BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Humanities Institute - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Humanities Institute X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Humanities Institute REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20100314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20101107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20110313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20111106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250516T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250516T160000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20250515T200644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T201356Z UID:10007696-1747411200-1747411200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:The Deppe Memorial Lecture with Professor Dan-El Padilla Peralta DESCRIPTION:The 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). \nProfessor Dan-El Padilla Peralta (Princeton University) will be giving a talk titled “The Bringer of Fire: Prometheus in Santo Domingo.” \nThis lecture will examine the Prometeo of the Dominican poet\, playwright\, and novelist Héctor Incháustegui Cabral (1912-1979). Published together with adaptations of Sophocles’s Philotectes and Euripides’s Hippolytus in 1964\, Cabral’s take on Aeschylus is an underappreciated turning-point in Dominican and Caribbean experiments with Greek tragedy — and an effective springboard for critical reflection on the cross-hatching of race\, politics\, and classical reception in the 20th- and 21st-century Black Aegean. \nAll are welcome to attend this event. We hope to see you there! URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-deppe-memorial-lecture-with-professor-dan-el-padilla-peralta/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/deppe-memorial-banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250515T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250515T140000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20250501T204024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T205558Z UID:10007682-1747312200-1747317600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:The Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series: Andy Bruno - An Environmental History of the Tunguska Mystery DESCRIPTION:The 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). \nThis year’s guest speaker is Andy Bruno\, Stephen F. Cohen Chair of Russian History and Professor\, Indiana University Bloomington. Professor Bruno’s lecture is titled “An Environmental History of the Tunguska Mystery.” \nIn 1908\, the Tunguska explosion in Siberia knocked down an area of forest larger than London. While most scientists now believe that an airburst from an asteroid caused the blast\, unmistakable remnants of a space rock have never been found. Over the last century\, the mysterious nature of the event has prompted a wide array of speculation and investigation\, including from science fiction writers and voluntary researchers. Some have even explained Tunguska as a nuclear explosion triggered by aliens. This presentation will recount the intriguing history of the Tunguska event and the investigations into it. Foregrounding the significance of mystery in environmental and Soviet history\, it will show how efforts to understand the explosion have shaped the treatment of the landscape\, how uncertainty allowed alternative forms of knowledge to enter scientific conversations\, and how cosmic disasters have influenced the past and might affect the future. \nAndy Bruno works as a professor in the Department of History at Indiana University Bloomington\, where he holds the Stephen F. Cohen Chair of Russian History. A specialist in the environmental history of the Soviet Union\, he is the author of The Nature of Soviet Power: An Arctic Environmental History (2016) and Tunguska: A Siberian Mystery and its Environmental Legacy (2022)\, which recently appeared in paperback. \nThis event is made possible by The Maya K. Peterson Memorial Endowment and is co-sponsored by the UCSC History Department. \n\n\nThe Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series at UCSC honors the life and spirit of a brilliant scholar\, teacher\, and mentor whose career was cut short by her untimely death in 2021. A specialist in Russian\, Central Asian and environmental history\, Maya was a valued member of UCSC’s faculty in the History Department and the Humanities Division. The Explorations in History Seminar Series celebrates Maya’s passions for the study of history\, for dialogue between the humanities and the sciences\, and for innovative scholarship across disciplines—passions that she shared generously with students\, colleagues\, and communities around the globe. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-maya-k-peterson-explorations-in-history-seminar-series-andy-bruno/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240517T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240517T190000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20240221T195937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T165802Z UID:10007308-1715965200-1715972400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Humanities Division Graduate Awards Ceremony DESCRIPTION:We are postponing the Humanities Division Graduate Awards. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Information about rescheduling to come. