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SUMMARY:Festival of Monsters
DESCRIPTION:Monsters lurk in our culture. They rise in times of growing prejudice\, discrimination and othering. The 2023 Festival of Monsters (Oct. 13-15) — hosted by the UC Santa Cruz Center for Monster Studies — explores the ways monsters and tropes of monstrosity both preserve and conflict with forms of social and cultural injustice. \nHeld in two locations in beautiful Santa Cruz\, Calif\, the 2023 Festival includes an academic conference\, plus performances\, readings\, presentations from monster-makers\, and an exhibit at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) entitled Werewolf Hunters\, Jungle Queens\, and Space Commandos: The Lost Worlds of Women Comics Artists. \nAuthors Mallory O’Meara (The Lady from the Black Lagoon) and Jess Zimmerman (Women and Other Monsters) will give the keynote talks. Author Addie Tsai (Unwieldy Creatures) will read and discuss her book\, which is a queer\, nonbinary\, biracial retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. \nThe full schedule of activities\, event information\, and registration can be found at: https://www.monsterstudies.ucsc.edu/2023festival \nSponsors include the Arts Research Institute of UC Santa Cruz\, UC Santa Cruz Arts Division\, The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz\, Porter College\, the UC Santa Cruz Foundation Board and private donors. Additional support provided by Bookshop Santa Cruz.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/festival-of-monsters-2/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:micha cárdenas - Atoms Never Touch
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the debut of Atoms Never Touch by micha cárdenas; forward by adrienne maree brown. \nJumping to alternate realities sounds great\, if you’re in control. But what if you’re not? What if you’re propelled away from the people and places you love the most in the blink of an eye? And what if these involuntary journeys happen because your neurochemistry is different\, and your brain works differently? \nBeautiful\, compassionate\, and resourceful as she is\, this is Rea’s problem. A latina trans woman and an academic\, she is beloved by a tight circle of friends\, who fully accept her without knowing the cause of her disappearances. But she is haunted by the lovers and family that she cannot trace back to\, and fears she might be separated from them forever. \nEach time she transits into a new time and space\, everything shifts—even the films and writing Rea produces readjust their molecules to match her new quantum reality. But Rea\, a brilliant lay scientist\, is determined to crack the code\, and end her quest for lasting connections and home. \nNow available for preorder. Order now from AK Press or one of the participating bookstores\, and you’ll get a free set of 3 Atoms Never Touch stickers!\nPreorder Atoms Never Touch here: https://www.akpress.org/atoms-never-touch.html\nFierce\, poignant sci-fi\, about hacking\, love\, and resistance. \nPraise for Atoms Never Touch: \n“A shockingly powerful\, wrenchingly beautiful queer cyberpunk fable from debut novelist and veteran artist micha cárdenas. In this slim yet unforgettably striking story\, cárdenas shows us the world we live in through a dark mirror\, transforming the language of cybernetics\, quantum physics\, and neurobiology into haunting metaphors for heartbreak\, social struggle\, and revolution…Cárdenas fearlessly plumbs the depths of her characters’ terror and trauma as they resist the depredations of fascism and digital surveillance\, but also infuses her novel with hope\, healing\, and possibility.” —Kai Cheng Thom\, author of Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir \n“I see this book as in the lineage of Octavia Butler’s Kindred\, an explicitly quantum exploration of the possibility of ancestral love. I love the characters and the queer questions they raise with their living. And I love the message\, which is that love is the code\, love is the pass\, love is the key\, love is all\, love is all\, love is all.” —Alexis Pauline Gumbs\, author of Undrowned \n“What more could we ask for? T4T love and sex\, anti-government sabotage\, travel through the multiverse! Atoms Never Touchis nourishment for radicals surviving the current apocalypse.” —Dean Spade\, author of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (and the Next) \nmicha cárdenas is a multidisciplinary artist\, poet\, and filmmaker. She is Associate Professor of Performance\, Play and Design\, and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. \nadrienne maree brown is a writer rooted in Detroit who now lives in Durham\, NC. She is a student of the works of Octavia E. Butler and Ursula K. Le Guin. Her books include Octavia’s Brood\, Emergent Strategy\, Grievers\, and Maroons. Her visionary fiction has appeared in The Funambulist\, Harvard Design Review\, and Dark Mountain.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/micha-cardenas-atoms-never-touch/
LOCATION:Two Birds Books\, 881 41st Ave\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95062\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231017T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231017T130000
DTSTAMP:20260620T045942
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SUMMARY:PhD+ Series – Mastodon\, Threads\, X: Promote Research on Text-Based Social Media Platforms
