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Winter 2025 Aurora Lecture Series: Francesca Orsini — Varieties of Realism
Virtual EventJoin us Friday, January 24th at 10am PST for Varieties of Realism, a lecture by Francesca Orsini with discussants: G.S. Sahota and Rahul Parson. Francesca Orsini is Professor Emerita of Hindi and South Asian Literature, School of Oriental and African Studies - University of London Rahul Parson is Assistant Professor of Hindi Literature and Culture, […]
Ambika Aiyadurai – Caring for Humans and Nonhumans: Challenges in India’s Wildlife Conservation
Virtual EventOrganized by the Center for South Asian Studies, this talk examines different meanings of care in India’s wildlife conservation. Drawing on fieldwork and case studies from across the country, Professor Aiyadurai will discuss various forms of care in protecting endangered species and preventing extinction. Addressing the role of wildlife conservationists and Indigenous people, the talk […]
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 […]
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 […]
Giving Day 2024
Virtual EventMark your calendar for Wednesday, November 20 and join us for UC Santa Cruz’s annual Giving Day—a 24-hour online fundraising event dedicated to supporting projects that enrich the UCSC student experience. Giving Day is an opportunity to unite the entire UCSC community—students, alumni, faculty, and friends—to create a lasting, positive impact on our students, the […]
LinkedIn with Eric Curiel
Virtual EventLinkedIn is a powerful tool to network and search for jobs. We will go over tips to update your LinkedIn profile to help recruiters find you, explore ways to identify alumni with similar career paths and interests on LinkedIn, and show you how to connect effectively with them to expand your network. We will also […]
Crafting the CV with Veronica Heiskell
Virtual EventApplications for academic positions require a CV, and some industry, government, and nonprofit employers also require them. Learn how a CV differs from a resume, about hybrid CV-resumes, what goes on a CV, and what order to put information depending on the type of academic institution you’re applying to and for what type of position. […]
Online Platforms for Presenting Research with Kayla Isenberg
Virtual EventReady to promote your research on social media? This seminar will help you learn how! Explore how to promote your research and expertise on the text-based social media platforms Threads, Mastodon, and others. We’ll cover how to use each platform, how each works, how to communicate effectively on each platform, and how to pick the […]
Huerta Center Graduate Scholar CART Alternative Spring Break – Info Session
Virtual Event2024-2025 CART Alternative Spring Break: Huerta Center Graduate Scholars In Winter 2025, two graduate students will receive funding from the Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas (Huerta Center) and be trained by the University Library’s Center for Archival Research and Training (CART) to assist a UC Santa Cruz Archivist based at the Dolores Huerta […]
Laleh Khalili in conversation with Nidhi Mahajan–Palestine and the Maritime Politics of the Red Sea
Virtual EventThinking through the complexities of the Red Sea blockade, Professor Khalili will ask questions about how the entangled international and commercial control of maritime space deals with such disruptions in cargo and trade flows, and how the structure of global capital has to be taken into account in toto while waging a Gramscian war of position at […]