Events
Week of Events
Enduring Power – Photography Exhibit – Nov. 2 – Dec. 17
Enduring Power: The Middle Eastern and Iranian Women’s Story — A Photography Exhibit — November 2 – December 17, 2015 AT: Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, CA Exhibit HOURS: M-TH noon – 4p.m. or by appointment, 831-423-1626 Sponsored by the Resource Center for Nonviolence and Senses Cultural, Enduring Power’s striking images […]
CANCELLED: Jonathan Ellis: “Philosophy and the Public”
The Works in Progress Talk by Jonathan Ellis has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled for a date in January. Please stay tuned for more information. Jonathan Ellis Works in Progress: Philosophy and the Public At least once a quarter the Philosophy Department hosts a Works-in-Progress presentation by a member of the faculty. The […]
Digital Humanities Reading Group
Hypercities: Thick Mapping in the Digital Humanities by Todd Presner, David Shepard, and Yoh Kawano Join the Digital Humanities Working Group will meet to discuss Hypercities: Thick Mapping in the Digital Humanities. Elaine Sullivan will lead our discussion about Hypercities and the impact of mapping on Humanities research. For a copy of the selected […]
Last Day of Freedom Film Screening
You are invited to a film screening and presentation of Last Day of Freedom, an award winning film by UCSC Associate Professor Dee Hibbert-Jones & Nomi Talisman. Last Day of Freedom is a richly animated personal narrative that tells the story of one man’s decision to stand by his brother, a Veteran returning from war, […]
Screening of “Okinawa: The Afterburn” with Director John Junkerman
Q&A with Director John Junkerman to follow the film Introduction by Professor Alan Christy, Department of History Directed by John Junkerman, long-term resident of Japan and Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, the brand-new “Okinawa: The Afterburn” is a sweeping, in-depth look at the wartime and postwar history of Okinawa and the massive American military presence on the island. Consisting […]
Living Writers: Claudia Rankine: University of Southern California
Claudia Rankine University of Southern California Claudia Rankine is the author of five collections of poetry including Citizen: An American Lyric and Don’t Let Me Be Lonely; two plays including Provenance of Beauty: A South Bronx Travelogue; and is the editor of several anthologies including The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of […]
PhD+: Coding for Humanists
Part of the PhD+ Workshop Series, Sponsored by the IHR Interested in coding, but not sure where to start? Fabiola Hanna, a new media artist and PhD Candidate in the department of Film and Digital Media, will walk us through the basics of coding for the web. We will explore HTML, CSS, and (time permitting) […]
Friday Forum: Lara Galas “Languaging the Landscape: A Translational Analysis of the Geopolitical in Nineteenth Century American Literature”
The Friday Forum is a graduate-run colloquium dedicated to the presentation and discussion of graduate student research. The series will be held weekly from 12:30pm to 2pm and will serve as a venue for graduate students in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts divisions to share and develop their research. This meeting will feature Lara […]





