BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Humanities Institute - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Humanities Institute X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Humanities Institute REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161018T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161018T200000 DTSTAMP:20260409T043222 CREATED:20160722T201940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160722T201940Z UID:10005258-1476813600-1476820800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Questions That Matter: "Anger in Politics: From the Bard to the Donald" DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Institute for Humanities Research and Shakespeare Workshop\nWhat place does anger have in public life? Should we welcome the expression of anger in our elections and political deliberations\, or does the common good depend on the existence of political institutions and processes from which anger and other strong emotions are excluded? Has the failure of those institutions and processes prompted much of the acrimony\, hostility\, and rage that we have witnessed (or felt)? What does the theater understand about such questions that politics does not understand? On the eve of an historic election\, join UC Santa Cruz faculty and the Institute for Humanities Research for a conversation about anger and politics\, from Shakespeare to Donald Trump. Presented in partnership with Shakespeare Workshop. \n \nQuestions That Matter: “Anger in Politics: From the Bard to the Donald” from IHR on Vimeo. \nEVENT PHOTOS: by Crystal Birns\nIf you have trouble viewing above images\, you may view this album directly on Flickr. \nTICKETS\n \nQuestions That Matter: A Series of Public Dialogues in Santa Cruz\nThis series brings together UC Santa Cruz scholars with community members to explore questions that matter to all of us. We invite you to join us on October 18\, 2016 at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center for “Anger in Politics: From the Bard to the Donald.” \nFeaturing: Deborah Gould (Sociology)\, Sean Keilen (Literature)\, and Daniel Wirls (Politics)\nDeborah Gould is an Associate Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Cruz (and affiliated faculty in Feminist Studies\, History of Consciousness\, and Politics). She is interested in political emotion\, from hope and anger to cynicism\, resignation\, and despair. She is currently working on her second book\, Emotional Terrains of Activism: Appetites\, Encounters\, and the Not-Yet of Politics.\n\nSean Keilen is Associate Professor of Literature at UC Santa Cruz\, Provost of Porter College\, and Director of the Humanities Research Cluster\, Shakespeare Workshop. He studies Shakespeare and the history of criticism. A former Guggenheim Fellow\, he is writing Shakespeare and the Future of Literary Education\, a book about reading\, the vocation of teaching\, and the importance of the humanities and arts.\n\nDaniel Wirls is Professor of Politics at UC Santa Cruz. Among other works he is author of The Federalist Papers and Institutional Power\, Irrational Security: The Politics of Defense from Reagan to Obama\, and The Invention of the United States Senate. He is currently working on a critique of the Senate and an analysis of the consequences of post-9/11 policy choices on the structure of American politics.\n \nPlease join us for an evening of conversation and connection as we explore questions that matter.\nTuesday\, October 18 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center\n6pm wine and hors d’oeuvres / 7pm program\n$10 Ticket includes one complimentary drink \nQuestions That Matter Series\nA public humanities series developed by UCSC Institute for Humanities Research (IHR) and the community of Santa Cruz – bringing together in conversation two or more UC Santa Cruz scholars with community residents and students to explore questions that matter to all of us. The series is a part of a strategic initiative of the IHR to champion the role and value of the humanities in contemporary life. At the University of California Santa Cruz\, we understand that the humanities are a crucial element of any first-rate liberal arts education. Indeed\, what distinguishes the best universities in the United States is the fact that the humanities are an integral part of their core curriculum\, along with the arts and sciences. The series is designed as a lecture and conversation\, with plenty of time built in for participant questions and answers. \nJoin the Discussion\n#ihrevents\nFacebook\nDirections\n \nSponsors:\n      URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/anger-in-politics-3/ LOCATION:Kuumbwa Jazz Center ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/AngrPol_Pstr_PRESS.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161019T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161019T133000 DTSTAMP:20260409T043222 CREATED:20160913T191101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160913T191101Z UID:10006397-1476879300-1476883800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Paul N. Edwards: “Afterworld: Technosphere\, Anthropocene\, Geostory” DESCRIPTION:Paul N. Edwards’ current research concerns the history and future of knowledge infrastructures\, the history of climate science\, and other large-scale information infrastructures. Edwards is the author most recently of A Vast Machine: Computer Models\, Climate Data\, and the Politics of Global Warming (2010). \nEdwards is Professor at the School of Information and Department of History at University of Michigan. \n  \nThe Center for Cultural Studies will continue to host a Wednesday colloquium series\, which features current cultural studies work by campus faculty and visitors. The sessions are informal\, normally consisting of a 30-40 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center will provide coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nFall 2016 Colloquium Dates \nOctober 26 Alma Heckman \nNovember 2 Anna Tsing / Isbelle Carbonell \nNovember 9 Joan Wallach Scott \nNovember 16 Robin Hunicke URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/cultural-studies-colloquium-23/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/edwards.