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SUMMARY:PhD+ Workshop – Public Speaking
DESCRIPTION:Learn about warmups\, crafting your talk\, audience engagement\, and presenting online using Zoom with the owner and coach of Activate to Captivate\, Bri McWhorter. The Division of Graduate Studies’ professional communication workshop on “Public Speaking” is co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2020-2021 PhD+ series. Workshops presented by the Division of Graduate Studies are for current UC Santa Cruz graduate students and require an active UC Santa Cruz email address. \n \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series\nJoin us for the fifth year of The Humanities Institute’s PhD+ Workshops. We meet monthly to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grants/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more. \n*Note that all 2020-2021 PhD+ workshops will be held virtually until further notice. \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-workshop-public-speaking/
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SUMMARY:Gerald Casel - Not About Race Dance
DESCRIPTION:During this “talk\,” the artists/collaborators and Gerald Casel will share their recent recent choreographic explorations during COVID-19 based on their latest work\, Not About Race Dance. \nNot About Race Dance is a collaborative\, choreographic response to the homoraciality that haunts US American postmodern dance. The work’s title reflects its primary impetus\, Neil Greenberg’s Not About AIDS Dance (1994)\, which discursively refused the project’s central focus to underscore its appeal for public acknowledgment of the lived experiences and losses of the AIDS crisis. Not About Race Dance employs this central paradox to call attention to how whiteness historically formed the structures\, experiences\, and experiments of postmodern choreographers; whiteness is the “not race” that Not About Race Dance exposes as a durable history and dominant social structure perpetuated through modern and contemporary dance practices. \nNot About Race Dance further contests the structural endurance of white postmodernity by disidentifying with the white cube activated by Trisha Brown’s Locus (1975). The dance’s adaptations of Greenberg and Brown’s choreographic devices are intended to raise questions around the racial politics of mimesis\, or what Homi Bhabha refers to as “colonial mimicry.” Moving beyond the politics of representation\, Not About Race Dance thus poses a common conundrum faced by artists of color whose work is often positioned in opposition to or on the margins of the dominant through a false binary that simultaneously reclaims the sanctity of the center. By deliberately occupying a space that has historically been defined by white artists\, this dance asks if and how difference can be made visible through choreographic structures and processes that do not necessarily make space for brown and black bodies. \nRSVP by 11 AM on Wednesday\, October 21st to receive Zoom link and password. \n \nGerald Casel is a dance artist\, performance maker\, cultural activator\, and educator. As a queer\, immigrant\, artist of color\, he is proud to be a first-generation college graduate. He serves as the Provost of Porter College and is an Associate Professor of Dance at UC Santa Cruz. Casel is the artistic director of GERALDCASELDANCE. His choreographic research and social practice converge to complicate and provoke questions surrounding colonialism\, collective cultural amnesia\, whiteness and privilege\, and the tensions between the invisible/perceived/obvious structures of power. He and his collaborators imagine alternative futures beyond the one that is being determined by our current economy and social structures of inequity. A graduate of The Juilliard School with an MFA from UW-Milwaukee\, Casel received a Bessie award for dancing in the companies of Michael Clark\, Stephen Petronio\, Zvi Gotheiner\, and Stanley Love. His choreography has been presented by Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church\, Dance Theater Workshop\, The Yard\, ODC Theater\, YBCA\, Dancebase Edinburgh\, Kuan Du Arts Festival Taiwan\, and has been developed in residencies at The Bogliasco Foundation\, The National Center for Choreography-Akron\, ODC Theater\, and CHIME. Dancing Around Race\, a community engagement process that interrogates racial inequity in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond continues to grow under his leadership. Casel’s Not About Race Dance has been awarded a National Dance Project grant\, which will be in residence at the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography and will premiere at CounterPulse in 2021 with a forthcoming tour.  www.geraldcasel.com \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies.* \nAll Center for Cultural Studies events are free and open to the public. Staff assistance is provided by the Humanities Institute. \n*2020-2021 colloquia will be held virtually until further notice. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own coffee\, tea\, and cookies to the session.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-cultural-studies-colloquium-3/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Visualizing Abolition: A Conversation with Angela Y. Davis and Gina Dent
DESCRIPTION:Join Angela Y. Davis and Gina Dent\, noted antiprison activists\, scholars\, and educators\, for an online conversation about critical issues in the arts\, visual culture\, and abolition. This is the first in a series of events that questions what it means to think of abolitionism as a vision—one that challenges the social\, economic\, and political worldviews that prisons promote. \n \nAngela Y. Davis\, Distinguished Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies\, UCSC\, is a renowned activist and scholar. For decades\, Dr. Davis has been at the forefront in our nation’s quest for economic\, racial\, and gender equality and social justice. She is the author of nine books\, including her most recent book of essays called The Meaning of Freedom. \nGina Dent\, Associate Professor of Feminist Studies\, History of Consciousness\, and Legal Studies\, UCSC is a committed activist\, scholar\, and educator\, Dent’s current book project\, Prison as a Border and Other Essays\, grows out of her work as an advocate for human rights and prison abolition. She is the editor of Black Popular Culture\, and author of numerous articles on race\, feminism\, popular culture\, and visual art. \nThis event is part of The Humanities Institute’s yearlong series on Memory. \nFor the 2020/21 academic year\, UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, in collaboration with Professor Dent\, feminist studies\, has organized a year-long series of online events featuring artists\, activists\, scholars\, and others united by their commitment to the vital struggle for prison abolition. \nThe events of Visualizing Abolition accompany Barring Freedom\, a bi-coastal exhibition of art featuring Sonya Clark\, American Artist\, Dread Scott\, Deana Lawson\, Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun\, Sharon Daniel\, Sanford Biggers\, and other artists whose practices creatively confront the failure of many to see the racist biases within the criminal justice system or to comprehend the economic and social problems that the system serves to obscure. Barring Freedom will be on view at San José Museum of Art late October 2020-March 21\, 2021. \nVisualizing Abolition is organized by UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences in collaboration with San José Museum of Art and Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery. The series has been generously funded by the Nion McEvoy Family Trust\, Ford Foundation\, Future Justice Fund\, Wanda Kownacki\, Peter Coha\, James L. Gunderson\, Rowland and Pat Rebele\, Porter College\, UCSC Foundation\, and annual donors to the Institute of the Arts and Sciences. \nPartners include: Howard University School of Law\, McEvoy Foundation for the Arts\, Jessica Silverman Gallery\, Indexical\, The Humanities Institute\, University Library\, University Relations\, Institute for Social Transformation\, Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, Porter College\, the Center for Cultural Studies\, the Center for Creative Ecologies\, and Media and Society\, Kresge College.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-visualizing-abolition-a-conversation-with-angela-y-davis-and-gina-dent/
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SUMMARY:Stories from the Epicenter (Podcast Launch Event)
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to join us for the launch of our ten-part documentary podcast\, Stories from the Epicenter\, which explores the experience and memory of the Loma Prieta Earthquake in Santa Cruz County through oral history records and interviews with current residents of Santa Cruz and Watsonville. The event will include a moderated discussion with the podcast producers followed by a Q&A with the audience. Clips from the podcast will be integrated into the discussion. The first two episodes will be pre-released on October 14th\, and a trailer is available now. We encourage you to listen prior to the event. The full series will be available to stream on October 17th\, 2020. \n \n\nPanelists:
 \nDaniel Story\, Digital Scholarship Librarian\, UCSC | series producer \nThomas Sawano\, Digital Scholarship Student Assistant\, UCSC | producer and contributor \nMadeline Carpou\, UCSC Alum | producer and contributor \nMarla Novo\, Director of Exhibitions and Programs\, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History | contributor \nJennifer Hooker\, Librarian II\, Santa Cruz Public Libraries | contributor \nKathleen Aston\, On-Call Librarian at SCPL\, Collections Manager at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History | contributor \nModerator:
 \nKristy Golubiewski-Davis\, Director\, Digital Scholarship Department\, University Library\, UCSC \n\nStories from the Epicenter is a production of the University Library at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, in partnership with the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History\, and Santa Cruz Public Libraries. For more information\, visit library.ucsc.edu/StoriesFromTheEpicenter
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/stories-from-the-epicenter-podcast-launch-event/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201015T190000
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SUMMARY:Living Writers: Anne Waldman
DESCRIPTION:Anne Waldman: Poet\, performer\, professor\, literary curator\, cultural activist has been a prolific poet and performer for many years\, creating radical new hybrid forms for the long poem\, both serial and narrative\, as with Marriage: A Sentence\, Structure of the World Compared to a Bubble\, and Manatee/Humanity\, and Gossamurmur\, all published by Penguin Poets. She is also the author of the magnum opus The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment (Coffee House Press 2011)\, which won the PEN Center 2012 Award for Poetry. She was one of the founders of the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church In-the-Bowery\, and The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University with Allen Ginsberg and Diana di Prima in 1974. She continues to work with the Kerouac School as a Distinguished Professor of Poetics and Artistic Director of its Summer Writing Program. Her forthcoming books are Bard\, Kinetic (Coffee House\, 2021) and Mesopotopia (Penguin\, 2022). \n \n\nLIVING WRITERS FALL 2020: SEEING RED—RAGE\, WRITING\, ART features contemporary poets\, cultural critics\, performance and visual artists interrogating rage\, its call and possibilities\, rendered across an array of works (text\, installation\, and performance) exploring rage’s circumstances\, effects\, and configurations through poetry\, prose\, and interdisciplinary modes.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-anne-waldman/
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SUMMARY:Hispanic-Serving Institution Equity Talk with Gina Garcia
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online discussion with Dr. Gina Garcia\, moderated by Dr. Rebecca Covarrubias and Dr. Jennifer Baszile\, on how the UC Santa Cruz HSI Initiatives continue advancing student success and equity practices towards becoming a racially-just HSI. \n \nDr. Gina Garcia is editor of Hispanic-Serving Institutions(HSIs) in Practice: Defining “Servingness” at HSIs(2020)\, to which the UC Santa Cruz HSI Initiatives Team contributed five chapters. \nTo learn more about Dr. Garcia’s work\, please visit her website: www.ginaanngarcia.com \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-dr-gina-garcia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201014T120000
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SUMMARY:Samia Khatun — Race\, Gender & New Epistemic Grounds: Cross-Cultural Encounters in Desert Australia
DESCRIPTION:At the forefront of white nationalist border regimes\, the Australian nation-state has long operated as an Anglo imperial outpost in the Indian Ocean world. If we look at Aboriginal language archives about South Asians\, however\, we see alternative epistemic grounds and spatial imaginations on which we can situate historical storytelling about race\, gender\, and migration. This presentation will follow two Muslim men into Australian deserts\, where they encountered two Aboriginal sisters waiting for a train at a lonely railway station c.1897. \nRSVP by 11 AM on Wednesday\, October 14th to receive Zoom link and password. \n \nSamia Khatun became a feminist historian because she once lost her way to a mathematics lecture at the University of Sydney. Since then\, Khatun has chased truths about the past in Sydney\, Antigua\, Kolkata\, Istanbul\, Berlin\, New York\, Dunedin\, Melbourne\, London\, and Dhaka. She researches the life-worlds of people colonised by the British Empire and her documentaries have screened on ABC and SBS-TV in Australia. She is the new Chair for the Centre for Gender Studies at SOAS\, London. \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies.* \nAll Center for Cultural Studies events are free and open to the public. Staff assistance is provided by the Humanities Institute. \n*2020-2021 colloquia will be held virtually until further notice. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own coffee\, tea\, and cookies to the session.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-cultural-studies-colloquium-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201008T133000
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SUMMARY:Nir Shafir: How to Read in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire
DESCRIPTION:The Ottoman Empire (and the Islamic world at large) was a manuscript culture until the late nineteenth century. That is\, many Ottoman subjects continued to copy books by hand even though they had been aware of printing in European lands for centuries. In recent years\, there has been a new wave of scholarship exploring how Ottoman manuscript culture functioned in practice rather than dismissing it as a “lack” of print. Historians have been particularly interested in demonstrating that even a manuscript culture could support a large number of readers\, even if many of them only possessed a “partially literacy.” \nIn this talk\, Professor Shafir first introduces his larger book project on “manuscript pamphlets\,” which he argues to be one of the new developments in the manuscript culture of the Ottoman Empire. Manuscript pamphlets were short and polemical texts that circulated across to the empire addressing many of the controversial social and religious issues of the time. They also were often aimed at semi-educated or partially literate readers. To understand pamphlets’ significance\, however\, one has to explore first how Ottoman subjects read and were educated. He argues that although the notion of partial literacy has been quite helpful\, it continues to hold an unexamined ideology of reading\, in which all acts of reading in the Ottoman Empire are ultimately replicable and uniform. In the early modern Ottoman Empire however the process of reading differed drastically depending on a reader’s intellectual formation and schooling\, the genre\, and the language in which they read and wrote. The “partially literate” did not just read slowly or poorly\, they read texts in an actively different way than the educated. This was especially true in regard to the auxiliary sciences of language—that is\, grammar\, rhetoric\, logic\, and disputation—that madrasa-trained scholars had made a central part of a scholar’s training. Pamphlets lay at the intersection of these different types of reading and readers. \n \nNir Shafir is an assistant professor of history at the University of California\, San Diego. His research explores the cultural and intellectual life of the Ottoman Empire between 1400-1800. He is currently preparing his first monograph\, Pamphleteering Islam in the Ottoman Empire: Politics and Polemics in a Manuscript Culture\, which examines the social effects of manuscript “pamphlets” on the religious life of the Ottoman Empire. He is a member of the editorial team of the Ottoman History Podcast\, the most popular podcast on Middle Eastern and Islamic history\, and served as editor-in-chief of the podcast in 2018. \n  \nThis talk is presented by the Humanities Institute and the Center for Middle East and North Africa as part of the UC Junior Faculty Exchange Series\, sponsored by the UC Humanities Network and UC Humanities Research Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/nir-shafir/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Kelly Gillespie\, Asher Gamedze & Rasigan Maharajh — Re/Distribute: Three Radical Economists on (Post)Apartheid (film screening + discussion)
DESCRIPTION:Two radical collectives in South Africa working inside and outside the academy to agitate against ongoing histories of dispossession consider what redistribution means in the most unequal national context on earth. This 50-minute film looks at how the promises of redistribution in the anti-apartheid liberation movement were foreclosed during the transition out of apartheid in South Africa. The film features three left economists who were active in the anti-apartheid movement but have lived through a transition in which the promise and idea of redistribution was abandoned as South Africa inserted a post-apartheid project into global processes of financialization and neoliberalization. \nWe will screen the film and then discuss it with filmmakers Asher Gamedze and Kelly Gillespie and featured economist Rasigan Maharajh. \nRSVP by 11 AM on Wednesday\, October 7th to receive Zoom link and password. \n \nKelly Gillespie is a political and legal anthropologist and cultural worker with a research focus on criminal justice and abolition in South Africa. She works at the department of Anthropology at the University of the Western Cape. She writes and teaches about urbanism\, violence\, sexualities\, race\, and the praxis of social justice. In 2008 she co-founded the Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism (JWTC). \nAsher Gamedze is a cultural worker based in Cape Town\, South Africa\, working mainly as a musician\, student\, and writer. He is also involved\, as an organiser and an educator\, with various cultural and political collectives such as Fulan Fulan\, The Interim\, and Radical Education Network. His debut album\, dialectic soul\, was released in July 2020. \nRasigan Maharajh is an activist scholar whose research focuses on the political economy of innovation and development\, including the changing world of work\, democratic governance\, and ecological reconstruction. He is the founding Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation based at the Tshwane University of Technology and Professor Extraordinary of the Centre for Research on Evaluation\, Science and Technology at Stellenbosch University. \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies.* \nAll Center for Cultural Studies events are free and open to the public. Staff assistance is provided by the Humanities Institute. \n*2020-2021 colloquia will be held virtually until further notice. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own coffee\, tea\, and cookies to the session.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-cultural-studies-colloquium/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Christopher Nelson: Eisa - Drumming\, Dancing and Memory
DESCRIPTION:With the beginning of the 2020 – 2021 school term on the near horizon the OMI team is delighted to announce their next program! \nProfessor Chris Nelson (UNC Chapel Hill) will be joining OMI to discuss Eisa\, Obon\, dancing and cultural memory in contemporary Okinawa. Professor Nelson is an anthropologist who published a study of Eisa called Dancing with the Dead: Memory\, Performance and Everyday Life in Post-War Okinawa (Duke University Press\, 2008). \nOMI Director Alan Christy will lead the conversation with Professor Nelson\, exploring his study and discussing one of Okinawa’s key cultural traditions. \n \nChristopher T Nelson is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina. The central theme of his research has been the transformational possibilities of everyday life. His recent book Dancing with the Dead: Memory\, Performance\, and Everyday Life in Postwar Okinawa takes up this question\, building on several years of fieldwork that he carried out in Okinawa\, Japan. Through ethnographic and archival research\, he explored traditional forms of social organization and genres of ritual and performance. He studied the work of ethnographic comedians\, whose performances weave Okinawan folk humor\, Japanese traditional monologues and improvisational storytelling into sophisticated critiques of everyday life. He also worked with the youth group from which these performers emerged. In particular\, he examined their eisaa—dance for the dead—and its mediation of social relationships. His book provides close readings of these performances\, focusing on modalities of mourning\, memoration and creative action. \nHis current research project is focused on creative actors who were able to struggle against the constraints of the modern world in order to carve out a moment for meaningful activity. While he remains committed to the possibilities of daily life\, he feels it is also important to consider those for whom the burden of the everyday becomes unbearable. His new project Listening to the Bones: The Rhythms of Life and Death in Contemporary Japan takes up this problem. It involves the study of early Okinawan ethnologists such as Iha Fuyû; an ethnography of efforts to recover the remains of the Japanese war dead; as well as a critical exploration of Okinawan photography and experimental film. He is interested in the ways in which people negotiate the vortex of local knowledge\, Japanese nativist ethnology\, western anthropology and discourses of the state.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/christopher-nelson-okinawa-memories-initiative/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200924T190000
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SUMMARY:David Eagleman\, Livewired
