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SUMMARY:Mania Akbari: A Moon For My Father
DESCRIPTION:Mania Akbari collaborates with British sculptor Douglas White to coin a tender fusion of language\, where a meeting of cinema and sculpture investigates the processes of physical and psychological destruction and renewal. Begun a matter of weeks after first meeting\, the film charts a deepening artistic and personal relationship exploring the nature of skin\, family\, death\, water\, desire and\, throughout\, a powerful will to form. Akbari looks into the connection between her body and the political history of Iran\, investigating the relationship between her own physical traumas and the collective political memory of her birthplace. As she undergoes surgeries on a body decimated by cancer\, remembrance and reconstruction provide a framework for investigating how bodies are traumatized\, censored and politicized\, and yet ultimately remain a site of possibility. We are lucky to be the first US venue to host Mania Akbari and to present her new film. \n“A Moon for my Father is a deeply intimate\, personal and moving work from Mania Akbari (whose movies have often been meditations on beauty and body image)\, a form of digressive-poetic cinema\, connecting images and ideas in a dream-associative logic. Calmly\, almost miraculously\, it avoids the tones of tension or trauma or ostentatiously courageous humor.” – The Guardian \nMania Akbari (b. Tehran\, 1974) is an internationally acclaimed artist and filmmaker. Her provocative\, revolutionary and radical films were recently the subject of retrospectives at the BFI\, London (2013)\, the DFI\, Denmark (2014)\, Oldenburg International Film Festival\, Germany (2014)\, Cyprus Film Festival (2014) and Nottingham Contemporary UK (2018). Her films have screened at festivals around the world and have received numerous awards including German Independence Honorary Award\, Oldenberg (2014)\, Best Film\, Digital Section\, Venice Film Festival (2004)\, Nantes Special Public Award Best Film (2007) and Best Director and Best film at Kerala Film Festival (2007)\, Best Film and Best Actress\, Barcelona Film Festival (2007). Akbari was exiled from Iran and currently lives and works in London\, a theme addressed in ‘Life May Be’ (2014)\, co-directed with Mark Cousins. This film was released at Karlovy Vary Film Festival and was nominated for Best Documentary at Edinburgh International Film Festival (2014) and Asia Pacific Film Festival (2014). Akbari’s latest film ‘A Moon For My Father’\, made in collaboration with British artist Douglas White\, premiered at CPH:DOX where it won the NEW:VISION Award 2019. The film also received a FIPRESCI International Critics Award at the Flying Broom Festival\, Ankara. She is currently working on a new project ‘Libido’ with her son Amin Maher. \nCo-sponsored by Porter College\, Film + Digital Media\, The Humanities Institute’s Body\, (Anti)Narrative\, and Corporeal Creative Practices Research Cluster\, and The UCSC Center for the Middle East and North Africa \nScreening is free and open to the public.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/mania-akbari-a-moon-for-my-father/
LOCATION:Communications 150\, Studio C
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Dee Hibbert-Jones - Run With It
DESCRIPTION:Dee Hibbert-Jones’ colloquium talk has been cancelled. We will try to reschedule for Spring or Fall 2020. \nHibbert-Jones will discuss the challenges\, politics and aesthetics in making her upcoming film Run With It\, a feature documentary that is entirely animated. Made in collaboration with Nomi Talisman\, the film tells the story of De’Jaun Correia\, a young man on the Dean’s list at Morehouse college\, who grew up mentored by his uncle Troy Davis\, on death row. \nProfessor Dee Hibbert-Jones is an Academy Award nominated\, Emmy award winning filmmaker and visual artist who examines critical social issues through her animated documentary and fine art installations. In 2016 she was awarded a United States Congressional Black Caucus Veterans Braintrust Award in recognition for their outstanding national commitment to civil rights and social justice; and a California Public Defenders Association Gideon Award by the California Public Defenders Association. Dee teaches art at UC Santa Cruz and is affiliate faculty in film\, digital art new media and legal studies. \n\nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee\, tea\, and cookies. \nAll Center for Cultural Studies events are free and open to the public. Staff assistance is provided by the Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/dee-hibbert-jones/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Living Writers: Gretchen Primack
DESCRIPTION:Gretchen Primack is a poet and educator living in New York’s Hudson Valley. She has taught and/or administrated with prison education programs (mostly college) since 2005. She’s the author of three poetry collections: Visiting Days (Willow Books)\, Kind (Post Traumatic Press)\, and Doris’ Red Spaces (Mayapple Press)\, and a chapbook\, The Slow Creaking of Planets (Finishing Line 2007). She co-wrote The Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals with Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary co-founder Jenny Brown (Penguin Avery 2012). Her poetry publication credits include The Paris Review\, Prairie Schooner\, Ploughshares\, FIELD\, Poet Lore\, The Massachusetts Review\, The Antioch Review\, New Orleans Review\, Rhino\, Tampa Review\, and many others journals and anthologies. \nMore information about Gretchen Primack is available here
