Events
Center for Emerging Worlds
Informal Reading Seminar on Assembly by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesIn conjunction with Michael Hardt’s lecture on Friday October 27, we will hold an informal reading seminar for faculty and graduate students on Wednesday October 25 from 5-7pm (Humanities 1, Room 210) to discuss excerpts from Assembly (Oxford, 2017). Please email sjetha@ucsc.edu for a PDF of the reading (Ch. 1-3, 5, 14-15; though you are welcome to read more of the book if […]
In the Ruins of the Present: Neoliberalism and Cruel Populism Suffocate the Future
Vijay Prashad’s talk In the Ruins of the Present: Neoliberalism and Cruel Populism Suffocate the Future traces the rise of populism across the world, including the global South and North, in the present historical moment. This type of populism expresses itself in anti-immigrant politics and defines the nation in narrow terms – race, ethnicity, and religion. It seeks […]
“What’s Left of Progressive Politics?”
Humanities 2, Room 259The Center for Emerging Worlds presents "What's Left of Progressive Politics?" Roundtable Discussion with Dr. Vijay Prashad, Dr. Lisa Rofel, Dr. Mayanthi Fernando, and Asad Haider Dr. Vijay Prashad is Professor of International Studies and South Asian History at Trinity College, Connecticut and a renowned journalist. He was trained as a historical anthropologist and received […]
The Center for Emerging Worlds presents Subversive Sounds: Music and Politics of the Global South
Humanities 2, Room 359The Center for Emerging Worlds presents Subversive Sounds: Music and Politics of the Global South Friday March 3, 2017 Humanities 2, Room 359 UC Santa Cruz The event is free and open to the public During the final decades of the major European empires and at the beginning of a century of American hegemony, the […]
adding.sleep(): Race and Refusal in the Indian Tech Diaspora
Social Sciences 1, Room 261 Social Sciences 1 University of California Santa Cruz, College Ten, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Center for Emerging Worlds and The Department of Anthropology Present: Dr. Sareeta Amrute "The Widow and the Orphan: Stories of Reform in Multigenerational India" Works-In-Progress Seminar Tuesday, February 7, 2017 2-4pm Humanities 1, Room 402 Email mfernan3@ucsc.edu for copies of the paper "adding.sleep(): Race and Refusal in the Indian Tech Diaspora" Colloquium Wednesday, […]
“The Widow and the Orphan: Stories of Reform in Multigenerational India”
Humanities 1, Room 402The Center for Emerging Worlds and The Department of Anthropology Present: Dr. Sareeta Amrute "The Widow and the Orphan: Stories of Reform in Multigenerational India" Works-In-Progress Seminar Tuesday, February 7, 2017 2-4pm Humanities 1, Room 402 Email mfernan3@ucsc.edu for copies of the paper "adding.sleep(): Race and Refusal in the Indian Tech Diaspora" Colloquium […]
Ronaldo V. Wilson: “Farther Traveler: Poetry, Prose, Other”
Humanities 2, Room 259Ronaldo V. Wilson is the author of Narrative of the Life of the Brown Boy and the White Man (2008), Poems of the Black Object (2009), and Lucy 72 (2015). He is co-founder of the Black Took Collective, and is currently Associate Professor of Poetry, Fiction, and Literature at UC Santa Cruz. Farther Traveler is […]
Book Talk with Donna Haraway: “Manifestly Haraway”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Center for Emerging Worlds, the Center for Cultural Studies, and the Science & Justice Research Center present: Book Talks with Donna Haraway reading from Manifestly Haraway Followed by a conversation between Donna Haraway & Cary Wolfe Manifestly Haraway brings together Donna Haraway’s seminal “Cyborg Manifesto” and “Companion Species Manifesto.” Manifestly Haraway also includes a […]
Anna Tsing: “The Mushroom at the End of the World”
Humanities 2, Room 259UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Emerging Worlds and the Center for Cultural Studies present the new series, "Book Talks," which invites authors to read from their books and engage in discussion. Next week we present Anna Tsing reading from "The Mushroom at the End of the World." A tale of diversity within our damaged landscapes, […]
Amitav Ghosh: "Flood of Fire: India and the First Opium War"
Kresge Town HallUC Santa Cruz Center For Emerging Worlds presents in collaboration with Kresge College and the UCSC Living Writers Series “Flood of Fire: India and the First Opium War” A talk and reading by Dr. Amitav Ghosh from his new book, Flood of Fire Monday | October 12, 2015 Kresge Town Hall 12:00-1:30 PM Free and open to the public For […]