DESCRIPTION:Bestselling author and neuroscientist David Eagleman will discuss his new book\, Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain\, during a free online event on the Crowdcast platform. “Eagleman delivers an intellectually exhilarating look at neuroplasticity. In his view\, the brain’s ability to reconfigure connections between its different areas in response to feedback is ‘quite possibly the most gorgeous phenomenon in biology\,’ and also holds exciting practical applications. Eagleman’s skill as a teacher\, bold vision\, and command of current research will make this superb work a curious reader’s delight.” —Publishers Weekly \n \nThis is a free event. The book may be purchased here at Bookshop Santa Cruz’s website. \nIn Livewired\, Eagleman reveals the many ways in which the brain absorbs experience: developing\, redeploying\, organizing\, and arranging the data it receives from external stimuli\, which enables us to gain the skills\, facilities\, and practices that make us who we are. Eagleman covers decades of the most important research into the functioning of the brain and also presents new discoveries from his own research: about synesthesia\, dreaming\, and wearable devices that are revolutionizing how we think about the five human senses. As only Eagleman can\, along the way we learn why people in the 1980s (and only in the 1980s) saw book pages as slightly pink; why the world’s best archer is armless; why we dream each night\, and what that has to do with the rotation of the planet; what drug withdrawal has in common with a broken heart; how a blind person can learn to see with her tongue or a deaf person can learn to hear with his skin; and how we might someday be able to read the rough details of someone’s life from the microscopic structure etched in their forest of brain cells. \nDAVID EAGLEMAN\, PhD\, teaches brain plasticity at Stanford University\, was the writer and host of the Emmy-nominated television series The Brain\, and is the CEO of NeoSensory\, a company that builds brain/machine interfaces. He is the author of seven previous books\, including the international best sellers Incognito and Sum. He lives in Palo Alto\, California.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-david-eagleman-livewired/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200922T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200922T180000
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SUMMARY:The Deep Read | Margaret Atwood Live
DESCRIPTION:Margaret Atwood will join the UC Santa Cruz community for a free\, live\, virtual event on Tuesday September 22 at 4:30 PM PT. Part of The Humanities Institute’s Deep Read Program\, this event culminates months of in-depth programming and community engagement focused on Atwood’s latest Booker Prize-winning novel\, The Testaments\, a sequel to her 1985 classic The Handmaid’s Tale. \nRSVP TODAY\n\n\n\n\nThe 2020 Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture will feature Atwood in conversation with Kate Schatz (Stevenson ‘01\, Creative Writing)\, the New York Times-bestselling author of Rad American Women A-Z . \n\n\n\nWilliam “Bro” Adams (Ph.D. History of Consciousness ’82)\, Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2014 to 2017\, will be the event MC. \nRead Up\nBookshop Santa Cruz\, our Community Partner\, has put together a web shop of books by Margaret Atwood and Kate Schatz. Buy copies here to support a local business committed to culture and community in Santa Cruz.  \nYou can also catch up on our 4-week exploration of Atwood’s The Testaments from earlier in the year: \nWeek 1: Welcome to Gilead \nWeek 2: Feminist Intersections \nWeek 3: Toxic Bodies \nWeek 4: Atwood Answers \n\n\n\nAbout The Deep Read\nThe Deep Read is a program led by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. We invite curious minds to think deeply about literature\, art\, and the most pressing issues of our day. \nDeep Read Partners\nUC Santa Cruz \nThe Humanities Institute\nCollege Scholars Program\nCouncil of Provosts\nDivision of Student Success\nPorter College\nUniversity Library\nUniversity Relations \nCommunity\nBookshop Santa Cruz \n\n\n\nThe 2020 Deep Read Program is made possible through the generous support of the Helen and Will Webster Foundation.\n  \nThe Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture is made possible through the generous support of the Peggy Downes Baskin Humanities Endowment for Interdisciplinary Studies in Ethics.\nIf you have disability-related needs\, please contact us at thi@ucsc.edu or call 831-459-1274 by September 15th\, 2020.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-deep-read-margaret-atwood-live/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200911T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200911T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200902T171306Z
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SUMMARY:Zoom Forward! Micah Perks & Karen Tei Yamashita
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL EVENT: Please join us for an online reading with Micah Perks and Karen Tei Yamashita\, part of the Zoom Forward Reading Series\, hosted by poet\, fiction writer\, and essayist Jory Post. Presented by phren-Z\, The Hive Poetry Collective\, and Bookshop Santa Cruz to showcase writers\, keep our cultural spirits high\, and support Bookshop Santa Cruz. \nThe Zoom room will be open by 4:30\, so come early in case you have technical difficulties. If you need assistance\, send an email to jory@cruzio.com or hannah@santacruzwrites.org. Join the Santa Cruz Writes/phren-Z email list by subscribing here. Weekly Zoom links\, including for this event\, will be emailed to you.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-zoom-forward-micah-perks-karen-tei-yamashita/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200909T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200909T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200617T194919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T190253Z
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SUMMARY:Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses - Richard III
DESCRIPTION:Join actors\, scholars\, and friends for ten live readings and discussions focused on the plays about a divided society and a civil war that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. \n \nUndiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses is a public arts and humanities series co-produced by Santa Cruz Shakespeare\, UCSC Shakespeare Workshop\, and The Humanities Institute. It brings professional actors and scholars together with the public for a staged reading and discussion of the works that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. As a young writer at the start of his career\, Shakespeare explored ambitions\, rivalries\, and passions that swept away the dynasty that had reigned in England for more than four centuries. Over the course of ten sessions\, we will immerse ourselves in these rarely performed plays—in Henry VI\, Parts 1\, 2\, and 3 and Richard III—and reflect on them both as points of departure for Shakespeare’s career and as a mirror for the times in which we live. \nSchedule: The first nine sessions will last approximately ninety minutes (including an intermission) and will begin at 6:30pm PST. The final session of Richard III will last approximately two and a half hours. \nSessions are free to the public\, and participants are not obligated to attend every meeting of the program. \n*Participants reading along should expect for the first meeting about each play to cover acts one and two; the second meeting to cover acts three and four; and the third meeting to cover act five. The session focussing on Richard III will be a live reading of the entire play. \nJuly 1\, 8\, and 15: Henry VI\, Part 1 – click to view play synopsis \nwith scholars Adam Zucker (UMass\, Amherst) and Ariane Helou (UCLA) \nJuly 22\, 29\, and Aug 5: Henry VI\, Part 2 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Sean Keilen (UCSC) and Maria Frangos (SCS) \nAugust 12\, 19\, 26: Henry VI\, Part 3 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Claire McEachern (UCLA) and Ashley Herum (UC Santa Cruz) \nSeptember 2: Richard III – click to view play synopsis — live reading of the full play (apx. 2.5 hours)\nwith scholar Amani Liggett (UC Santa Cruz) \nTexts available from Folger Shakespeare Library at: https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/ \nPlay synopses available from Shakespeare 2020 Project at: https://iandoescher.com/shakespeare/ 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-undiscovered-shakespeare-the-wars-of-the-roses-richard-iii/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200902T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200902T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200902T172542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T190148Z
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SUMMARY:Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses - Henry VI\, Part 3
DESCRIPTION:Join actors\, scholars\, and friends for ten live readings and discussions focused on the plays about a divided society and a civil war that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. \n \nUndiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses is a public arts and humanities series co-produced by Santa Cruz Shakespeare\, UCSC Shakespeare Workshop\, and The Humanities Institute. It brings professional actors and scholars together with the public for a staged reading and discussion of the works that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. As a young writer at the start of his career\, Shakespeare explored ambitions\, rivalries\, and passions that swept away the dynasty that had reigned in England for more than four centuries. Over the course of ten sessions\, we will immerse ourselves in these rarely performed plays—in Henry VI\, Parts 1\, 2\, and 3 and Richard III—and reflect on them both as points of departure for Shakespeare’s career and as a mirror for the times in which we live. \nSchedule: The first nine sessions will last approximately ninety minutes (including an intermission) and will begin at 6:30pm PST. The final session of Richard III will last approximately two and a half hours. \nSessions are free to the public\, and participants are not obligated to attend every meeting of the program. \n*Participants reading along should expect for the first meeting about each play to cover acts one and two; the second meeting to cover acts three and four; and the third meeting to cover act five. The session focussing on Richard III will be a live reading of the entire play. \nJuly 1\, 8\, and 15: Henry VI\, Part 1 – click to view play synopsis \nwith scholars Adam Zucker (UMass\, Amherst) and Ariane Helou (UCLA) \nJuly 22\, 29\, and Aug 5: Henry VI\, Part 2 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Sean Keilen (UCSC) and Maria Frangos (SCS) \nAugust 12\, 19\, 26: Henry VI\, Part 3 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Claire McEachern (UCLA) and Ashley Herum (UC Santa Cruz) \nSeptember 2: Richard III – click to view play synopsis — live reading of the full play (apx. 2.5 hours)\nwith scholar Amani Liggett (UC Santa Cruz) \nTexts available from Folger Shakespeare Library at: https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/ \nPlay synopses available from Shakespeare 2020 Project at: https://iandoescher.com/shakespeare/  \nHenry VI\, Full Play Synopsis: In the wake of King Henry V’s death\, the French rebel against English rule. Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc) is made general of the French forces. Meanwhile\, in England\, a quarrel between two powerful lords\, the Duke of Somerset and Richard Plantagenet\, Duke of York\, consumes the court when they demand that fellow nobles pick a side by wearing either a red rose (Somerset and the house of Lancaster) or a white rose (the Duke and the house of York). The mounting tensions in the court distract the English from their goals in France\, and young King Henry VI concludes an uneasy peace. He is persuaded to marry a captured French princess\, Margaret of Anjou\, whom he has never met.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-undiscovered-shakespeare-the-wars-of-the-roses-henry-vi-part-3-3/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200826T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200826T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200617T193941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T221903Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses - Henry VI\, Part 3
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed to September 2\, 2020 \nJoin actors\, scholars\, and friends for ten live readings and discussions focused on the plays about a divided society and a civil war that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. \n \nUndiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses is a public arts and humanities series co-produced by Santa Cruz Shakespeare\, UCSC Shakespeare Workshop\, and The Humanities Institute. It brings professional actors and scholars together with the public for a staged reading and discussion of the works that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. As a young writer at the start of his career\, Shakespeare explored ambitions\, rivalries\, and passions that swept away the dynasty that had reigned in England for more than four centuries. Over the course of ten sessions\, we will immerse ourselves in these rarely performed plays—in Henry VI\, Parts 1\, 2\, and 3 and Richard III—and reflect on them both as points of departure for Shakespeare’s career and as a mirror for the times in which we live. \nSchedule: The first nine sessions will last approximately ninety minutes (including an intermission) and will begin at 6:30pm PST. The final session of Richard III will last approximately two and a half hours. \nSessions are free to the public\, and participants are not obligated to attend every meeting of the program. \n*Participants reading along should expect for the first meeting about each play to cover acts one and two; the second meeting to cover acts three and four; and the third meeting to cover act five. The session focussing on Richard III will be a live reading of the entire play. \nJuly 1\, 8\, and 15: Henry VI\, Part 1 – click to view play synopsis \nwith scholars Adam Zucker (UMass\, Amherst) and Ariane Helou (UCLA) \nJuly 22\, 29\, and Aug 5: Henry VI\, Part 2 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Sean Keilen (UCSC) and Maria Frangos (SCS) \nAugust 12\, 19\, 26: Henry VI\, Part 3 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Claire McEachern (UCLA) and Ashley Herum (UC Santa Cruz) \nSeptember 2: Richard III – click to view play synopsis — live reading of the full play (apx. 2.5 hours)\nwith scholar Amani Liggett (UC Santa Cruz) \nTexts available from Folger Shakespeare Library at: https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/ \nPlay synopses available from Shakespeare 2020 Project at: https://iandoescher.com/shakespeare/  \nHenry VI\, Full Play Synopsis: In the wake of King Henry V’s death\, the French rebel against English rule. Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc) is made general of the French forces. Meanwhile\, in England\, a quarrel between two powerful lords\, the Duke of Somerset and Richard Plantagenet\, Duke of York\, consumes the court when they demand that fellow nobles pick a side by wearing either a red rose (Somerset and the house of Lancaster) or a white rose (the Duke and the house of York). The mounting tensions in the court distract the English from their goals in France\, and young King Henry VI concludes an uneasy peace. He is persuaded to marry a captured French princess\, Margaret of Anjou\, whom he has never met.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-undiscovered-shakespeare-the-wars-of-the-roses-henry-vi-part-3-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200823T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200823T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200619T163301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200729T235526Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents Waverley
DESCRIPTION:Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents Waverley by Sir Walter Scott. Join Dickens Project Director\, John O. Jordan\, and Friends of the Dickens Project Board Member\, David Brownell for a series of virtual discussions about how one of the first historical novels may have inspired Charles Dickens. \nRSVP for a Zoom link and password for the series: \n\nJun 28: General Preface & Chapters 1-23\nJul 26: Chapters 24-47\nAug 23: Chapters 48-End\n\nFourth Sundays of the month at 2pm Pacific Time.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/santa-cruz-pickwick-club-presents-waverley-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200819T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200819T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200617T193754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T221936Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses - Henry VI\, Part 3
DESCRIPTION:Join actors\, scholars\, and friends for ten live readings and discussions focused on the plays about a divided society and a civil war that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. \n \nUndiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses is a public arts and humanities series co-produced by Santa Cruz Shakespeare\, UCSC Shakespeare Workshop\, and The Humanities Institute. It brings professional actors and scholars together with the public for a staged reading and discussion of the works that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. As a young writer at the start of his career\, Shakespeare explored ambitions\, rivalries\, and passions that swept away the dynasty that had reigned in England for more than four centuries. Over the course of ten sessions\, we will immerse ourselves in these rarely performed plays—in Henry VI\, Parts 1\, 2\, and 3 and Richard III—and reflect on them both as points of departure for Shakespeare’s career and as a mirror for the times in which we live. \nSchedule: The first nine sessions will last approximately ninety minutes (including an intermission) and will begin at 6:30pm PST. The final session of Richard III will last approximately two and a half hours. \nSessions are free to the public\, and participants are not obligated to attend every meeting of the program. \n*Participants reading along should expect for the first meeting about each play to cover acts one and two; the second meeting to cover acts three and four; and the third meeting to cover act five. The session focussing on Richard III will be a live reading of the entire play. \nJuly 1\, 8\, and 15: Henry VI\, Part 1 – click to view play synopsis \nwith scholars Adam Zucker (UMass\, Amherst) and Ariane Helou (UCLA) \nJuly 22\, 29\, and Aug 5: Henry VI\, Part 2 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Sean Keilen (UCSC) and Maria Frangos (SCS) \nAugust 12\, 19\, 26: Henry VI\, Part 3 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Claire McEachern (UCLA) and Ashley Herum (UC Santa Cruz) \nSeptember 2: Richard III – click to view play synopsis — live reading of the full play (apx. 2.5 hours)\nwith scholar Amani Liggett (UC Santa Cruz) \nTexts available from Folger Shakespeare Library at: https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/ \nPlay synopses available from Shakespeare 2020 Project at: https://iandoescher.com/shakespeare/  \nHenry VI\, Full Play Synopsis: In the wake of King Henry V’s death\, the French rebel against English rule. Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc) is made general of the French forces. Meanwhile\, in England\, a quarrel between two powerful lords\, the Duke of Somerset and Richard Plantagenet\, Duke of York\, consumes the court when they demand that fellow nobles pick a side by wearing either a red rose (Somerset and the house of Lancaster) or a white rose (the Duke and the house of York). The mounting tensions in the court distract the English from their goals in France\, and young King Henry VI concludes an uneasy peace. He is persuaded to marry a captured French princess\, Margaret of Anjou\, whom he has never met.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-undiscovered-shakespeare-the-wars-of-the-roses-henry-vi-part-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200813T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200813T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200630T170647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200805T233014Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Karen Tei Yamashita: Sansei and Sensibility
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz invite you to join us for a free online event with Karen Tei Yamashita who will celebrate her newest book\, Sansei and Sensibility. Generations of Japanese Americans merge with Jane Austen’s characters in these lively stories\, pairing uniquely American histories with reimagined classics. \n \nThis is a free event. Please consider purchasing the book through Bookshop Santa Cruz or make a donation to help support Bookshop Santa Cruz. Thank you! \n“An elegantly written\, wryly affectionate mashup of Jane Austen and the Japanese immigrant experience. . . . Yamashita’s reimagining of Austen is sympathetic and funny—and as on target as the movie Clueless.” —Kirkus\, starred review \n“Karen Tei Yamashita contends with the Western canon in this astute\, pitch-perfect\, and wryly funny short story collection. . . . A genuine pleasure to read.” —Publishers Weekly\, starred review \n“This hilarious new collection of stories and essays will make you chuckle\, though underneath the humor is deft critique. Marie Kondo’s tidying up is juxtaposed with a tour of World War II internment camps. Sexist techno-orientalism and the meaning of Godzilla are reexamined. Local treasure\, UCSC professor emerita\, and acclaimed novelist Karen Tei Yamashita has written a book about the Japanese American experience both entertaining and vital in this era of anti-immigration politics.” —Jason\, Bookshop Santa Cruz bookseller \nKaren Tei Yamashita is the author of seven books\, including I Hotel\, finalist for the National Book Award\, and most recently\, Letters to Memory\, all published by Coffee House Press. Recipient of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature and a US Artists Ford Foundation Fellowship\, she is Professor Emerita of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of California\, Santa Cruz.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-karen-tei-yamashita-sansei-and-sensibility/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200812T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200812T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200617T193612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T222003Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses - Henry VI\, Part 3