DESCRIPTION:Ready to promote your research on social media? This seminar will help you learn how! Explore how to promote your research and expertise on the text-based social media platforms Mastodon\, Threads\, and X (formerly Twitter). We’ll cover how to use each platform\, how each works\, how to communicate effectively on each platform and how to pick the right platform for you and your goals. \nKayla Isenberg is senior director of digital engagement for UC Santa Cruz\, where she runs digital strategy for the main campus social media properties and advises on divisional and other social media accounts across campus. She has over 15 years of experience in digital marketing and social media working for a variety of companies from startups to Fortune 500. She was listed on the Forbes 40 under 40 list for her work at Warner Bros Records. In her work in higher education she has won multiple CASE awards for her work in digital marketing and social media at UC Santa Cruz and been a featured speaker at CASE social media conferences. \n \nThis workshop is presented by the Division of Graduate Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2023-2024 PhD+ series. The Division of Graduate Studies’ workshops are for current UC Santa Cruz graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and require an active UC Santa Cruz email address. \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series \nJoin us for the eighth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted (or co-sponsored) by The Humanities Institute. Our meetings provide the opportunity to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grant/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-series-mastodon-threads-x/
LOCATION:Graduate Student Commons\, Room 204\, 420 Hagar Dr\, Santa Cruz\, 95064
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231017T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231017T133000
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SUMMARY:National Endowment for the Humanities Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Tuesday\, October 17th from 12:00-1:30 p.m. for a virtual open forum Q&A with Program Officers from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). \nThis event will be guided by faculty questions. If you would like to submit questions for the Program Officers in advance\, please fill out this form. \nWe will be joined by the following NEH Program Officers: \n\nSheila Brennan\, Senior Program Officer\, Office of Digital Humanities\nMadison Hendron\, Program Officer\, Division of Research Programs\nHannah Schell\, Program Officer\, Division of Education Programs\n\n \nSheila A. Brennan is a Senior Program Officer in the Office of Digital Humanities and team lead for the Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities grant program. She is formerly the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media and Research Associate Professor in the department of history and art history at George Mason University. She has managed more than thirty digital humanities projects and trained many students and professionals in digital methods. She is the author of an open access digital monograph\, Stamping American Memory: Collectors\, Citizens\, and the Post (Michigan 2018). She has a PhD in American and digital history from George Mason. \nMadison Hendren is a Program Officer in the Division of Research Programs where she has worked since November 2020. At NEH\, she oversees the John W. Kluge Fellowships review and is a member of the Collaborative Research program management team. Prior to joining NEH\, she earned a Ph.D. in Italian studies from the University of Chicago (December 2020). Her dissertation considered the function of games and contests in Boccaccio’s Teseida. \nHannah Schell is a Program Officer in the Division of Education Programs. She holds a B.A. in philosophy from Oberlin College and earned her Ph.D. in religion from Princeton University. Prior to joining the NEH in 2022\, she worked with the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education\, a program of the Council of Independent Colleges\, and served seventeen years on the faculty of Monmouth College in Illinois. Schell is co-author of Christian Thought in America: A Brief History (Fortress Press).
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/national-endowment-for-the-humanities-qa/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231018T110000
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SUMMARY:PhD+ Series – Preparing the Teaching Statement and Portfolio
DESCRIPTION:Gain tools and tips for effectively writing a teaching statement\, a common document in faculty hiring and review processes and an opportunity to reflect on how your teaching supports student learning. We’ll also review how to select teaching portfolio materials that tell a compelling story of who you are as an educator. \nKendra Dority\, left\, Director for Graduate Student and Postdoc Professional Development. Roxanna Villalobos\, right\, Education Specialist for Graduate Student and Postdoc Development.\nKendra Dority\, Ph.D.\, has been an engaged member of the teaching and learning community at UC Santa Cruz since 2009\, serving as a Teaching Fellow and Teaching Assistant in the Literature Department and as a Lecturer at Porter College before joining the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) in 2017. With the TLC\, she directs professional development opportunities for graduate students and postdocs in their roles as teachers and mentors\, and enjoys uplifting the contributions of these educators to our campus community and beyond. She received her Ph.D. in Literature from UCSC. \nRoxanna Villalobos\, Ph.D.