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SUMMARY:Slugs & Steins: David Brundage - The Easter Rising and New York: How Ireland's Revolution Triggered a Fight Against Empire
DESCRIPTION:This talk will assess the impact of the 1916 Easter Rising on a variety of anticolonial movements beyond Ireland and the Irish diaspora\, focusing on New York City\, long recognized as the overseas capital of Irish nationalist agitation and mobilization. But New York played a similar role for a variety of other descent groups and diasporas as well. After an overview of some of these non-Irish groups in the city (including African Americans and South Asians)\, this topic will be placed in the context of World War I and post-war efforts to end colonialism and foster self-determination for nations around the world. While some historians have emphasized the role of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson’s ideas in these efforts\, this talk will demonstrate the centrality of the Easter Rising and the subsequent Irish Revolution\, as understood by both Irish and non-Irish intellectuals and political activists in the increasingly cosmopolitan city of New York. \n \nDavid Brundage is Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz and is currently Chair of UCSC’s Academic Senate. He has published widely in the areas of U.S. immigration and labor history and the history of the Irish diaspora\, and is the author\, most recently\, of Irish Nationalists in America: The Politics of Exile\, 1798–1998 (Oxford University Press\, 2016)\, selected as a Choice Magazine “Outstanding Academic Title” of the year and described by the Irish Times as a major work that “challenges us to rethink the history of Irish nationalism and its far-flung supporters\, and to ponder its present and future.” He is finishing up a new book\, tentatively entitled New York Against Empire: Challenging British Colonialism in a Time of War and Revolution\, 1910–1927\, which investigates New York City as a “contact zone” that brought together anticolonial activists from across the globe.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/slugs-steins-david-brundage-the-easter-rising-and-new-york-how-irelands-revolution-triggered-a-fight-against-empire/
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SUMMARY:Robert Alter - The Psalms as Literature
DESCRIPTION:This is the first event of Shakespeare’s Psalms: A community seminar series. \nShakespeare cited the Psalms more than any other book of the Bible. What did the psalms mean to him? This series\, co-hosted by Sean Keilen (UCSC) and Julia Lupton (UCI) explores the presence of psalms in Shakespeare’s poetic imagery\, psychological insights\, and contributions to wisdom. The series consists of seven Wednesday meetings\, starting at 12:00 PT\, and is free and open to all. The series launches with a special appearance by Prof. Robert Alter\, the foremost modern translator of the Hebrew Bible into English and the author of several books on the Bible as literature. \n \nRobert Alter is Professor in the Graduate School and Emeritus Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Berkeley\, where he has taught since 1967. He has written widely on the European novel from the eighteenth century to the present\, on contemporary American fiction\, and on modern Hebrew literature. He has also written extensively on literary aspects of the Bible. His twenty-four published books include two prize-winning volumes on biblical narrative and poetry and award-winning translations of Genesis and of the Five Books of Moses. He has devoted book-length studies to Fielding\, Stendhal\, and the self-reflexive tradition in the novel. Books by him have been translated into ten different languages. Among his publications over the past twenty-five years are “Necessary Angels: Tradition and Modernity in Kafka\, Benjamin\, and Scholem” (1991)\, “The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel” (1999)\, “Canon and Creativity: Modern Writing and the Authority of Scripture” (2000)\, “The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary” (2004)\, “Imagined Cities” (2005)\, “The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary” (2007)\, “Pen of Iron: American Prose and the King James Bible” (2010)\, “The Wisdom Books: A Translation with Commentary” (2010)\, and “Ancient Israel: The Former Prophets.” \nCo-sponsored by The Shakespeare Workshop\, UC Santa Cruz\, and UCI Jewish Studies.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/robert-alter-the-psalms-as-literature/
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SUMMARY:Hannah Zeavin - Hot and Cool Mothers
