Events

Participants will view an instructional video by former Career Center Career Coach Christina Hall prior to class. Class time will consist of Q&A and workshopping LinkedIn profiles, using LinkedIn tools. This workshop will be led by Leezel Ramos (Associate Director of Career Engagement, Career Success). The Division of Graduate Studies' professional communication workshop on "Designing […]

This panel discussion will be led by Distinguished Professor Eli Bartra, Professor of Feminist Studies at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico City. Professor Bartra is the author of "Feminism and Folk Art" (2018) and "Women in Mexican Folk Art" (2011), and is a leading activist on feminist issues in Mexico City. Also on the panel […]

In this lecture, Professor John Mraz, Research Professor, Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico on “History and Modern Media", will discuss his most recent book published in 2021 by Vanderbilt University Press. John is a distinguished scholar on Mexican photo history and visual culture in Mexico. He is also the […]

This presentation looks at the trajectory of former Algerian Islamists belonging to the opposition movement Rachad, who denounce state exactions perpetrated during the civil war of the 1990s. In so doing, the talk focuses on the notion of “abject victimhood,” to think about the legal and political challenges faced by actors once associated with an […]

Learn how to craft your talk, warm up, deal with nerves, and engage your audience. This workshop will be led by Bri McWhorter (Activate to Captivate, Founder/CEO). The Division of Graduate Studies' professional communication workshop on "Public Speaking" is co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2021-2022 PhD+ series. Workshops presented by the Division […]

Lesley Nneka Arimah was born in the UK and grew up in Nigeria and wherever else her father was stationed for work. Her stories have been honored with a National Magazine Award, a Commonwealth Short Story Prize and an O. Henry Award. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, McSweeney’s, GRANTA and has […]

Kresge College presents the keynote Plenary of the Media and Society lecture series, featuring San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin, in conversation with Kresge faculty, including Novelist-Poet Daniel Pearce (UCSC Writing Program) and Associate Professor Anjuli Verma (Politics / Legal Studies). They will discuss language and media in the history of slavery and policing, and […]

VIRTUAL EVENT: Award-winning author Jess Walter will join us online for a discussion of his bestselling novel The Cold Millions (available in paperback on September 28th). Walter will be in conversation with acclaimed local writer Karen Joy Fowler. Cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at UCSC. “The Cold Millions is a literary unicorn: a book about […]

Sharika Thiranagama is Associate Professor in Anthropology and President of the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies. Her research has focused on various aspects of the Sri Lankan civil war. Primarily, she has conducted research with two different ethnic groups, Sri Lankan Tamils and Sri Lankan Muslims. Her research explores changing forms of ethnicisation, the […]

What does career diversity look like for a humanities PhD? How do we empower ourselves now to make values-driven choices about careers? What communities and resources are out there to help students and faculty think about these questions? In this workshop, we will discuss career diversity as an approach that can transform your thinking about […]