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Art and Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Investigation with Alice Barale
Art and Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Investigation with Alice Barale
The History of Consciousness department presents "Art and Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Investigation" with Alice Barale, University of Milan as part of the 2024-2025 HistCon Speaker Series. Join us Monday, October 28 at 1pm PST in Hum 1 Rm 210 or register below to attend virtually: It has been several years since the first artwork […]
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Proactive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with Lorato Anderson
Proactive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with Lorato Anderson
How do you proactively promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in your role as a graduate student, a researcher, a teaching assistant, and a peer and undergraduate mentor? Learn active steps you can take in every role to promote a just and welcoming environment at UCSC in every space. Recommended Reading: Ely, Robin J., and Thomas, […]
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Sandhya Shukla – Cosmopolitanism and Relationality: The Logic of the Cultural Studies We Need Now
Sandhya Shukla – Cosmopolitanism and Relationality: The Logic of the Cultural Studies We Need Now
When Immanuel Kant suggested in 1798 that a citizenship of the world could be staged in Konigsberg without physical travel, he illuminated the dense heterogeneity of place. Kant’s insight might be seen to have informed many projects of British cultural studies that situated globality inside locality by focusing on the potential of working-class cultures built […]
Walking in the Ecotone with Jim Clifford
Walking in the Ecotone with Jim Clifford
A not to be missed opportunity to explore the UC Santa Cruz Campus, on and off the footpaths with Professor Jim Clifford. We’ll wander among the trees, down in the ravines, out in the meadows. Pooling our different knowledges of environmental, social, cultural, technological and architectural history, we will try to disentangle the overlapping layers […]
Decoding the Headlines: Top News Stories, Misinformation, and the 2024 Presidential Campaign
Decoding the Headlines: Top News Stories, Misinformation, and the 2024 Presidential Campaign
This event is part of the 2024 U.S. Elections Forum Series - Power, Politics, and Our Democracy UC Santa Cruz is excited to share our U.S. Elections Forum Series to provide a platform for deep conversations about our quickly changing and polarized democracy, and consider how to participate in and help shape our futures. How […]
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“What Is It Like to Be a Bat?”: Spooky Reading Group Potluck
“What Is It Like to Be a Bat?”: Spooky Reading Group Potluck
On Saturday, November 2 from 6-7pm, we will have a SPOOKY READING GROUP POTLUCK at West Lake Park. On theme for Halloween and Day of the Dead, Alisa Puga Keesey will lead us in a discussion of the essay “What is it like to be a bat?” (We think we can observe bats at dusk […]
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A Post-Election Conversation
A Post-Election Conversation
Join the CCS community as we process what just happened. We will be discussing electoral politics, the role of media in the election, political affects, and what is to be done. With: Liz Beaumont, Jody Biehl, and Daniel Wirls. Liz Beaumont is Associate Professor of Politics and Legal Studies at UC Santa Cruz. Her research explores […]
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Ellen Bass: Morton Marcus Poetry Reading
Ellen Bass: Morton Marcus Poetry Reading
Join us for the 15th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading, featuring honored guest Ellen Bass. 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). Unfortunately we have had to cancel this event, Ellen has caught Covid. […]
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Jim McCloskey: Clauses without verbs – The Irish landscape and beyond
Jim McCloskey: Clauses without verbs – The Irish landscape and beyond
The Department of Linguistics is pleased to present Jim McCloskey (UC Santa Cruz) speaking on Clauses without verbs - The Irish landscape and beyond. Please join us Friday, November 8 at 1:20pm in Humanities 1 - Room 210 or virtually via Zoom: One of the ways (perhaps the principal way) in which contemporary Irish departs […]
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Online Platforms for Presenting Research with Kayla Isenberg
Online Platforms for Presenting Research with Kayla Isenberg
