Events
Humanities 2, Room 359
Steven Haug: “Community in Heidegger’s Philosophy of Art”
Humanities 2, Room 359In order for a work of art to be great, according to Heidegger, at least one of the conditions it must meet is the community condition. While this condition is discussed much less in the literature than the relation of art to truth in Heidegger, it is of more consequence. It is art’s inability to […]
Before and After: How We Redesigned Courses for Educational Equity and Active Learning
Humanities 2, Room 359Teaching and Learning in the Humanities Now Workshop Series Before and After: How We Redesigned Courses for Educational Equity and Active Learning with Alan Christy and Jody Greene The Institute for Humanities Research cluster “Teaching and Learning in the Humanities Now” is hosting a new workshop series that features educators in humanities fields at UC […]
Digital Pedagogy Showcase
Humanities 2, Room 359Get some syllabus inspiration! The inaugural cohort of the Digital Instruction Project lead this Brown Bag Session about developing and implementing new digital assignments in their classes. Join us as we discuss the benefits and challenges of adding digital tools into your syllabus and pushing your students to try new forms of scholarly writing. The panel […]
The Center for Emerging Worlds presents Subversive Sounds: Music and Politics of the Global South
Humanities 2, Room 359The Center for Emerging Worlds presents Subversive Sounds: Music and Politics of the Global South Friday March 3, 2017 Humanities 2, Room 359 UC Santa Cruz The event is free and open to the public During the final decades of the major European empires and at the beginning of a century of American hegemony, the […]
A Book Reading and Conversation with Anubha Bhonsle
Humanities 2, Room 359The Feminist Studies Department, along with the South Asia Studies Initiative and the Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, invite you join us for to a Book Reading & Conversation with Anubha Bhonsle! Anubha Bhonsle, author of Mother, Where's My Country? Journalist, Executive Editor, CNN-IBN Fulbright Humphrey Fellow, 2015-16 Mother, Where's My country? […]
Book Talks – Gil Anidjar: “Blood: A Critique of Christianity”
Humanities 2, Room 359Blood, according to Gil Anidjar, maps the singular history of Christianity. As a category for historical analysis, blood can be seen through its literal and metaphorical uses as determining, sometimes even defining Western Culture, politics, and social practice and their wide-ranging incarnations in nationalism, capitalism, and the law. Flowing across multiple boundaries, infusing them with […]
Allan Langdale: “Palermo: Travels in the City of Happiness”
Humanities 2, Room 359Please join us for a lecture and reading by Allan Langdale (History of Art and Visual Culture, UCSC), author of Palermo: Travels in the City of Happiness (2015). Dr. Langdale will read from his new book, show images of Palermo's art and architecture, and talk about the project and the city's history. This event […]