Humanities
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Virtual Dickens Universe to spotlight link between Victorian and African American studies
For nearly four decades, the Dickens Project at UC Santa Cruz—the largest multi-campus consortium on Victorian studies in the world—has presented the Dickens Universe, a week of intense study and festivities among the redwoods. But this year, due to the pandemic, it will instead be hosting a weeklong “Virtual Dickens Universe.”
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Karen Yamashita offers dazzling short stories about growing up in Japanese America
Sansei and Sensibility, the latest book by UC Santa Cruz emerita professor of literature Karen Tei Yamashita is a dazzling collection of short stories about growing up and living in Japanese America.
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Merrill College: Embracing individuality and cultural identities
Merrill College values diversity, inclusion, and experiential learning.
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UCSC collaborates with Santa Cruz Shakespeare for virtual Shakespeare Summer Series
The Humanities Institute and Shakespeare Workshop at UC Santa Cruz are joining forces with Santa Cruz Shakespeare to present their first virtual Shakespeare Summer Series.
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Building bridges out of prison walls
Student Alyssa Tamboura began a student-run, volunteer program called Walls to Bridges that mediates meetings between those jailed and their families as a way to work their way back to better relationships.
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THI presents acclaimed writer Pico Iyer in conversation with history professor Alan Christy
The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz and Bookshop Santa Cruz will present an online event featuring bestselling author Pico Iyer in conversation with UCSC history professor Alan Christy.
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Historian Greg O’Malley awarded ACLS grant to expand Intra-American Slave Trade Database
UC Santa Cruz associate history professor Gregory O’Malley has received a 2020 Digital Extension Grant from The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to expand coverage of the Intra-American Slave Trade Database.
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Give revolution a chance
History of Consciousness Professor Massimiliano Tomba’s prestigious Princeton University fellowship will enable him to spend the next year advancing his reinterpretation of the concept of revolution
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UCSC poet, lecturer, and alumnus Gary Young receives Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities
Literature Department lecturer Gary Young has been selected as the 2019-20 recipient of the John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities.
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Cowell College: Blazing the trail to lifelong learning
UC Santa Cruz’s first college prides itself on academic rigor and the spirit of community, living up to its motto: “The pursuit of truth in the company of friends.”
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Double fellowships
History of Consciousness Associate Professor Banu Bargu will use two fellowships to complete her book on human bodies, violence and political expression