DESCRIPTION:Join actors\, scholars\, and friends for ten live readings and discussions focused on the plays about a divided society and a civil war that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. \n \nUndiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses is a public arts and humanities series co-produced by Santa Cruz Shakespeare\, UCSC Shakespeare Workshop\, and The Humanities Institute. It brings professional actors and scholars together with the public for a staged reading and discussion of the works that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. As a young writer at the start of his career\, Shakespeare explored ambitions\, rivalries\, and passions that swept away the dynasty that had reigned in England for more than four centuries. Over the course of ten sessions\, we will immerse ourselves in these rarely performed plays—in Henry VI\, Parts 1\, 2\, and 3 and Richard III—and reflect on them both as points of departure for Shakespeare’s career and as a mirror for the times in which we live. \nSchedule: The first nine sessions will last approximately ninety minutes (including an intermission) and will begin at 6:30pm PST. The final session of Richard III will last approximately two and a half hours. \nSessions are free to the public\, and participants are not obligated to attend every meeting of the program. \n*Participants reading along should expect for the first meeting about each play to cover acts one and two; the second meeting to cover acts three and four; and the third meeting to cover act five. The session focussing on Richard III will be a live reading of the entire play. \nJuly 1\, 8\, and 15: Henry VI\, Part 1 – click to view play synopsis \nwith scholars Adam Zucker (UMass\, Amherst) and Ariane Helou (UCLA) \nJuly 22\, 29\, and Aug 5: Henry VI\, Part 2 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Sean Keilen (UCSC) and Maria Frangos (SCS) \nAugust 12\, 19\, 26: Henry VI\, Part 3 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Claire McEachern (UCLA) and Ashley Herum (UC Santa Cruz) \nSeptember 2: Richard III – click to view play synopsis — live reading of the full play (apx. 2.5 hours) \nwith scholar Amani Liggett (UC Santa Cruz) \nTexts available from Folger Shakespeare Library at: https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/ \nPlay synopses available from Shakespeare 2020 Project at: https://iandoescher.com/shakespeare/  \nHenry VI\, Full Play Synopsis: In the wake of King Henry V’s death\, the French rebel against English rule. Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc) is made general of the French forces. Meanwhile\, in England\, a quarrel between two powerful lords\, the Duke of Somerset and Richard Plantagenet\, Duke of York\, consumes the court when they demand that fellow nobles pick a side by wearing either a red rose (Somerset and the house of Lancaster) or a white rose (the Duke and the house of York). The mounting tensions in the court distract the English from their goals in France\, and young King Henry VI concludes an uneasy peace. He is persuaded to marry a captured French princess\, Margaret of Anjou\, whom he has never met.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-undiscovered-shakespeare-the-wars-of-the-roses-henry-vi-part-2-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200810T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200810T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200724T193908Z
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SUMMARY:Slugs & Steins - Beyond the Middle Passage: Slave Trading within the Americas\, 1619-1807
DESCRIPTION:More than 12 million enslaved African people endured the infamous Middle Passage across the Atlantic in the slave trade\, but for many\, the forced migration was not yet over when they reached an American port. Demand for enslaved labor was so rampant in the Americas\, that speculators purchased many arriving people only to ship them from colony to colony for resale\, often smuggling across imperial borders. This additional phase of the slave trade within the Americas was important not only for the danger it added to enslaved people’s traumatic journeys\, but also for what it reveals about the centrality of slavery to early American life. The routes of the intra-American slave trade spread the institution to virtually every colonial outpost\, and traders used the trafficking in highly valuable human beings to build their networks and establish themselves as traders of goods\, as well as people. \n \nGreg O’Malley is associate professor of history at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. His first book\, Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America\, received four awards: The Forkosch Prize (American Historical Association—British History); the Rawley Prize (American Historical Association—Atlantic World); The Owsley Award (Southern Historical Association); and the Goveia Prize (Association of Caribbean Historians). The project examines a complex network for distributing enslaved Africans throughout North America and the Caribbean after their survival of the Atlantic crossing. O’Malley is also co-editor (with Alex Borucki) for the Intra-American Slave Trade Database\, an online research tool that documents more than 11\,500 slave trading voyages from one port in the Americas to another. He is also conducting research for a new book\, The Escapes of David George: One Man’s Struggle with Slavery and Freedom in the Revolutionary Era\, a biography of a man\, born enslaved in colonial Virginia\, whose attempts to escape bondage led him on a remarkable odyssey. \nAbout the Slugs and Steins Lecture Series: Join us for a series of free informal lectures\, brought to you by the UC Santa Cruz Alumni Association. Each talk will engage one of our favorite Professors in discussion with you\, the local community of Silicon Valley. We will cover everything from organic artichokes to endangered zebras\, self-driving cars to Shakespeare. All are welcome. Audience participation is encouraged.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/slugs-steins-beyond-the-middle-passage-slave-trading-within-the-americas-1619-1807/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200809T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200809T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200709T182818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200807T214756Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Presents: Suffrage + the Struggle for Voting Rights
DESCRIPTION:As we approach the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment and stand at the threshold of a presidential election\, “Celebrating Woman Suffrage + the Struggle for Voting Rights” is a panel discussion examining the complex history of enfranchisement in the United States and its relevance to the ongoing anti-racist struggle against voter suppression. A dynamic group of speakers includes Gail Pellerin\, Santa Cruz County Clerk/Registrar of Voters\, as our moderator; with presentations by Judge Marla Anderson\, Judge of the Superior Court of California\, Monterey County; Bettina Aptheker\, scholar-activist and Distinguished Professor Emerita of the Feminist Studies Department at UC Santa Cruz; and Aida Hurtado\, the Luis Leal Endowed Chair\, Associate Dean\, and Professor in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UC Santa Barbara. The event will be followed by a live Q&A\, and precedes an evening concert featuring the orchestral world premiere of The Battle for the Ballot by composer Stacy Garrop\, inspired by the centenary of the 19th amendment and pivotal figures in the Woman Suffrage movement. \n \nYou may view this event and participate in the live Q&A directly via the Festival’s website here. The countdown clock will apprise you when the event is about to begin. No registration necessary. \nRead Professor Aptheker’s article on “Suffrage and Suffering” in the Voices of the Monterey Bay publication. \nThis event is sponsored by: Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music\, The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz\, The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair in Feminist Studies\, and Bookshop Santa Cruz \nCo-Sponsors: NAACP\, Temple Beth El\, and Women Lawyers of Santa Cruz County
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-cabrillo-festival-of-contemporary-music-presents-suffrage-the-struggle-for-voting-rights/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200805T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200805T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200617T194336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T222033Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses - Henry VI\, Part 2
DESCRIPTION:Join actors\, scholars\, and friends for ten live readings and discussions focused on the plays about a divided society and a civil war that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. \n \nUndiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses is a public arts and humanities series co-produced by Santa Cruz Shakespeare\, UCSC Shakespeare Workshop\, and The Humanities Institute. It brings professional actors and scholars together with the public for a staged reading and discussion of the works that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. As a young writer at the start of his career\, Shakespeare explored ambitions\, rivalries\, and passions that swept away the dynasty that had reigned in England for more than four centuries. Over the course of ten sessions\, we will immerse ourselves in these rarely performed plays—in Henry VI\, Parts 1\, 2\, and 3 and Richard III—and reflect on them both as points of departure for Shakespeare’s career and as a mirror for the times in which we live. \nSchedule: The first nine sessions will last approximately ninety minutes (including an intermission) and will begin at 6:30pm PST. The final session of Richard III will last approximately two and a half hours. \nSessions are free to the public\, and participants are not obligated to attend every meeting of the program. \n*Participants reading along should expect for the first meeting about each play to cover acts one and two; the second meeting to cover acts three and four; and the third meeting to cover act five. The session focussing on Richard III will be a live reading of the entire play. \nJuly 1\, 8\, and 15: Henry VI\, Part 1 – click to view play synopsis \nwith scholars Adam Zucker (UMass\, Amherst) and Ariane Helou (UCLA) \nJuly 22\, 29\, and Aug 5: Henry VI\, Part 2 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Sean Keilen (UCSC) and Maria Frangos (SCS) \nAugust 12\, 19\, 26: Henry VI\, Part 3 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Claire McEachern (UCLA) and Ashley Herum (UC Santa Cruz) \nSeptember 2: Richard III – click to view play synopsis — live reading of the full play (apx. 2.5 hours)\nwith scholar Amani Liggett (UC Santa Cruz) \nTexts available from Folger Shakespeare Library at: https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/ \nPlay synopses available from Shakespeare 2020 Project at: https://iandoescher.com/shakespeare/  \nHenry VI\, Full Play Synopsis: In the wake of King Henry V’s death\, the French rebel against English rule. Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc) is made general of the French forces. Meanwhile\, in England\, a quarrel between two powerful lords\, the Duke of Somerset and Richard Plantagenet\, Duke of York\, consumes the court when they demand that fellow nobles pick a side by wearing either a red rose (Somerset and the house of Lancaster) or a white rose (the Duke and the house of York). The mounting tensions in the court distract the English from their goals in France\, and young King Henry VI concludes an uneasy peace. He is persuaded to marry a captured French princess\, Margaret of Anjou\, whom he has never met.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-undiscovered-shakespeare-the-wars-of-the-roses-henry-vi-part-2-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200729T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200729T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200617T194534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T222107Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses - Henry VI\, Part 2
DESCRIPTION:Join actors\, scholars\, and friends for ten live readings and discussions focused on the plays about a divided society and a civil war that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. \n \nUndiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses is a public arts and humanities series co-produced by Santa Cruz Shakespeare\, UCSC Shakespeare Workshop\, and The Humanities Institute. It brings professional actors and scholars together with the public for a staged reading and discussion of the works that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. As a young writer at the start of his career\, Shakespeare explored ambitions\, rivalries\, and passions that swept away the dynasty that had reigned in England for more than four centuries. Over the course of ten sessions\, we will immerse ourselves in these rarely performed plays—in Henry VI\, Parts 1\, 2\, and 3 and Richard III—and reflect on them both as points of departure for Shakespeare’s career and as a mirror for the times in which we live. \nSchedule: The first nine sessions will last approximately ninety minutes (including an intermission) and will begin at 6:30pm PST. The final session of Richard III will last approximately two and a half hours. \nSessions are free to the public\, and participants are not obligated to attend every meeting of the program. \n*Participants reading along should expect for the first meeting about each play to cover acts one and two; the second meeting to cover acts three and four; and the third meeting to cover act five. The session focussing on Richard III will be a live reading of the entire play. \nJuly 1\, 8\, and 15: Henry VI\, Part 1 – click to view play synopsis \nwith scholars Adam Zucker (UMass\, Amherst) and Ariane Helou (UCLA) \nJuly 22\, 29\, and Aug 5: Henry VI\, Part 2 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Sean Keilen (UCSC) and Maria Frangos (SCS) \nAugust 12\, 19\, 26: Henry VI\, Part 3 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Claire McEachern (UCLA) and Ashley Herum (UC Santa Cruz) \nSeptember 2: Richard III – click to view play synopsis — live reading of the full play (apx. 2.5 hours)\nwith scholar Amani Liggett (UC Santa Cruz) \nTexts available from Folger Shakespeare Library at: https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/ \nPlay synopses available from Shakespeare 2020 Project at: https://iandoescher.com/shakespeare/  \nHenry VI\, Full Play Synopsis: In the wake of King Henry V’s death\, the French rebel against English rule. Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc) is made general of the French forces. Meanwhile\, in England\, a quarrel between two powerful lords\, the Duke of Somerset and Richard Plantagenet\, Duke of York\, consumes the court when they demand that fellow nobles pick a side by wearing either a red rose (Somerset and the house of Lancaster) or a white rose (the Duke and the house of York). The mounting tensions in the court distract the English from their goals in France\, and young King Henry VI concludes an uneasy peace. He is persuaded to marry a captured French princess\, Margaret of Anjou\, whom he has never met.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-undiscovered-shakespeare-the-wars-of-the-roses-henry-vi-part-2-4/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200726T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200726T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200619T163219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200619T164256Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents Waverley
DESCRIPTION:Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents Waverley by Sir Walter Scott. Join Dickens Project Director\, John O. Jordan\, and Friends of the Dickens Project Board Member\, David Brownell for a series of virtual discussions about how one of the first historical novels may have inspired Charles Dickens. \nRSVP for a Zoom link and password for the series: \n\nJun 28: General Preface & Chapters 1-23\nJul 26: Chapters 24-47\nAug 23: Chapters 48-End\n\nFourth Sundays of the month at 2pm Pacific Time.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/santa-cruz-pickwick-club-presents-waverley-2/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200801
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200122T182624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200717T181605Z
UID:10005695-1595721600-1596239999@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:The Virtual Dickens Universe
DESCRIPTION:While the originally planned program focusing on David Copperfield and Iola Leroy will still take place in 2021\, this week of online programming will feature a range of conversations that discuss the occasion of the pair and the insights that bringing them together can offer. Over the week\, scholars from Victorian studies and early African American studies will discuss linkages between their fields\, approaches for addressing race and racism in the classroom\, and productive ways to engage with Black studies in the nineteenth century and its transatlantic contexts. We hope that this will generate excitement to read these two novels over the next year and to join us in Santa Cruz for the full Dickens Universe conference. \n \nWe hope that this week will provide some useful context for these two novels\, as we read them together over the next year. In addition to providing some critical background for France E. W. Harper’s career and Iola Leroy\, it will also help place her alongside Dickens as one of the most important and prolific writers of the nineteenth century. Like Dickens\, Harper was a virtuoso writer of many literary genres (including fiction\, prose\, and poetry)\, was deeply involved in nineteenth-century print and periodical cultures. She was a powerful public speaker and an activist in the anti-slavery\, suffrage\, temperance\, and post-emancipation racial justice movements. \nQuestions? Call (831) 459-2103 or email cmahaney@ucsc.edu for assistance.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-dickens-universe/
LOCATION:UC Santa Cruz
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200722T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200722T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200617T193155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T222138Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses - Henry VI\, Part 2
DESCRIPTION:Join actors\, scholars\, and friends for ten live readings and discussions focused on the plays about a divided society and a civil war that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. \n \nUndiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses is a public arts and humanities series co-produced by Santa Cruz Shakespeare\, UCSC Shakespeare Workshop\, and The Humanities Institute. It brings professional actors and scholars together with the public for a staged reading and discussion of the works that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. As a young writer at the start of his career\, Shakespeare explored ambitions\, rivalries\, and passions that swept away the dynasty that had reigned in England for more than four centuries. Over the course of ten sessions\, we will immerse ourselves in these rarely performed plays—in Henry VI\, Parts 1\, 2\, and 3 and Richard III—and reflect on them both as points of departure for Shakespeare’s career and as a mirror for the times in which we live. \nSchedule: The first nine sessions will last approximately ninety minutes (including an intermission) and will begin at 6:30pm PST. The final session of Richard III will last approximately two and a half hours. \nSessions are free to the public\, and participants are not obligated to attend every meeting of the program. \n*Participants reading along should expect for the first meeting about each play to cover acts one and two; the second meeting to cover acts three and four; and the third meeting to cover act five. The session focussing on Richard III will be a live reading of the entire play. \nJuly 1\, 8\, and 15: Henry VI\, Part 1 – click to view play synopsis \nwith scholars Adam Zucker (UMass\, Amherst) and Ariane Helou (UCLA) \nJuly 22\, 29\, and Aug 5: Henry VI\, Part 2 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Sean Keilen (UCSC) and Maria Frangos (SCS) \nAugust 12\, 19\, 26: Henry VI\, Part 3 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Claire McEachern (UCLA) and Ashley Herum (UC Santa Cruz) \nSeptember 2: Richard III – click to view play synopsis — live reading of the full play (apx. 2.5 hours)\nwith scholar Amani Liggett (UC Santa Cruz) \nTexts available from Folger Shakespeare Library at: https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/ \nPlay synopses available from Shakespeare 2020 Project at: https://iandoescher.com/shakespeare/  \nHenry VI\, Full Play Synopsis: In the wake of King Henry V’s death\, the French rebel against English rule. Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc) is made general of the French forces. Meanwhile\, in England\, a quarrel between two powerful lords\, the Duke of Somerset and Richard Plantagenet\, Duke of York\, consumes the court when they demand that fellow nobles pick a side by wearing either a red rose (Somerset and the house of Lancaster) or a white rose (the Duke and the house of York). The mounting tensions in the court distract the English from their goals in France\, and young King Henry VI concludes an uneasy peace. He is persuaded to marry a captured French princess\, Margaret of Anjou\, whom he has never met.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-undiscovered-shakespeare-the-wars-of-the-roses-henry-vi-part-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200715T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200715T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200617T193003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T222212Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses - Henry VI\, Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Join actors\, scholars\, and friends for ten live readings and discussions focused on the plays about a divided society and a civil war that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. \n \nUndiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses is a public arts and humanities series co-produced by Santa Cruz Shakespeare\, UCSC Shakespeare Workshop\, and The Humanities Institute. It brings professional actors and scholars together with the public for a staged reading and discussion of the works that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. As a young writer at the start of his career\, Shakespeare explored ambitions\, rivalries\, and passions that swept away the dynasty that had reigned in England for more than four centuries. Over the course of ten sessions\, we will immerse ourselves in these rarely performed plays—in Henry VI\, Parts 1\, 2\, and 3 and Richard III—and reflect on them both as points of departure for Shakespeare’s career and as a mirror for the times in which we live. \nSchedule: The first nine sessions will last approximately ninety minutes (including an intermission) and will begin at 6:30pm PST. The final session of Richard III will last approximately two and a half hours. \nSessions are free to the public\, and participants are not obligated to attend every meeting of the program. \n*Participants reading along should expect for the first meeting about each play to cover acts one and two; the second meeting to cover acts three and four; and the third meeting to cover act five. The session focussing on Richard III will be a live reading of the entire play. \nJuly 1\, 8\, and 15: Henry VI\, Part 1 – click to view play synopsis \nwith scholars Adam Zucker (UMass\, Amherst) and Ariane Helou (UCLA) \nJuly 22\, 29\, and Aug 5: Henry VI\, Part 2 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Sean Keilen (UCSC) and Maria Frangos (SCS) \nAugust 12\, 19\, 26: Henry VI\, Part 3 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Claire McEachern (UCLA) and Ashley Herum (UC Santa Cruz) \nSeptember 2: Richard III – click to view play synopsis — live reading of the full play (apx. 2.5 hours)\nwith scholar Amani Liggett (UC Santa Cruz) \nTexts available from Folger Shakespeare Library at: https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/ \nPlay synopses available from Shakespeare 2020 Project at: https://iandoescher.com/shakespeare/  \nHenry VI\, Full Play Synopsis: In the wake of King Henry V’s death\, the French rebel against English rule. Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc) is made general of the French forces. Meanwhile\, in England\, a quarrel between two powerful lords\, the Duke of Somerset and Richard Plantagenet\, Duke of York\, consumes the court when they demand that fellow nobles pick a side by wearing either a red rose (Somerset and the house of Lancaster) or a white rose (the Duke and the house of York). The mounting tensions in the court distract the English from their goals in France\, and young King Henry VI concludes an uneasy peace. He is persuaded to marry a captured French princess\, Margaret of Anjou\, whom he has never met.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-undiscovered-shakespeare-the-wars-of-the-roses-henry-vi-part-1-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200710T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200710T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200706T175650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200709T004819Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Photographic Memory
