Events
Alan Christy: "The Keystone of the Pacific: A History of America in Okinawa"
Stevenson Event CenterA plan by the U.S. and Japan to build a new military base in a place called Henoko has brought Okinawa into the news lately. Prof. Christy, an expert in the history of Japan, social science, colonialism, and nationalism, will present a history of American Japanese post WWII relations specifically as they pertain to Okinawa. […]
The Miriam Ellis International Playhouse XIV: Theater Pieces in Five Languages
Stevenson Event CenterCowell College, Stevenson College & Languages and Applied Linguistics present: The Miriam Ellis International Playhouse XIV Theater Pieces in Five Languages with English Subtitles Chinese Three Pots of Tea by Ting-Ting Wu & Students Directed by Ting-Ting Wu French Scenes from Marius and Fanny by Marcel Pagnol Directed by Miriam Ellis Hebrew Songs of Israel […]
International Playhouse XIII
Stevenson Event CenterThe Language Program, Cowell College, and Stevenson College cordially invite you and your students to attend a performance of The Miriam Ellis International Playhouse XIII (IP), an annual multilingual program of fully-staged short theater pieces, now in its 13th season. Four public performances will be held on May 16, 17, 18, 19, at 8:00 PM at the […]
UCSC Educational Technology Trade Show: Faculty Helping Faculty
Stevenson Event CenterCome learn from faculty and instructional support staff about educational technologies that can charm and engage students. No matter whether you use Mac, PC, iOS, or Linux, we will have examples of educational technologies that work on each of these platforms. Presentations from faculty in each academic division, Learning Technologies, and UCSC Extension. Although the […]
The Sikh: The Feminine, The Activist
Stevenson Event CenterSikhi is like an ocean, boundless and all encompassing, composed of many shades and hues. During this conference, we will explore two of these colors. First, we will delve into the feminine aspect of spirituality and how it is characterized by the words of the Sikh Gurus, and the importance of women in Sikh tradition. […]
Latino Literature / La literatura latina IV Conference
Stevenson Event CenterBringing writers and scholars together in thoughtful interchange, “Latino Literature/La literatura latina IV” is the fourth biennial conference of the Latino Literary Cultures Project/ Proyecto culturas literarias latinas. This daylong event is free and open to the public. 11am – 4:30pm Scholarly panels featuring: • Marcial González • Claudia Milian • Desirée Martín • […]
International Playhouse XII
Stevenson Event CenterCOWELL COLLEGE, STEVENSON COLLEGE, & THE LANGUAGE PROGRAM present International Playhouse XII THEATER PIECES in EIGHT languages with ENGLISH SUPERTITLES THURSDAY & SATURDAY, May 17 &19, 2012, at 8 PM (Chinese Italian Russian French) 神來之筆 (The Magic Brush) by A. Stang, directed by Ting-Ting Wu and Anna Stang LA RAGAZZA MELA (The Apple Girl) by I. Calvino, […]
West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics
Stevenson Event CenterThe 30th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, hosted by the Department of Linguistics and the Linguistics Research Center, will take place on Friday, April 13 to Sunday, April 15, 2012 at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Conference Program (PDF) For more information and registration, please visit the conference website. This event is sponsored […]
The Noel Q. King Memorial Lecture: “Interfaith Perspectives on Economic Justice, and its implications for the worldwide Occupy movement”
Stevenson Event CenterThe Noel Q. King Memorial Lecture series celebrates the work of the late Noel King, founding father and Professor of History and Comparative Religion at UC Santa Cruz. The series reflects Noel’s lifelong commitment to, and joy in, dialogue between the faiths. For the 2012 NQK Lecture, representatives of four of the world’s great religions […]
Gershom Gorenberg: Distinguished Alumni Lecture
Stevenson Event CenterGershom Gorenberg UCSC alumnus Gershom Gorenberg is the author of the forthcoming book, The Unmaking of Israel, on the crisis of Israeli democracy and how to solve it. The book will be published in November by HarperCollins and is now available for pre-order at all the usual places. Gershom’s previous book is The Accidental Empire: […]