Ready to promote your research on social media? This seminar will help you learn how! Explore how to promote your research and expertise on the text-based social media platforms Threads, Mastodon, and others. We’ll cover how to use each platform, how each works, how to communicate effectively on each platform, and how to pick the […]
Film Screening and Director’s Discussion: Chaityabhumi
Film Screening and Director’s Discussion: Chaityabhumi
Chaityabhumi is a holy site that holds immense importance for the Dalit movement in India, as it is where Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s last rites were performed after his passing on December 6, 1956. Dr Ambedkar, often called the father of the Indian Constitution, dedicated his life to fighting the chains of caste oppression and bringing […]
The Hive Live! Featuring Gary Young & Elizabeth Robinson
The Hive Live! Featuring Gary Young & Elizabeth Robinson
The Hive Live! presents an evening of poetry with Gary Young and Elizabeth Robinson at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Gary Young is a poet, artist, and translator. He is the author of nine collections of poetry, among them That’s What I Thought, and American Analects, both from Persea Books. His other books include Precious Mirror, translations […]
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Dolly Kikon – Abundance: Living with a Forest
Dolly Kikon – Abundance: Living with a Forest
We welcome Dolly Kikon for a screening of her film Abundance: Living with a Forest and a talk about her work on Indigenous ecology in the Eastern Himalayan region. Abundance: Living with a Forest (2024) is a filmic biography of foraging, forest, and jhum cultivation in Nagaland, a hill state in Northeast India where approximately 60% […]
Dr. Christian Alvarado – “The Storm in Kenya”: The Mau Mau Uprising and pan-Africanist Thought in the mid-20th Century
Dr. Christian Alvarado – “The Storm in Kenya”: The Mau Mau Uprising and pan-Africanist Thought in the mid-20th Century
The History Department invites you to an upcoming talk by Dr. Christian Alvarado entitled "The Storm in Kenya:" The Mau Mau Uprising and pan-Africanist Thought in the mid-20th Century. Join us in person from 1:30 - 3:00 pm (PT) in Humanities 1, Room 202 or join via Zoom here. Historical work on the event most […]
Public Speaking with Catherine Carlstroem
Public Speaking with Catherine Carlstroem
These interactive in-person workshops provide an overview of strategies and best practices for public speaking, including managing anxiety, key delivery techniques, and composition tips for crafting clearer and more focused speeches, with an emphasis on the parameters of the Grad Slam’s short presentations. This event has two sessions: Nov 13, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in […]
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Project Paradiso – Episode Sixteen – The Futures of Dante’s Paradiso: Reading Forward
Project Paradiso – Episode Sixteen – The Futures of Dante’s Paradiso: Reading Forward
Join us for a conversation with Prof. Alison Cornish (New York University) and Prof. Arielle Saiber (Johns Hopkins University), about the challenges and opportunities of reading Dante’s Paradiso today, particularly in, but not limited to, the academic context. They will explore innovative future directions to take this poem to as many readers and diverse audiences […]
Crafting the CV with Veronica Heiskell
Crafting the CV with Veronica Heiskell
Applications for academic positions require a CV, and some industry, government, and nonprofit 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 the type of academic institution you’re applying to and for what type of position. […]
Archives in Action
Archives in Action
2 PM | "Getting Into the Archive: Tales from Inside" Paul Erickson, Director of the Clements Library, University of Michigan This presentation will seek to demystify the process of applying for support for humanities research from libraries and archives by explaining it from the inside. It will offer suggestions for how to increase your chances […]
Jasbir Puar – Field Notes: Colonial Power at the Thresholds of Gender Studies
Jasbir Puar – Field Notes: Colonial Power at the Thresholds of Gender Studies
The Feminist Studies Department at UC Santa Cruz is pleased to host Jasbir Puar, Distinguished Faculty of Arts Professor, Global Race Studies at the University of British Columbia, presenting Field Notes: Colonial Power at the Thresholds of Gender Studies. Jasbir Puar's research focuses on how the liberal state, sexuality, and bio-politics bear on our understanding […]
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Wenyi Shang – Moving Beyond the Streetlight: How Computational Methods Can Open Up New Directions in Humanities Research
Wenyi Shang – Moving Beyond the Streetlight: How Computational Methods Can Open Up New Directions in Humanities Research
