Events
Week of Events
The Center for Cultural Studies 35th Anniversary Conference
Join us for a celebratory conference in collaborative form, including a conversation with founding director Jim Clifford, lightning talks on Cultural Studies keywords, dialogues, reflections by former graduate student affiliates, and a collective imagining of CCS’s next chapter. Events begin Thursday, October 24 at 5:00 PM and run through Friday evening in Humanities 210 and […]
Sunday, October 20, 2024
No events on this day.
Monday, October 21, 2024
- October 21, 2024 -Mastering the Elevator Pitch with Nada Miljkovich
- October 21, 2024 -Book Celebration: Toxic City and A People’s History of SFO
Mastering the Elevator Pitch with Nada Miljkovich
In this interactive workshop, graduate students will learn how to craft a compelling and concise elevator pitch tailored to their specific goals—whether it’s securing funding, attracting partners, or landing clients. Participants will explore techniques to clearly communicate their vision, project, or business in just a few sentences, leaving a lasting impression. Through guided exercises and […]
Book Celebration: Toxic City and A People’s History of SFO
Join the Center for Critical Urban and Environmental Studies to celebrate the release of two important new books by UCSC faculty exploring power, historical development, and environmental justice in the Bay Area: Lindsey Dillon’s Toxic City and Eric Porter’s A People’s History of SFO (both published by University of California Press). The authors will be […]
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- October 22, 2024 -Burnout: Recognizing, Preventing, Mitigating with Audrey Kim and Nicolette Severson
- October 22, 2024Engaging Digital Democracy: Tools to Recognize Political Dis- and Mis-Information
Burnout: Recognizing, Preventing, Mitigating with Audrey Kim and Nicolette Severson
Burnout is a state of exhaustion that can impact our work, personal lives, health, and overall sense of well-being and purpose. Join us to discuss common causes and symptoms, and learn strategies to recognize, prevent, and manage burnout. This event is on Oct 22, 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Graduate Student Commons, Study Lounge 204. Register below […]
Engaging Digital Democracy: Tools to Recognize Political Dis- and Mis-Information
This event is part of the 2024 U.S. Elections Forum Series - Power, Politics, and Our Democracy UC Santa Cruz is excited to share our U.S. Elections Forum Series to provide a platform for deep conversations about our quickly changing and polarized democracy, and consider how to participate in and help shape our futures. How […]
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- October 23, 2024 -Noreen Khawaja – What is a University? Humboldt and HistCon in Perspective
- October 23, 2024Mjriam Abu Samra – “Intergenerational, Anticolonial Vanguards: The Palestinian Transnational Student Movement in Historical Perspective”
- October 23, 2024 -Employing Humanities – Humanities at Work: Making a Meaningful Career
Noreen Khawaja – What is a University? Humboldt and HistCon in Perspective
This talk reteaches the history of the research university as a series of answers to the question of what symbols are for, what symbols can do. By answers I do not mean simply what scholars have said about these matters, but also what we have done, the worlds we have made in our teaching and […]
Mjriam Abu Samra – “Intergenerational, Anticolonial Vanguards: The Palestinian Transnational Student Movement in Historical Perspective”
This presentation focuses on the political potential of contemporary Palestinian transnational youth activism in Europe and USA. It compares student political engagement namely by examining the formation and development of the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS) during what is regarded as the “golden age” of the Palestinian revolution (1960s-1970s) with contemporary initiatives, efforts and […]
Employing Humanities – Humanities at Work: Making a Meaningful Career
The Humanities Career Engagement Specialist will lead an interactive workshop that will set you up to better understand how your humanities skills can prepare you for a fulfilling career. Free burritos for all who register through our Linktree here! Open to all Humanities Majors and Minors. For more information please email humco@ucsc.edu. Please visit the […]
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- October 24, 2024 -Academic Publishing with Martha Stuit and Erich van Rijn
- October 24, 2024 -Living Writers with Carolina Ixta
Academic Publishing with Martha Stuit and Erich van Rijn
How do you choose a reputable academic journal to publish in? What are your copyrights? What is open access? Where do you find academic publishing support at UCSC beyond your program and department? This event has two sessions: Oct 24, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. via Zoom, or Oct 29, 3:00-4:30 p.m. in Graduate Student Commons, Study […]
Living Writers with Carolina Ixta
Living Writers Series – Fall 2024 Growing Things ~ gardens, poems, emotions, relationships, stories, our artistic practices, carefully tended, beautifully ordered, rewilded and wild ~ About The Living Writers Series The Living Writers Series (LWS) is a live reading series organized especially for the Creative Writing Program community at UCSC. There is a new series […]
Friday, October 25, 2024
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Saturday, October 26, 2024
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