BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Humanities Institute - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Humanities Institute X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Humanities Institute REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20100314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20101107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20110313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20111106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111109T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111109T133000 DTSTAMP:20260617T025504 CREATED:20110815T211709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110815T211709Z UID:10004829-1320840000-1320845400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Cary Howie\, "On Transfiguration" DESCRIPTION:Cary Howie\nProfessor Howie thinks about how contemporary American poets re-imagine early Christianity\, using transfiguration to talk about the persistence of figures as they become transformed\, and how poetic and theological concerns speak to gender and sexuality. His books include Claustrophilia: The Erotics of Enclosure in Medieval Literature (Palgrave\, 2007) and the co-authored Sanctity and Pornography in Medieval Culture: On the Verge (Manchester\, 2010). \nCary Howie is Associate Professor of Romance Studies at Cornell University. \nThis colloquium is presented by the Center for Cultural Studies\, with staff support provided by the Institute for Humanities Research. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/cary-howie-on-transfiguration-2/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111109T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111109T181500 DTSTAMP:20260617T025504 CREATED:20111010T233446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111010T233446Z UID:10004883-1320858000-1320862500@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Lawrence "Ren" Weschler DESCRIPTION:Lawrence Weschler\nLawrence “Ren” Weschler will present a special lecture “Convergences” in advance of his visit to Bookshop Santa Cruz to promote his latest book\, Uncanny Valley.  In his talk Weschler will consider a spectrum of such convergent effects\, from apophenia (the tendency of humans to see patterns where none exist) through co-causation\, fractalization\, influence (forward and backward\, direct and unconscious)\, homage\, apprenticeship\, allusion\, quotation\, appropriation\, cryptonesia (verbatim appropriation without realizing you’re doing so)\, through outright plagiarism. \nA graduate of Cowell College of the University of California\, Santa Cruz (1974)\, Weschler was for over twenty years (1981–2002) a staff writer at The New Yorker\, where his work shuttled between political tragedies and cultural comedies. He is a two-time winner of the George Polk Awards—for Cultural Reporting in 1988 and Magazine Reporting in 1992—and was also a recipient of Lannan Literary Award (1998). Beginning in 1999\, his “Convergences” essays appeared regularly in McSweeney’s Quarterly; a collection of these essays\, Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences\, was published in 2006 and received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. \nSince 2001\, Weschler has been the director of the New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University. He taught throughout the 1990s at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. \nIn 2003\, Weschler organized and edited a pilot issue of Omnivore\, a prospective periodical described by Steven Heller as a “biannual (but hoping to be quarterly) magazine of writing and visual culture from The New York Institute of the Humanities at New York University.”[1] As of 2007\, no subsequent issues of Omnivore have been published. \nIn February 2006\, Weschler took on the position of artistic director for the Chicago Humanities Festival. \n  \n\n\nLight refreshments will be served.  Closest parking is OPERS lot. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/lawrence-ren-weschler-3/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111109T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111109T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T025504 CREATED:20111103T220320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111103T220320Z UID:10004901-1320859800-1320865200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Martin Puchner: "Re-Enactment and Site-Specific Performance" DESCRIPTION:Martin Puchner\nWhile re-enactment has long been a popular art\, it has entered performance art in two ways: through site-specific performances such as the ones orchestrated by Mike Pearson or David Levine\, which often explore the history of a place; and the re-enactment of performance art\, as in the recent case of Marina Abramovic. In both cases\, performance art and theater intersect in unexpected ways. I confront these re-enactments with a brief discussion of the New Globe\, where historical reconstruction provides the frame for the established art of theatrical revival. \nMartin Puchner is Byron and Anita Wien Professor of Drama and of English and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. After studying philosophy\, history\, and literature at the University of Konstanz\, the Università di Bologna\, UC Santa Barbara\, and UC Irvine\, he earned a Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1998. He taught English and comparative literature at Columbia University from 1998 until 2010\, before moving to Harvard University in the summer of 2010. \nThis event has been made possible by The Center for Visual and Performance Studies.\nFor more information on this speaker series please see our website: http://artsresearch.ucsc.edu/vps/reenactment \nContact Jenna Purcell at vpsucsc@gmail.com URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/martin-puchner-re-enactment-and-site-specific-performance-3/ LOCATION:Cowell Conference Room\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111110T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111110T200000 DTSTAMP:20260617T025504 CREATED:20110927T002103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110927T002103Z UID:10004619-1320948000-1320955200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Living Writers Reading Series: Susie Bright DESCRIPTION:The Living Writers Reading Series presents Susie Bright. Susie Bright\, known as a “sexpert\,” is a writer\, performer\, and teacher on the subject of sexuality. A UCSC alum\, she has written several books. including Mommy’s Little Girl and How to Write a Dirty Story. Her latest work is titled Big Sex\, Little Death: A Memoir. Susie Bright has edited several publications and has a weekly program available through audible.com\, called In Bed with Susie Bright. She also founded the first women’s erotica book series\, Herotica\, and acted as editor for serval of its volumes. \nSusie Bright\nFor more information about the event\, please contact Micah Perks by email at meperks@ucsc.edu. Books will be available for sale at the talk\, courtesy of the Bay Tree Bookstore. \nThe Fall 2011 Living Writers Reading Series is sponsored by the Puknat Literary Fund\, the Porter Hitchcock Fund\, the UCSC Literature Department\, and the Sain Endowment. