Events
Week of Events
Sea Changes: Mediterranean and Maritime Perspectives on History and Culture
The Mediterranean Seminar/UCMRP in Mediterranean Studies present: An International Symposium/Workshop to be held at UC Santa Cruz, 2-4 May, 2013 A maritime perspective provides scholars with a fresh approach to the study of society and culture, including the development of art, literature, and institutions. In the mid-twentieth century, Fernand Braudel first reformulated the history of […]
23rd Annual Semantics and Linguistics Theory Conference (SALT)
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Leviathan: Celebrating 40 Years of Jewish Journalism at UCSC
Please join former and current staff members of Leviathan in a celebration of the student publication's 40th anniversary. Leviathan is one of the longest-running university student publications devoted to Jewish themes in the United States. Over the years, its articles and artwork have explored contemporary questions of Jewish identity, the role of Israel, local Jewish […]
Center for Cultural Studies Colloquium – Soraya Murray: "The Rubble and the Ruin: Spec Ops:The Line as Anti-War Game"
"The Rubble and the Ruin: Spec Ops:The Line as Anti-War Game" Soraya Murray is an interdisciplinary scholar of contemporary visual culture, with particular interest in new media and globalization in the arts. In her analysis of photography, film and digital media, Murray seeks to illuminate these technological expressions in their cultural contexts. Soraya Murray is Assistant Professor […]
Conflicting Commitments: The Politics of Enforcing Immigrant WorkerRights in San Jose and Houston
In Conflicting Commitments, Dr. Shannon Gleeson goes beyond the debate over federal immigration policy to examine the complicated terrain of immigrant worker rights. Federal law requires that basic labor standards apply to all workers, yet this principle clashes with increasingly restrictive immigration laws and creates a confusing bureaucratic terrain for local policymakers and labor advocates. […]
Scott Lauria Morgensen: "Idle No More, Indigenous Feminism & Allied Critiques of Settler Colonialism"
Revisiting Indigenous critiques of the sexualization and racialization of colonial rule, Morgensen highlights how such power is challenged by the Indigenous movement Idle No More. Indigenous feminist and Two Spirit critiques explain that heteropatriarchy and white supremacy produce settler colonization and settler state governance. As explained by participants, the leadership of Idle No More by […]
The Living Writers Reading Series: Karen Joy Fowler
Karen Joy Fowler, author of six novels and three short story collections. The Jane Austen Book Club spent thirteen weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list and was a New York Times Notable Book. Fowler’s previous novel, Sister Noon, was a finalist for the 2001 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. Her debut novel, Sarah Canary, […]