Events
Week of Events
Opera Works: Journey in Creation
Workshop rehearsals with Opera Parallele for a new opera based on the life of Georgia O’Keeffe. "Opera Works: Journey in Creation" Tuesday, May 29, 2018 2 pm - 5 pm Opera Workshop The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair for Feminist Studies, and the Humanities Institute, invite students, faculty, staff and community to witness the […]
Sunday, May 27, 2018
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Monday, May 28, 2018
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018
- May 29, 2018 -Jeff Michno: “Nicaragua Y ¿Vos, tú o usted?”
- May 29, 2018 -“Always Moving Uphill: Women in the Arts” Panel
Jeff Michno: “Nicaragua Y ¿Vos, tú o usted?”
In this talk, I highlight variation in second-person singular pronoun use (vos, tú, and usted) by local residents of a rural Nicaraguan community experiencing linguistic and cultural contact driven by tourism. I demonstrate that pronoun selection can vary according to the amount of contact locals have with outsiders in their community, providing evidence that […]
“Always Moving Uphill: Women in the Arts” Panel
Our panel will discuss the struggle of women artists, writers, and poets to find voice in a world that has been, until very recently, so completely dominated and controlled by (white) male power and money. Panel “Always Moving Up Hill: Women in the Arts” featuring: Robin Coste Lewis, Poet, National Book Award Winner for Voyage […]
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
- May 30, 2018 -Robin Coste Lewis: “Voyage of the Sable Venus: Bodies, Art, Race, & Poetry”
- May 30, 2018 -Robin Coste Lewis at Bookshop Santa Cruz
Robin Coste Lewis: “Voyage of the Sable Venus: Bodies, Art, Race, & Poetry”
Robin Coste Lewis is the author of Voyage of the Sable Venus (2015), which won the National Book Award for Poetry. Her work has appeared in various journals and anthologies, including The Massachusetts Review, Callaloo, The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, Transition, and VIDA. The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions […]
Robin Coste Lewis at Bookshop Santa Cruz
Robin Coste Lewis is the author of Voyage of the Sable Venus (2015), which won the National Book Award for Poetry. Her work has appeared in various journals and anthologies, including The Massachusetts Review, Callaloo, The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, Transition, and VIDA. This free event will take place in Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up […]
Thursday, May 31, 2018
- May 31, 2018Living Writers: Robin Coste Lewis
Living Writers: Robin Coste Lewis
Robin Coste Lewis is the author of Voyage of the Sable Venus (2015), which won the National Book Award for Poetry. Her work has appeared in various journals and anthologies, including The Massachusetts Review, Callaloo, The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, Transition, and VIDA. Lewis earned her MFA from NYU’s Creative Writing Program where she […]
Friday, June 1, 2018
- June 1, 2018 -Friday Forum: Sheeva Sabati
Friday Forum: Sheeva Sabati
Coloniality of the West: The Formation of the UC System Friday Forum is a weekly interdisciplinary colloquium series for sharing graduate research across the humanities. Join us for light refreshments and weekly presentations by your fellow graduate students. Friday Forum is supported by the Graduate Student Association, the Humanities Institute, and the following departments: HAVC, […]
Saturday, June 2, 2018
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