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 […]
Mastering the Elevator Pitch with Nada Miljkovich
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
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 […]
Burnout: Recognizing, Preventing, Mitigating with Audrey Kim and Nicolette Severson
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
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 […]
Noreen Khawaja – What is a University? Humboldt and HistCon in Perspective
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 […]
Mjriam Abu Samra – “Intergenerational, Anticolonial Vanguards: The Palestinian Transnational Student Movement in Historical Perspective”
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 […]
Employing Humanities – Humanities at Work: Making a Meaningful Career
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 […]
Academic Publishing with Martha Stuit and Erich van Rijn
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 […]
Living Writers with Carolina Ixta
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 […]