Events
Cowell Provost House
The Deppe Memorial Lecture with Professor Dan-El Padilla Peralta
Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe UCSC Classical Studies Program presents The Deppe Memorial Lecture, taking place Friday, May 16th at the Cowell Provost house at 4:00pm (reception to follow). Professor Dan-El Padilla Peralta (Princeton University) will be giving a talk titled "The Bringer of Fire: Prometheus in Santo Domingo." This lecture will examine the Prometeo of the Dominican poet, […]
The Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series: Andy Bruno – An Environmental History of the Tunguska Mystery
Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe third annual Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series will take place on Thursday, May 15th, 2025, at 12:30pm at the Cowell Provost House. This event will be livestreamed and recorded (link to be provided soon). This year's guest speaker is Andy Bruno, Stephen F. Cohen Chair of Russian History and Professor, Indiana University Bloomington. […]
POSTPONED – Humanities Division Graduate Awards Ceremony
Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWe are postponing the Humanities Division Graduate Awards. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Information about rescheduling to come.
The Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series & Thom Gentle Lecture
Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series & Thom Gentle Lecture will take place on Thursday, May 2nd, 2024, at 3:00pm at the Cowell Provost House. This event will also be livestreamed and recorded: Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series Lecture. This year's guest speaker is Bathsheba Demuth, Dean’s Associate Professor […]
The Deppe Memorial Lecture with Professor Emily Gowers
Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe UCSC Classical Studies Program presents The Carl Mark Deppe Memorial Lecture, taking place this Friday, April 5 at the Cowell Provost house at 4:00pm (reception to follow). This year, Professor Emily Gowers (University of Cambridge) will be giving a talk titled "Sallust's Salient Snails." The lecture will focus on a brief episode in Sallust's […]
Celebrating the Humanities Spring Awards
Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesPlease mark your calendars for Thursday, June 1, 2022 as we acknowledge the achievements of our outstanding students and faculty at the annual Celebrating the Humanities Spring Awards event. This year, the hybrid event will take place at the Cowell Provost House with the program beginning at 4 p.m and a reception to follow the […]
Humanities Division Graduate Student Awards Celebration
Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin 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 […]
The Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series: Inaugural Lecture by Asif Siddiqi
Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesYou 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. Drawing on insights from Maya Peterson’s […]
Karen Tei Yamashita Lifetime Achievement Award Celebration
Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesPlease join us in a celebration of Karen Tei Yamashita's Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Foundation. Karen's books will be for sale at the event through Bookshop Santa Cruz. For more information contact: meperks@ucsc.edu. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program, the Literature Department, and Cowell College.
Stephen Roddy: Testing Allegiances – Ueda Akinari’s Rewriting of an Exemplary Chinese Friendship
Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk examines the transcultural implications of Ueda Akinari's (1734-1809) short story "The Chrysanthemum Pledge" (Kikka no chigiri), a masterpiece considered to have overshadowed the 17th-century Chinese tale of exemplary friendship on which it is closely modeled. Despite the Confucian tenor of both the Chinese and the Japanese versions, I argue that Akinari subtly but […]