Feminist Studies
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Alumni Weekend keynote to feature co-chair of Women’s March on Washington
Alumna Carmen Perez, longtime community organizer, activist, and a national co-chair of one of the largest demonstrations in history, will speak on the role and importance of protest with a purpose.
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Oscar nominee ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ to screen with panel discussion at Del Mar Theater
UC Santa Cruz will present a film screening of “I Am Not Your Negro”–an award-winning documentary on the life and work of writer James Baldwin, followed by a panel discussion, Feb. 21, at the Del Mar Theater
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New program helps humanities grad students consider work in the public sphere
From a Holocaust study center in Norway and a small environmental center in northern Alaska, to the Japanese American Museum in San Jose and the Santa Cruz County jail, humanities Ph.D. students expanded their horizons this year thanks to a new program started by the UC Santa Cruz Institute for Humanities Research (IHR).
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Alumna Kate Schatz pens second NY Times bestseller with ‘Rad Women Worldwide’
Rad Women Worldwide, the follow-up to UC Santa Cruz alumna Kate Schatz’s New York Times bestselling book Rad American Women A-Z, is a showcase of extraordinary women from 31 countries around the world.
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Feminist studies professor Karen Barad receives multiple honors in Europe
Karen Barad–professor of feminist studies, philosophy, and history of consciousness at UC Santa Cruz–also happens to have a Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics and quantum field theory…
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Restorative justice and civil rights leader Fania Davis to give Baskin Ethics Lecture
Fania Davis, co-founder and executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, will deliver the 2016 Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture on Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Music Center Recital Hall.
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Five questions with UC Santa Cruz humanities dean Tyler Stovall
Tyler Stovall became dean of the UC Santa Cruz Humanities Division in 2015. Now beginning his second full academic year as dean, we sat down with Dean Stovall to discuss the state of the humanities at UC Santa Cruz and beyond.
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Jody Greene appointed founding director of Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning
Jody Greene, professor of literature, feminist studies, and history of consciousness, has been appointed the founding director of the new Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning (CITL).
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Linguistics professor Pranav Anand receives Dizikes Award for teaching in Humanities
Associate professor of linguistics Pranav Anand was presented with the John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities at the Humanities Division’s 2016 Spring Awards celebration held at the Cowell Provost House.
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Groundbreaking master of science fiction Samuel Delany to read at UC Santa Cruz
The UC Presidential Chair in Feminist Critical Race & Ethnic Studies and the Living Writers Series will present an evening with acclaimed science-fiction novelist and critic Samuel R. Delany at the Music Center Recital Hall.
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Acclaimed Nigerian filmmaker to screen and discuss film about President Obama’s sister
The UC Presidential Chair in Feminist Critical Race & Ethnic Studies and the Living Writers Series will present two evening events with visiting Nigerian filmmaker Branwen Okpako, Feb. 10-11.
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Chair of National Endowment for the Humanities to deliver 2016 Maitra Lecture
The Institute for Humanities Research will present the 15th annual Maitra Lecture, featuring alumnus William “Bro” Adams, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, on Thursday, January 28.