Events
Week of Events
Robert Weinberg: “Blood Libel in Late Imperial Russia: Popular Antisemitism, the Occult and the Trial of Mendel Beilis”
Professor Weinberg will explore the nature of popular antisemitism in the Russian Empire during the trial of Mendel Beilis, a Kievan Jew accused of ritual murder in 1913. Concerned citizens sent letters to the prosecution during the trial in order to buttress the government's case against Beilis. The letters permit us to delve into the […]
Funding Workshop for Graduate Students on June 6
The IHR will host a workshop on funding opportunities and grant writing on Wednesday, June 6. FOOD AND COFFEE provided! Please email Irena Polić (ipolic@ucsc.edu) by May 23rd if you are interested in coming, so that we can order the appropriate amount of food. Please also email Irena by then a list of topics you […]
Zaricor Rare Flags on Display
Join us for this unique opportunity to view the Zaricor Flag Collection. Flags from: U.S. Presidents, Abraham Lincoln, World Trade Center, George Custer, True Betsy Ross, Women's Suffrage, Taliban, and many more will be shown. 36 Star President A. Lincoln Mourning Flag, photo courtesy of Zaricor Flag Collection. 1:30-3:00 pm with formal remarks and Q&A […]
Spring 2012 Living Writers Reading Series: Student Reading
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, […]
