, Aptos\, 95003\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240526T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240526T150000
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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-7/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240529T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240529T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
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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-5/2024-05-29/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 515\, 1156 High St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240529T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240529T133000
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240401T210714Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Mjriam Abu Samra – New Horizons in Struggle: The Role of Transnational Palestinian Youth in Decolonial Politics
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Center for the Middle East and North Africa (CMENA) \nIt seems we are living and witnessing a historical moment in the politics of “the Palestine Question.” No matter what analytical framework or political perspective is invoked\, no matter the profound disagreement that can emerge in reading not only the current phase but also the historical context\, there is a shared agreement that this is a moment of rupture from the discourses and strategies that\, for the past 30 years\, have dominated the approach to\, and understanding of\, Palestine at the international level. A polarised environment has re-emerged with many comparing the current anti-Palestinian and anti-Muslim discourse—pushed by the government and sustained by its support for Israel and stigmatisation of solidarity with Palestine—to the 9/11 context. At the popular level\, however\, a stronger movement keeps developing in solidarity with Palestinians\, led by Palestinian youth movements transnationally. How has Palestinian youth political engagement been impacted by the current developments in Palestine and in the international system? What are the discourses they are articulating and how are they different from previous rhetoric? What are the strategies of mobilisation that they are using? Is there a rupture or can any continuity be identified with the political engagement of older Palestinian generations in Diaspora? My presentation attempts to answers these questions by analysing current and ongoing practices of political mobilisation of Palestinian youth in the US\, discussing the potential role they can play in the political development of the Palestinian movement. \nMjriam Abu Samra will be joining the department of Anthropology at UC Davis with ties to the program in Middle East/South Asian Studies as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow through the cooperation with her hosting institution\, the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice\, Italy –Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage. Mjriam received her Ph.D. from the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford\, UK and her MA in Middle East Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)\, UK. Her research focuses on Palestinian transnational student and youth politics and Third World solidarities. Her work intervenes in the critical study of refugees\, colonialisms\, social movements and it is grounded on critical theories on subalternity and decolonization building on Gramsci and Fanon contribution to post-colonial studies. As a MSC Postdoctoral Fellow Mjriam will be exploring the political potential of contemporary Palestinian transnational youth activism in the United States and Europe through an historical comparative lens. Mjriam has publications in the Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. \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. Staff assistance is provided by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/mjriam-abu-samra-new-horizons-in-struggle/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240529T124500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240529T134500
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
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SUMMARY:Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics (LAAL) Colloquia: Dr. Elu Tu
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics Colloquium is pleased to present: \nDr. Elu Tu\nUC Santa Cruz \nspeaking on\nAnalyzing Asynchronous Online Chinese Language Learning Materials under the PICRAT Technology Integration Model \n\nDr. Elu Tu will present on Wednesday\, May 29th at 12:45 pm via Zoom. \nMeeting ID: 981 3067 3074\nPasscode: 064315 \n \n  \nAbstract \nThe PICRAT framework is a model designed to explore the complex relationships between instructors\, students\, and technology in the context of teaching practices. This framework utilizes the PIC (Passive\, Integrative\, Creative) and RAT (Replaces\, Amplifies\, Transforms) axes to illustrate the dynamics of the student-teacher-technology relationship. Specifically\, the PIC axis shows how students engage with technology\, while the RAT axis illustrates how instructors use technology to enhance their teaching practices. These axes are used to construct a matrix that demonstrates the nine possible combinations of teaching practices that can occur. This study collected asynchronous online Chinese language instructional videos across three proficiency levels (i.e.\, Novice\, Intermediate\, and Advanced) and used content analysis to examine how the nine possibilities in teaching practices are implemented in each proficiency level under the PICRAT framework. The results demonstrated the similarities and differences between PICRAT practices at different proficiency levels. The data analysis will contribute to language instruction by providing pedagogical insights for different proficiency levels\, which can enhance language teaching and learning outcomes. \nElu Tu is a Lecturer of Chinese Language in the Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. She earned her Ph.D. degree in the Curriculum and Instruction Department—World Language Education program from the University of Wisconsin- Madison. Her research focuses on instructional technology\, self-directed learning\, and digital literacy.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/department-of-languages-and-applied-linguistics-colloquia-dr-elu-tu/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240529T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240529T190000