DESCRIPTION:This event has been cancelled due to illness and will be rescheduled for Fall 2022. “Hot and Cool Mothers” moves toward a media theory of mothering and parental “fitness.” The article begins with an investigation into midcentury pediatric psychological studies on Bad Mothers and their impacts on their children. The most famous\, if not persistent\, of these diagnoses is that of the so-called refrigerator mother. The refrigerator mother is not the only bad model of maternality that midcentury psychiatry discovered\, however; overstimulating mothers\, called in this study “hot mothers\,” were identified as equally problematic. From the mid-1940s until the 1960s and beyond\, class\, race\, and maternal function were linked in metaphors of temperature. Whereas autism and autistic states have been extensively elaborated in their relationship to digital media\, this article attends to attributed maternal causes of “emotionally disturbed\,” queer\, and neurodivergent children. The author argues that these newly codified diagnoses were inseparable from midcentury conceptions of stimulation\, mediation\, domesticity\, and race\, including Marshall McLuhan’s theory of hot and cool media\, as well as maternal absence and (over)presence\, echoes of which continue in the present in terms like “helicopter parent.” \n \nThe Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. We gather at 12:00 PM\, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. \nFor Spring 2022\, the colloquium will take a hybrid format\, with the option of in-person or virtual attendance. Attendees have the option to attend in person in Humanities 210 or to watch the presentation on zoom. To attend remotely via zoom\, please RSVP in advance\, and you will receive a zoom link on the morning of the colloquium. In most cases\, speakers will appear remotely so that they will not have to present wearing a mask. To RSVP for the full Spring colloquium series\, please use this form. If you have any questions about the colloquium\, please contact Piper Milton (cult@ucsc.edu). \nStaff assistance is provided by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/hannah-zeavin-hot-and-cool-mothers/
LOCATION:Virtual and In Person
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SUMMARY:Students as Agents of Transformative Change - Necessary Trouble: Thinking with the Legacy of John R. Lewis
DESCRIPTION:“Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?” ― John Lewis \nReady for some Necessary Trouble? In anticipation and in honor of the dedication of John R. Lewis College at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, the Division of Social Sciences\, Colleges Nine and Ten\, the Institute for Social Transformation\, and the Center for Racial Justice are organizing five events centered on topics exemplified by the life of Representative John Lewis. \nFeatured Speakers: \nXavier Livermon \nStudent Speakers TBD \nAt UC Santa Cruz\, we believe that the real change is us. This series will highlight the efforts of faculty\, students\, staff\, community leaders\, and alumni in their commitments to social and racial justice\, civic engagement and democracy. It is an opportunity for us all to reflect on how we can help carry John R. Lewis’ legacy forward in the future.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/students-as-agents-of-transformative-change-necessary-trouble-thinking-with-the-legacy-of-john-r-lewis/
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SUMMARY:Aurora Lecture Series: Arvind-pal Mandair - Epistemic Empowerment: Sikh Philosophy and Cognitive Decolonization
DESCRIPTION:‘Sikh philosophy’ is a nascent field of knowledge in the sense that it has not yet emerged but shows signs of future potential. It lies at the intersection of several fields including World Philosophies\, Sikh and/or Asian studies\, and Philosophy of Religion. Although literature on Sikh philosophy has existed for over a century (in several languages)\, it has never been recognized within the Western academy. In this presentation I examine some of the reasons why this has been the case. What can a potential turn towards Sikh philosophy achieve? Why does it matter? To whom? Rather than providing a conventional objective analysis of the history of Sikh philosophy\, its literature (etc etc)\, however\, I’d like ask a slightly different question: what is Sikh philosophy for? To do this\, I’d like to bring my own scholarly quest for recognition of Sikh philosophy within the academy into dialogue with autotheory. This is to some extent already a hint about the nature of Sikh philosophy and the politics of framing non-Western ideas and concepts within the global knowledge system. \nJoin Zoom here. \nPresented by the Center for South Asian Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/arvind-pal-mandair-epistemic-empowerment-sikh-philosophy-and-cognitive-decolonization/
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SUMMARY:Living Writers: Janice A. Lowe