DESCRIPTION:On the heels of a very successful Zoom chat with writer Akemi Johnson\, the team at the Okinawa Memories Initiative is excited to kick off a monthly Community Conversation Series. \nNext up is a talk that cuts to the core of our organization: Photographic Memory. Sparked by a collection of photos taken in Okinawa in 1953 by an American Army Captain\, Dr. Charles Eugene Gail\, the Okinawa Memories Initiative is committed to exploring how photography frames historical memory. \nWhat is the relationship between a photographic image and historical memory? How might community dialogue and engagement with historical photographs deepen our understanding of the past? \nClick the button to sign up for our Zoom conversation exploring the people\, places\, communities\, and hidden memories Gail’s photos reveal. \n \nSPEAKERS \nGeri Gail\, Photographer and Daughter of Charles Gail \nLaura Gail\, Photographer and Granddaughter of Charles Gail \nShelby Graham\, Director of the UCSC Sesnon Gallery\, Mixed-Media Artist \nTosh Tanaka\, OMI Media Director\, Photographer \nWyatt Young\, OMI Exhibition Team Leader \nNirupama Chandrasekhar\, OMI Scholar \nOwen Raymond\, OMI Scholar
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-event-photographic-memory/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200708T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200708T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200617T192647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T222348Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses - Henry VI\, Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Join actors\, scholars\, and friends for ten live readings and discussions focused on the plays about a divided society and a civil war that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. \n \nUndiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses is a public arts and humanities series co-produced by Santa Cruz Shakespeare\, UCSC Shakespeare Workshop\, and The Humanities Institute. It brings professional actors and scholars together with the public for a staged reading and discussion of the works that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. As a young writer at the start of his career\, Shakespeare explored ambitions\, rivalries\, and passions that swept away the dynasty that had reigned in England for more than four centuries. Over the course of ten sessions\, we will immerse ourselves in these rarely performed plays—in Henry VI\, Parts 1\, 2\, and 3 and Richard III—and reflect on them both as points of departure for Shakespeare’s career and as a mirror for the times in which we live. \nSchedule: The first nine sessions will last approximately ninety minutes (including an intermission) and will begin at 6:30pm PST. The final session of Richard III will last approximately two and a half hours. \nSessions are free to the public\, and participants are not obligated to attend every meeting of the program. \n*Participants reading along should expect for the first meeting about each play to cover acts one and two; the second meeting to cover acts three and four; and the third meeting to cover act five. The session focussing on Richard III will be a live reading of the entire play. \nJuly 1\, 8\, and 15: Henry VI\, Part 1 – click to view play synopsis \nwith scholars Adam Zucker (UMass\, Amherst) and Ariane Helou (UCLA) \nJuly 22\, 29\, and Aug 5: Henry VI\, Part 2 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Sean Keilen (UCSC) and Maria Frangos (SCS) \nAugust 12\, 19\, 26: Henry VI\, Part 3 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Claire McEachern (UCLA) and Ashley Herum (UC Santa Cruz) \nSeptember 2: Richard III – click to view play synopsis — live reading of the full play (apx. 2.5 hours)\nwith scholar Amani Liggett (UC Santa Cruz) \nTexts available from Folger Shakespeare Library at: https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/ \nPlay synopses available from Shakespeare 2020 Project at: https://iandoescher.com/shakespeare/  \nHenry VI\, Full Play Synopsis: In the wake of King Henry V’s death\, the French rebel against English rule. Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc) is made general of the French forces. Meanwhile\, in England\, a quarrel between two powerful lords\, the Duke of Somerset and Richard Plantagenet\, Duke of York\, consumes the court when they demand that fellow nobles pick a side by wearing either a red rose (Somerset and the house of Lancaster) or a white rose (the Duke and the house of York). The mounting tensions in the court distract the English from their goals in France\, and young King Henry VI concludes an uneasy peace. He is persuaded to marry a captured French princess\, Margaret of Anjou\, whom he has never met.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-undiscovered-shakespeare-the-wars-of-the-roses-henry-vi-part-1/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200701T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200701T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200617T184513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T222316Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses - Henry VI\, Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Join actors\, scholars\, and friends for ten live readings and discussions focused on the plays about a divided society and a civil war that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. \n \nUndiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses is a public arts and humanities series co-produced by Santa Cruz Shakespeare\, UCSC Shakespeare Workshop\, and The Humanities Institute. It brings professional actors and scholars together with the public for a staged reading and discussion of the works that made Shakespeare famous in the London theater. As a young writer at the start of his career\, Shakespeare explored ambitions\, rivalries\, and passions that swept away the dynasty that had reigned in England for more than four centuries. Over the course of ten sessions\, we will immerse ourselves in these rarely performed plays—in Henry VI\, Parts 1\, 2\, and 3 and Richard III—and reflect on them both as points of departure for Shakespeare’s career and as a mirror for the times in which we live. \nSchedule: The first nine sessions will last approximately ninety minutes (including an intermission) and will begin at 6:30pm PST. The final session of Richard III will last approximately two and a half hours. \nSessions are free to the public\, and participants are not obligated to attend every meeting of the program. \n*Participants reading along should expect for the first meeting about each play to cover acts one and two; the second meeting to cover acts three and four; and the third meeting to cover act five. The session focussing on Richard III will be a live reading of the entire play. \nJuly 1\, 8\, and 15: Henry VI\, Part 1 – click to view play synopsis \nwith scholars Adam Zucker (UMass\, Amherst) and Ariane Helou (UCLA) \nJuly 22\, 29\, and Aug 5: Henry VI\, Part 2 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Sean Keilen (UCSC) and Maria Frangos (SCS) \nAugust 12\, 19\, 26: Henry VI\, Part 3 – click to view play synopsis\nwith scholars Claire McEachern (UCLA) and Ashley Herum (UC Santa Cruz) \nSeptember 2: Richard III – click to view play synopsis — live reading of the full play (apx. 2.5 hours)\nwith scholar Amani Liggett (UC Santa Cruz) \nTexts available from Folger Shakespeare Library at: https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/ \nPlay synopses available from Shakespeare 2020 Project at: https://iandoescher.com/shakespeare/  \nHenry VI\, Full Play Synopsis: In the wake of King Henry V’s death\, the French rebel against English rule. Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc) is made general of the French forces. Meanwhile\, in England\, a quarrel between two powerful lords\, the Duke of Somerset and Richard Plantagenet\, Duke of York\, consumes the court when they demand that fellow nobles pick a side by wearing either a red rose (Somerset and the house of Lancaster) or a white rose (the Duke and the house of York). The mounting tensions in the court distract the English from their goals in France\, and young King Henry VI concludes an uneasy peace. He is persuaded to marry a captured French princess\, Margaret of Anjou\, whom he has never met.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/undiscovered-shakespeare-the-wars-of-the-roses-henry-vi-part-1/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200629T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200629T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200615T200733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200615T201507Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: California Humanities Virtual Listening Session
DESCRIPTION:California Humanities wants to hear from you. \nOur listening tour throughout California is continuing! Through small videoconferences\, we are engaging in our Listening Sessions to explore the status and future of the humanities field in California. \nOur online Listening Sessions are smaller by design to make sure participants are seen and heard. That is why we are conducting multiple sessions per city and region. You have two options below\, and we are open to adding more sessions when needed. \n \nOur goal is to sit down and talk with organizations and individuals focused on telling California stories through the humanities\, and consider how we might all work together to learn from each other and amplify our voices. \nAt the listening session\, you will: \nShare your knowledge about humanities and cultural programming in and around Santa Cruz\nProvide feedback and ideas on improving the collaboration of humanities and cultural programs locally and across the state. Explore the impact of COVID-19 on your local network and share ideas on moving forward together\nto provide for adequate speaking time for all participants in the dialogue\, we are limiting each session to 10 participants. \nYou have two dates to choose from: \nMonday\, June 22\, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm\nMonday\, June 29\, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm \nPlease note that the listening sessions are not workshops to learn more about our grant programs. Grants Workshops are scheduled throughout the year and you can find more information on our grants and workshops on our webpage. \nThe Santa Cruz Listening Sessions are in partnership with The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. \nTo learn more\, visit calhum.org. With questions\, write to Outreach & Advocacy Manager John Nguyen-Yap at jnguyenyap@calhum.org
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/california-humanities-virtual-listening-session-santa-cruz-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200628T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200628T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200619T163101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200619T164346Z
UID:10006875-1593352800-1593363600@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents Waverley
DESCRIPTION:Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents Waverley by Sir Walter Scott. Join Dickens Project Director\, John O. Jordan\, and Friends of the Dickens Project Board Member\, David Brownell for a series of virtual discussions about how one of the first historical novels may have inspired Charles Dickens. \nRSVP for a Zoom link and password for the series: \n\nJun 28: General Preface & Chapters 1-23\nJul 26: Chapters 24-47\nAug 23: Chapters 48-End\n\nFourth Sundays of the month at 2pm Pacific Time.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/santa-cruz-pickwick-club-presents-waverley/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200623T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200623T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200522T234215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200615T223830Z
UID:10005737-1592938800-1592938800@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: C Pam Zhang\, How Much of These Hills is Gold
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes debut novelist C Pam Zhang for an online event about her new book\, How Much of These Hills Is Gold. Zhang will be in conversation with fellow debut novelist Kawai Strong Washburn (Sharks in the Time of Saviors). In Zhang’s electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush\, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape—trying not just to survive but to find a home. \n \nBorn in Beijing but mostly an artifact of the United States\, C Pam Zhang has lived in thirteen cities across four countries and is still looking for home. She’s been awarded support from Tin House\, Bread Loaf\, Aspen Words and elsewhere\, and currently lives in San Francisco. \nKawai Strong Washburn was born and raised on the Hamakua coast of the Big Island of Hawai‘i. His work has appeared in Best American Nonrequired Reading\, McSweeney’s\, and Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading\, among other outlets. He was a 2015 Tin House Summer Scholar and 2015 Bread Loaf work-study scholar. Today\, he lives with his wife and daughters in Minneapolis. Sharks in the Time of Saviors is his first novel.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-event-c-pam-zhang-how-much-of-these-hills-is-gold/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200622T130000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: California Humanities Virtual Listening Session
DESCRIPTION:California Humanities wants to hear from you. \nOur listening tour throughout California is continuing! Through small videoconferences\, we are engaging in our Listening Sessions to explore the status and future of the humanities field in California. \nOur online Listening Sessions are smaller by design to make sure participants are seen and heard. That is why we are conducting multiple sessions per city and region. You have two options below\, and we are open to adding more sessions when needed. \n \nOur goal is to sit down and talk with organizations and individuals focused on telling California stories through the humanities\, and consider how we might all work together to learn from each other and amplify our voices. \nAt the listening session\, you will: \nShare your knowledge about humanities and cultural programming in and around Santa Cruz\nProvide feedback and ideas on improving the collaboration of humanities and cultural programs locally and across the state. Explore the impact of COVID-19 on your local network and share ideas on moving forward together\nto provide for adequate speaking time for all participants in the dialogue\, we are limiting each session to 10 participants. You have two dates to choose from: \nMonday\, June 22\, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm\nMonday\, June 29\, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm \nPlease note that the listening sessions are not workshops to learn more about our grant programs. Grants Workshops are scheduled throughout the year and you can find more information on our grants and workshops on our webpage. \nThe Santa Cruz Listening Sessions are in partnership with The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. \nTo learn more\, visit calhum.org. With questions\, write to Outreach & Advocacy Manager John Nguyen-Yap at jnguyenyap@calhum.org
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/california-humanities-virtual-listening-session-santa-cruz/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200617T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200617T190000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Laila Lalami\, The Other Americans
DESCRIPTION:Pulitzer Prize shortlisted author Laila Lalami presents her timely\, powerful new novel about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant\, shortlisted for the National Book Award: The Other Americans is at once a family saga\, a murder mystery\, and a love story informed by the treacherous fault lines of American culture. \n \nLaila Lalami is the author of Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits\, Secret Son\, and The Moor’s Account\, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and which won the American Book Award\, the Arab American Book Award\, and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times\, the Los Angeles Times\, The Washington Post\, The Nation\, Harper’s Magazine\, and The Guardian. In 2019\, she was awarded the Simpson/Joyce Carol Oates Prize for her body of work. A professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside\, she lives in Los Angeles.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-event-laila-lalami-the-other-americans/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200615T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200615T180000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Pico Iyer in conversation with Alan Christy
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz invites you to join us for an online event with bestselling author Pico Iyer who will be in-conversation with Alan Christy about his new book\, Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells—a far-reaching exploration of Japanese history and culture and a moving meditation on impermanence\, mortality\, and grief—and A Beginner’s Guide to Japan\, now in paperback. \n \n\nAUTUMN LIGHT: SEASON OF FIRE AND FAREWELLS:\nReturning to his longtime home in Japan after his father-in-law’s sudden death\, Pico Iyer picks up the steadying patterns of his everyday rites: going to the post office and engaging in furious games of ping-pong every evening. But in a country whose calendar is marked with occasions honoring the dead\, he comes to reflect on changelessness in ways that anyone can relate to: parents age\, children scatter\, and Iyer and his wife turn to whatever can sustain them as everything falls away. As the maple leaves begin to turn and the heat begins to soften\, Iyer shows us a Japan we have seldom seen before\, where the transparent and the mysterious are held in a delicate balance\, and where autumn reminds us to take nothing for granted. \nA BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO JAPAN:\n“Arguably the greatest living travel writer” (Outside magazine)\, Pico Iyer has called Japan home for more than three decades. But\, as he is the first to admit\, the country remains an enigma even to its long-term residents. In A Beginner’s Guide to Japan\, Iyer draws on his years of experience—his travels\, conversations\, readings\, and reflections—to craft a playful and profound book of surprising\, brief\, incisive glimpses into Japanese culture. He recounts his adventures and observations as he travels from a meditation hall to a love hotel\, from West Point to Kyoto Station\, and from dinner with Meryl Streep to an ill-fated call to the Apple service center in a series of provocations guaranteed to pique the interest and curiosity of those who don’t know Japan—and to remind those who do of its myriad fascinations. \nPICO IYER is the author of eight works of nonfiction and two novels. A writer for Time since 1982\, he is a frequent contributor to The New York Times\, Harper’s\, The New York Review of Books\, the Los Angeles Times\, the Financial Times\, and many other magazines and newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific. He splits his time between Nara\, Japan\, and the United States. \nALAN CHRISTY got his PhD in History at the University of Chicago in 1996. He has been with the History Department at UC Santa Cruz since 1995\, with a two-year stint as a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo from 2004-2006. He studies the history of Japan\, especially historical memory\, historical consciousness and the legacies of war and empire. He is the Director of the Okinawa Memories Initiative\, a transnational public history project that explores the postwar Okinawan-American relationship in Okinawa and throughout the Pacific region. He is also the Provost of Cowell College.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-event-pico-iyer-in-conversation-with-alan-christy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200609T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200609T190000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Laurie R. King\, Riviera Gold
DESCRIPTION:Local\, bestselling author Laurie R. King\, will will celebrate the publication of her newest Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes mystery\, Riviera Gold! The Riviera in 1925 is a playground for the rich built on corruption and greed. It is a place where treasure can be false\, where love can destroy\, and where life\, as Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes will discover\, can be cheap—even when it is made of solid gold. \n \nLaurie R. King is the award-winning\, bestselling author of sixteen Mary Russell mysteries\, five contemporary novels featuring Kate Martinelli\, the Stuyvesant & Grey novels Touchstone and The Bones of Paris\, and acclaimed standalone novels Folly and Lockdown. She lives in Northern California\, where she is at work on her next Mary Russell mystery.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-event-laurie-r-king-riviera-gold/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200605T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200605T170000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Celebrating the Humanities - Spring Awards
DESCRIPTION:We hope you will join us for our annual celebration recognizing student and faculty academic achievement in the Humanities Division at UC Santa Cruz. Friends and family are welcome. Even though we are not able to celebrate together in person as we usually do\, we can still come together online to honor the outstanding accomplishments of our students and faculty. \nOur online program will include a special live message from Chancellor Larive congratulating our scholars. We will then share a pre-recorded video of award presentations and return to a live format to congratulate all of our scholars with a group toast. \nBe sure to come with a glass to raise! \n\nYou will be sent a link to the Zoom meeting request on June 5th at 10:00 a.m. \nProgram: \nWelcome from Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall \nCongratulatory remarks from Chancellor Cynthia Larive \nVideo Awards Presentation of the following awards: \n\nThe Dean’s and Chancellor Awards\nThe inaugural Bettina Aptheker Award for Research on Sexual\, Gendered\, and Racial Violence\nThe inaugural Coha / Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures\nThe Idstrom Family Prize in Creative Writing\nThe Sol and Esther Draznin Memorial Scholarship in Classical Studies\nThe Kenneth Andrew Gram Memorial Scholarship\nThe David A. Kadish Humanities Scholarship\nThe Raihan Kadri Memorial Scholarship\nThe inaugural Siobhan O’Neill Scholarship\nThe Dizikes Teaching Award & The Gary Young Scholarship\nThe Humanities Institute Undergraduate Research Awards\nConclusion: a toast to our students!\n\nFor questions\, please contact Rafferty Lincoln via rlincoln@ucsc.edu \nCongratulations to our accomplished awardees!
