Humanities
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UCSC alumna wins prestigious 2013 Guggenheim
UCSC 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.
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Arts Division public event to help shape new Institute of Arts and Sciences
The 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.
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Model UN competitor wins ‘verbal acclamation’ award
Kelsey 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.
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UCSC to hold international conference on Sikh and Punjabi Studies, March 29-30
The 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.
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Alumni Weekend: Reliving memories, making new ones
Excitement is building for UCSC’s premiere alumni event, April 26-28, which is packed with reunions, celebrations, receptions, and opportunities.
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Alumna Belle Yang contributes cover art to second issue of Catamaran
“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.
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UCSC arts, humanities professors collaborate for ‘New Orleans Suite’
A 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.
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Leviathan celebrates a gargantuan feat
UC Santa Cruz students have kept Leviathan Jewish Journal alive for almost four decades. One of the U.S.’s longest-running Jewish-themed campus publications, Leviathan celebrates its 40th anniversary in April.
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UCSC Linguistics professors receive $300,000 NSF grant
UCSC 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.
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Winner of groundbreaking historic Gay Rights case to speak at UCSC
UCSC 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.
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Israeli filmmaker to screen acclaimed documentary about famed architect
UCSC’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.
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Karen Yamashita to read and lead talk about Asian American & Ethnic Studies
Award-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).