History
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Opening the doors of history
History major Helen Porter took a circuitous path to a unique undergraduate research project exploring the complicated world of Okinawa in the 1950s
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Graduate student in history wins Fulbright Award
Benjamin Pietrenka, a PhD Candidate in the Department of History, has been awarded a 2014-2015 Fulbright IIE Research Fellowship.
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Leon Panetta touts ‘real grit,’ blasts congressional gridlock at Launch celebration
Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta fired up a crowd of 275 with shout-outs for ingenuity and “sheer grit” at Launch! A celebration of the UCSC student experience
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History professor Terry Burke to give 2014 Emeriti Faculty Lecture
Emeritus history professor Edmund “Terry” Burke III, director of the UCSC Center for World History, will deliver the 2014 Spring Emeriti Faculty Lecture on Thursday, April 17, at the UCSC Music Center Recital Hall.
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Great classes, no quizzes: alumni go ‘back to school’ for Teach-Ins
Choose between forensic anthropology, evolution, and espionage at annual academic afternoon featuring Alison Galloway, Ed Green and Bruce Thompson.
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UCSC humanities research institute to participate in Mellon Foundation grant
The Institute for Humanities Research (IHR) at UC Santa Cruz has been selected to participate in a $1.35 million grant awarded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes.
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UCSC alumni glow in TV spotlight
It’s been a hot week in Hollywood for two former students at UC Santa Cruz.
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Grace Delgado wins two Western History Association awards
Assistant professor of history Grace Peña Delgado is the recipient of two awards from the Western History Association
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Celebration of two new Jewish Studies books Nov. 13
UCSC’s Center for Jewish Studies and University Library will present a celebration of two new books on Jewish Studies–featuring professors Peter Kenez and Murray Baumgarten, and librarian Lee Jaffe, Nov. 13 at Stevenson College.
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UCSC’s first ‘Ed Talks’ draws crowd in downtown Santa Cruz
An enthusiastic audience of 250 community members gathered at the “Top of the Ritt” in downtown Santa Cruz last night to celebrate UCSC’s very first evening of “Ed Talks”—three TED-style talks by acclaimed UC Santa Cruz faculty.
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UCSC to receive $500,000 in support of endowed chair in Jewish Studies
UC Santa Cruz has announced a major new gift to support the campus’s Jewish Studies Program.