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/humanities-spring-awards-3/
LOCATION:CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200603T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200603T133000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Special Session - The Pandemic and the University to Come - A Collective Action
DESCRIPTION:Following on this quarter’s series of conversations about the historical space opened by the current pandemic\, we will come together in a collective\, active exercise of imagining the university to come. Prior to the meeting\, please respond to five questions (click below) about the future university you would like to participate in post-pandemic; the questions are versions of those from Bruno Latour’s essay discussed in early May. Each of you will suggest one practice you think should cease\, one you think should continue\, and one new practice that you would like to be part of the university of the future\, as well as how to enable the kind of capacities needed to transition to these new activities. We will spend the colloquium working together to see where we agree and where we disagree\, and to come up with something to hope for that might help and even guide us in the time to come. \n \nPlease respond to the questions by 10AM on Wednesday\, June 3. \nPlease also RSVP by 10AM on Wednesday\, June 3 to receive Zoom link and password for the session.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/special-session-the-pandemic-and-the-university-to-come-a-collective-action/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200603T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200603T130000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Cultural Studies Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nAll Center for Cultural Studies events are free and open to the public. Staff assistance is provided by the Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/cultural-studies-colloquium-7/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200529T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200529T153000
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SUMMARY:ZOOM TEACH IN: Anti-Asian Xenophobia in an Age of Covid-19
DESCRIPTION:Anti-Chinese xenophobia inaugurated the United States as a gatekeeping nation in the late nineteenth century. Figured as dangerous to the public health\, the Chinese—and successive Asian migrants—were likened to an invasive disease and subjected not only to exclusion laws but also to white vigilante violence. In this era of pandemic\, a moment conditioned by phobia about China’s global rise\, xenophobic conspiracy theories about the “Chinese virus” abound. China has been placed in the crosshairs of the media and politicians\, and Asians and people of Asian descent have been targeted on social media and subjected to acts of violence. From mid-March to mid-April of this year\, the Stop AAPI Hate Reporting Center received almost 1\,500 reports of anti-Asian coronavirus discrimination in the United States against people of Chinese\, Korean\, Vietnamese\, Japanese\, Filipino\, Hmong\, Thai\, Lao\, and Cambodian ethnicity. \n \nThis teach-in will be led by two founders of the Stop AAPI Hate Reporting Center. Russell Jeung\, chair of Asian American Studies at SF State\, will offer a long historical view of anti-Asian racism and brutality\, and Cynthia Choi\, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action\, will address the data the reporting center has gathered in the past two months. In a moment in which we are witness to the slide between anti-Asian rhetoric and anti-Asian brutality\, how should hate speech be understood? Given the necessity of social distancing\, what kinds of community process around racial harm can we envision and bring into being? \nRussell Jeung is Professor of Asian American Studies at SF State University. A scholar of race and religion\, he’s written At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus Among Ancestors and Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans. With Chinese for Affirmative Action and the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council\, he helped to establish the Stop AAPI Hate center. \nCynthia Choi is Co-Executive Director of Chinese for Affirmative Action\, a community-based civil rights organization based in San Francisco. CAA partnered to establish Stop AAPI Hate\, an online reporting center dedicated to documenting hate incidents and developing community-based solutions. She has led local\, state\, and national community-based organizations working on a range of issues from reproductive justice\, gender-based violence\, immigrant/refugee rights\, and environmental justice issues in both the nonprofit sector and in philanthropy. \nPresented by The Center for Racial Justice. Co-sponsored by the SUA Office of Diversity and Inclusion\, the Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center\, and the Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion. \nResources: You can find Stop AAPI Hate’s latest report here and the quick guides\, “Five Things to Consider When You’re Experiencing Hate” and “Five Things to Do When You’re Witnessing Hate\,” here. \nFor more information\, please contact Christine Hong at cjhong@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/zoom-teach-in-anti-asian-xenophobia-in-an-age-of-covid-19/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T133000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Special Session: Thinking Through Television in a Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic\, more and more people are tuning into television (across streaming platforms\, web series\, and of course also pay\, cable\, and network TV) for news and information\, comfort and company\, narrative pleasure and imaginative stimulation—though also often getting misinformation\, alienation\, or discouragement.  How is TV working\, producing ways of seeing\, knowing\, living\, and feeling during this pandemic\, and what are the implications of that?  How are we thinking through television in these unthinkable times? Lynne Joyrich will take up these questions with some opening remarks\, then open up to a group discussion. \n \nRSVP by 10 AM on Wednesday\, May 27th to receive Zoom link and password.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/special-session-thinking-through-television-in-a-pandemic/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Cultural Studies Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nAll Center for Cultural Studies events are free and open to the public. Staff assistance is provided by the Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/cultural-studies-colloquium-6/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200522T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200522T120000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: MAH Beyond the World’s End - Meet the Artists
DESCRIPTION:Join Beyond the World’s End exhibiting artists Laurie Palmer\, Amy Balkin\, Krista Franklin\, Newton Harrison\, Super Futures Haunt Qollective\, and the Rasquache Collective for a group discussion and Q&A. \nIn the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History’s current exhibition\, Beyond the World’s End\, visionary artists reflect on the social and environmental injustices happening around the world and envision radical ways to move forward. \nAs a special virtual offering\, join the panel of exhibiting artists for a group discussion facilitated by guest curator TJ Demos from UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Creative Ecologies. Dive deeper into the content found within the exhibition\, their projects\, and their visions of the future. They will also touch on how these themes connect to our current unfolding pandemic. After the discussion\, stay for a Q&A with the artists facilitated by TJ Demos and the MAH’s Exhibition Catalyst\, Whitney Ford-Terry. \n  \n \n  \nThis event is part of Beyond the End of the World\, a year-long project directed by T. J. Demos of the Center for Creative Ecologies and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Culture. For more information visit BEYOND.UCSC.EDU \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/beyond-the-worlds-end-meet-the-artists-at-the-mah/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200523
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - What Time Is It? HisCon Colloqium
DESCRIPTION:Stay tuned for more information.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/what-time-is-it-hiscon-colloqium/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200521T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200521T190000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Humanities Happy Hour – Teaching and Learning in the Time of Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:What has the shift to remote\, online instruction nationwide revealed about teaching and learning in higher education? How can we use this crisis as an opportunity to reimagine not only the role but the practice of teaching and learning? What is at stake for the future of higher education at UC Santa Cruz and around the world\, and how can we harness the Humanities to think boldly and creatively in response? In this week’s Humanities Happy Hour Jody Greene\, UC Santa Cruz Associate Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning\, and Lois Kazakoff (Cowell\, ‘76) will tackle these questions and more. Join us as we think through the role that the Humanities can play in imagining the future of higher education in\, and beyond\, a time of pandemic. \n \nRegistration required. \nJody Greene is Associate Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning and Professor of Literature at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. She is also the Founding Director of UCSC’s Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning. In 2005\, she published\, The Trouble with Ownership: Intellectual Property and Authorial Liability in England\, 1660-1730 (University of Pennsylvania Press). A new volume\, Human Rights after Corporate Personhood\, co-edited with Sharif Youssef\, is forthcoming from the University of Toronto Press in Fall 2020. Greene has edited special issues of GLQ and Eighteenth-Century Studies\, and has published articles in journals such as PMLA\, Critical Inquiry\, and The Eighteenth Century. Her most recent writing has appeared in Inside Higher Ed and The Chronicle of Higher Education. \nLois Kazakoff served as deputy editorial page editor of the San Francisco Chronicle for 18 years before retiring in 2019. She worked with presidents\, politicians\, professors and publicly-minded community members to help them craft compelling and persuasive commentary and bring their voices into the public forum. She has a bachelor’s degree in French from the University of California\, Santa Cruz. She earned a master’s of science of journalism degree from Northwestern University. Lois currently serves on the UC Santa Cruz Humanities Dean’s Advisory Council. \n  \nQuestions That Matter in the Time of Pandemic is a public humanities series that brings UC Santa Cruz faculty in conversation with the campus and community to discuss topics of importance to us all during the COVID-19 health crisis. The conversations build on themes that The Humanities Institute (THI) has explored as part of Questions That Matter and other signature events. For additional discussion\, we encourage you to watch the video of “Cathy Davidson: The New Education”. This event was presented by THI and UCSC’s Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning (CITL) for its 2018 Annual Convocation\, and features Cathy Davidson discussing her book The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux. Davidson’s work explores how we can revolutionize our universities to help students be leaders of change\, not simply subject to it. THI’s interview with Cathy Davidson provides further insight into Davidson’s progressive vision for the future of education.  \nQuestions? Contact Special Events
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-humanities-happy-hour-teaching-and-learning-in-the-time-of-pandemic/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200520T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200520T181500
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Death on the Nile - A 3D Visit to Egypt's Most Enduring Cemetery
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a one-of-a-kind virtual experience to explore Saqqara\, Egypt’s most enduring cemetery. UC Santa Cruz Associate Professor of History Elaine Sullivan will take us on a virtual visit to the site of Saqqara—the ancient Egyptian necropolis that was the burial place of kings\, queens\, priests\, and elite officials for 2\,500 years (3000-332 BCE). Using a 3D model that digitally ‘reconstructs’ the original appearance of the ancient monuments\, Sullivan will focus on the architecture and art from the Pharaonic Period and discuss how royal and elite Egyptians created a special landscape to guarantee their eternal life and power. \n\nElaine Sullivan (M.A. and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University) is an associate professor of history\, Egyptologist\, and a digital humanist whose work focuses on applying new technologies to ancient cultural materials. Her upcoming born-digital publication\, Constructing the Sacred (Stanford University Press)\, utilizes a geo-temporal 3D model of the necropolis of Saqqara to investigate questions of ritual landscape at the site. \nWe hope you will join us for what we know will be a fascinating conversation. \nQuestions? Contact the UC Santa Cruz Special Events Office at specialevents@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/death-on-the-nile-a-3d-visit-to-egypts-most-enduring-cemetery/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200520T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200520T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Special Session - World Without Clouds
DESCRIPTION:World Without Clouds: an experimental work by Steven Gonzalez (MIT)\, Jia Hui Lee (MIT)\, Luísa Reis-Castro (MIT)\, Gabrielle Robbins (MIT)\, and Julianne Yip (Independent Scholar). \nWorld Without Clouds is an experimental\, multi-modal piece of speculative fiction filmed only with smartphone cameras. The story revolves around five anthropologists in the years 2045-50 who are trying to save clouds from going extinct. As climate change and authoritarian governments take over the Earth\, these “salvage nephologists” invent an Ontology Machine to communicate with the last remaining clouds\, hoping the clouds will “speak back” and offer a cloud-centered way to save clouds from dying out. The story draws inspiration from science fiction’s ability to experiment and make us aware of our epistemic limitations. The creators blend storytelling and academic scholarship in a way that refuses easy categorization into individual-authored research. They ask what kinds of new (cloud) formations might appear in the future. And they flirt—critically—with possible anthropological logics that are rooted in century-long practices of ethnographic documentation and salvation. \nWe will start on Zoom\, then watch the 30-minute film synchronously on a separate site\, and then reconvene on Zoom with the creators for a discussion. Donna Haraway will kick off the conversation. \nRSVP below by 10 AM on Wednesday\, May 20th to receive Zoom link and password.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/special-session-world-without-clouds/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200520T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200520T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200227T220547Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Cultural Studies Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nAll Center for Cultural Studies events are free and open to the public. Staff assistance is provided by the Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/cultural-studies-colloquium-5/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200515T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200515T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200117T181528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200414T202703Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Kuumbwa Jazz & Indexical Present: Moor Mother & Las Sucias
DESCRIPTION:Camae Ayewa (Moor Mother) is a nationally- and internationally-touring musician\, poet\, visual artist\, and workshop facilitator\, and has performed at numerous festivals\, colleges\, galleries\, and museums around the world\, sharing the stage with King Britt\, Roscoe Mitchell\, Claudia Rankine\, bell hooks\, and more. Her most recent album\, Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes\, is the culmination of all of her earthly experiences merged with all of her cosmic ones. On Analog Fluids\, haunting slave narratives are presented as dystopian allegory and negro spirituals are flipped\, remixed\, and recaptured\, only to be digitized into a symbiotic bio-morph program for the post-thumb drive age. It’s a record rich with the noise and chaos that affirm Moor Mother’s punk roots\, yet it is also anchored in earthiness via the constant injection of Black ritual\, poetry\, and drums programmed to vibrate through the listener’s mitochondria. \nLas Sucias is a duo formed by Danishta Rivero and Alexandra Buschman\, mixing anti-patriarchal riotgrrrl lyrics\, Afro-Caribbean rhythms\, brujería noise and possessed vocals. Each performance is a ritual that combines all of the senses and elevates into a higher realm\, inspiring the listener to dance\, speak in tongues\, laugh hysterically\, and get possessed by the spirits awoken. \nTICKETS & MORE INFO \nThe event will start with a discussion with Ayewa about Black Quantum Futurism\, her collaborative Afrofuturist project with author Rasheedah Phillips of Afrofuturist Affair. \nMoor Mother Website\nLas Sucias Website\nIndexical Website \nSupported in part by the Humanities Institute\, the Institute for Arts and Sciences\, the Center for Creative Ecologies\, and the Beyond the End of the World symposium at UC Santa Cruz.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/kuumbwa-jazz-indexical-present-moor-mother-las-sucias/
LOCATION:Kuumbwa Jazz Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200515T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200515T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200505T210351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T181947Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL Akemi Johnson - Night in the American Village: Women in the Shadow of the US Military Bases
DESCRIPTION:Akemi Johnson is an author and journalist who’s work centers on Okinawan history and identity\, she has contributed to NPR’s All Things Considered and Code Switch\, and has written for The Guardian and The Nation. Now\, Akemi Johnson joins us to discuss her 2019 book Night in the American Village: Women in the Shadow of the US Military Bases in Okinawa\, which explores the nuanced relationship between Okinawan women and the servicemen who live on the U.S. military bases on the island. \n \nRegistration required. A Zoom link will be emailed to all registrants on May 14th.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/akemi-johnson-night-in-the-american-village-women-in-the-shadow-of-the-us-military-bases/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200515T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200515T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200415T203207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200810T192033Z
UID:10006851-1589544000-1589547600@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - PhD+ Workshop: Coping with Social Isolation and Anxiety in a Crisis
DESCRIPTION:These are extraordinary times. In a matter of days\, we have had to learn new ways of navigating our educational and occupational needs to meet our goals. This can be stressful. Our go-to coping strategy is often gathering with our social group and offering a shoulder to lean on\, or accepting one. The world has been turned upside down. Spend an hour with Richard Enriquez\, Ph.D. discussing ways to cope with stress and maintain social connection in this time of physical distancing due to COVID-19. \n  \nRichard Enriquez completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Palo Alto University with an emphasis in Diversity and Community Mental Health (DCMH). He is a long-time slug\, having earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology and completing his postdoctoral fellowship here at UCSC. He currently works as a CAPS counseling psychologist with a focus in working with the Graduate Student community. \nDr. Enriquez’ clinical interests include alcohol and other drug use\, religion and spirituality\, mood disorders\, and anxiety disorders. He values working with ethnically diverse populations\, LGBTQ-identified clients\, and college students. Richard believes in working collaboratively with students\, helping them identify their personal goals and supporting them in their journey. \n  \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series\nPlease join us for the fourth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted by the Humanities Institute. We meet monthly\, over lunch\, to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grants/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more. \nPlease RSVP to receive the Zoom link: \nLoading…
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-phd-workshop-coping-with-social-isolation-and-anxiety-in-a-crisis/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200514T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200514T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200507T150952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200512T194144Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Humanities Happy Hour - Freedom & Race in the Time of Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our first virtual Humanities Happy Hour exploring Questions That Matter in the Time of Pandemic. This week will focus on “Freedom & Race” and feature Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall in conversation with associate professors Alice Yang\, Christine Hong\, and Noriko Aso. \n \nWhat does it mean to be free in a nation on house arrest? Recent demonstrations against shelter-in-place orders have been overwhelmingly white as groups alleging an assault on liberty have trafficked in racist symbols\, including swastikas and Confederate flags. Some have reacted to the current pandemic by blaming certain racial or ethnic groups. To what extent is this repeating a long history of scapegoating in times of pandemic? Meanwhile\, the coronavirus is taking a disproportionate toll on black and brown communities in America in terms of infections and death. How has the public health crisis both highlighted and exacerbated racial inequalities? \nThe COVID-19 pandemic is illustrating critical issues surrounding freedom and race in the United States. This week’s conversation will consider rampant anti-Asian racism and discrimination\, glaring inequities in health outcomes for African-American and Latinx communities\, and other issues of race and freedom highlighted\, and\, in many ways\, intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. \n—\nQuestions That Matter in the Time of Pandemic is a public humanities series that brings UC Santa Cruz faculty in conversation with the campus and community to discuss topics of importance to us all during the COVID-19 health crisis. The conversations build on themes that The Humanities Institute (THI) has explored as part of Questions That Matter annual events. For additional discussion\, we encourage you to watch the video of THI’s event on Questions That Matter: Freedom and Race\, in which Jennifer Gonzalez and Tyler Stovall discuss the idea that racism—and the exclusion of racial groups from society—is essential to understanding freedom in America. You can also read Dean Tyler Stovall’s 2020 Questions that Matter in the Time of Pandemic written reflection as well as his 2018 interview on freedom and race. \nQuestions? Contact Special Events
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/freedom-race-in-the-time-of-pandemic-humanities-happy-hour/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200427T183446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200427T213702Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Thinking the Pandemic: Part II
DESCRIPTION:We will continue to think about the current pandemic in relation to epidemic histories\, states of uncertainty\, and authoritarian power\, with readings by Bishnupriya Ghosh\, Carlo Caduff\, and Siddharth Varadarajan. Anjali Arondekar and Mayanthi Fernando will start the conversation off with presentations on the readings. Email cult@ucsc.edu for the Ghosh and Caduff readings. \nReadings: \n“The Costs of Living: Reflections on Global Health Crises” by Bishnupriya Ghosh\n“In India\, a Pandemic of Prejudice and Repression” by Siddharth Varadarajan\n“What Went Wrong? Rebuilding the World after Corona” by Carlo Caduff \n\nImportant information about this event: These informal sessions will be on Zoom and will start at 12:15pm. For security reasons\, you will need to RSVP to register for each session; you will then receive a Zoom link and password for that session. We will have a “waiting room” for the session; the waiting room will open at noon\, so please join between noon and 12:15pm (event moderators will let you into the session from the waiting room). Entry to the session will close at 12:30pm\, so please don’t be late to join a session. \nWe will begin these Special Sessions with a two-part series on “Thinking the Pandemic.” The first part will be Wednesday\, May 6 and the second on Wednesday\, May 12. Stay tuned for more special sessions\, including a speculative film called “A World Without Clouds\,” for later in May.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-thinking-the-pandemic-part-ii/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200227T220428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200414T202523Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Cultural Studies Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nAll Center for Cultural Studies events are free and open to the public. Staff assistance is provided by the Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/cultural-studies-colloquium-4/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200507T151540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T151540Z
