http://news.ucsc.edu/rss/humanities.html?utm_medium=rsshttp://news.ucsc.edu/rss/humanities.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 21 May 2013 19:00:19 -0700Santa CruzUC Santa Cruz will pilot the first annual Middle School Summit on Tuesday, May 21, as part of the Santa Cruz County College Commitment--bringing up to 350 local students to the university campus.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/whittingham-school-summit.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 15 May 2013 13:20:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/whittingham-school-summit.html?utm_medium=rssOutstanding presentations at the Graduate Research Symposium were honored at the Awards Reception.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/graduate-research-awards.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 14 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/graduate-research-awards.html?utm_medium=rssUCSC history professor and alumna Dana Frank (American Studies, ’78) will speak about human rights in Honduras on May 8 as part of the Stevenson College Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/dana-frank-lecture.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 03 May 2013 17:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/dana-frank-lecture.html?utm_medium=rssGraduate students from all five academic divisions at UCSC will present their research on Friday, May 10.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/graduate-research-symposium.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 02 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/graduate-research-symposium.html?utm_medium=rssUCSC will present International Playhouse XIII--an annual program of fully-staged short theater pieces by students in the Language Program May 16-19, featuring works in French, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish, with English super-titles. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/international-playhouse.html?utm_medium=rssMon, 29 Apr 2013 12:45:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/international-playhouse.html?utm_medium=rssUCSC 1993 graduate Brenda Shaughnessy has been awarded a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship for the creative arts in poetry. She returns to campus for Alumni Weekend events, including a free public reading on April 25.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/shaughnessy-guggenheim.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 19 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/shaughnessy-guggenheim.html?utm_medium=rssThe UCSC Arts Division will present a day-long public event to help plan a groundbreaking new interdisciplinary Institute of the Arts and Sciences on Friday, April 26.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/arts-science-institute.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 10 Apr 2013 12:50:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/arts-science-institute.html?utm_medium=rssAcclaimed up-and-coming writer Tupelo Hassman--author of the novel 'Girlchild'--will kick off the spring installment of UCSC’s Living Writers reading series, Thursday, April 4, at the Humanities Lecture Hall.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/living-writers-series.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 02 Apr 2013 13:15:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/living-writers-series.html?utm_medium=rssUCSC humanities lecturer and alumnus Gary Young has received the 2013 Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America (PSA) for best original poem on a humanitarian theme.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/young-poetry-award.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 28 Mar 2013 13:14:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/young-poetry-award.html?utm_medium=rssKelsey Hill, a first-year history major affiliated with Kresge College, won a Verbal Acclamation Award at the UC Berkeley Model United Nations Conference held earlier this month in San Francisco. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/model-un.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 27 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/model-un.html?utm_medium=rssThe UC Santa Cruz Sikh and Punjabi Studies program will present an international conference titled "(Re-)Building Punjab: Political Economy, Society and Values" on campus, March 29-30. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/sikh-conference.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 22 Mar 2013 17:01:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/sikh-conference.html?utm_medium=rssExcitement is building for UCSC's premiere alumni event, April 26-28, which is packed with reunions, celebrations, receptions, and opportunities. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/alumni-weekend-2013-go-to-your-happy-place.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 20 Mar 2013 11:07:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/alumni-weekend-2013-go-to-your-happy-place.html?utm_medium=rss“Kite”--a 1997 painting by UC Santa Cruz alumna Belle Yang—is the featured art on the cover of the just released Spring 2013 issue of Catamaran Literary Reader.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/belle-yang-catamaran.html?utm_medium=rssMon, 18 Mar 2013 13:10:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/belle-yang-catamaran.html?utm_medium=rssA new book by UCSC professors Lewis Watts (Art) and Eric Porter (History, American Studies) maps the changing cultural scene in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina hit the Crescent City in the summer of 2005.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/new-orleans-book.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 06 Mar 2013 13:15:00 -0800http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/new-orleans-book.html?utm_medium=rssUCSC humanities professors Sandra Chung and Matthew Wagers have been awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate language comprehension in the Mariana Islands.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/02/linguistics-nsf-grant.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 19 Feb 2013 13:15:00 -0800http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/02/linguistics-nsf-grant.html?utm_medium=rssUCSC will present a lecture by Karen Thompson titled “Love is a Dangerous Promise” on Thursday, March 7, at 7 p.m., at the Second Stage Theater in the Performing Arts Center on the UCSC campus. Admission is free, and the public is invited.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/02/karen-thompson-lecture.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 12 Feb 2013 13:35:00 -0800http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/02/karen-thompson-lecture.html?utm_medium=rssUCSC’s Film and Digital Media Department will present a free public screening of award-winning Israeli documentarian Duki Dror’s acclaimed film "Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions" on Feb. 25, followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/02/dror-film.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 07 Feb 2013 00:30:00 -0800http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/02/dror-film.html?utm_medium=rssAward-winning author and UCSC literature professor Karen Yamashita will give a reading of excerpts from her work, followed by an informal conversation with guest professors Alondra Nelson (Columbia University) and Aimee Bahng (Dartmouth College).http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/02/yamashita-ethnic-studies.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 05 Feb 2013 14:15:00 -0800http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/02/yamashita-ethnic-studies.html?utm_medium=rssUC Santa Cruz professor of history Gail Hershatter will deliver the 47th annual UCSC Faculty Research Lecture on Tuesday, February 12, at 7 p.m. at the Music Recital Hall in the UCSC Performing Arts Complex.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/01/facuty-research-lecture.html?utm_medium=rssMon, 28 Jan 2013 13:35:00 -0800http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/01/facuty-research-lecture.html?utm_medium=rssTwo UC Santa Cruz alumni-- Maya Rudolph (’95, Art) and Jesse Thorn (’03, American Studies)--will be featured performers at the 12th annual SF Sketchfest comedy festival, opening Jan. 24, and running through Feb. 10, at various venues throughout San Francisco.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/01/maya-rudolph-sketchfest.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 24 Jan 2013 11:30:00 -0800http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/01/maya-rudolph-sketchfest.html?utm_medium=rss