Events
Virtual Event
Interviewing and Negotiating the Job Offer with Veronica Heiskell
Virtual EventLearn interviewing strategies to land a job offer. Then, learn how to negotiate the best salary and benefits package when you receive the job offer. This class offers strategies that apply to both academic and alternative-to-academic job applications and negotiations. The negotiation strategies also apply to asking for raises, job reclassifications, and title and responsibility […]
Slugs and Steins with Professor Renee Fox and Professor Elaine Sullivan – The Curse of the Mummy
Virtual EventThis talk focuses on a new UCSC Humanities course called “The Curse of the Mummy,” co-taught by Associate Professor of Literature Renée Fox and Associate Professor Elaine Sullivan. Combining analysis of 19th-century Egyptology’s transformation of ancient Egypt into a European fantasy with study of ancient Egyptian culture itself, the course relies on the collaborative expertise […]
Ambika Aiyadurai – Caring for humans and nonhumans: Challenges in India’s Wildlife Conservation
Virtual EventThis paper examines different meanings of care in India’s wildlife conservation. Drawing on my fieldwork and case studies from across the country, I discuss various forms of care in protecting endangered species and preventing extinction. Addressing the role of wildlife conservationists and Indigenous people, the paper asks how and in what ways the notions of […]