Events

The Fusional Linguistics Initiative presents, Zhongmin Chen (Fudan University) speaking on "Re-evaluating the Development of the Chinese Language: the 'One-center Multi-Layer' Development Hypothesis." This talk will take place Monday, February […]

Join us for a screening of the film, The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life, and a discussion with the film’s Co-Director and Executive Producer, Persis Karim, who will be in conversation with UCSC PhD candidate, Shirin Towfiq. The film shares a multi-generational perspective of those who came to the U.S. as students, […]

This presentation will discuss the history of Anglophone translations of Capital (Vol. 1) Karl Marx’s magnus opus, paying particular attention to the different circumstances that have shaped important translation decisions. It will also identify some of the major translation challenges the text poses and ask how the meaning of the Capital varies according to how […]

Wondering about your career options? Your curiosity is one of your greatest assets for discovering career possibilities, for building your network, and for creating a fulfilling professional life. Join this […]

Winter 2025 Anthropology Colloquium Series, “It’s Not Love, It’s Deception”: The Affective Politics of Law and Majoritarianism in Himalayan India with Radhika Govindrajan. This talk draws on ethnographic research in […]

Since India’s independence in 1947, militarization, the extractive regime, and capital have significantly transformed the agrarian landscape in Northeast India. This talk is based on ongoing ethnographic work in Assam among the former insurgents of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) who have taken up farming. Reclaiming the fields and the commons has been […]

Beloved Grammy-nominated musician Neko Case will share her new book, THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU — a "heartbreaking and funny" memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood, obsessive […]