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SUMMARY:The Miriam Ellis International Playhouse (MEIP XXI)
DESCRIPTION:Cowell College\, Stevenson College and the Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics will present the 21st season of the Miriam Ellis international Playhouse (MEIP XXI)\, May 12\, 13\, and 14\, at 7:00 PM in the Stevenson  Event Center at UCSC. The program of fully-staged multilingual performances in French\, Japanese\, and Spanish\, with English supertitles\, will be performed by Language students and directed by their instructors.  \nThere is no admission charge; parking in adjacent lots is $5.00.  \nThis year’s presentation in Japanese will consist of a demonstration of a Taiko performance of “Yashiro no Uta (The Song of the Shrine) composed by Ikuyo Conant/ Artistic Director of Watsonville Taiko Group\, after a brief  explanation of what Taiko is.  \nFrench will be represented by Art (Art)\, a light reflection on the value of art\, adapted and directed\, from the eponymous play by Yasmina Reza\, by Renée Cailloux.  \nFinally\, Spanish will bring us “Rompiendo el hielo” (“Breaking the Ice”)\, an original contemporary comedy piece\, written  and performed by students\, that follows a grocery store staff on a not so ordinary day.  \nOver the years\, our multilingual theater presentations have attracted loyal audiences\, who look forward to experiencing  their native or acquired languages in this unusual format\, and we cordially invite the community to attend this year’s  presentation.   \nFor more information\, please contact Renee Cailloux (rcaillou@ucsc.edu)  or consult https://cowell.ucsc.edu/academics/cw-related-programs/meip/index.html.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-20th-season-of-the-miriam-ellis-international-playhouse-meip-xx/
LOCATION:Stevenson Event Center
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SUMMARY:Opus Cope: Screening and Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker Jae Shim screens his award-winning documentary Opus Cope: An Algorithmic Opera which celebrates the groundbreaking work of algorithmic composer David Cope (UCSC emeritus Professor) and the profound ways in which humans and machines (AI) can be creative. \nDavid Cope has been a firm believer that creativity is everywhere\, and his work reflects these values of compassion and understanding\, where humans and AI are not necessarily at odds with each other. This collaboration between human and machine resulted from his own creative block in the 80’s which led to the first algorithmically composed opera. \nPresented by the Music Department and cosponsored by the Arts Research Institute and The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/opus-cope-screening-and-dialogue/
LOCATION:DARC 108\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Deep Read San Diego Salon
DESCRIPTION:Join fellow Deep Readers for a special event at Stone Brewing in Liberty Station on May 15\, 2023\, to discuss this year’s Deep Read book: Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Elizabeth Kolbert. We’ll learn about the stark changes taking place in the world and explore the efforts to adapt and survive in this era of climate change. \n \nPlease RSVP to reserve your spot at this exciting event\, as space is limited. \nAs part of The Deep Read program of The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz\, this event is designed to invite curious minds like yours to think deeply about literature\, art\, and the most pressing issues of our day. Even if you haven’t read the book\, we encourage you to come and enjoy the discussion and connect with fellow San Diego alumni. \nBeer and light bites provided by Steve Wagner (Crown)\, a UC Santa Cruz alumnus & co-founder of Stone Brewing! \nTo learn more about The Deep Read\, and to sign up for the program\, please visit https://thi.ucsc.edu/deep-read/. \nFaculty Speaker: Laura Martin (Ph.D. ’08\, literature) began working with The Humanities Institute team in 2019 on the Deep Read Initiative\, a community reading program that brings together undergraduate and graduate students\, faculty\, staff\, alumni\, and members of the community to think deeply about literature\, art\, and important issues of our time. Laura teaches the undergraduate Deep Read course at Porter College\, manages the Deep Read program\, and assists with other THI projects. She is a literary scholar\, writer\, and teacher\, and she holds a PhD in Literature from UC Santa Cruz. \nAbout the host: Steve Wagner (Crown) is a co-founder of the national brewing company Stone Brewing and an alumnus of UC Santa Cruz. He is a strong supporter of the university’s Humanities Institute\, the Literature Department\, and affiliated graduate students. Wagner was transformed by his time as a student at UCSC\, where he studied English literature and was inspired by the radical education system and inspiring professors.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/deep-read-san-diego-salon/
LOCATION:Stone Brewing Liberty Station\, 2816 Historic Decatur Rd UNIT 116\, San Diego\, CA\, 92106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Chiara Bottici - Anarchafeminism
DESCRIPTION:History of Consciousness Spring 23 Speaker Series. \nIn person and via zoom. \nPlease see the History of Consciousness Speaker Series website for further details.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/chiara-bottici-anarchafeminism/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 420\, Humanites 1 University of California\, Santa Cruz Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series: Inaugural Lecture by Asif Siddiqi
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to attend the inaugural lecture for The Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series\, taking place on Wednesday\, May 17th\, 2023\, at 2:00pm at the Cowell Provost House.  This event will also be livestreamed and recorded: Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series Inaugural Lecture. \nDrawing on insights from Maya Peterson’s work on water management projects in Central Asia\, this talk focuses on the design and construction of the infamous White Sea-Baltic Canal in the Soviet north in the early 1930s. Known colloquially as the Belomor Canal\, this was the very first infrastructural project to use mass forced labor from the emerging Gulag camp system. Despite the death of some 10\,000 laborers in building the canal\, the project was advertised internationally as a successful monument to the ability of humans to remake the natural world. In his paper\, Professor Siddiqi focuses on the role of scientists and engineers who designed and built the canal\, one which came to represent a form of “hydraulic monumentalism” so emblematic of Soviet modernity. As instruments of a form of internal colonization of Soviet space\, these scientists and engineers embraced\, some under coercion and some freely\, the use of mass forced labor as a solution to large-scale engineering projects across the Soviet Union. The outcome was a deeply damaging but enduring relationship between scientific expertise\, the natural environment\, and the constitution of Soviet empire. \nAsif Siddiqi is a professor of history at Fordhamm University\, and specializes in the history of science and technology and modern Russian history. \n  \n  \n  \nThis event is being sponsored by The Maya K. Peterson Memorial Endowment\, the UCSC History Department\, and The Humanities Institute. \nThe Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series at UCSC honors the life and spirit of a brilliant scholar\, teacher\, and mentor whose career was cut short by her untimely death in 2021. A specialist in Russian\, Central Asian and environmental history\, Maya was a valued member of UCSC’s faculty in the History Department and the Humanities Division. The Explorations in History Seminar Series celebrates Maya’s passions for the study of history\, for dialogue between the humanities and the sciences\, and for innovative scholarship across disciplines—passions that she shared generously with students\, colleagues\, and communities around the globe.