UID:10005723-1589295600-1589299200@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:PIT-UN Network Challenge Funding Info Session
DESCRIPTION:As we announced at our recent Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) kickoff event\, the annual Network Challenge funding program is open for submissions. \nTo answer questions\, and to discuss ideas and collaborations\, we will hold a Zoom Info Session next Tuesday\, May 12th from 3:00 – 4:00 PM. RSVP here. \nApplications are open to all PIs on UCSC Campus. One year project funding is available in three tranches: up to $45\,000\, up to $90\,000 and up to $180\,000. An initial campus limited submission process will select up to three projects that will be submitted to the network committee. \nThe Network Challenge seeks to encourage new ideas\, foster collaborations\, and incentivize resource- and information-sharing among network members. The broad goal is to fund projects that help train a new generation of graduates who have both technological literacy and a rigorous foundation to navigate the societal\, ethical\, legal\, policy\, and equity implications of technology by offering a systematic way of studying technology as a tool for addressing social problems in the world. \nApplications can be submitted here.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/pit-un-network-challenge-funding-info-session/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200508T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200508T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200423T201811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200423T215536Z
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SUMMARY:Graduate Research Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Join us via Zoom for the announcement of the symposium winners! \n•Best overall\, $1000\n•Best of the Arts Division\, $250\n•Best of the Baskin School of Engineering\, $250\n•Best of the Humanities Division\, $250\n•Best of the Physical and Biological Sciences Division\, $250\n•Best of the Social Sciences Division\, $250 \nFind out who won in this year’s online Graduate Research Symposium! Enjoy watching the Zoom presentations of the winners! \nThe Division of Graduate Studies will upload all recorded symposium Zoom presentations to our YouTube channel.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/graduate-research-symposium-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200508T132000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200508T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20191002T180603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200414T202738Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Linguistics Colloquia: Jesse Harris
DESCRIPTION:Jesse Harris (UCLA) – Title TBD \nJesse Harris is an assistant professor at UCLA in the Department of Linguistics\, and director of the UCLA Language Processing Lab. His research investigates how language users develop a sufficiently rich linguistic meaning during online comprehension\, concentrating in particular on three related areas: (a) the formal semantics of context sensitive expressions\, (b) the semantic processing of contextually dependent terms\, and (c) the pragmatic and processing defaults engaged when generating a semantic or discourse representation for an utterance or phrase. \nAbout eight times each year\, the Linguistics department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. \nFor full information visit: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/linguistics-colloquia-jesse-harris/
LOCATION:Humanities 2\, Room 259
ORGANIZER;CN="Linguistics Department":MAILTO:mjzimmer@ucsc.edu
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200509
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200227T223337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200414T202413Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Ramon Rising Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Stay tuned for more information.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/ramon-rising-film-screening/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200507T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200507T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200420T205104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200420T205141Z
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SUMMARY:Teaching Credential Workshop for Humanities PhDs
DESCRIPTION:The humanities are alive and well in K12 education. Can you thrive there? \nJoin Kip Téllez in this workshop to learn more about simultaneously pursuing a teaching credential and master’s degree in education while completing your doctoral degree in the humanities! Explore the possibilities of public school teaching in California for a union-backed career. Ethnic studies students\, learn about how you would be positioned to roll out ethnic studies in the public high school curriculum statewide! \nPlease email Jane Komori or Ka-eul Yoo for Zoom information. \n\nKip Téllez is Professor and former Chair in the Education Department at UC Santa Cruz. After teaching elementary and high school students in east Los Angeles county and earning his PhD from the Claremont Graduate University\, his research has focused on the intersection of language teaching and teacher education. He has published in journals such as the Journal of Teacher Education\, Bilingual Research Journal\, Teaching and Teacher Education\, and Review of Research in Education. He served as the editor of Teacher Education Quarterly from 2013 to 2016\, as well as serving on several editorial boards. His most recent book is titled The Teaching Instinct: Explorations Into What Makes Us Human. \nThis event is sponsored by Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES). \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/teaching-credential-workshop-for-humanities-phds/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200506T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200506T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200427T183050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200428T211006Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Thinking the Pandemic: Part I
DESCRIPTION:A number of scholars have recently written about the current pandemic\, taking up questions of sovereignty and biopolitics in different ways. We will read and discuss some short pieces by Alain Badiou\, Bifo Berardi\, Byung-Chul Han\, and Bruno Latour. Chris Connery and Max Tomba will start the conversation off with presentations on some of the readings. Please do the readings beforehand. RSVP below by 4pm Tuesday\, May 5 to receive Zoom link and password. \nReadings: \n“On the Epidemic Situation” by Alain Badiou\n“Beyond the Breakdown” by Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi\n“We cannot surrender reason to the virus” by Byung-Chul Han\n“What protective measures can you think of so we don’t go back to the pre-crisis production model?” by Bruno Latour \n \n\nImportant information about this event: These informal sessions will be on Zoom and will start at 12:15pm. For security reasons\, you will need to RSVP to register for each session; you will then receive a Zoom link and password for that session. We will have a “waiting room” for the session; the waiting room will open at noon\, so please join between noon and 12:15pm (event moderators will let you into the session from the waiting room). Entry to the session will close at 12:30pm\, so please don’t be late to join a session. \nWe will begin these Special Sessions with a two-part series on “Thinking the Pandemic.” The first part will be Wednesday\, May 6 and the second on Wednesday\, May 12. Stay tuned for more special sessions\, including a speculative film called “A World Without Clouds\,” for later in May. \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-thinking-the-pandemic-part-i/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200506T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200506T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200227T220319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200414T202323Z
UID:10006842-1588767300-1588770000@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Cultural Studies Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nAll Center for Cultural Studies events are free and open to the public. Staff assistance is provided by the Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/cultural-studies-colloquium-3/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200506T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200506T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200420T210121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200420T210121Z
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SUMMARY:Department of Defense/DARPA Discussion and Faculty Panel Session
DESCRIPTION:The UCSC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research is hosting a discussion and faculty panel session on best practices and strategies for pursuing Department of Defense (DoD) funding. Opportunities offered through DoD are a less understood\, and often under-accessed\, source of research funding. This event will be an opportunity to hear from an external Washington DC-based expert and UCSC faculty with various levels of DoD experience. These experts will share their advice and insight on positioning your research programs for long-term DoD support. Join us for this introduction where you will have an opportunity to engage in Q&A sessions and learn more about engaging the DoD\, identifying opportunities\, and successfully executing DoD funded projects. \n \n\nAgenda \n12:00 – 12:10: \nIntroductions from UC Santa Cruz\, Office of Research\, Vice Chancellor of Research\, Scott Brandt \n12:15 – 01:45: \n Kristen Jordan Ph.D. Independent Consultant\, MBO Partners. \n“DOD Opportunities and Engagement” \nDr. Jordan is a former program officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)\, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) and currently serves as an advisor to acting DARPA Director\, Peter Highnam. \n12:45 – 01:00: \nBreak \n2:00 – 04:00: \nFaculty Panelists: Personal experience\, suggestions\, and lessons learned \nMarco Rolandi\, Professor and Department Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Baskin School of Engineering (BSOE) \nDan Costa\, Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology\, PBSci\, and Director of the Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) \nDaniele Venturi\, Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics\, BSOE \nTerrie M. Williams\, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in PBSci and Director of the Center for Marine Mammal Research and Conservation at UCSC \nRicardo Sanfelice\, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, BSOE and Director of the Cyber-Physical Systems Research Center \nShiva Abbaszadeh\, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, BSOE \nRajarshi Guhaniyogi\, Assistant Professor of Statistics\, BSOE
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/department-of-defense-darpa-discussion-and-faculty-panel-session/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200504T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200504T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200227T223052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200414T202248Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Ottessa Moshfegh: Death in Her Hands
DESCRIPTION:This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information at: https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/ottessamoshfegh2020 \nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up about an hour before the event begins. If you have any ADA accommodation requests\, please email info@bookshopsantacruz.com by May 2nd. \nDeath in Her Hands comes from one of our most ceaselessly provocative literary talents\, a novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she finds a cryptic note on a walk in the woods that ultimately makes her question everything about her new home. \nWhile on her normal daily walk with her dog in the nearby forest woods\, our protagonist comes across a note\, handwritten and carefully pinned to the ground with a frame of stones. Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn’t me. Here is her dead body. Our narrator is deeply shaken; she has no idea what to make of this. She is new to this area\, having moved here from her longtime home after the death of her husband\, and she knows very few people. And she’s a little shaky even on her best days. Her brooding about this note quickly grows into a full-blown obsession\, and she begins to devote herself to exploring the possibilities of her conjectures about who this woman was and how she met her fate. Her suppositions begin to find echoes in the real world\, and with mounting excitement and dread\, the fog of mystery starts to form into a concrete and menacing shape. But as we follow her in her investigation\, strange dissonances start to accrue\, and our faith in her grip on reality weakens\, until finally\, just as she seems to be facing some of the darkness in her own past with her late husband\, we are forced to face the prospect that there is either a more innocent explanation for all this or a much more sinister one–one that strikes closer to home. \nA triumphant blend of horror\, suspense\, and pitch-black comedy\, Death in Her Hands asks us to consider how the stories we tell ourselves both guide us closer to the truth and keep us at bay from it. Once again\, we are in the hands of a narrator whose unreliability is well earned\, only this time the stakes have never been higher. \nOttessa Moshfegh is the author of My Year of Rest and Relaxation\, a New York Times bestseller; Homesick for Another World\, a New York Times Book Review notable book of the year; Eileen\, which was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize\, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction; and McGlue\, which won the Fence Modern Prize in Prose and the Believer Book Award. Her stories have earned her a Pushcart Prize\, an O. Henry Award\, the Plimpton Prize\, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/ottessa-moshfegh-death-in-her-hands/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Avenue\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200504T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200504T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200114T184619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200414T202212Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Nancy Luxon - Switch Points of Power: Psychodynamics of state legitimation and neoauthoritarianism
DESCRIPTION:Recent political trends not just in the United States but globally have led to speculation about the resurgence of authoritarianism and an “authoritarian personality.” As the usual orientations of Left and Right held in place by a liberal status quo begin to falter\, social science looks for new frameworks through which to describe these political phenomena and to analyze the kind of challenge they pose to existing liberal or neoliberal institutions. With this paper\, I argue that these contemporary political currents revive older debates about state legitimation and the terms on which to construe “the people.” In the wake of a neoliberalism has reduced political and moral vocabularies to a financial language of risk and exposure\, politics seeks new sources of psycho-social investment that would reframe classic relations of care and obligation. To think through this political conjuncture\, I draw on Michel Foucault and the relational school of psychoanalysis. I argue that these contemporary political trends direct us towards those “switch points of power” in which relations of power have become unstable and thus capable of being redirected. These switch points potentially open up for revision those authorial practices that sustain or undo the status quo. \n\nNancy Luxon is an associate professor in Political Science at the University of Minnesota\, Twin Cities. Her work in contemporary political and social theory concentrates on questions of power\, subjectivity\, and truth-telling. She came to these themes from a preoccupation with those practices that organize the interstices of political spaces – namely\, the spaces between personal and political practices\, between political conditions of possibility and psychic interiority\, and between past and future. Her first book\, Crisis of Authority (2013)\, considers political authority as a political and psychological process in which individuals come to author themselves\, and so to act within and against relations of hierarchy. More recently\, she has edited a translation of Arlette Farge and Michel Foucault’s Disorderly Families (2017)\, along with a companion scholarly volume\, Archives of Infamy (2019)\, and Foucault’s lectures at Berkeley\, Discourse and Truth (2019). Her current work is on Fanon and désaliénation.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/nancy-luxon/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 202
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200429T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200429T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200417T014119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200417T015659Z
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SUMMARY:MAH Film Night: Radical Futurisms (Part II Rescreen)
DESCRIPTION:Gather ’round your home screen and watch films from a diverse group of visionaries on topics and themes related to our current exhibition\, Beyond the World’s End. \n \nJoin curator TJ Demos for a virtual introduction and (re)screening of films originally shown last month at the Del Mar Theater that seek to offer points of light in a dark world. \nHow are visual artists imagining radical futures? How can the traditions of oppressed peoples become the foundation of the future? How can social justice and ecosystems flourish going forward? How can we escape our current climate of catastrophe and anxiety and instead transform the present into a radical future by asking what is “not-yet”? \nShown in conjunction with our exhibition Beyond the World’s End\, this three-part film series is part of a year-long research and exhibition project and public lecture series. Directed by T. J. Demos of the Center for Creative Ecologies\, and including the collaboration of UCSC PhD Mellon fellows Isabelle Carbonell and Chessa Adsit-Morris\, it brings leading international thinkers and cultural practitioners to UC Santa Cruz to discuss what lies beyond dystopian catastrophism\, and how we can cultivate radical futures of social justice and ecological flourishing. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Culture. For more information visit BEYOND.UCSC.EDU \n\nSchedule \n6:50pm – Screening opens. Space is limited to the first 100 people to sign into the Zoom meeting.\n7:00pm – Welcome from MAH Staff\, followed by an introduction from guest curator TJ Demos.\n7:15pm – Film program will begin\, followed by a 20 min open conversation on zoom. \nThe Zoom link will be sent out at 2pm & 6:40pm on event day to all that RSVP’d via Eventbrite. If you have any questions please email info@santacruzmah.org.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/mah-film-night-radical-futurisms-part-ii-rescreen/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200429T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200429T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20190906T182842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200414T202101Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Nitasha Dhillon and Amin Husain\, of MTL / Decolonize This Place: Beyond the End of the World Sawyer Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:The Humanities Institute and the Center for Creative Ecologies present Beyond the End of the World Lecture Series \nNatasha Dhillon and Amin Husain\, are MTL\, a collaboration that joins research\, aesthetics\, organizing and action in practice. Nitasha Dhillon and Amin Husain are co-founders of Tidal: Occupy Theory\, Occupy Strategy\, the movement-generated theory magazine; Global Ultra Luxury Faction\, known as the direct action wing of Gulf Labor Coalition; Direct Action Front for Palestine; and\, most recently\, Decolonize This Place. MTL has published in Alternet\, Creative Time Reports\, eflux\, Hyperallergic\, Jadaliyya\, and October Magazine. Currently they are directing and producing an experimental documentary film about land\, life and liberation in occupied Palestine titled\, On This Land. \nBeyond the End of the World comprises a year-long research and exhibition project and public lecture series\, directed by T. J. Demos of UCSC’s Center for Creative Ecologies. The project brings leading international thinkers and cultural practitioners to UC Santa Cruz to discuss what lies beyond dystopian catastrophism\, and asks how we can cultivate radical futures of social justice and ecological flourishing. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Culture and administered by The Humanities Institute. For more information visit BEYOND.UCSC.EDU.  \nIf you have disability-related needs\, please contact the The Humanities Institute at thi@ucsc.edu or call 831-459-5655.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/sawyer-seminar-nitasha-dhillon-and-amin-husain-of-mtl-decolonize-this-place/
LOCATION:CA\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200429T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200429T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200227T220157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200414T202133Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Cultural Studies Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nAll Center for Cultural Studies events are free and open to the public. Staff assistance is provided by the Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/cultural-studies-colloquium-2/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200424
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200425
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200220T210449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200312T211713Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - The Challenge of Diversity: A Conference on Global Minorities
DESCRIPTION:The 3rd Annual Center for World History Grad Student Conference. \nPlease stay tuned for more information.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/3rd-annual-grad-student-conference-the-challenge-of-diversity-a-conference-on-global-minorities/
LOCATION:Humanities 2\, Room 259
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200423T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200227T222524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200414T202023Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Lisa Wolpe: Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender
DESCRIPTION:Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender is a solo show\, written and performed by Lisa Wolpe. It is an hour long\, with no intermission. Lisa is an expert on gender-flipping Shakespeare as well as an actress\, director\, teacher\, writer\, traveler\, and distinguished scholar. Her one-women show explores her experiences as an activist for inclusion\, diversity\, equity\, access\, and promoting women’s rights and racial equality. It features stories about her family\, focusing on her father\, Hans Wolpe\, a hero in WWII\, as well as pieces of Shakespeare\, including Shylock\, Hamlet\, Richard III\, and more\, elucidating life lessons learned through playing male characters in the Shakespeare Canon.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/lisa-wolpe-performance/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Veterans Hall Auditorium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200227T220045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200414T201945Z
UID:10006840-1587557700-1587560400@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Cultural Studies Colloquium: Matthew Engelke
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nAll Center for Cultural Studies events are free and open to the public. Staff assistance is provided by the Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/cultural-studies-colloquium-matthew-engelke/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20191203T213017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200810T192007Z
UID:10006813-1587553200-1587558600@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - PhD+ Workshop: Social Media and Scholarly Practice