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/humanities-division-graduate-awards/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/gradawards-banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240502T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240502T163000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20240423T173330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T211215Z UID:10007410-1714662000-1714667400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:The Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series & Thom Gentle Lecture DESCRIPTION:The 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. \nThis year’s guest speaker is Bathsheba Demuth\, Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Environment and Society\, Brown University. Professor Demuth’s lecture is titled “The Reindeer Herd in the Ruins.” \nClimate change is often described in apocalyptic terms: as Armageddon\, or the end of the world. Nowhere is this more true than in the Arctic\, where the rates of warming are twice that of temperate regions\, and have been visible for decades. This talk looks to the history of the Chukchi Peninsula on the far northeastern edge of Russia — a place that has experienced radical changes in the past\, first with the founding of the Soviet Union and then with its dissolution — to explore what kinds of narratives suit the experience of radical change. Weaving a story of devoted Bolsheviks\, Chukchi nomads\, and herds of reindeer\, it asks what is lost when we emphasize rupture\, and what is gained by paying attention to the ruins left by past ways of living\, as we face a transformed Arctic – and planet. \nBathsheba Demuth is a writer and environmental historian specializing in the lands and seas of the Russian and North American Arctic. Her interest in northern places and cultures began when she was 18 and moved to the village of Old Crow in the Yukon\, where she trained huskies for several years. From the archive to the dog sled\, she is interested in how the histories of people\, ideas\, and ecologies intersect. In addition to her prize-winning book Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait\, her writing has appeared in publications from The American Historical Review to The New Yorker and The Best American Science and Nature Writing. She is currently the Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Environment and Society at Brown University. \n\nThe Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series at UCSC honors the life and spirit of a brilliant scholar\, teacher\, and mentor whose career was cut short by her untimely death in 2021. A specialist in Russian\, Central Asian and environmental history\, Maya was a valued member of UCSC’s faculty in the History Department and the Humanities Division. The Explorations in History Seminar Series celebrates Maya’s passions for the study of history\, for dialogue between the humanities and the sciences\, and for innovative scholarship across disciplines—passions that she shared generously with students\, colleagues\, and communities around the globe. \nThis year’s event is being sponsored by The Maya K. Peterson Memorial Endowment\, the Thom Gentle Endowment in History\, and the UCSC History Department. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-maya-k-peterson-explorations-in-history-seminar-series-thom-gentle-lecture/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240405T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240405T160000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20240402T015736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240402T022455Z UID:10007395-1712332800-1712332800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:The Deppe Memorial Lecture with Professor Emily Gowers DESCRIPTION:The 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). \nThis year\, Professor Emily Gowers (University of Cambridge) will be giving a talk titled “Sallust’s Salient Snails.” \nThe lecture will focus on a brief episode in Sallust’s Jugurtha\, where a soldier’s encounter with some tiny snails and a tree in the African desert changes the course of history. Gowers will read it for its unusually detailed style of narrative\, and ask what it tells us about the role of small things in historiography\, as well as about Sallust’s conception of time and space and his own contribution as a historian. \nAll are welcome to attend this event. We hope to see you there! \n  URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-deppe-memorial-lecture-with-professor-emily-gowers/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Deppe-Memorial-Banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230601T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230601T190000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20230420T164002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230525T222727Z UID:10006117-1685635200-1685646000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Celebrating the Humanities Spring Awards  DESCRIPTION:Please 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 ceremony. Friends and families of awardees are encouraged to attend. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/celebrating-the-humanities-spring-awards/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/spring_awards.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230519T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230519T190000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20230420T163849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230511T214327Z UID:10006116-1684513800-1684522800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Humanities Division Graduate Student Awards Celebration DESCRIPTION:Join 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 of awardees are encouraged to celebrate with us. This event will follow the campus-wide Graduate Symposium and Graduate Alumni Brunch. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/humanities-division-graduate-student-awards-celebration/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Website-Events-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230517T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230517T160000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20230504T032412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230504T033155Z UID:10007269-1684332000-1684339200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:The Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series: Inaugural Lecture by Asif Siddiqi DESCRIPTION:You 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. \nDrawing on insights from Maya Peterson’s work on water management projects in Central Asia\, this talk focuses on the design and construction of the infamous White Sea-Baltic Canal in the Soviet north in the early 1930s. Known colloquially as the Belomor Canal\, this was the very first infrastructural project to use