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SUMMARY:Martin Rizzo-Martinez: We Are Not Animals
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Martin Rizzo-Martinez\, assistant professor at UC Santa Cruz\, for a discussion of We Are Not Animals: Indigenous Politics of Survival\, Rebellion\, and Reconstitution in Nineteenth-Century California\, now available in paperback. By examining historical records and drawing on oral histories and the work of anthropologists\, archaeologists\, ecologists\, and psychologists\, We Are Not Animals sets out to answer questions of who the Indigenous people in the Santa Cruz region were and how they survived through the nineteenth century. \n \nAbout We Are Not Animals \nBetween 1770 and 1900 the linguistically and culturally diverse Ohlone and Yokuts tribes adapted to and expressed themselves politically and culturally through three distinct colonial encounters with Spain\, Mexico\, and the United States. In We Are Not Animals Martin Rizzo-Martinez traces tribal\, familial\, and kinship networks through the missions’ chancery registry records to reveal stories of individuals and families and shows how ethnic and tribal differences and politics shaped strategies of survival within the diverse population that came to live at Mission Santa Cruz. \nWe Are Not Animals illuminates the stories of Indigenous individuals and families to reveal how Indigenous politics informed each of their choices within a context of immense loss and violent disruption. \nMartin Rizzo-Martinez is an Assistant Professor in the Film & Digital Media Department at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. His research focuses on the history of Indigenous resistance and survival in Santa Cruz County during the 19th century. He has worked closely with Bay Area Indigenous communities\, like the Amah Mutsun\, in his research and collaborative projects. His book has received multiple awards. Among other media projects\, he co-produces a podcast entitled Challenging Colonialism. Learn more at https://rizzomartinez.com/. \nPurchase your own copy of We Are Not Animals and learn more about the event at: Bookshop Santa Cruz – We Are Not Animals \nThis event is co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/martin-rizzo-martinez-we-are-not-animals/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Avenue\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240530T172000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240530T185500
DTSTAMP:20260419T054254
CREATED:20240306T221552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T171312Z
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SUMMARY:Living Writers with Karen Tei Yamashita and Angie Sijun Lou
DESCRIPTION:Living Writers Series – Spring 2024\nImaginaries)Un(bound: Race\, Justice\, Writing: The Living Writers Series\, the Center for Racial Justice\, and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES) present poets\, theorists\, fiction and hybrid artists working at the nexus of creative-critical practice in the struggle for justice with the imperative of imaginatively undoing the academic and disciplinary strictures that bind critical scholarship. \n*Venue Change: This event will take place off campus\, held at the Resource Center for Nonviolence (612 Ocean Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA 95060)* \nThis event will also be livestreamed at: https://vimeo.com/event/425786 \n  \nKaren Tei Yamashita is the author of seven books (including I Hotel\, finalist for the National Book Award\, and most recently Sansei and Sensibility)\, all published by Coffee House Press. Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation\, the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature\, and a United States Artists’ Ford Foundation Fellowship\, she is professor emerita of literature and creative writing at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. \n \nAngie Sjiun Lou is a Kundiman Fellow and a Ph.D. Candidate in Literature and Creative Writing at UC Santa Cruz.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-with-karen-tei-yamashita-and-angie-sijun-lou/
LOCATION:Virtual and In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240531T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240531T190000
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SUMMARY:The Miriam Ellis International Playhouse XXII
DESCRIPTION:Cowell College\, Stevenson College and the Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics will present the 22nd season of the Miriam Ellis international Playhouse (MEIP XXII)\, May 31\, June 1\, and June 2\, 2024 at 7:00 PM in the Stevenson Event Center at UCSC. \nFour fully-staged theater pieces will be presented in French\, Italian\, Japanese\, and Spanish\, with English supertitles\, performed by Language students and directed by their instructors. \nTo learn more about MEIP XXII and past performances visit: Miriam Ellis International Playhouse \nAll are welcome! Admission is free; parking in adjacent lots is $5.00.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-miriam-ellis-international-playhouse-xxii/
LOCATION:Stevenson Event Center
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