Events
Week of Events
Mania Akbari: A Moon For My Father
Mania Akbari: A Moon For My Father
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, […]
CANCELLED: Dee Hibbert-Jones – Run With It
CANCELLED: Dee Hibbert-Jones – Run With It
Dee Hibbert-Jones' colloquium talk has been cancelled. We will try to reschedule for Spring or Fall 2020. Hibbert-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 […]
Living Writers: Gretchen Primack
Living Writers: Gretchen Primack
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 […]
Amitav Ghosh: “Unmuting the Brutes: Human and Non-human After the Collapse of ‘Civilization’”
Amitav Ghosh: “Unmuting the Brutes: Human and Non-human After the Collapse of ‘Civilization’”
CREDITLINE PHOTO: Ivo van der Bent. 22-01-2019 Amitav Ghosh in Amsterdam. The Humanities Institute and the Center for Creative Ecologies present Beyond the End of the World Lecture Series AMITAV GHOSH Thursday, February 27, 2020 @ 7 PM Music Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz Free & open to the public with registration Book signing after […]
Klaus Mühlhahn: China’s Rise in Historical Perspective
Klaus Mühlhahn: China’s Rise in Historical Perspective
The East Asian Colloquium Presents: Klaus Mühlhahn: China’s Rise in Historical Perspective Many 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 […]
Linguistics at Santa Cruz (LASC) 2020
Linguistics at Santa Cruz (LASC) 2020
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 […]