mass forced labor from the emerging Gulag camp system. Despite the death of some 10\,000 laborers in building the canal\, the project was advertised internationally as a successful monument to the ability of humans to remake the natural world. In his paper\, Professor Siddiqi focuses on the role of scientists and engineers who designed and built the canal\, one which came to represent a form of “hydraulic monumentalism” so emblematic of Soviet modernity. As instruments of a form of internal colonization of Soviet space\, these scientists and engineers embraced\, some under coercion and some freely\, the use of mass forced labor as a solution to large-scale engineering projects across the Soviet Union. The outcome was a deeply damaging but enduring relationship between scientific expertise\, the natural environment\, and the constitution of Soviet empire. \nAsif Siddiqi is a professor of history at Fordhamm University\, and specializes in the history of science and technology and modern Russian history. \n  \n  \n  \nThis event is being sponsored by The Maya K. Peterson Memorial Endowment\, the UCSC History Department\, and The Humanities Institute. \nThe Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series at UCSC honors the life and spirit of a brilliant scholar\, teacher\, and mentor whose career was cut short by her untimely death in 2021. A specialist in Russian\, Central Asian and environmental history\, Maya was a valued member of UCSC’s faculty in the History Department and the Humanities Division. The Explorations in History Seminar Series celebrates Maya’s passions for the study of history\, for dialogue between the humanities and the sciences\, and for innovative scholarship across disciplines—passions that she shared generously with students\, colleagues\, and communities around the globe. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-maya-k-peterson-explorations-in-history-seminar-series-inaugural-lecture-by-asif-siddiqi/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220513T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220513T180000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20220416T023259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220416T023259Z UID:10007087-1652457600-1652464800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Karen Tei Yamashita Lifetime Achievement Award Celebration DESCRIPTION:Please 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. \nSponsored by the Creative Writing Program\, the Literature Department\, and Cowell College. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/karen-tei-yamashita-lifetime-achievement-award-celebration/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191122T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191122T170000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20191115T212429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191115T212429Z UID:10005664-1574434800-1574442000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Stephen Roddy: Testing Allegiances - Ueda Akinari's Rewriting of an Exemplary Chinese Friendship DESCRIPTION:This 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 unmistakably undermines the moral rectitude of the protagonists recounted in his tale. By reading this and other examples of Akinari’s fiction in juxtaposition with the author’s extensive oeuvre of wagaku and other scholarship\, we can more fully appreciate his nuanced position as both connoisseur and skeptic toward cultural products emanating from the Western Lands (which for him mostly meant China and India). \nStephen Roddy is a professor of Modern and Classical Languages\, received his PhD in East Asian Studies from Princeton University\, and specializes in the fiction and other prose genres of 18th and 19th century China and Japan. His current interests focus on the influences of Chinese fiction on late-Tokugawa writers\, and of Meiji-period thinkers on essayists of the late-Qing. He teaches courses in Japanese and Chinese literature\, culture\, and language. \nFor further information\, Contact Minghui Hu (mhu@ucsc.edu) URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/stephen-roddy-testing-allegiances-ueda-akinaris-rewriting-of-an-exemplary-chinese-friendship/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191114T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191114T180000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20190821T174451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191121T002635Z UID:10006764-1573747200-1573754400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:THI Open House DESCRIPTION:Join us as we kick off the 20th anniversary of The Humanities Institute: a vibrant community at the center of UC Santa Cruz and at the cutting edge of Humanities research\, education\, and public engagement. \nRaise a glass\, meet our fellows\, and connect with your colleagues. In many ways\, The Humanities Institute is a demonstration of where the Humanities is headed and we are stronger when we do this work together. \n \nThe Open House is an opportunity to celebrate the community we’ve built over the past 20 years and to acknowledge where we want to be. \nPhotos by Crystal Birns \nIf you have trouble viewing above images\, you may view this album directly on Flickr. \n\n  \nAfter the open house celebration\, please join us for Living Writers: After Ursula on November 14th at 7pm in the Humanities Lecture Hall. Four renowned writers–Karen Joy Fowler\, Molly Gloss\, Nisi Shawl and Kim Stanley Robinson–will participate in a conversation centered around sci/fi speculative fiction author Ursula LeGuin\, who recently died in 2018. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/thi-open-house/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/event_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191028T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191028T170000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20191023T233548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191028T163023Z UID:10006793-1572274800-1572282000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Glenn Tiffert: Censorship\, Digitalization and the Fragility of Our Knowledge Base - Lessons from China DESCRIPTION:Technological and economic forces are radically restructuring our ecosystem of knowledge\, and opening our information space increasingly to forms of digital disruption and manipulation that are scalable\, difficult to detect\, and corrosive of the trust upon which vigorous scholarship and liberal democratic practice depend. Using an illustrative case from the people’s republic of china\, this talk shows how a determined actor can exploit those vulnerabilities to tamper dynamically with the historical record. It furthermore demonstrates that machine learning models can now accurately reproduce the choices made by human censors\, and warns that we are on the cusp of a new\, algorithmic paradigm of information control and censorship that poses an existential threat to the foundations of all empirically-grounded disciplines. At a time of ascendant illiberalism around the world\, robust\, collective safeguards are urgently required to defend the integrity of our source base\, and the knowledge we derive from it. \nGlenn Tiffert is a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Tiffert earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of California\, Berkeley. From 2015-2017\, he was the Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow in Residence at the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, where he also held faculty appointments in the History Department and Asian Languages & Cultures Department\, and taught undergraduate and graduate courses on modern China. He has taught at Berkeley\, Harvard\, and UCLA\, and currently serves on the Projects and Proposals Committee of the American Society for Legal History. \n  \nFor further information\, contact Minghui Hu: mhu@ucsc.edu URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/glenn-tiffert-censorship-digitalization-and-the-fragility-of-our-knowledge-base-lessons-from-china/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191018T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191018T153000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20191007T214620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T214620Z UID:10006786-1571407200-1571412600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Don Rothman Endowed Award in First-Year Writing DESCRIPTION:Please join the Writing Program in celebrating UC Santa Cruz’s tenth annual Don Rothman Endowed Award in First-Year Writing ceremony on Friday\, October 18 from 2:00-3:30pm in Cowell Provost House. Chancellor Larive\, UCSC VPDUE Richard Hughey\, Writing Program Chair Tonya Ritola\, and Writing Program faculty members will be attending the ceremony along with this year’s four winners and their families. \n \nWe hope to see you at the event as we honor student writing and the legacy of Don Rothman. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/don-rothman-endowed-award-in-first-year-writing/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190503T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190503T170000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20190426T204343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190426T204457Z UID:10005603-1556899200-1556902800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:The Carl Mark Deppe Memorial Lecture: Alex Purves DESCRIPTION:Carl Deppe was a charismatic young man and a promising student. In 1985 he was a sophomore at UCSC\, studying Greek and ancient philosophy. While returning from a rock concert\, he was killed by a drunk driver on Highway 17. His parents\, George and Patricia Deppe\, along with his friends\, established this annual lecture series in his memory as a tribute to his interest in classical antiquity. Each spring a distinguished scholar is invited to give the Carl Mark Deppe lecture. This year’s lecuture will be given by Professor Alex Purves\, UCLA \nIt is customary to begin each annual lecture by reading the essay Carl wrote when he applied for admission to the University of California: you can see that essay here. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/carl-mark-deppe-memorial-lecture-professor-alex-purves/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181008T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181008T180000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20180925T154858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181003T172404Z UID:10005521-1539014400-1539021600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Digital Humanities Meet Up DESCRIPTION:Join the Digital Humanities campus community for a Fall Quarter Meet Up. This is an opportunity to meet digital scholarship practitioners across campus and connect as we start a new year. The Meet Up is informal: please invite colleagues interested in building a DH portfolio and learning more about digital scholarship. \nZac Zimmer\, Assistant Professor of Literature\, will present a short paper\, “Cryptography\, Subjectivity and Spyware: From PGP Source Code and Internals to Pegasus\,” to kick off a DH-focused conversation related to the 2018 – 2019 THI theme\, Data and Democracy.  \nRead Cyberwar for Sale beforehand and come prepared to discuss the issues \nThis brief intervention will use two examples from the world of secure communications to explore the intersection of global norms of privacy and local conceptions of political subjectivity. \nThe first example is a book published by Philip Zimmermann and MIT Press in 1995. That 900-page tome was a hard copy print out of the source code for his open source implementation of the public-key RSA cryptosystem. In the early 1990s\, Zimmermann was being prosecuted by the US Government for distributing his software. By publishing his source code as a book\, Zimmermann claimed free speech protections\, while resourceful users knew that by scanning the pages they’d be able to compile their own versions of the software. PGP has since gone through several iterations\, yet remains a global standard for email encryption. And yet it is not foolproof. In 2017\, The Citizen Lab reported an exploit used by the Mexican state. “Pegasus\,” produced by the Israeli cyberarms firm the NSO Group\, allowed Mexican authorities