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-reading-series-susie-bright-3/ LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111110T220000 DTSTAMP:20260617T025504 CREATED:20110831T233148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110831T233148Z UID:10004856-1320951600-1320962400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Sikh and Punjabi Studies: Achievements and New Directions Opening Event DESCRIPTION:In this inaugural conference for the Sikh and Punjabi Studies program at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, leading and emerging scholars will take stock of the state of the field and its future direction\, in the areas of their expertise. Sessions will cover history\, philosophy\, language and literature\, political economy\, musicology and contemporary society. \nThe conference welcomes attendance by scholars and students from all disciplines\, as well as interested members of the general public. \nUC Santa Cruz is close to the San Francisco Bay Area\, with one of the largest concentrations of Sikhs in North America. The conference especially welcomes attendance by community members. \nਜੀ ਆਇਆਂ ਨੂੰ\nWelcome from the heart! \nThe conference will begin with a welcome dinner at the University Center at 7:00 PM on Thursday\, November 10. \nRegistration is required. To register\, please visit: http://community.ucsc.edu/sikhpunjabiconference2011. \nFor further information\, please visit: http://ihr.ucsc.edu//sikhstudiesconference\, or contact Courtney Mahaney at the Institute for Humanities Research\, by phone at (831) 459-3527 or by email at cmahaney@ucsc.edu. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/sikh-and-punjabi-studies-achievements-and-new-directions-opening-event-3/ LOCATION:University Center\, University Center‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111114 DTSTAMP:20260617T025504 CREATED:20111020T235117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111020T235117Z UID:10004887-1321056000-1321228799@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Pacific Study Group of the North American Kant Society 2011 Meeting DESCRIPTION:Kant\nThe Philosophy Department at the University of California\, Santa Cruz is proud to host the 2011 Meeting of the Pacific Study Group of the North American Kant Society November 12-13\, 2011. \nSpeaking events are open to the public and will be held in the Cowell College Conference Room. \nFor more information or to register for this conference please contact Professor Daniel Guevara via email at guevara@ucsc.edu or 831-459-3600. \n2011 Meeting Program\nSaturday November 12: \n1:00 pm David Hills (Stanford University)\n“Of the (Kantian) Standard of Taste” \n2:30 pm  Michelle Grier (University of San Diego)\n“The Transcendental Ideality of the Kantian Sublime” \n4:00 pm Julie Tannenbaum (Pomona College)\n“Kant’s notion of unconditional goodness” \n5:30 pm Business meeting \n  \nSunday\, November 13: \n8:30 am Light Breakfast \n9:00 am Samantha Matherne (University of California\, Riverside)\n“Kant and the Art of Schematism”\nWinner of the Graduate Student Travel Stipend \n10:30 am Pierre Keller (University of California\, Riverside)\n“Kant’s Copernican Revolution: Ideas as the Source of Normativity” \n12:00 pm Abe Stone (University of California\, Santa Cruz)\n“Kant on Objects and Things” URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/pacific-study-group-of-the-north-american-kant-society-2011-meeting-3/ LOCATION:Cowell Conference Room\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111112T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111112T170000 DTSTAMP:20260617T025504 CREATED:20110831T233539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110831T233539Z UID:10004857-1321084800-1321117200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Sikh and Punjabi Studies: Achievements and New Directions Conference DESCRIPTION:In this inaugural conference for the Sikh and Punjabi Studies program at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, leading and emerging scholars will take stock of the state of the field and its future direction\, in the areas of their expertise. Sessions will cover history\, philosophy\, language and literature\, political economy\, musicology and contemporary society. \nThe conference welcomes attendance by scholars and students from all disciplines\, as well as interested members of the general public. \nUC Santa Cruz is close to the San Francisco Bay Area\, with one of the largest concentrations of Sikhs in North America. The conference especially welcomes attendance by community members. \nਜੀ ਆਇਆਂ ਨੂੰ\nWelcome from the heart! \nRegistration is required. To register\, please visit: http://community.ucsc.edu/sikhpunjabiconference2011. \nFor further information\, please visit: http://ihr.ucsc.edu//sikhstudiesconference\, or contact Courtney Mahaney at the Institute for Humanities Research\, by phone at (831) 459-3527 or by email at cmahaney@ucsc.edu. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/sikh-and-punjabi-studies-achievements-and-new-directions-conference-2-3/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111112T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111112T220000 DTSTAMP:20260617T025504 CREATED:20110831T233920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110831T233920Z UID:10004858-1321124400-1321135200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Sikh and Punjabi Studies: Achievements and New Directions Dinner DESCRIPTION:In this inaugural conference for the Sikh and Punjabi Studies program at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, leading and emerging scholars will take stock of the state of the field and its future direction\, in the areas of their expertise. Sessions will cover history\, philosophy\, language and literature\, political economy\, musicology and contemporary society. \nThe conference welcomes attendance by scholars and students from all disciplines\, as well as interested members of the general public. \nUC Santa Cruz is close to the San Francisco Bay Area\, with one of the largest concentrations of Sikhs in North America. The conference especially welcomes attendance by community members. \nਜੀ ਆਇਆਂ ਨੂੰ\nWelcome from the heart! \nRegistration is required. To register\, please visit: http://community.ucsc.edu/sikhpunjabiconference2011. \nFor further information\, please visit: http://ihr.ucsc.edu//sikhstudiesconference\, or contact Courtney Mahaney at the Institute for Humanities Research\, by phone at (831) 459-3527 or by email at cmahaney@ucsc.edu. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/sikh-and-punjabi-studies-achievements-and-new-directions-dinner-2-3/ LOCATION:TBD\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR