Events
Week of Events
Sunday, March 5, 2017
- March 5, 2017 -Acting Improvisation Workshop
Acting Improvisation Workshop
On Sunday, March 5, Lisa Rowland (a member of Improv Playhouse) will conduct an Acting Improvisation Workshop, focussing on Shakespeare, from 12:30 until 6:30 pm. Space is limited to 20 UCSC students, for whom the workshop is free. Email Bob Giges otom@ucsc.edu for registration/information. Lisa describes the program in this way "This workshop is a […]
Monday, March 6, 2017
No events on this day.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
- March 7, 2017 -Slow Seminar on Race, Violence, Inequality and the Anthropocene
Slow Seminar on Race, Violence, Inequality and the Anthropocene
2016-2017 SLOW SEMINARS RACE, VIOLENCE, INEQUALITY AND THE ANTHROPOCENE The contemporary moment is marked by global environmental change, the collapse of states and the reconfiguration of economies. This era, where human disturbances asymmetrically affect all ecosystems, is increasingly being called the ‘Anthropocene.’ We approach Anthropocene conditions as inextricably linked to long-term histories of plant and […]
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
- March 8, 2017 -IHR Public Fellows Info Session 1
- March 8, 2017 -RESCHEDULED Akash Kumar
- March 8, 2017 -Alan Craig: “VR, AR, and the Brain: Teaching, Learning, and Research With Virtual and Augmented Reality”
IHR Public Fellows Info Session 1
IHR PUBLIC FELLOWS Deadline: April 30, 2017 Amount: Up to $5,000 Number of Fellowships: 3 or more (based on the availability of funds) These fellowships will provide the opportunity for humanities doctoral students to contribute to research, programming, communications and fundraising at non-profit organizations, cultural institutions, or companies and are meant to allow the students […]
Alan Craig: “VR, AR, and the Brain: Teaching, Learning, and Research With Virtual and Augmented Reality”
Event Photos Alan B. Craig is the Senior Associate Director for Human-Computer Interaction at the Institute for Computing in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (I-CHASS) and a Research Scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). He is also the Humanities, Arts, and Social Science sSpecialist for the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery […]
Thursday, March 9, 2017
- March 9, 2017Why I’m reading Joseph Conrad these days
- March 9, 2017 -Zachary Lockman: “Adventures in Field-Building: On the History of Area Studies/Middle East Studies in the United States”
- March 9, 2017 -IHR Public Fellows Info Session 2
- March 9, 2017 -Living Writers: Urayoán Noel
Why I’m reading Joseph Conrad these days
Familiarity with Heart of Darkness helpful, but not essential. Introduction: Prof. David Marriott, Chair, History of Consciousness Discussant: Isaac Blacksin, Ph.D. candidate, History of Consciousness James Clifford is an interdisciplinary scholar who was a Professor in UCSC’s History of Consciousness department for 33 years until his retirement in 2011. He was elected to the American […]
Zachary Lockman: “Adventures in Field-Building: On the History of Area Studies/Middle East Studies in the United States”
Area studies is often simplistically depicted as little more than a Cold War form of knowledge, but its emergence as a component of the postwar American academic scene was in fact propelled and shaped by visions, exigencies and contingencies that were not initially or exclusively about the needs of the national security state. Zachary Lockman’s 2016 book Field Notes: […]
IHR Public Fellows Info Session 2
IHR PUBLIC FELLOWS Deadline: April 30, 2017 Amount: Up to $5,000 Number of Fellowships: 3 or more (based on the availability of funds) These fellowships will provide the opportunity for humanities doctoral students to contribute to research, programming, communications and fundraising at non-profit organizations, cultural institutions, or companies and are meant to allow the students […]
Living Writers: Urayoán Noel
Urayoán Noel is a self-described “stateless poet” whose critical and creative work foregrounds the messy condition of Puerto Rican belonging and non-belonging to the US nation-state. His poetic performances, texts, and “video poems" flagrantly comingle English with Spanish, mixing learned literary allusions with found words generated from cell phones or political demonstrations. Born and raised […]
Friday, March 10, 2017
- March 10, 2017 -Poetics of Non-Citizenship: A Seminar with Urayoán Noel
- March 10, 2017 -PhD+: Open Access, Data Management and Library Resources
Poetics of Non-Citizenship: A Seminar with Urayoán Noel
In this seminar, Urayoán Noel will discuss his critical work on the nexus of creative expression and political activism, from the 1960s to the present. He is interested in the subversive power of media, performance, and especially of English-Spanish-Spanglish language play, which cuts across different Latina/o/x constituencies. One dimension of his research involves the use […]
PhD+: Open Access, Data Management and Library Resources
Open Access, Data Management and Library Resources What does Open Access mean for you? How can you organize and manage your research materials to best support your writing? And, what kinds of resources are available to graduate students for accessing data and information?This PhD+ panel features librarians who will discuss a range of issues, including […]
Saturday, March 11, 2017
No events on this day.