to surveil and target Mexican lawyers\, journalists\, activists\, and others. Pegasus uses social engineering and “spear-phising” attacks to compromise communications systems. There is no cryptographic solution to Pegasus. \nThrough tracing the trajectory from PGP to Pegasus\, I pose the following questions: Is there a work-around to surveillance society? Will Big Data recognize any other civil rights framework\, other than “privacy”? Is there a way to “transmediate” cryptographic protocols\, in the spirit of Zimmermann and MIT Press’ collaboration\, in order to protect against exploits like Pegasus? \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Digital Scholarship Commons URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/digital-humanities-meet-2/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/aidan-granberry-630661-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180608T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180608T190000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20180125T194011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180716T181228Z UID:10005449-1528473600-1528484400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Celebrating the Humanities: Spring Awards and Retirement Celebration DESCRIPTION:Humanists study the stories of humanity\, in all their wonderful and tragic manifestations. The annual “Celebrating the Humanities” event is an opportunity for you to participate in this never-ending exploration of what it means to be human. \nHumanities Division’s awards acknowledge those who have achieved special recognition\, distinctions and honors over the course of this last year. See the event program and all award winners here. \n \n Celebrating the Humanities – 2018 Spring Awards from THI on Vimeo. \nView our full event photo album on Flickr: \nIf you have trouble viewing above images\, you may view this album directly on Flickr. \nProgram Schedule\n4:00-5:00pm Spring Awards \n5:00-5:30pm Undergraduate Research Fellowship Poster Session \n5:30-7:00pm Retirement Celebration URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/humanities-spring-awards/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180509T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180509T170000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20180319T201507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180502T183257Z UID:10006614-1525878000-1525885200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:POSTPONED Digital Humanities Meet Up DESCRIPTION:**THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED** \nShare your digital research with the DH community!  \nJoin the DH Research Cluster to learn more about DH research on campus at an informal meet up. We invite researchers across campus to share their work with a short\, lightening style presentation. The introductions will be open-mic style\, do you do not have to prepare in advance. This is an opportunity to meet new colleagues\, share your work\, and recognize mutual research interests. \n\nAll students\, faculty\, staff welcome. You do not have to present to attend. \nFood and drinks courtesy of The Humanities Institute. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/digital-humanities-meet/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171019T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171019T173000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20171007T181058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171007T181058Z UID:10006554-1508427000-1508434200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Digital Humanities Happy Hour DESCRIPTION:Share your digital research with the DH community!  \nJoin the DH Research Cluster to learn more about DH research on campus at an informal happy hour. We invite researchers across campus to share their work with a short\, lightening style presentation. The introductions will be open-mic style\, do you do not have to prepare in advance. This is an opportunity to meet new colleagues\, share your work\, and recognize mutual research interests. \n\nAll students\, faculty\, staff welcome. You do not have to present to attend. \nFood and drinks courtesy of the Institute for Humanities Research. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/digital-humanities-happy-hour-2-2/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170607T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170607T180000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20170321T185831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170321T185831Z UID:10006482-1496851200-1496858400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Celebrating Excellence in the Humanities: 2016-17 Spring Awards DESCRIPTION:Event Photos: by Sarah Caldwell\nIf you have trouble viewing above images\, you may view this album directly on Flickr. \nHumanists study the stories of humanity\, in all their wonderful and tragic manifestations. The annual “Celebrating the Humanities” event is an opportunity for you to participate in this never-ending exploration of what it means to be human. \nHumanities Division’s awards acknowledge those who have achieved special recognition\, distinctions and honors over the course of this last year. Past year’s categories for acknowledgement have been: \nFaculty Awards and Honors\nResearch Grants and Fellowships\nTeaching Awards and Instructional Innovation Major Publications\nUndergraduate Awards and Honors \nHumanities Undergraduate Research Awards (HUGRA) – supports and encourages undergraduate research in the Humanities \nDean’s and Chancellor’s Awards – granted to undergraduates who have completed an outstanding senior thesis or project during the current academic year. \n  \n \nClick here to download the Humanities Spring Awards Program URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/celebrating-excellence-in-the-humanities-2016-17-spring-awards-2/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2016-17-Spring-Awards-marketing-tools-jguild@ucsc.edu-UC-Santa-Cruz-Mail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161025T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161025T190000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20161013T172710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161013T172710Z UID:10006410-1477414800-1477422000@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Digital Research Happy Hour DESCRIPTION:Get to know the DH Research community to learn more about digital research on campus at an informal happy hour. We invite researchers across campus to discuss their work with a short\, lightening style presentation. This is an opportunity to share our projects and meet new colleagues.