Events
Era of Gold, Era of Empire: In the World of Ramses ‘the Great’
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Santa Cruz Film Festival
The Humanities Institute is happy to co-sponsor the 18th annual Santa Cruz Film Festival. Founded in 2001 by Jane Sullivan and Johnny Davis, the Santa Cruz Film Festival has exhibited over 1,300 independent films by national and international filmmakers, as well as films and videos produced in the greater Santa Cruz County and Monterey Bay […]
Playing with Fire: A Hot Symposium
We will explore the pleasures, perils & politics of fire through art, theory, practice, and activism. On the UCSC campus in the DARC building, room #108. This event is organized by E.A.R.T.H Lab with support from The Humanities Institute. The symposium is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The full schedule for the Symposium […]
Sunday, October 2, 2022
- October 2, 2022Renée Fox – The Necromantics: Reanimation, the Historical Imagination, and Victorian British and Irish Literature
- October 2, 2022 -Era of Gold, Era of Empire: In the World of Ramses ‘the Great’
Renée Fox – The Necromantics: Reanimation, the Historical Imagination, and Victorian British and Irish Literature
Victorian Necromancies with Professor Renée Fox As part of the series “Victorian Necromancies,” Professor Fox will lead three sessions that offer the Friends an opportunity to explore the Victorian gothic, one of her favorite genres of 19th-century literature. From Professor Fox: “The first session will be a presentation on my forthcoming book, The Necromantics: Reanimation, […]
Era of Gold, Era of Empire: In the World of Ramses ‘the Great’
The Bay Area's De Young Museum is one of the stops on the US tour of the spectacular Egyptian art show 'Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs,' on view now through February 12, 2023. In this talk at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Dr. Elaine Sullivan, an Egyptologist and […]
Monday, October 3, 2022
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Tuesday, October 4, 2022
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Wednesday, October 5, 2022
- October 5, 2022Nidhi Mahajan – A Burning Sea: Arbitrage and a Fractured Moral Economy in the Persian Gulf
Nidhi Mahajan – A Burning Sea: Arbitrage and a Fractured Moral Economy in the Persian Gulf
Wooden sailing vessels or dhows have long traversed The Indian Ocean, making it what some scholars have called “the cradle of globalization.” Today, dhows or vahans from Kachchh in western India continue along old Indian Ocean routes as crucial intermediaries in global shipping. This talk traces how this mobile trade network is anchored or moored in […]
Thursday, October 6, 2022
- October 6, 2022 -PhD+ Workshop – Proactive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- October 6, 2022Richard M. Eaton – The Persianate World: What Was It? How Did It Appear? Why Did It Collapse?
PhD+ Workshop – Proactive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
How do you proactively promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in your role as a graduate student, a researcher, a teaching assistant, a peer and undergraduate mentor? Learn active steps you can take in every role to promote a just and welcoming environment at UCSC in every space. Lorato Anderson is the Director of Diversity, Equity, […]
Richard M. Eaton – The Persianate World: What Was It? How Did It Appear? Why Did It Collapse?
As part of the Aurora Lecture Series, Professor Eaton will deliver a talk on Oct. 6. This event, which can be attended in person (Humanities 1 Room 202) and on Zoom is hosted by the Sarbjit Singh Aurora Endowed Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies.
Friday, October 7, 2022
- October 7, 2022Clio in India: Approaches to South Asian Pasts Conversation with G. S. Sahota
Clio in India: Approaches to South Asian Pasts Conversation with G. S. Sahota
As part of the Aurora Lecture Series, Professor Sahota will discuss approaches to South Asian pasts on Oct. 7 at 10AM. This event, which can be attended in person (Humanities 1 Room 202) and on Zoom is hosted by the Sarbjit Singh Aurora Endowed Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies.
Saturday, October 8, 2022
No events on this day.