DESCRIPTION:LIVING WRITERS UCSC\, SPRING 2022 presents: CELEBRANT: SOUND ACTIONS \nCELEBRANT: SOUND ACTIONS showcases interdisciplinary writers who deeply engage in various sonic forms\, whether the libretto and the operatic\, sound and visual art\, acoustic music and songwriting\, or embodied meditations to explore the possibilities in being attentive to sound\, as action and celebrant through writing. This hybrid series features an array of writers and artists who work across several modes (text\, multi-media\, meditation\, and performance) exploring what happens between sound and/as verbal language\, rendering its effects and configurations through poetry\, prose\, and sound inspired and activated interdisciplinary writing practices. \n \nJanice A. Lowe\, is a compoer and poet. Her music LIL BUDDA\, text by Stephanie L. Jones\, was presented by the NAMT Festival of New Musicals and the O’Neill Musical Theater Conference. Lowe’s music-poetry works have been performed with ensembles and collaborations at The Poetry Project\, Bop Stop\, Jazz Festival Berlin\, University of Cambridge and the Arts for Art Peace & Justice Celebration. She composed music for the plays DOOR OF NO RETURN by Nehassaiu DeGannes (Shakespeare & Co.) and Jenni Lamb’s 12th & CLAIRMOUNT (Stage West-Chicago.) Lowe has performed with bands including Anne Waldman & Fast Speaking Music\, Digital Diaspora and Julie Ezelle Patton’s Rock\, Paper Twister. She composed musical settings for the McKoy Twins section of Tyehimba Jess’s OLIO\, (joint Creative Capital award.) She is also the composer of LEAVING CLE SONGS\, a song cycle based on her debut poetry collection. Lowe’s poems have appeared in numerous journals including Callaloo\, Best American Experimental Writings\, Interim Poetics\, and Solidarity Texts: Radiant Re-Sisters. Lowe was a co-founding member of The Dark Room Collective. She performs and records with her ensemble\, NAMAROON. Her work has been recognized by The Rauschenberg Foundation and City Artists Corps. For more\, visit https://www.janicelowe.com/ \nSponsored by The Puknat Literary Endowment\, The Porter Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, The Laurie Sain Endowment\, The Humanities Institute\, and Bookshop Santa Cruz.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-janice-a-lowe/
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SUMMARY:The Universe in Verse: A Charitable Celebration of Science and Nature Through Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join us for The Universe in Verse—an annual charitable celebration of science and nature\, winged with poetry and music\, created and hosted by Maria Popova (The Marginalian) in collaboration with astronomer and UC Santa Cruz Director of Astrobiology Natalie Batalha. \nIn the majestic Quarry Amphitheater in the redwoods\, we will explore the marvel and mystery of life\, from the creaturely to the cosmic\, with stories from the history of science and our search for truth\, illustrated with poems about entropy and evolution\, trees and mushrooms\, consciousness and dark matter\, the birth of flowers and the death of stars\, performed by a constellation of extraordinary humans: pioneering astronomers Jill Tarter and Natalie Batalha\, writers Rebecca Solnit and Roxane Gay\, musicians Zoë Keating and Joan As Police Woman\, artists Debbie Millman and Wendy MacNaughton\, poet Diane Ackerman\, cosmologist and jazz saxophonist Stephon Alexander\, cognitive scientist and writer Alexandra Horowitz\, physicist and writer Alan Lightman\, and On Being creator Krista Tippett. There will be live music and stargazing\, and some thrilling surprises. \nTo make The Universe in Verse maximally open to all\, tickets are available on a pay-what-you-can basis at three levels. Please contribute the maximum you are able\, knowing that it would make the experience possible for someone else of humbler means. All proceeds from the show will benefit The Nature Conservancy and a new scholarship at UCSC honoring the life and legacy of astronomer and search-for-life pioneer Frank Drake. \nGeneral Admission:\nContribution level 1: $ 25.00\nContribution level 2: $ 50.00\nContribution level 3: $100.00\n—\nStudent tickets: $ 15.00\n(Current students only) \n \nWe are grateful for the generous support from the UC Santa Cruz Foundation\, UCSC Astrobiology Initiative\, the Bond and Gunderson Family Fund\, and The Humanities Institute. We appreciate the participation of our local community\, including Bookshop Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz Amateur Astronomy Club. \nFor additional logistics\, including directions and information about parking\, please see the event website. \n\nEvent News: \nUC Santa Cruz Hosts ‘Universe In Verse’ April 16 In The Quarry Amphitheater
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-universe-in-verse-a-charitable-celebration-of-science-and-nature-through-poetry/
LOCATION:Quarry Amphitheater\, 1156 High St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95062\, United States
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