\n\nInterested researchers are encouraged to send 1 slide that represents your digital project to Rachel Deblinger to be accompanied by a short (1 – 2 min) introduction. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/digital-research-happy-hour-2/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160531T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160531T180000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20160405T204746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160405T204746Z UID:10005229-1464710400-1464717600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Celebrating Excellence in the Humanities: 2015-16 Spring Awards DESCRIPTION:Humanists study the stories of humanity\, in all their wonderful and tragic manifestations. The annual “Celebrating the Humanities” event is an opportunity for you to participate in this never-ending exploration of what it means to be human. \nEvent Photos:\nIf you have trouble viewing above images\, you may view this album directly on Flickr. \nI hope you will be able to join me on Tuesday\, May 31 from 4-6 pm at Cowell Provost House. Activities will include a poster presentation by the recipients of our Humanities Undergraduate Research Awards\, remarks by student scholarship recipients\, and last but not least – refreshments on the lawn. \nHumanities Division’s 2015-16 awards acknowledge those who have achieved special recognition\, distinctions and honors over the course of this last year. The categories for acknowledgement are: \nFaculty Awards and Honors\nResearch Grants and Fellowships\nTeaching Awards and Instructional Innovation Major Publications\nUndergraduate Awards and Honors \nHumanities Undergraduate Research Awards (HUGRA) – supports and encourages undergraduate research in the Humanities \nDean’s and Chancellor’s Awards – granted to undergraduates who have completed an outstanding senior thesis or project during the current academic year\nThis year\, the Humanities Division is a proud sponsor of the 2016 Annual Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity (CAAFD). Established in 2003\, these awards honor and showcase people and programs that have made outstanding contributions to furthering diversity\, inclusion\, and excellence at UC Santa Cruz. \nI look forward to seeing you in May. \nTyler Stovall\nDean of Humanities URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/celebrating-excellence-in-the-humanities-2015-16-spring-awards-3/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/index.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160505T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160505T180000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20160426T211431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160426T211431Z UID:10006378-1462467600-1462471200@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carol Dougherty: "Nobody's Home: Metis\, Improvisation\, and the Instability of Return in Homer's Odyssey" DESCRIPTION:The UCSC Classical Studies Program presents The Annual Carl Deppe Lecture with\nProfessor Carol Dougherty Wellesley College \nThis talk considers Homer’s Odyssey in light of recent work in improvisatory studies to suggest that returning home is a creative rather than restorative act. Odysseus is famous for his mētis\, exactly the kind of practical reasoning upon which improvisation depends\, and close readings of his encounters abroad with the Cyclops and at home with Eumaeus\, Telemachus\, Penelope\, and Laertes will show that Odysseus’ lies and acts of deception do not temporarily disguise his true identity but rather enable him to construct himself anew upon his return. \nCarol Dougherty is Professor of Classical Studies and Margaret E. Deffenbaugh and LeRoy T. Carlson Professor in Comparative Literature at Wellesley College. She has published numerous books and articles on the literature and cultural history of archaic and classical Greece and is currently working on a book on Homecomings and Housekeepings in Classical and Contemporary Literature. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/nobodys-home-metis-improvisation-and-the-instability-of-return-in-homers-odyssey-3/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/DoughertyDeppeLegal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160129T180000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20151209T215605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151209T215605Z UID:10006309-1454083200-1454090400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Shaul Bassi: "Shylock vs. Sarra Copia Sullam: Reframing the Venice Ghetto\, 1516-2016" DESCRIPTION:The Ghetto of Venice\, founded 500 years ago\, has been long haunted by the ghostly presence of Shylock\, the most famous imaginary Jew. The lecture will consider Shakespeare alongside the work of Jewish Venetian poet Sarra Copia Sullam (1592-1641)\, as well as contemporary poetry and fiction that reimagines the Ghetto for the global present. \nShaul Bassi is Associate Professor of English and postcolonial literature at Ca’Foscari University of Venice. His research\, teaching and publications are divided between Shakespeare\, postcolonial studies (India and Africa)\, and Jewish studies. He has published Le metamorfosi di Otello. Storia di un’etnicità immaginaria (Grafis\, 2000) and edited an Italian critical edition of Otello (Marsilio\, 2009). Recent publications include Visions of Venice in Shakespeare (with Laura Tosi\, Ashgate\, 2011)\, Experiences of Freedom in Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures (with Annalisa Oboe\, Routledge\, 2011); Shakespeare’s Italy and Italy’s Shakespeare. Place\, ‘Race’\, and Politics (Palgrave Macmillan) is forthcoming. He is currently involved in multiple literary and cultural projects related to the 500th anniversary of the Ghetto of Venice (1516-2016).