Join us for an engaging talk by Wenyi Shang, titled Moving Beyond the Streetlight: How Computational Methods Can Open Up New Directions in Humanities Research. The “streetlight effect” describes an observational bias relevant to the humanities and social sciences, where researchers tend to focus on the questions limited by the scales of materials they can […]
LinkedIn with Eric Curiel
LinkedIn with Eric Curiel
LinkedIn is a powerful tool to network and search for jobs. We will go over tips to update your LinkedIn profile to help recruiters find you, explore ways to identify alumni with similar career paths and interests on LinkedIn, and show you how to connect effectively with them to expand your network. We will also […]
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Contributions to Diversity Statement with Judith Estrada
Contributions to Diversity Statement with Judith Estrada
Judith Estrada, Ph.D. Assistant Vice Chancellor Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) This event has two sessions: Nov 19, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. via Zoom, or Nov 20, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. in Graduate Student Commons, Study Lounge 204. Register below to attend either session. This event is a Graduate Division Professional Development Event co-sponsored […]
Public Film Screening and Filmmaker Q&A: A Feeling Greater than Love with Mary Jirmanus Saba
Public Film Screening and Filmmaker Q&A: A Feeling Greater than Love with Mary Jirmanus Saba
In her directorial debut, Mary Jirmanus Saba deals with a forgotten revolution, saving from oblivion bloodily suppressed strikes at Lebanese tobacco and chocolate factories. These events from the 1970s, which held the promise of a popular revolution and, with it, of women's emancipation were erased from collective memory by the country’s civil wars. Rich in […]
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Giving Day 2024
Mark your calendar for Wednesday, November 20 and join us for UC Santa Cruz’s annual Giving Day—a 24-hour online fundraising event dedicated to supporting projects that enrich the UCSC student experience. Giving Day is an opportunity to unite the entire UCSC community—students, alumni, faculty, and friends—to create a lasting, positive impact on our students, the […]
POSTPONED: Lara Sheehi – “The Imperative to Refuse Psychic Intrusion in Palestine-Lebanon Solidarities”
POSTPONED: Lara Sheehi – “The Imperative to Refuse Psychic Intrusion in Palestine-Lebanon Solidarities”
This talk will discuss the ways psychic intrusions are central features of settler colonial logics and how they are used with specific intent to disrupt solidarities. Palestine-Lebanon solidarities will be used as a “case study” to read the psycho-politico-affective forces that demobilize. About the Speaker Lara Sheehi (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology […]
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CANCELLED – California Community Colleges Panel Discussion
CANCELLED – California Community Colleges Panel Discussion
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, […]
Christmas Carol Dramaturgy Talk with Santa Cruz Shakespeare
Christmas Carol Dramaturgy Talk with Santa Cruz Shakespeare
Join Santa Cruz Shakespeare for a presentation and talk by their brilliant Christmas Carol dramaturgs Dr. Renee Fox (UC Santa Cruz), Dr. Michael Chemers (UC Santa Cruz), and Charles Pasternak (SCS Artistic Director). Renee and Michael will discourse on Dickens and his marvelous novella. Q&A to follow. Expertise breeds love; don't be a Scrooge; join […]
Chris Benner & Manuel Pastor – Charging Forward
Chris Benner & Manuel Pastor – Charging Forward
Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Chris Brenner and Manuel Pastor for a reading and signing of their new book Charging Forward: Lithium Valley, Electric Vehicles, and a Just Future—a clarion call for justice in the quest for clean energy. "Charging Forward brilliantly uses the Valley to illustrate what's at stake as we move to a clean […]
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Kunal Purohit – H-Pop, The Secretive World of Hindutva Popstars
Kunal Purohit – H-Pop, The Secretive World of Hindutva Popstars
Can a song trigger a murder? Can a poem spark a riot? Can a book divide a people? Away from the gaze of mainstream urban media, across India’s dusty, sleepy towns, a brand of popular culture is quietly seizing the imagination of millions, on the internet and off it. From catchy songs with acerbic lyrics […]
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Slide Design with Sonya Newlyn
Slide Design with Sonya Newlyn
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. This event is on Mon, Nov 25, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in Graduate Student […]
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