DESCRIPTION:The field of higher ed is struggling to define its relationship to social media. We have all read high profile stories of offers and tenure denied because of online posts. At the same time\, there is clear motivation for scholars to engage with public audiences and grow their reputations through social media. What are the risks\, rewards\, and ways to begin being an extremely (or selectively) online academic? \nJoin Rachel Deblinger to discuss the many uses of social media across the academy\, ranging from institutional accounts to the benefits of self-promotion to the possible consequences of political speech. As the public health crisis has moved most of our communications online\, this session will also give participants an opportunity to reflect on our complex relationships with social media as both a source of anxiety and space to alleviate feelings of isolation. \n  \nRachel Deblinger is the Director of the Modern Endangered Archives Program at the UCLA Library. This new granting program funds the digitization and preservation of at-risk cultural heritage materials from around the world and makes all material openly accessible online. Deblinger was previously the Research Program Manager at The Humanities Institute and is the Founding Director of the UC Santa Cruz Digital Scholarship Commons. \nDeblinger completed her doctorate in History at UCLA in 2014 and is currently writing a book manuscript titled\, “Saving Our Survivors: How American Jews learned about the Holocaust.” Her research focuses on early postwar Holocaust narratives\, media technology\, and the efforts of Jewish communal organizations to aid survivors in Europe. \n  \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series\nPlease join us for the fourth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted by the Humanities Institute. We meet monthly\, over lunch\, to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grants/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more. \nPlease RSVP for the Zoom link: \nLoading…
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-workshop-social-media-and-scholarly-practice/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200417T132000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200417T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20191002T180502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200414T201819Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Linguistics Colloquia: Kevin Ryan
DESCRIPTION:Kevin Ryan (Harvard) – Title TBD \nKevin M. Ryan is a phonologist whose research focuses on prosodic systems and the constituents of speech\, especially stress\, weight\, meter\, and phrasal phonology. This work draws on the statistical analysis of speech/text corpora\, experiments\, and studies of particular languages (often Indic or Dravidian). \nAbout eight times each year\, the Linguistics department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. \nFor full information visit: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/linguistics-colloquia-kevin-ryan/
LOCATION:Humanities 2\, Room 259
ORGANIZER;CN="Linguistics Department":MAILTO:mjzimmer@ucsc.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200417T015705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200417T015705Z
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SUMMARY:MAH Film Night: Radical Futurisms (Part I Rescreen)
DESCRIPTION:Gather ’round your home screen and watch films from a diverse group of visionaries on topics and themes related to our current exhibition\, Beyond the World’s End. \n \nJoin curator TJ Demos for a virtual introduction and (re)screening of films originally shown last month at the Del Mar Theater that seek to offer points of light in a dark world. \nHow are visual artists imagining radical futures? How can the traditions of oppressed peoples become the foundation of the future? How can social justice and ecosystems flourish going forward? How can we escape our current climate of catastrophe and anxiety and instead transform the present into a radical future by asking what is “not-yet”? \nShown in conjunction with our exhibition Beyond the World’s End\, this three-part film series is part of a year-long research and exhibition project and public lecture series. Directed by T. J. Demos of the Center for Creative Ecologies\, and including the collaboration of UCSC PhD Mellon fellows Isabelle Carbonell and Chessa Adsit-Morris\, it brings leading international thinkers and cultural practitioners to UC Santa Cruz to discuss what lies beyond dystopian catastrophism\, and how we can cultivate radical futures of social justice and ecological flourishing. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Culture. For more information visit BEYOND.UCSC.EDU \n\nSchedule \n6:50pm – Screening opens. Space is limited to the first 100 people to sign into the Zoom meeting.\n7:00pm – Welcome from MAH Staff\, followed by an introduction from guest curator TJ Demos.\n7:15pm – Film program will begin\, followed by a 20 min open conversation on zoom. \nThe Zoom link will be sent out at 2pm & 6:40pm on event day to all that RSVP’d via Eventbrite. If you have any questions please email info@santacruzmah.org.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/mah-film-night-radical-futurisms-part-i-rescreen/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20190722T193923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200312T193139Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Nick Estes and Melanie Yazzie: Beyond the End of the World Sawyer Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:The Humanities Institute and the Center for Creative Ecologies present Beyond the End of the World Lecture Series \nNick Estes is a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. He is an Assistant Professor in the American Studies Department at the University of New Mexico. In 2014\, he co-founded The Red Nation\, an Indigenous resistance organization. For 2017-2018\, Estes was the American Democracy Fellow at the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University. His research engages colonialism and global Indigenous histories\, with a focus on decolonization\, oral history\, U.S. imperialism\, environmental justice\, anti-capitalism\, and the Oceti Sakowin. Estes is the author of the book Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline\, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance (Verso\, 2019)\, which places into historical context the Indigenous-led movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. He edited with Jaskiran Dhillon the volume Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement (University of Minnesota\, 2019)\, which draws together more than thirty contributors\, including leaders\, scholars\, and activists of the Standing Rock movement. \nMelanie K. Yazzie (Bilagáana/Diné) holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico\, and is is Assistant Professor in the Department of Native American Studies and the Department of American Studies\, University of New Mexico. She specializes in violence\, biopolitics\, water\, Navajo/American Indian history; (neo)liberalism; settler colonialism; Indigenous feminisms; Native American studies; social movements; urban Native experience; political ecology; queer Indigenous studies; Marxist theories of history\, knowledge\, and power; and theories of policing and the state. Her first book\, Life in The Age of Extraction: Diné History in A Biopolitical Register\, shows how biopolitical calculations of Navajo life that accompanied the introduction of extractive economies in the 1930s have become a full-scale biopolitical epoch defined by violent relations of extraction. With Nick Estes\, she guest-edited a special issue of Wicazo Sa Review (June 2016) on the legacy of Dakota scholar Elizabeth Cook-Lynn\, one of the founders of Native American studies\, and co-edited a special issue of Decolonization: Indigeneity\, Education and Society with Cutcha Risling-Baldy on Indigenous water politics (2018). \nBeyond the End of the World comprises a year-long research and exhibition project and public lecture series\, directed by T. J. Demos of UCSC’s Center for Creative Ecologies. The project brings leading international thinkers and cultural practitioners to UC Santa Cruz to discuss what lies beyond dystopian catastrophism\, and asks how we can cultivate radical futures of social justice and ecological flourishing. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Culture. For more information visit BEYOND.UCSC.EDU \nIf you have disability-related needs\, please contact the The Humanities Institute at thi@ucsc.edu or call 831-459-5655.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/sawyer-seminar-nick-estes-and-melanie-yazzie/
LOCATION:TBD\, CA\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200227T215914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200312T203620Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Cultural Studies Colloquium: Christiana Giordana
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nAll Center for Cultural Studies events are free and open to the public. Staff assistance is provided by the Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/cultural-studies-colloquium-christiana-giordana/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200410T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200410T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20190722T193716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200804T031526Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: PhD+ Workshop - Feminist in the Academy
DESCRIPTION:Jacqueline Wernimont is an antiracist\, feminist scholar working toward greater justice in digital cultures. She writes about long histories of media and technology—particularly those that count and commemorate—and entanglements with archives and historiographic ways of knowing. Her book\, Numbered Lives: Life and Death in Quantum Media\, is out with MIT Press. She is a network weaver across humanities\, arts\, and sciences. This work includes codirecting HASTAC (Humanities\, Arts\, Science\, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory) and serving as the Inaugural Chair of Digital Humanities and Social Engagement at Dartmouth College. \nJacqueline Wernimont will be at UC Santa Cruz from April 8th-10th\, 2020 as THI’s Scholar-in-Residence. \n  \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series\nPlease join us for the fourth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted by the Humanities Institute. We meet monthly\, over lunch\, to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grants/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-workshop-series-jacque-wernimont/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200408T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200408T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20190722T193440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200312T192927Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Jacque Wernimont "Quantified Education: Unpacking What We're Tracking"
DESCRIPTION:The same hopes that have landed FitBits on millions of wrists\, Rings on thousands of doors\, and Echoes in so many homes have brought us the latest in educational technologies. These hopes include better support of ourselves\, our goals\, and our dreams for success\, health\, and safety. As universities and colleges increasingly buy into smart systems for grading\, tracking attendance\, monitoring student and employee wellness\, and more\, we also need to reckon with the costs – human\, fiscal\, and environmental – of these innovations in education. We‘ve got the Quantified Self\, the Quantified Home\, even the Smart/Quantified City — what does it mean that we now have Quantified Education? \n  \nJacqueline Wernimont is an antiracist\, feminist scholar working toward greater justice in digital cultures. She writes about long histories of media and technology—particularly those that count and commemorate—and entanglements with archives and historiographic ways of knowing. Her book\, Numbered Lives: Life and Death in Quantum Media\, is out with MIT Press. She is a network weaver across humanities\, arts\, and sciences. This work includes codirecting HASTAC (Humanities\, Arts\, Science\, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory) and serving as the Inaugural Chair of Digital Humanities and Social Engagement at Dartmouth College. \n  \nPresented by:  The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz and the Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning. \n  \nAdditional Events: Jacqueline Wernimont will be at UC Santa Cruz from April 8th-10th\, 2020 as THI’s Scholar-in-Residence. On April 8th\, she will discuss “Numbered Lives: Quantum Mediations of Life in Early Anglo-America” at the Cultural Studies Colloquium. On April 10th\, she will lead a workshop on “Feminist in the Academy” for THI’s PhD+ series. \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/citl-convocation-jacque-wernimont/
LOCATION:University Center\, Bhojwani Room\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200408T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200408T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200224T225743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200312T203451Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Numbered Lives: Quantum Mediations of Life in Early Anglo-America
DESCRIPTION:Jacqueline Wernimont is an antiracist\, feminist scholar working toward greater justice in digital cultures. She writes about long histories of media and technology—particularly those that count and commemorate—and entanglements with archives and historiographic ways of knowing. Her book\, Numbered Lives: Life and Death in Quantum Media\, is out with MIT Press. She is a network weaver across humanities\, arts\, and sciences. This work includes codirecting HASTAC (Humanities\, Arts\, Science\, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory) and serving as the Inaugural Chair of Digital Humanities and Social Engagement at Dartmouth College. \n  \nAdditional Events: Jacqueline Wernimont will be at UC Santa Cruz from April 8th-10th\, 2020 as THI’s Scholar-in-Residence. On April 8th\, she will present “Quantified Education: Unpacking What We’re Tracking” at CITL’s Annual Convocation. On April 10th\, she will lead a workshop on “Feminist in the Academy” for THI’s PhD+ series. \n  \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nAll Center for Cultural Studies events are free and open to the public. Staff assistance is provided by the Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/numbered-lives-quantum-mediations-of-life-in-early-anglo-america/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200405T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200405T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20190927T181225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T000501Z
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SUMMARY:Postponed - The Deep Read: Margaret Atwood
DESCRIPTION:3/16/2020: If you have been following the news\, you’re aware that many gatherings across the country have been canceled in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus). \nFollowing guidance from local health experts\, UC Santa Cruz will postpone the Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture featuring Margaret Atwood\, originally scheduled for April 5. We hope to share a new date for this event soon. \nRefunds on ticket purchases will be processed soon\, and you will receive a notification confirming the refund directly from the ticketing system. \nOne way to stay connected virtually is to participate in The Humanities Institute’s new program\, The Deep Read\, which invites curious minds to think deeply and engage virtually about literature and art. Our first Deep Read is Atwood’s The Testaments. You can sign up to receive weeks of digital programming and prepare for Margaret Atwood’s future visit to UC Santa Cruz. \nOur priority is to ensure the health and safety of our alumni\, community\, guest speakers\, students\, and staff. We appreciate your patience as UCSC strives to sustain its mission of teaching\, research\, public service\, and community engagement during these unprecedented times. \nBelow were the April event details. This will be updated once there is more info on the new date.  \nJoin us as we welcome writer Margaret Atwood to the UC Santa Cruz campus to discuss her award winning books\, and the ways in which her fiction reflects our cultural and political realities. Atwood will be in conversation with author Kate Schatz (Stevenson ‘01\, Creative Writing)\, the New York Times-bestselling author of Rad American Women A-Z. \nTickets \nAdmission is $30. \nWhere\nQuarry Amphitheater\, UC Santa Cruz \nWhen\nSunday April 5 at 5pm\nThe Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture & Alumni Weekend Keynote \nThis event is part of The Deep Read\, a new program by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz that invites curious minds to think deeply about literature\, art\, and the most pressing issues of our day. We’ll read books from a wide range of genres\, exploring their implications on our politics\, inner lives\, and communities. \nMargaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction\, poetry and critical essays. Her most recent\, record-breaking novel\, The Testaments—sequel to her 1985 classic The Handmaid’s Tale—won the 2019 Booker Prize. Her other work includes the Giller and Booker Prize-shortlisted Oryx and Crake\, as well as Alias Grace\, The Robber Bride\, Cat’s Eye\, and Booker winner The Blind Assassin.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/margaret-atwood/
LOCATION:Quarry Amphitheater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200404T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200404T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200108T214822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200310T171141Z
UID:10005683-1586001600-1586008800@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Seeds of Something Different: An Oral History of the University of California\, Santa Cruz
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the publication of a uniquely compelling book and the shared history it brings to life. Illustrated with rarely-seen archival images\, Seeds of Something Different—debuting this weekend after years in the making—chronicles UC Santa Cruz history in the voices of more than two hundred students\, community members\, staff\, faculty\, and campus leaders who have contributed their oral histories to the Library’s Regional History Project since 1963. Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies Bettina Aptheker will facilitate this national launch event\, with insights from the editors\, a reading and Q&A\, and a slideshow. Schmooze with fellow alumni and purchase your signed copy of this collector’s item. Light refreshments will be served. \nBettina Aptheker is a distinguished Professor in the Humanities Department at UC Santa Cruz and holds a Ph.D. in the History of Consciousness. Aptheker’s broad areas of focus are in Feminist Studies including critical race\, queer theory\, sexual violence\, reproductive freedom\, African American feminist history\, Jewish women’s culture\, African American and women’s history late 19th century through 20th century. Her current research is called “Queering the History of the American Left: 1940s-1980s” Based on extensive archival research\, especially in the files of the Communist Party\, and interviews.  Her most recent books are\, Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red\, Fought for Free Speech and Became A Feminist Rebel (2006. Other book(s): The Morning Breaks: The Trial of Angela Davis (1976; second edition\, 1999)\, Tapestries of Life: Women’s Work\, Women’s Consciousness and the Meaning of Daily Life (1989). \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/seeds-of-something-different-an-oral-history-of-the-university-of-california-santa-cruz/
LOCATION:Cultural Center at Merrill\, Merrill Cultural Center\, UC Santa Cruz\, Merrill College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200404
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200406
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20190927T172651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200310T171215Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Alumni Weekend 2020
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for UCSC’s Alumni Weekend! The 2020 event is on the way\, and this year’s gathering will be held Saturday\, April 4 and Sunday\, April 5\, 2020. Alumni Weekend is a signature campus event at which we honor our ever-growing network of 115\,000+ fellow Banana Slugs by inviting them to come back to campus to reconnect and engage.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/alumni-weekend-2020/
LOCATION:CA\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="UCSC Special Events Office":MAILTO:specialevents@ucsc.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200403T132000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200403T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20191002T180319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200311T193037Z
UID:10005654-1585920000-1585926000@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Linguistics Colloquia: Kathryn Davidson
DESCRIPTION:Kathryn Davidson (Harvard) – Title TBD \nKathryn Davidson is an assistant professor in Linguistics at Harvard University where her research investigates the unique capacity that we have to understand an infinite number of sentences that we’ve never encountered before (semantics)\, how we incorporate contextual information into these meanings (pragmatics)\, and how we ever learn to do this (development). In her lab they make balanced use of theory for hypothesis creation with psycholinguistic experimental methods for gathering and analyzing behavioral data based on a wide variety of spoken and signed languages. Davidson’s academic background is in math and theoretical linguistics\, and her sign language background began while learning ASL as a student at UCSD and postdoc at UConn. \nAbout eight times each year\, the Linguistics department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. \nFor full information visit: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/linguistics-colloquia-kathryn-davidson/
LOCATION:Humanities 2\, Room 259
ORGANIZER;CN="Linguistics Department":MAILTO:mjzimmer@ucsc.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200403T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200403T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20191017T204510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200310T194604Z
UID:10006791-1585918800-1585927800@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:CANCELLED - 16th Annual Graduate Research Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The UC Santa Cruz Graduate Research Symposium offers graduate students from every division the opportunity to discuss their research with colleagues on campus and with the public. \nMcHenry Library\nInformation Commons South and Adjoining Classrooms\nApril 3\, 2020\n1:15 p.m. Kickoff\n1:30–3:30 p.m. Judging\n3:30–5:30 p.m. Award Reception\, south terrace and lawn \nFor more information visit: graddiv.ucsc.edu/events/symposium
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/16th-annual-graduate-research-symposium/
LOCATION:McHenry Library\, UCSC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200402T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200402T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20191224T000032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200316T180043Z
UID:10006820-1585846800-1585854000@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:Postponed - We Are Not Aliens: Arthur Jafa\, Martine Syms\, and Afro-Futurism 2.0 Exhibition at the Sesnon Gallery
DESCRIPTION:We Are Not Aliens: Arthur Jafa\, Martine Syms\, and Afro-Futurism 2.0 assembles select artistic projects that investigate emancipatory futures of justice opposed to historical and contemporary racism\, socioeconomic inequality\, and state violence. It centers around Arthur Jafa’s startling and moving video “Love is the Message\, the Message is Death\,” which offers a short account of anti-black police brutality as well as speculative visions of African-American emancipation\, collective resistance\, and poetic love. The piece includes a short passage of artist Martine Syms delivering her “Mundane Afrofuturist Manifesto” in which she states “We are not aliens”—critically distancing herself from earlier formulations of Afro-futurism and making a powerful case for its contemporary reinvention. The show will reproduce her text as an artistic wall painting and also include an hour-long KCET video that explores the inspirational ideas behind the Manifesto\, which lays out visions of African-American creativity dedicated to the radical imagination of a coming world of liberation. \nThe exhibition forms part of Beyond the End of the World\, which comprises a year-long research and exhibition project and public lecture series\, directed by T. J. Demos of UCSC’s Center for Creative Ecologies. The project brings leading international thinkers and cultural practitioners to UC Santa Cruz to discuss what lies beyond dystopian catastrophism\, and asks how we can cultivate radical futures of social justice and ecological flourishing. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Culture\, and administered by UCSC’s Humanities Institute. For more information visit BEYOND.UCSC.EDU
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/we-are-not-aliens-arthur-jafa-martine-syms-and-afro-futurism-2-0-exhibition-at-sesnon-gallery/
LOCATION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200401T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200401T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200305T171530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200310T210140Z
UID:10006849-1585756800-1585767600@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:CANCELLED: The Deep Read: Kresge Reads The Testaments
DESCRIPTION:Get in the Deep Read spirit with a community of readers. Every Wednesday from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. (through April 1)\, students\, staff\, and faculty are welcome to join Kresge Provost Ben Leeds Carson at the Kresge Provost House to read aloud and discuss The Testaments. \nTo find the location\, follow Google Maps to “Kresge Provost House\,” and park in lot 143. The house is through a marked door in a stucco wall across the street from the lot. \nOpen to students\, faculty and staff.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-deep-read-kresge-reads-the-testaments-3/
LOCATION:Kresge Provost House\, Programs Annex\, 510 Porter-Kresge Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200401T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200401T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200227T234918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T171019Z