\n  \nCo-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies\, Shakespeare Workshop\, Italian Studies\, Cowell College\, and the Institute for Humanities Research. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/shaul-bassi-3/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ShylockVsSophia-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150604T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150604T180000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20141216T175714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20141216T175714Z UID:10005918-1433435400-1433440800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Spring Awards & Humanities Undergraduate Research Award Presentations (HUGRA) DESCRIPTION:SPRING AWARDS & HUMANITIES UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD PRESENTATIONS \nThis annual “Celebrating Humanities” event is an important opportunity to acknowledge those who have achieved special recognition\, awards\, and distinctions over the course of this past year. \nThe Humanities Undergraduate Research Awards (HUGRA) support and encourage undergraduate research. In 1996\, the Humanities Division began awarding students undertaking truly innovating research projects. The projects must involve research within or including any of the humanities disciplines\, and the research must be performed during the current academic year. Click here to learn more about HUGRA. \n\n  \nEVENT PHOTOS: \nIf you have trouble viewing above images\, you may view this album directly on Flickr. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/spring-awards-humanities-undergraduate-research-award-presentations-hugra-2/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/spring-awards-invite-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150407T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150407T183000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20150324T172527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150324T172527Z UID:10006067-1428426000-1428431400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Adrienne Mayor: "The Warrior's Husband: Theseus\, Antiope\, and the Amazons” DESCRIPTION:Fierce Amazons are at the center of some of the most famous Greek myths. Every great hero\, from Heracles to Achilles\, tangled with warrior queens\, and Theseus captured and married the Amazon Antiope. Were Amazons mere figments of the Greek imagination? Combining classical myth and art\, nomad traditions\, and scientific archaeology\, this lecture reveals intimate\, surprising details and original insights about the fighting women known as Amazons\, with a special focus on Antiope. \nAdrienne Mayor’s most recent book is The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World (Princeton 2014). She is also the author of numerous publications; other books include a biography of Mithradates\, The Poison King\, a nonfiction finalist for the 2009 National Book Award\, and The First Fossil Hunters (2000). A research scholar in Classics and History of Science at Stanford\, Mayor’s work is often featured on the BBC\, The History Channel\, National Geographic\, History Today\, and other media. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/adrienne-mayor-the-warriors-husband-theseus-antiope-and-the-amazons-2/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150226T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150226T173000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20150203T172743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150203T172743Z UID:10005039-1424966400-1424971800@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:A Dramatic Reading of Dacia Maraini's Play "Norma '44" DESCRIPTION:The Italian Studies Program Presents:\nA Dramatic Reading of Dacia Maraini’s Play \nNorma ’44\nAdapted for the stage from the translation by Monica Streifer and Lucia Re\nDirected by Kimberly Jannarone (UCSC Theater Arts) \nSet in an unnamed concentration camp in 1944 Germany\, Norma ’44 tells the story of the perverse bond that grows between two female prisoners and the SS officer who coerces them into a performance of Bellini and Romani’s bel canto opera\, Norma. The play explores dynamics of power\, women’s solidarity\, and art’s capacity to mediate\, resist\, and revise experience. \nAuthor Dacia Maraini will be present for discussion with the audience. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/a-dramatic-reading-of-dacia-marainis-play-norma-44-2/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140512T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140512T183000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20140502T170656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140502T170656Z UID:10005726-1399914000-1399919400@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Carl Mark Deppe Lecture: Harry Berger Jr.: "Dying Angry: The Wrath of Socrates in Plato's Dialogue\, Phaedo" DESCRIPTION:Plato wrote four dialogues dramatizing the last days and death of Socrates: Euthyphro\, The Apology\, Crito\, and Phaedo. “Dyng Angry” will focus on Socrates’s behavior and performance —and weirdness—in Phaedo. \nHarry Berger Jr. came to Cowell College and UCSC from Yale in 1965 when our campus opened. He was the first appointment in English Literature\, and he was largely responsible for hiring the original cadre of English literature faculty. Since that time he’s taught courses ranging from classics to modern poetry for Cowell College\, the Literature Department\, and History of Consciousness. He retired in 1994 but has taught a lot since then and in general keeps himself too busy to stay out of trouble. \nIn 2003 he received a Lifetime Award from the International Spenser Society.The proceedings of a 2006 conference in his honor were published with revisions and additions in a volume of essays: A Touch More Rare: Harry Berger\, Jr.