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-gretchen-primack/
LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200227T190000
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SUMMARY:Amitav Ghosh: "Unmuting the Brutes: Human and Non-human After the Collapse of ‘Civilization’"
DESCRIPTION:CREDITLINE PHOTO: Ivo van der Bent. 22-01-2019 Amitav Ghosh in Amsterdam.\nThe Humanities Institute and the Center for Creative Ecologies present Beyond the End of the World Lecture Series \nAMITAV GHOSH \nThursday\, February 27\, 2020 @ 7 PM\nMusic Recital Hall\, UC Santa Cruz\nFree & open to the public with registration\nBook signing after the talk\, hosted by Bookshop Santa Cruz \n \n  \n  \nThe idea of the ‘human’ dates back to the founding of modernity\, now hurtling towards collapse. As this process intensifies it may bring about a fundamental reconsideration of modern ideas regarding which entities possess such attributes as agency\, speech\, and reason. If so what kinds of narratives and knowledge traditions can we turn to for guidance about what might lie ahead? \nAmitav Ghosh is an award-winning writer\, who was born in Calcutta and grew up in India\, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He is the author of two books of non-fiction\, including The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (2016)\, a collection of essays\, and ten novels. In 2018 he became the first English-language writer to receive India’s highest literary honor\, the Jnanpith Award. His most recent publication is Gun Island\, a novel. \nBeyond the End of the World comprises a year-long research and exhibition project and public lecture series\, directed by T. J. Demos of UCSC’s Center for Creative Ecologies. The project brings leading international thinkers and cultural practitioners to UC Santa Cruz to discuss what lies beyond dystopian catastrophism\, and asks how we can cultivate radical futures of social justice and ecological flourishing. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Culture and administered by The Humanities Institute. For more information visit BEYOND.UCSC.EDU \nPresented in partnership with the Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture. The Maitra lecture series\, established in 2001\, seeks to enrich the intellectual life of UC Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz community. \nCo-sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies at UC Santa Cruz. \nDirections and Parking:\nThe UCSC Music Recital Hall is located at 402 McHenry Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA 95064\nParking lot attendants will be on site to sell permits and direct guests to available parking in the Performing Arts parking lot #126. The cost for parking is $5. \nIf you have disability-related needs\, please contact the The Humanities Institute at thi@ucsc.edu or call 831-459-5655.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/amitav-ghosh-maitra-lecture/
LOCATION:Music Center Recital Hall
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SUMMARY:Klaus Mühlhahn: China’s Rise in Historical Perspective
DESCRIPTION:The East Asian Colloquium Presents: \nKlaus Mühlhahn: China’s Rise in Historical Perspective \nMany commentators claim that China’s ongoing global rise reflects a restoration of its earlier international prominence\, while others highlight that China’s emergence reflects distinctive characteristics of the country’s current political leadership. In his new book\, Making China Modern\, Klaus Mühlhahn of the Free University of Berlin provides a panoramic survey of China’s rise and resilience through war and rebellion\, disease and famine. At this event Professor Mühlhahn will focus on the lessons from history that provide insight into China’s evolving international position and how the United States and others should respond. \nCo-sponsored by the Humanities Division and The Humanities Institute
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/klaus-muhlhahn-chinas-rise-in-historical-perspective/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Linguistics at Santa Cruz (LASC) 2020
DESCRIPTION:Every year towards the end of the winter quarter\, the Linguistics at Santa Cruz (LASC) conference showcases the research of second and third year graduate students. This conference coincides with a visit to campus of prospective graduate students\, and it always features as an invited speaker\, a PhD alumna or alumnus of the department. This year’s invited speaker is Aaron Kaplan (PhD\, 2008)\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Linguistics\, University of Utah. \nMore information available here.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/linguistics-at-santa-cruz-lasc-2020/
LOCATION:Stevenson Fireside Lounge\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Linguistics Department":MAILTO:mjzimmer@ucsc.edu
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