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-maya-k-peterson-explorations-in-history-seminar-series-inaugural-lecture-by-asif-siddiqi/
LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\,  Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alice Yang in Conversation with Cathy Choy: Author of "Asian American Histories of the United States"
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month\, we are pleased to present an engaging opportunity to learn about the histories that make up the Asian and Pacific Islander Diaspora in the United States. Join us for light refreshments and a lively discussion with UCSC Professor of History Alice Yang and Cathy Choy. \nTo register for this event\, visit the Santa Cruz Public Library website. \nCatherine Ceniza Choy is an award-winning Asian American historian and professor of ethnic studies at the University of California\, Berkeley. She is the author of Asian American Histories of the United States  (2022) published by Beacon Press in their ReVisioning History book series. The book features the themes of violence\, erasure\, and resistance in a nearly 200 year history of Asian migration\, labor\, and community formation in the US. It was awarded a 2022 Kirkus Star from Kirkus Reviews for books of exceptional merit; named a Best of 2022 Nonfiction Book by Kirkus Reviews and Ms. Magazine; and featured in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s 2023 National Day of Racial Healing book list and the Texas Library Association’s 2023 Texas Topaz Reading List. \nChoy’s first book\, Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History (2003)\, explored how and why the Philippines became the leading exporter of professional nurses to the United States. Empire of Care received the 2003 American Journal of Nursing History and Public Policy Book Award and the 2005 Association for Asian American Studies History Book Award. Her second book\, Global Families: A History of Asian International Adoption in America (2013)\, unearthed the little-known historical origins of Asian international adoption in the United States beginning with the post-World War II presence of the U.S. military in Asia. A CHOICE book review of Global Families concluded: “A useful corrective to one-dimensional\, romantic portraits of adoption that saturate popular culture today. Summing Up: Highly recommended. *** All levels/libraries.” Choy also co-edited the anthology\, Gendering the Trans-Pacific World (2017)\, with Judy Tzu-Chun Wu. \nAn engaged public scholar\, Choy has been interviewed and had her research cited in many media outlets\, including ABC 20/20\, The Atlantic\, CNN\, Los Angeles Times\, NBC News\, New York Times\, ProPublica\, San Francisco Chronicle\, and Vox\, on topics such as anti-Asian\, coronavirus-related hate and violence\, the disproportionate toll of COVID-19 on Filipino nurses in the United States\, and racism and misogyny in the March 16\, 2021 Atlanta spa shootings. \nChoy is Associate Dean of Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion\, Belonging\, and Justice in UC Berkeley’s Division of Computing\, Data Science\, and Society (CDSS). She is a former Department Chair of Ethnic Studies (2012-2015\, 2018-2019) and a former Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies Division (2019-2021). Choy received her Ph.D. in History from UCLA and her B.A. in History from Pomona College. The daughter of Filipino immigrants\, she was born and raised in New York City. She lives in Berkeley with her husband Greg Choy. \nAlice Yang is chair of the History Department at the University of California at Santa Cruz and co-directs the Center for the Study of Pacific War Memories.  She is also the oral history co-director of the Okinawan Memories Initiative. Between 2010 and 2020\, she served as provost of Stevenson College at UCSC. Alice teaches courses on Asian\, Asian American\, and Pacific Islander history\, transnational memories of the Pacific War\, oral history\, and comparative redress and reparations. Her publications include Historical Memories of the Japanese American Internment and the Struggle for Redress\, Major Problems in Asian American History (co-editor)\, and What Did the Internment of Japanese Americans Mean? (editor). She is currently completing a manuscript on historical memories of Japanese American women’s activism between 1941 and 2021. She is also preparing an exhibit on Japanese American women’s history that is being funded by a California Civil Liberties Public Education Fund grant. She has served as a distinguished lecturer for the Organization of American History and an advisory board member for the exhibit Then They Came for Me: Japanese American Incarceration during World War II and the Demise of Civil Liberties. Her research has been funded by awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the Luce Foundation\, and a UCSC Public Humanities\, Digital\, and Community-Engaged Research Fellowship. \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/alice-yang-in-conversation-with-cathy-choy-author-of-asian-american-histories-of-the-united-state/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Public Library – Capitola
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SUMMARY:Humanities Division Graduate Student Awards Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, May 19\, 2023 as we acknowledge the achievements of our exceptional graduate students at the inaugural Humanities Division Graduate Student Awards Celebration! This in-person event will take place at the Cowell College Provost House. The program will begin at 4:30 p.m\, with a reception to follow the ceremony. Friends and families of awardees are encouraged to celebrate with us. This event will follow the campus-wide Graduate Symposium and Graduate Alumni Brunch.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/humanities-division-graduate-student-awards-celebration/
LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\,  Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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