Humanities
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‘Questions That Matter’ public humanities series to focus on games and play
Over the past decade, the revolution in gaming has created new communities, identities, and careers. Games can now help detect early dementia, reduce pain felt by burn victims, and may help speed healing from concussions…
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Jewish studies conference to examine Venice Ghetto and the future of memory
The Center for Jewish Studies at UC Santa Cruz will present a one-day conference, The Venice Ghetto at 500 and the Future of Memory,” on campus February 23, at the Humanities 1 Building.
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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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UC Santa Cruz awarded four NEH grants
UC Santa Cruz has been awarded four grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support faculty research and the Dickens Project.
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Endangered species: American public libraries
Focusing his lens on shared commons that are under threat, alumnus Robert Dawson spent 21 years photographing 526 of the nation’s public libraries.
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Institute of Arts and Sciences to launch campuswide ‘Collective Museum’ Feb. 11
The Institute of the Arts and Sciences (IAS) at UCSC will kick off its innovative first exhibition project–Collective Museum, by the Portland-based artist group Public Doors and Windows, Feb. 11.
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Holocaust survivor and scholar Hedwig Rose to give public talk at UCSC on Jan. 21
Following her father’s arrest by the Nazis in 1942, six-year-old Hedwig Rose, her mother, and sister spent three years hidden in an Amsterdam cellar by a Christian friend until the country was liberated on May 5, 1945.
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UC Santa Cruz alumna to join National Council on the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities announced today that UC Santa Cruz alumna Patricia Limerick is one of three prominent and accomplished individuals who will join the Endowment’s advisory board.
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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.
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History professor wins multiple awards for groundbreaking book on slave trade
Associate professor of history Gregory O’Malley has been honored with four awards this year for his latest book, “Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807.”
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Campus fills eight UC Presidential chairs in support of research mission
The eight new chairs – in everything from screenwriting to open-source software – bring the campus total to 30.
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California’s poet laureate emeritus Al Young to read at annual Morton Marcus event
Award-winning American poet, novelist, and former UC Santa Cruz lecturer Al Young will be the featured guest at the sixth annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading.