Events

Aparna Sen starred at age 16 in Samapti, directed by Satyajit Ray, in 1961. Based on a story by the Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, it was her very first film. Since then Sen has achieved critical acclaim, both nationally and internationally, as an actress and a feminist filmmaker. On April 21 (Media Theater, UCSC, 5 […]

The Cultural Studies Colloquium Series Presents: Pedro Di Pietro Visiting Assistant Professor; Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities and Townsend Fellow, UCB; Research Affiliate, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture, Binghamton University Professor Di Pietro examines the production of queer spaces in the Andes and their diasporic dispersal in the Americas. […]

In his 1997 lecture series on literature and the air raids of the Second World War, W.G. Sebald asks at one point “how ought such a natural history of destruction begin?” In the process of beginning himself to answer this question, Sebald critiques the German literary failure to confront “the true state of the material […]

Whereas a generation ago, engaging in public discourse might have meant leafleting or writing letters to the editor, today a host of venues exist online, enabling meaningful dialogue on an unprecedented scale. It also provides researchers with an unprecedented look onto the diversity of positions people hold on a given issue align as well as […]

ChaeRan Freeze, an associate professor in Jewish history at Brandeis University, has focused her research on the Jews of Russia and women’s and gender studies. Her first book, Jewish Marriage and Divorce in Imperial Russia (Waltham, 2001) examines the impact of modernization on Jewish family practices and patterns in Imperial Russia based on newly-declassified archival […]

A Tribute to Adrienne Rich It was in 1973, in the midst of Black and women's liberation movements, the Vietnam War, and her own personal distress, that Adrienne Rich wrote and published Diving into the Wreck, which garnered her the National Book Award in 1974. Rich accepted the award on behalf of all women. In […]

Come join us for a conversation with Oakes' First Provost and UCSC's first African American faculty member, Dr. Herman Blake. Dr. Blake is currently the Humanities Scholar in Residence at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Our conversation will center around Oakes History and Diversity in the Medical Sciences field. Refreshments will be served. […]

The Living Writers Reading Series is sponsored by the Siegfried B. & Elisabeth Mignon Puknat Fund, Porter College George Hitchcock Poetry Fund, Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center, Literature Department/Creative Writing Program, Laurie Sain Creative Writing Endowment, East Asian Studies Program, Bay Tree Bookstore, Latino and Latin American Studies Center, Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, […]

Jeff Hull is engaged in a decade long metaphysical street battle against banality and routine. This takes the form of fictional cults with real world induction centers, pirate radio broadcasts from rogue agencies, bizarre team building exercises, guerrilla masonry, covert subterranean exploration, sasquatch dance bombs, and all manner of subterfuge. As the founder of Oaklandish […]

The University of California Satna Cruz Humanities presents the East Coast Distinguished Alumni Guest Lecture Speaker, Craig Schiffer - Cowell, Class of '78 Santa Cruz to Wall Street How I got from UCSC to Wall Street, my experience in the world of finance and investment banking, and the options for someone coming out of school […]