\, has been an engaged member of the teaching and learning community at UC Santa Cruz since 2017\, serving as a Graduate Student Instructor and Teaching Assistant in the Sociology Department and as a Graduate Student Mentor through various mentoring programs. Roxanna joined the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) in 2023 as an Educational Specialist after receiving her Ph.D. in Sociology and Latin American and Latino Studies from UC Santa Cruz. In this position\, Roxanna develops and facilitates research-based professional development programs\, workshops\, and resources focused on equity-minded and inclusive teaching for graduate students and postdocs across all disciplines. \n \nThis workshop is presented by the Division of Graduate Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute as part of our 2023-2024 PhD+ series. The Division of Graduate Studies’ workshops are for current UC Santa Cruz graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and require an active UC Santa Cruz email address. \nAbout the PhD+ Workshop Series \nJoin us for the eighth year of PhD+ Workshops\, hosted (or co-sponsored) by The Humanities Institute. Our meetings provide the opportunity to discuss possible career paths for PhDs\, internship possibilities\, grant/fellowships\, work/life balance\, elements of style\, online identity issues\, and much\, much more.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/phd-series-preparing-the-teaching-statement-and-portfolio/
LOCATION:Graduate Student Commons\, Room 204\, 420 Hagar Dr\, Santa Cruz\, 95064
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231018T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231018T133000
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SUMMARY:Martina Broner – From Arboreal to Aerial: Seeing the Amazon from Above
DESCRIPTION:Can seeing the Amazon from above bring about new perspectives on the forest at a critical time? This talk proposes that the documentary Helena Sarayaku manta (dir. Eriberto Gualinga\, 2021) rethinks the aerial view by pushing against its historical associations with omniscience and a desire for mastery and by reframing it instead around the vitality of the forest in a site that resists exploitation: the Indigenous territory of Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon. As I examine the role of trees in the film’s production\, I argue that Helena Sarayaku manta achieves this new aerial grammar through an attunement to the arboreal. \nMartina Broner’s research sits at the intersection of Latin American cinema and media studies and the environmental humanities. Her book manuscript\, “Forest Formats: Media and Environment in the Amazon\,” examines new media formats that emerge from entanglements between human and other living entities in the transnational Amazon rainforest. She is assistant professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Dartmouth. \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. \nStaff assistance is provided by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/ccs-colloquium-with-martina-broner/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231019T172000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231019T190000
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SUMMARY:Living Writers – J. Vanessa Lyon
DESCRIPTION:J. Vanessa Lyon is the author of Lush Lives (an inaugural title of Roxane Gay Books/Grove Atlantic)\, the Audible Original The Groves\, and Meet Me in Madrid\, written under the pseudonym Verity Lowell. A James Baldwin fellow at MacDowell and Bread Loaf Contributor in Nonfiction\, she received a PhD in the history of art from UC Berkeley and teaches visual culture–with a focus on race\, queerness\, and gender–at Bennington College in Vermont. \nSponsored by The Puknat Literary Endowment\, The Porter Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, The Laurie Sain Endowment\, The Humanities Institute\, Bookshop Santa Cruz\, and Two Birds Books (where the writers’ books are available for purchase)
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-j-vanessa-lyon/
LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T180000
DTSTAMP:20260620T045942
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SUMMARY:The Micro as Macro: Narrating World Histories of Science\, Technology\, and Environment
DESCRIPTION:The Center for World History presents the fourth Graduate Student Conference: “The Micro as Macro: Narrating World Histories of Science\, Technology\, and Environment” in Humanities 1\, Room 210 (and online)\, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. \nWhile world history topics have expanded recently to include diverse areas\, the Euro-American experience continues to dominate scholarship and is often treated as the assumed global model. The UCSC Center for World History’s fourth graduate student conference explores non-European places and actors by centering on techno-scientific\, environmental\, sensorial\, and spatial-based themes that reveal how the relationship between “small” subjects like microorganisms have shaped world history in ways that challenge or reimagine conceptions of progress and development. With this in mind\, this conference will focus on histories spanning from 1700 to the present that tell global stories through small subjects such as viruses\, cotton seeds\, and metal alloys. By inviting a wide range of chronological and geographic loci\, we hope to expand our definition of world history to one that does not default toward Euro-American experiences. \nThe program is available here. \nRegister for online participation here. \nDr. David Fedman\, Associate Professor of History at UC Irvine and author of Seeds of Control: Japan’s Empire of Forestry in Colonial Korea\, will deliver the keynote address. \nThis is a hybrid conference. To attend virtually\, please register here. If you can join in person\, we would love to see you in Humanities 1\, room 210. \nConference Organizing Committee: Clara Bergamini\, Piper Milton\, Alexyss McClellan-Ufugusuku\, Jinghong Zhang \nFree and open to the campus community and the public.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-micro-as-macro-narrating-world-histories-of-science-technology-and-environment/
LOCATION:Virtual and In Person
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