UID:10005713-1585747800-1585755000@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:CANCELLED: California Humanities Listening Session - Santa Cruz
DESCRIPTION:California Humanities wants to hear from you. \nWe are embarking on a listening tour throughout California over the next few months to find out who is producing humanities content and programming in our regions and across California. \nOur goal is to sit down and talk with organizations and individuals focused on telling California stories through the humanities\, and consider how we might all work together to learn from each other and amplify our voices. \nAt the listening session\, you will: \n\nShare your knowledge about humanities and cultural programming in and around Santa Cruz\nProvide feedback and ideas on improving the collaboration of humanities and cultural programs locally and across the state\nLimited seating; registration required.\n\n \nPlease note that the listening sessions are not workshops to learn more about our grant programs. Grants Workshops are scheduled throughout the year and you can find more information on our grants and workshops on our webpage. \nTo learn more\, visit calhum.org. With questions\, write to Outreach & Advocacy Manager John Nguyen-Yap at jnguyenyap@calhum.org
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/california-humanities-listening-session-santa-cruz/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200330T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200330T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20190919T233132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T174608Z
UID:10006779-1585594800-1585602000@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Fly Higher: Charlie Parker @ 100 – Co-Musical Directors - Rudresh Mahanthappa & Terri Lyne Carrington
DESCRIPTION:March 12\, 2020 \nRecognizing the mandate from the Governor of California\, Kuumbwa Jazz is cancelling/postponing all concerts through at least March 30th. Ticketholders will be contacted directly\, on or by Monday\, March 16th\, regarding ticket refunds and other ticketing options. We will be working on rescheduling as many concert dates as possible and will provide updates as they become available. We appreciate your understanding and we will continue to follow the direction and guidance provided by official agencies\, as the wellbeing of our patrons and community remains our top priority. \nKuumbwa Jazz presents acclaimed co-musical directors Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto saxophone) and Terri Lyne Carrington (drums) celebrating one of the most innovative and influential artists in modern musical history and examine his impact in pop\, hip-hop\, rap\, rock\, and jazz. Joined by a superb lineup including Charenée Wade (vocals)\, Adam O’Farrill (trumpet)\, Kris Davis (piano)\, Larry Grenadier (bass) and Kassa Overall (DJ)\, Mahanthappa and Carrington will honor Charlie Parker’s centennial year by showcasing “Bird’s” uncompromising musical joy\, humor\, and beauty by mining his deep repertoire and showcasing new\, modern compositions. “In a time where the words ‘innovation’ and ‘genius’ are overused\, we are excited to celebrate a man who truly embodied both\,” says Mahanthappa\, “and the best way one shows admiration is not to age their work but to show their influence and how their work resonates in a modern age.” Rather than imitating the original\, Fly Higher strives to forward the artform by developing new perspectives on tradition. That is the true substance of contemporary expression and\, as Mahanthappa says\, “we firmly believe that Bird would have wanted his legacy to resonate in this fashion.” After all\, the only way to address the present is to place one foot in the past and one foot in the future. \n \n(5% City of Santa Cruz Admission Tax included\, service charge not included)\nSponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz \n“Bird Lives” painting by Vel Verrept based on a photograph by Herman Leonard\, © Herman Leonard Photography\, LLC
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/fly-higher-charlie-parker-100-co-musical-directors-rudresh-mahanthappa-terri-lyne-carrington/
LOCATION:Kuumbwa Jazz Center
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Charlie_Parker_at_100.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200325T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200325T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200305T171421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200310T210102Z
UID:10005717-1585152000-1585162800@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:CANCELLED: The Deep Read: Kresge Reads The Testaments
DESCRIPTION:Get in the Deep Read spirit with a community of readers. Every Wednesday from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. (through April 1)\, students\, staff\, and faculty are welcome to join Kresge Provost Ben Leeds Carson at the Kresge Provost House to read aloud and discuss The Testaments. \nTo find the location\, follow Google Maps to “Kresge Provost House\,” and park in lot 143. The house is through a marked door in a stucco wall across the street from the lot. \nOpen to students\, faculty and staff.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-deep-read-kresge-reads-the-testaments-2/
LOCATION:Kresge Provost House\, Programs Annex\, 510 Porter-Kresge Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200320T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200320T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200131T194747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200310T170257Z
UID:10006837-1584691200-1584712800@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:POSTPONED: The Dickens Project: Day of Writing
DESCRIPTION:Due to the coronavirus outbreak\, this event has been postponed to a TBD later date.  \nThis program brings high school juniors and seniors to UCSC for an essay writing competition at UCSC. The grand prize winner will receive a scholarship worth 5 UC credits to study nineteenth-century literature at the Dickens Universe summer conference.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-dickens-project-day-of-writing/
LOCATION:UC Santa Cruz
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/0.jpeg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200319T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200319T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20191118T231530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200310T191113Z
UID:10006808-1584642600-1584648000@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:CANCELLED: The Future of Jewish Food
DESCRIPTION:The leadership of this event has decided that it is in the community’s best interest to cancel this event. We will do our best to reschedule this event for a future date. Thank you for understanding. \n  \nThe UC Santa Cruz Humanities Institute presents: \nThe Future of Jewish Food at the Contemporary Jewish Museum\, San Francisco  \nWhat might the future of Jewish food look like in the age of lab grown kebab\, cricket-flour babka and algae bagels? How will the rules of kashrut apply to foods that the rabbis never imagined? Professor Nathaniel Deutsch\, Faculty Director of The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz moderates a conversation between professor Rachel B. Gross\, the John and Marcia Goldman Professor of American Jewish Studies at San Francisco State University and Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft author of Meat Planet: Artificial Flesh and the Future of Food\, exploring how we might approach our new food technologies. A selection of kosher food bites are available before the program and included in the ticket price. This is the annual The Helen Diller Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies and the event is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the UC Santa Cruz Center for Jewish Studies Annual Diller Lecture. \n  \nNathaniel Deutsch is professor of history and the Director of The Humanities Institute and the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, where he holds the Baumgarten Chair in Jewish Studies. Deutsch has written award winning books on Gnosticism\, Jewish mysticism\, African American Islam and eugenics\, and a Hasidic holy woman known as the Maiden of Ludmir. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship for The Jewish Dark Continent: Life and Death in the Russian Pale of Settlement. His forthcoming book (with Michael Casper)\, A Fortress in Brooklyn: Hasidic Williamsburg from White Flight to Gentrification\, will be published by Yale University Press. \n  \n \nBenjamin Aldes Wurgaft is a writer and historian\, and currently Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Social Studies at Wesleyan University. His books include Thinking in Public: Strauss\, Levinas\, Arendt\, and the recently published Meat Planet: Artificial Flesh and the Future of Food. Trained as an intellectual historian of modern Europe\, Wurgaft has also written about food for magazines and newspapers since the early 2000s\, and he is keenly interested in the ways food raises important philosophical\, anthropological\, and political questions. \n  \n  \nRachel B. Gross is Assistant Professor and John and Marcia Goldman Chair in American Jewish Studies in the Department of Jewish Studies at San Francisco State University. She is a scholar of religious studies whose work focuses on the lives\, spaces\, and objects of twentieth-century and contemporary American Jews. Her book\, Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice is forthcoming from New York University Press in January 2021.\n \n  \n  \n  \nIf you have disability-related needs\, please contact the The Humanities Institute at thi@ucsc.edu or call 831-459-1274 by March 14\, 2020.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-future-of-jewish-food/
LOCATION:Contemporary Jewish Museum\, 736 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200318T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200318T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200227T225318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200227T235139Z
UID:10005712-1584558000-1584565200@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:Radical Futurisms Film Series: Part III
DESCRIPTION:How are artists envisioning radical futures? This free film series assembles a diverse\ngroup of visionaries whose films offer points of light in a dark world. Get Tickets Here >> \nFeaturing films by Isabelle Carbonel\, Cauleen Smith\, The Otolith Group\,\nAllora and Calzadilla\, John Jota Leaños\, Thirza Jean Cuthand\, and Woodbine. \nFor more information on the Beyond the World’s End exhibition and to see what films will be shown each day visit the MAH’s website. \n\nWednesday\, March 4th | View the Films >>\nWednesday\, March 11th | View the Films >>\nWednesday\, March 18th | View the Films >>\n\nThis film series is part of\, Beyond the End of the World\, a year-long research and exhibition project and public lecture series\, directed by T. J. Demos of UCSC’s Center for Creative Ecologies. The project brings leading international thinkers and cultural practitioners to UC Santa Cruz to discuss what lies beyond dystopian catastrophism\, and asks how we can cultivate radical futures of social justice and ecological flourishing. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Culture and administered by The Humanities Institute. For more information visit BEYOND.UCSC.EDU.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/radical-futurisms-film-series-part-3/
LOCATION:Del Mar Theatre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200318T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200318T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200305T171255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200310T210037Z
UID:10005716-1584547200-1584558000@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:CANCELLED: The Deep Read: Kresge Reads The Testaments
DESCRIPTION:Get in the Deep Read spirit with a community of readers. Every Wednesday from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. (through April 1)\, students\, staff\, and faculty are welcome to join Kresge Provost Ben Leeds Carson at the Kresge Provost House to read aloud and discuss The Testaments. \nTo find the location\, follow Google Maps to “Kresge Provost House\,” and park in lot 143. The house is through a marked door in a stucco wall across the street from the lot. \nOpen to students\, faculty and staff.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-deep-read-kresge-reads-the-testaments/
LOCATION:Kresge Provost House\, Programs Annex\, 510 Porter-Kresge Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DeepReadHero.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200317T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200317T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200226T002241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T193020Z
UID:10006838-1584453600-1584457200@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:Postponed: Online Humanities Funding Workshop - Pivot
DESCRIPTION:The Research Development Office is holding an online workshop for Humanities faculty and graduate students to learn how to use Pivot to find funding opportunities. Pivot is a grant search engine that exists to connect researchers to private and federal funding. \nIn this session\, you will learn how to:\n1. Effectively tailor funding opportunity searches\n2. Receive new opportunity alerts in your email inbox\n3. Use your Pivot profile to identify collaborators\n4. Track specific funding opportunities \nPlease sign-up for Pivot at pivot.proquest.com before you arrive using this 3 minute video tutorial and connect on your laptop. Read the Session Agenda and contact the Research Development Office at resdev@ucsc.edu with any questions. \n\n\nThis event has been postponed.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/humanities-funding-workshop-pivot/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200313T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200313T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20191206T005628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200804T031524Z
UID:10006814-1584097200-1584102600@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:CANCELLED: PhD+ Workshop – Equity-Minded Humanities Teaching
DESCRIPTION:In this interactive PhD+ session\, we will explore what current research in teaching and learning can bring to the Humanities\, and what Humanities values\, contexts\, and ways of thinking can bring to our conceptions of teaching and learning. First\, we’ll define what equity means to us\, both within our specific disciplines and within Humanities teaching and learning more generally. Focusing in particular on structure (the “how” of our teaching)\, we will then explore several key “intervention” areas known in research on teaching and learning to promote more equitable learning: uncovering tacit knowledge\, addressing power and positionality in collaborative group work\, and surfacing the values that are communicated by our teaching and assessment methods. The goal will be to share\, discuss\, and develop equity-minded practices and structures specifically designed for educators and learners in the Humanities. \nKendra Dority has been an engaged member of the teaching and learning community at UC Santa Cruz since 2009\, serving as a Teaching Fellow and Teaching Assistant in the Literature Department and as a Lecturer at Porter College before joining the Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning (CITL) in 2017. With CITL\, she develops programs that build communities of practice\, support equity-minded teaching\, and promote active learning\, and she leads up the Center’s professional development opportunities for graduate students. Both within and outside of the university\, she champions public humanities and arts education. As a school museum guide at SFMOMA\, she encourages hands-on\, inquiry-focused learning for Bay Area students in grades 3–8. She received her Ph.D. in Literature from UCSC\, with research on literacy\, reading practices\, language politics\, and ethics in ancient Greek and contemporary U.S. Latinx literatures. \n  \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series\nPlease join us for the fourth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted by the Humanities Institute. We meet monthly\, over lunch\, to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grants/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more. \nCanceled RSVP:\nLoading…
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-workshop-equity-minded-humanities-teaching/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200313
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200315
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20190925T214926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200310T214831Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Writing for Living: A Conference in Honor of Helene Moglen (1936-2018)
DESCRIPTION:With deep sadness\, we have to announce that this weekend’s conference in honor of Helene Moglen\, Writing for Life\, March 13-14\, with the first memorial Helene Moglen Lecture in Feminism and the Humanities and many other wonderful talks and events\, plus some amazing food\, is canceled because of the evil Covid 19 virus. Following CDC advice\, UCSC has mandated that all such events must be canceled. We will try to reschedule at a later date.  After all\, everyone has written their papers\, including Brenda Shaughnessy’s new poetry written especially for Helene.  Please spread the word about the cancellation to everyone you know who might have been considering coming. \n\nPlease save the date for a conference in honor of Professor Helene Moglen and the first Helene Moglen Lecture in Feminism and the Humanities. Colleagues and former students will speak about themes close to Helene’s heart. The written word\, with its poetics and practices of production\, social engagements\, and sites of conflict will serve as the focus for this two-day event. \nView the full program schedule here. \nKeynote speakers: \nMyra Jehlen
\, “Unreadable Writing” \nMyra Jehlen\, Board of Governors Emerita Professor of English at Rutgers\, will deliver the first Helene Moglen Lecture in Feminism and the Humanities. The author of American Incarnation: The Individual\, the Nation\, and the Continent (1989)\, Readings at the Edge of Literature (2002)\, and Five Fictions in Search of Truth (2009)\, Jehlen is currently completing a new book of essays on literary form\, and she will craft her keynote lecture from a paper for that book titled “The Great American Novel\, by Gertrude Stein.” \n  \nLeslie Bow\, “Writing In Absence” \nLeslie Bow\, Professor of English and Asian American Studies at the University of Wisconsin Madison and Helene’s former graduate student (PhD 1993)\, will speak on race fetishism and psychoanalysis. Her books include Betrayal and Other Acts of Subversion: Feminism\, Sexual Politics\, and Asian American Literature (Princeton UP\, 2001)\, ‘Partly Colored’: Asian Americans and Racial Anomaly in the Segregated South (New York UP\, 2010)\, and she will draw her talk from current work on “Racist Love: Asian Americans and the Fantasy of Race.” \n  \nSusan Derwin\, “Writing with Veterans” \nSusan Derwin\, Director\, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center and Professor\, German\, Slavic\, and Semitic Studies at UC Santa Barbara will speak about the essence of Helene’s relationship to writing as a practice that makes living possible. Derwin is founding director of the University of California Veterans Summer Writing Workshop and of Foundations in the Humanities\, a correspondence program for incarcerated individuals operating in multiple California prisons. She is the author of The Ambivalence of Form: Lukács\, Freud\, and the Novel (1992)\, Rage Is the Subtext: Readings in Holocaust Literature and Film (2012)\, and essays on trauma\, psychoanalytic theory and literature\, moral injury\, and narrative healing. \nBrenda Shaughnessy\, Poet \nBrenda Shaughnessy will read from her poetry at the opening and closing of the conference. An Assistant Professor of English at Rutgers University\, Shaughnessy was a double major in Literature and Women’s Studies and Helene Moglen’s undergraduate student in the early 1990s. A finalist for the prestigious international Griffin Poetry Prize and recipient of a Guggenheim award\, Shaughnessy has published poems in major literary magazines and several books\, including Human Dark with Sugar\, Interior with Sudden Joy\, and Our Andromeda. Her most recent book of poetry is titled The Octopus Museum. \nSponsored by the Siegfried B. and Elisabeth M. Puknat Literary Studies Endowment\, the Literature Department\, the Humanities Division\, and the Office of the Chancellor.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/writing-for-living-a-conference-in-honor-of-helene-moglen-1936-2018/
LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200311T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200311T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200227T224937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200227T235035Z
UID:10005711-1583953200-1583960400@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:Radical Futurisms Film Series: Part II
DESCRIPTION:How are artists envisioning radical futures? This free film series assembles a diverse group of visionaries whose films offer points of light in a dark world. Get Tickets Here >>  \nFeaturing films by Karrabing Film Collective\, Sky Hopinka\, Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN)\, Antonio Paucar\, and Nanobah Becker. \nFor more information on the Beyond the World’s End exhibition and to see what films will be shown each day visit the MAH’s website. \n\nWednesday\, March 4th | View the Films >>\nWednesday\, March 11th | View the Films >>\nWednesday\, March 18th | View the Films >>\n\nThis film series is part of\, Beyond the End of the World\, a year-long research and exhibition project and public lecture series\, directed by T. J. Demos of UCSC’s Center for Creative Ecologies. The project brings leading international thinkers and cultural practitioners to UC Santa Cruz to discuss what lies beyond dystopian catastrophism\, and asks how we can cultivate radical futures of social justice and ecological flourishing. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Culture and administered by The Humanities Institute. For more information visit BEYOND.UCSC.EDU. \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/radical-futurisms-film-series-part-2/
LOCATION:Del Mar Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200311T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200311T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200305T183303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200310T194519Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Jason Martel - Stories to Not Begin By: A Spanish Teacher Candidate’s Identity  Deconstruction
DESCRIPTION:This colloquium will be rescheduled at a later date.  \nThe DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS presents: \nJason Martel (Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey) – “Stories to Not Begin By: A Spanish Teacher Candidate’s Identity Deconstruction” \nWithin the robust research literature on teacher identity\, there is a growing interest in “stories to leave by”––that is\, reasons for which language teachers experience weakenings in their role identities and ultimately exit the profession (Schaefer\, Downey\, & Clandinin\, 2014). As it turns out\, the majority of these studies involve in- service language teachers\, meaning that we do not yet have a sufficient understanding as to why pre-service teachers may experience similar weakenings in their role identities and thus choose to not enter the profession. Using a positioning theory lens (Davies & Harré\, 1999; Kayi-Adar\, 2018)\, the present study examined the identity construction of a Spanish teacher candidate who began her program strongly identifying with Spanish teaching and left it not seeing herself entering the profession\, citing several uncomfortable experiences. The study’s findings bring into focus important considerations for designers of language teacher preparation programs\, such as incorporating language development courses\, helping candidates cultivate identities as innovative change makers\, and structuring curricula in ways that serve candidates’ needs in a timely fashion.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/jason-martel-stories-to-not-begin-by-a-spanish-teacher-candidates-identity-deconstruction/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200311T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200311T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T125626
CREATED:20200305T170909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200310T210018Z
UID:10005715-1583942400-1583953200@thi.ucsc.edu
SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Kresge Reads The Testaments
DESCRIPTION:Due to the new campus policy regarding events and the coronavirus\, this event is cancelled. \nGet in the Deep Read spirit with a community of readers. Every Wednesday from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. (through April 1)\, students\, staff\, and faculty are welcome to join Kresge Provost Ben Leeds Carson at the Kresge Provost House to read aloud and discuss The Testaments. \nTo find the location\, follow Google Maps to “Kresge Provost House\,” and park in lot 143. The house is through a marked door in a stucco wall across the street from the lot. \nOpen to students\, faculty and staff.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/kresge-reads-the-testaments/
LOCATION:Kresge Provost House\, Programs Annex\, 510 Porter-Kresge Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, United States
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