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161019T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161019T210000 DTSTAMP:20260409T043222 CREATED:20160913T181653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160913T181653Z UID:10006393-1476903600-1476910800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Geraldine Brooks: "The Secret Chord" DESCRIPTION:Now out in paperback from Pulitzer Prize winning\, bestselling author Geraldine Brooks\, The Secret Chord traces the arc of King David’s journey from obscurity to fame\, from shepherd to soldier\, from hero to traitor\, from beloved king to murderous despot and into his remorseful and diminished dotage. The Secret Chord has received critical acclaim; The Chicago Tribune wrote\, “Deeply sympathetic. Brooks offers new perspectives on a character whose story has captured the Western imagination for millennial… she breaks from the biblical version by giving voice to the voiceless women in David’s life: wives and lovers\, a daughter\, a mother—the beloved and the scorned.” The Guardian called it “A compelling read\, contemporary in its relevance… powerful storytelling\, its landscape and time evoked in lyrical prose.” And NPR raves: “The best historical fiction… Brooks gives the whole king his due… It’s a tall order to breathe life into such a human being\, and she manages it admirably.” \nGeraldine Brooks is the author of four novels\, the Pulitzer Prize winning March and the international bestsellers Caleb’s Crossing\, People of the Book\, and Year of Wonders. She has also written the acclaimed nonfiction works Nine Parts of Desire and Foreign Correspondence. Born and raised in Australia\, she lives on Martha’s Vineyard with her husband\, the author Tony Horwitz. \nSponsored by BookShop Santa Cruz\, Institute of Humanities Research\, and Co-sponsored by Temple Bethe El. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/geraldine-brooks-the-secret-chord-3/ LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Avenue\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/brooks_w_cover.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161020T151500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161020T170000 DTSTAMP:20260409T043222 CREATED:20161011T205808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161011T205808Z UID:10006409-1476976500-1476982800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:David Landy: "Explanation and Personal Identity in the Appendix to Hume's Treatise" DESCRIPTION:In the Appendix to his Treatise\, Hume famously expresses a deep dissatisfaction with the account of personal identity that he had earlier presented\, but offers only the briefest description of what his concern is. Scholars working on this problem have presented a wide variety of suggestions of what Hume might be thinking. I will argue that such scholars have largely overlooked an important clue: the fact that Hume twice presents the problem as one with any theory that purports\, “to explain the principles\, that unite our successive perceptions in our thought or consciousness.” The key here\, I will suggest\, lies in understanding Hume’s notion of explanation. The two most prominent accounts of Hume on explanation lie at the extreme ends of an interpretive spectrum\, and are both philosophically and exegetically untenable. The first is that scientific explanation aims at nothing more than subsuming particular observations under inductively-established universal generalizations. The second is that Hume makes explanatory appeals to certain substances and causal powers that we cannot in any way represent\, but to which we can nonetheless refer. The first gets right Hume’s insistence on the connection of explanation to experience. The second gets right that it is the universal regularities of experience that stand in need of explanation\, not that do the explaining. So\, I will present a new account of Hume’s understanding of explanation that takes these successes and failures into account\, and will show that this interpretation perfectly predicts everything that Hume finds wrong with his account of personal identity. \nDavid Landy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at San Francisco State University. He works primariy on the history of Modern philosophy\, especially Hume and Kant\, and also has interests in German Idealism and the work of Wilfrid Sellars. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/david-landy-explanation-and-personal-identity-in-the-appendix-to-humes-treatise-2/ LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/landy-150.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161020T172000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161020T190000 DTSTAMP:20260409T043222 CREATED:20160913T194736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160913T194736Z UID:10005264-1476984000-1476990000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Living Writers: Alfredo Vea DESCRIPTION:Alfredo Vea \nAlfredo Véa was born in the desert outside of Phoenix\, but not in America. His grandfather was a Yaqui Indian\, his grandmother was a Spanish-Mexican curandera who had played piano in silent movie theaters. Their grass covered adobe house stood at the epicenter of hundreds of tarpaper shacks built by Okies and Arkies. There were Apaches\, Tarahumara\, Navajo\, Hindus and black folk everywhere\, waiting for trucks to take them to the cotton fields. While his mother barely endured life in this impoverished Babel\, her son lived in a wonderland. He luxuriated in the sound of Uto-aztecan\, Athabascan\, Dravidian and drawl—and the sounds of bible thumping and jive. After ten years or so he was dragged away to work on the migratory labor circuit in California\, the land of stucco houses and aluminum window frames. All of it was drudgery until he began working in vineyards. Then he was ripped away from the vines to become a soldier\, enslaved in Vietnam. Today\, he is an attorney in San Francisco. If you ask him who he is he will never say “lawyer” or “writer.” Touch him and you will find that his skin is adobe. In his dreams\, there are goats scuffling about on the roof and he and his grandfather are asleep on a cot under the stars. \nLiving Writers is a series of events that are free to students and the public\, and happens every Thursday night from 6-7:45pm in the Humanities Lecture Hall\, room 206. This series will be focusing on fiction writers as well as filmmakers. It’s going to be an exciting series and we hope to see you there!  