\, and the Arts of Interpretation\, ed. David Miller and Nina Levine (New York: Fordham University Press\, 2009). He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006\, and in 2010 he received the Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award from the University of California. \nBerger has published 13 books and over 100 essays on a wide variety of topics in classics\, art history\, Renaissance culture\, and modern poetry. Many of these deal with Plato\, Shakespeare\, Spenser\, Vermeer\, Rembrandt\, and theories of literature and art. Three new books are forthcoming from Fordham University Press: \nSimonides in Couch City: Studies in Plato’s Republic and Protagoras\, 2014.\nHarrying: Skills of Offense in Shakespeare’s Henriad\, 2014.\nThe Perils of Uglytown: Studies in Structural Misanthropology from Plato to Rembrandt. 2014. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/2014-carl-mark-deppe-lecture-2/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130412T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130412T180000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20130405T175057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130405T175057Z UID:10005393-1365782400-1365789600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Simon Goldhill: "First Words\, Dying Moments: Starting and Ending in Sophocles and Euipides" DESCRIPTION:The UCSC Classical Studies Program and the President’s Chair in Ancient Studies present the annual Carl Deppe Lecture \nHow does tragedy start and stop –\nand what does it tell us about the ends of man? \nSimon Goldhill is Professor of Greek at Cambridge where he also runs the university’s interdisciplinary research center. He has lectured all over the world and appeared on TV and radio and in the theatre in America\, Australia\, Canada as well as regularly in Britain and Europe. His is a leading expert on Greek tragedy and Greek culture. \nFor more information\, please contact jklynn@ucsc.edu. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/simon-goldhill-first-words-dying-moments-starting-and-ending-in-sophocles-and-euipides-2/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111109T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111109T181500 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20111010T233446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111010T233446Z UID:10004883-1320858000-1320862500@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Lawrence "Ren" Weschler DESCRIPTION:Lawrence Weschler\nLawrence “Ren” Weschler will present a special lecture “Convergences” in advance of his visit to Bookshop Santa Cruz to promote his latest book\, Uncanny Valley.  In his talk Weschler will consider a spectrum of such convergent effects\, from apophenia (the tendency of humans to see patterns where none exist) through co-causation\, fractalization\, influence (forward and backward\, direct and unconscious)\, homage\, apprenticeship\, allusion\, quotation\, appropriation\, cryptonesia (verbatim appropriation without realizing you’re doing so)\, through outright plagiarism. \nA graduate of Cowell College of the University of California\, Santa Cruz (1974)\, Weschler was for over twenty years (1981–2002) a staff writer at The New Yorker\, where his work shuttled between political tragedies and cultural comedies. He is a two-time winner of the George Polk Awards—for Cultural Reporting in 1988 and Magazine Reporting in 1992—and was also a recipient of Lannan Literary Award (1998). Beginning in 1999\, his “Convergences” essays appeared regularly in McSweeney’s Quarterly; a collection of these essays\, Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences\, was published in 2006 and received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. \nSince 2001\, Weschler has been the director of the New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University. He taught throughout the 1990s at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. \nIn 2003\, Weschler organized and edited a pilot issue of Omnivore\, a prospective periodical described by Steven Heller as a “biannual (but hoping to be quarterly) magazine of writing and visual culture from The New York Institute of the Humanities at New York University.”[1] As of 2007\, no subsequent issues of Omnivore have been published. \nIn February 2006\, Weschler took on the position of artistic director for the Chicago Humanities Festival. \n  \n\n\nLight refreshments will be served.  Closest parking is OPERS lot. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/lawrence-ren-weschler-3/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110519T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110519T190000 DTSTAMP:20260510T212652 CREATED:20110512T173349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20110512T173349Z UID:10004812-1305824400-1305831600@thi.ucsc.edu SUMMARY:Emily Greenwood: "Regarding Priam: Reconciliation and Classical Reception" DESCRIPTION:The UCSC Classical Studies Program and the President’s Chair in Ancient Studies present the annual Carl Deppe Lecture: \nIn light of David Malouf’s 2009 novel Ransom\, based on Priam’s supplication of Achilles in Book 24 of Homer’s Iliad\, the lecture will consider the figure of Priam as a vehicle for reconciling cultures and histories via the study of classical receptions\, paying particular attention to debates about restorative justice. \nEmily Greenwood is Associate Professor of Classics at Yale University. Her research interests include ancient Greek historiography\, Greek prose literature of the fifth and fourth centuries BCE\, twentieth century classical receptions (especially uses of Classics in Africa\, Britain\, the Caribbean\, and Greece)\, Classics and Postcolonialism\, and the theory and practice of translating the ‘classics’ of Greek and Roman literature. She is the author of Afro-Greeks: Dialogues Between Anglophone Caribbean Literature and Classics in the Twentieth Century (Oxford University Press\, 2010). \nReception to follow. URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/emily-greenwood-regarding-priam-reconciliation-and-classical-reception-2/ LOCATION:Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Provost House\, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz\, Cowell College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR