Events
Week of Events
Alumni Weekend 2017
SAVE THE DATE April 28 – 30, 2017 More info and event schedule at: alumniweekend.ucsc.edu
Humanists@Work: Graduate Career Workshop in Silicon Valley
Humanists@Work Graduate Career Workshop – UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus Santa Clara - May 1, 2017 What is Humanists@Work? Humanists@Work is a UC-wide initiative geared towards UC Humanities and humanistic Social Science MAs and PhDs interested in careers outside/alongside the academy. On May 1, 2017, HumWork will host a sixth workshop for graduate students and […]
Sunday, April 30, 2017
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Monday, May 1, 2017
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017
- May 2, 2017 -Digital Pedagogy Showcase
- May 2, 2017 -“What’s Left of Progressive Politics?”
- May 2, 2017 -In the Ruins of the Present: Neoliberalism and Cruel Populism Suffocate the Future
Digital Pedagogy Showcase
Get some syllabus inspiration! The inaugural cohort of the Digital Instruction Project lead this Brown Bag Session about developing and implementing new digital assignments in their classes. Join us as we discuss the benefits and challenges of adding digital tools into your syllabus and pushing your students to try new forms of scholarly writing. The panel […]
“What’s Left of Progressive Politics?”
The Center for Emerging Worlds presents "What's Left of Progressive Politics?" Roundtable Discussion with Dr. Vijay Prashad, Dr. Lisa Rofel, Dr. Mayanthi Fernando, and Asad Haider Dr. Vijay Prashad is Professor of International Studies and South Asian History at Trinity College, Connecticut and a renowned journalist. He was trained as a historical anthropologist and received […]
In the Ruins of the Present: Neoliberalism and Cruel Populism Suffocate the Future
Vijay Prashad’s talk In the Ruins of the Present: Neoliberalism and Cruel Populism Suffocate the Future traces the rise of populism across the world, including the global South and North, in the present historical moment. This type of populism expresses itself in anti-immigrant politics and defines the nation in narrow terms – race, ethnicity, and religion. It seeks […]
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
- May 3, 2017 -Chris Connery: “Contemporary Chinese Capitalism and Its Critical Landscape”
- May 3, 2017 -Earl Jackson: “Critical Conditions: Japanese Film Theory and Practice”
Chris Connery: “Contemporary Chinese Capitalism and Its Critical Landscape”
"Contemporary Chinese Capitalism and Its Critical Landscape" This talk draws on a work in progress entitled Revolutionary China and its Late Capitalist Fate, an analysis of the nature of post-reform China's political economy, with particular attention to how this has affected everyday life, intellectual and critical work, ideological formation, cultural production, social movements, political action, and […]
Earl Jackson: “Critical Conditions: Japanese Film Theory and Practice”
Earl Jackson Jr. is Professor at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan and Co-Director of the Trans-Asian Screen Cultures Institute in South Korea. Co-Sponsored by Cultural Studies, Cowell College, and the Literature Department.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
- May 4, 2017 -Feminist Studies Colloquium Series: Doris Leibetseder
- May 4, 2017 -Living Writers: Tsering Wangmo Dhompa & Eric Sneathen
Feminist Studies Colloquium Series: Doris Leibetseder
QT Reproduction: Queen and Transgender Use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Doris Leibetseder, Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley In this paper I present part of an allied queer-feminist and transgender ethics of reproduc-tion. I look at ARTs and how they raise challenges for transgender and queer people. My focus lies in the ways these technologies confront queer […]
Living Writers: Tsering Wangmo Dhompa & Eric Sneathen
Poet Tsering Wangmo Dhompa’s parents fled Tibet in 1959. Raised by her mother in Tibetan communities in Dharamsala, India, and Kathmandu, Nepal, She is the author of the poetry chapbooks In Writing the Names (2000) and Recurring Gestures (2000). She has published the full-length collections Rules of the House (2002), In the Absent Everyday (2005), […]
Friday, May 5, 2017
- May 5, 2017 -PhD+: Mentorship
- May 5, 2017 -Friday Forum for Graduate Research: Danielle Crawford
PhD+: Mentorship
Mentorship Managed Up: cultivating successful professional relationships within, alongside, and outside the academy This PhD+ session is being presented in coordination with members of the NEH Next Generation Humanities PhD Planning Grant Committee. Please join faculty, administration, and graduate students in a facilitated discussion and share your thoughts about how to foster and maintain successful mentorship […]
Friday Forum for Graduate Research: Danielle Crawford
Shooting Cameras and Shooting Weapons: U.S. Military Violence and Ecological Ruin in Coppola's Apocalypse Now This presentation examines the shooting history of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979), which was shot on the Philippine island of Luzon. I investigate the collision between Hollywood's shooting of cameras and the U.S. military's shooting of weapons, and the […]
Saturday, May 6, 2017
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