For more details\, please email us at cwintern@gmail.com \nLiving Writers Fall Schedule 2016 \n9/22 No reading \n9/29 Chanan Tigay \n10/6 Jennifer Chang \n10/13 Michelle Tea \n10/20 Alfredo Vea \n10/27 Elizabeth Willis \n11/3 No reading \n11/10 Peter Orner \n11/17 No reading \n11/24—Thanksgiving \n12/1 Student Reading \nReadings sponsored by The Humanities Division\, The Porter Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, The Literature Department and Poets and Writers Inc. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-alfredo-vea-3/ LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/alfredo-vea-thumb.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161021 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161023 DTSTAMP:20260409T043222 CREATED:20161004T211048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161004T211048Z UID:10005271-1477008000-1477180799@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:California Semantics and Pragmatics 9 (CUSP) DESCRIPTION:CUSP 9 will be held at UC Santa Cruz on October 21-22\, 2016. Established in 2009\, CUSP serves as a venue for researchers in semantics and pragmatics to exchange ideas and receive feedback in a small\, friendly\, collaborative environment. \nFor more information visit http://linguistics.ucsc.edu URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/linguistic-colloquium-cusp-california-universities-semantics-pragmatics-2/ LOCATION:Humanities 2\, Room 259 ORGANIZER;CN="Linguistics Department":MAILTO:mjzimmer@ucsc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161021T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161021T140000 DTSTAMP:20260409T043222 CREATED:20161013T185236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161013T185236Z UID:10006413-1477053000-1477058400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Friday Forum for Graduate Research: Kali Rubaii DESCRIPTION:“Enemy Inside Out: Birth Defects in Fallujah” \nHotly debated and widely misunderstood is the epidemic of birth defects in Fallujah\, Iraq. While the possibility of knowing the exact cause of this epidemic is diluted by ongoing war\, layers of chemical toxicity\, and mass displacement/destruction of doctors\, patients\, and medical facilities; the surrounding enviro-medical discourse is informative. It indexes a broader debate about the politics of scientific research: guilt\, responsibility\, and the question of reparations to the Iraq people in the ongoing “aftermath” of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq are all at intimate play in the epidemiological research. This paper explores the story of a scientific debate\, tracing not only the trajectories of toxicity that arrived in Anbar since 2003\, but also the trajectories of political interest surrounding major epidemiological studies conducted on the subsequent “sea of birth defects” in Fallujah. \n\nFriday Forum Fall 2016 Schedule: \nFridays 12:20-2pm\nHumanities 1 Room 202 \nA weekly interdisciplinary colloquium series for sharing graduate research across the humanities. Join us for light refreshments and weekly presentations by your fellow graduate students. \nOctober 14th- Mikki Stelder\, Feminist Studies and History of Consciousness\nOctober 21st- Kali Rubaii\, Anthropology\nOctober 28th- Mitchell Winter\, HAVC\nNovember 4th- Hahkyung Darline Kim\, Film and Digital Media\nNovember 18th- Sophi Pappenheim\, Literature\nDecember 2nd- Nicole Vandermeer\, History URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/friday-forum-for-graduate-research-kali-rubaii-2-2/ LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 202 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161022T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161022T210000 DTSTAMP:20260409T043222 CREATED:20160722T204500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160722T204500Z UID:10005260-1477159200-1477170000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:2016 Founders Celebration DESCRIPTION:Please join us at Founders Celebration 2016 for a look into the library as a “collision space” where technology\, information\, and ideas collide to create new knowledge and support dynamic exploration. This is an exclusive opportunity to celebrate and mingle in a special campus location that symbolizes both the excitement of change and the tradition of learning. The evening will include a reception\, dinner\, and program. Read more » \nThe awards presentation will include: \nAlumni Achievement Award and Keynote Presentation\nJulie Snyder (Kresge ’95\, politics)\, contributing editor for This American Life and co-creator and executive producer of the award-winning podcast Serial\, which broke records as the fastest podcast ever to reach 5 million iTunes downloads.  Read more » \nFaculty Research Award\nSandra Chung\, professor of linguistics\, who has been recognized for her contributions to teaching and research in linguistics; advancing syntax through insights from under-studied languages\, notably Chamorro; and engaging minority communities in linguistic research. Read more » \nFiat Lux Award\nClaudia and Alec Webster (College Eight ’02)\, major UC Santa Cruz philanthropists whose gifts have had a dramatic impact on campus. Their generous donation enabled UC Santa Cruz to restore the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn—revitalizing the main campus entrance—and strengthen programs in sustainable agriculture\, linking the larger community to the UC Santa Cruz Farm & Garden. Further gifts established two new endowed chairs. Read more » \nTicket options\nIndividual tickets: $195 each\nDeluxe package: $1\,000 (2 dinner ticket and a Ansel Adams commemorative print of the UC Santa Cruz Campus)\nPurchase a table: $1\,950 (10 seats) \nQuestions: email specialevents@ucsc.edu or call (831) 459-5003 URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/2016-founders-celebration-3/ LOCATION:UCSC Science and Engineering Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/founders-2016-banner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UCSC Special Events Office":MAILTO:specialevents@ucsc.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR