Events

"Timely and Untimely Politics: Art and Protest in Early 1960s Japan" William Marotti explores politics and timeliness by examining the advent of a critical art of the everyday in Japan in the 1960s and its links to political action. Out of sync with eventful mass activism, artists sought to create eventfulness against a state-promoted, depoliticized […]

Reception: 5:00-6:00 PM • Humanities Building 1, Room 210 Reading: 6:00-7:30 PM • Humanities Lecture Hall Brenda Shaughnessy is a prize-winning poet and UCSC alumni (Women's Studies, Literature, 1993) whose latest book of poetry, Our Andromeda received a rave review in the New York TImes Book Review (February 3, 2013). Reviewer Victoria Redel wrote, "This […]

Dr. Giovanna Di Chiro’s research bridges academic and community action domains and integrates the fields of environment, sustainability, and social justice. She teaches interdisciplinary courses in environmental studies and women’s & gender studies, and incorporates a community-based, action research emphasis (currently as the Lang Professor for Issues of Social Change at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania). […]

Víctor Fuentes is the author of a memoir, Memorias del segundo exilio español (2011) and fourteen books, among them, La marcha al pueblo en las letras españolas (1917-1936), El cántico material y espiritual de César Vallejo, Buñuel, cine y literatura, Antología de la poesía bohemia española, Antología del cuento bohemio español. He is Professor Emeritus […]

Please join Women's Studies / Feminist Studies alumni, classmates, and faculty for an intriguing afternoon. 2:00-3:00 PM: Reception 3:00-4:30 PM: Brenda Shaughnessy will present a talk entitled: "Feminism & Poetry, Empowerment & Passion" 4:30-6:00 PM: Feminist Studies Faculty Panel will discuss "The Vibrant State of the Feminist Studies Department" to discuss the launching of the […]