Humanities
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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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UCSC grad student’s book on Tibet earning acclaim from press in India
Three months ago, a new book by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa—a graduate student in literature at UC Santa Cruz—was launched in Dharamsala, India, by the prime minister of the Tibetan government in exile…
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UCSC’s Ethics Bowl team qualifies for national competition
UCSC’s Ethics Bowl team placed third at the Regional Ethics Bowl Tournament hosted by National Hispanic University on Saturday, qualifying the campus to compete at the National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition.
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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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Award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye to read at 4th annual Morton Marcus memorial event
UCSC will host the fourth annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading featuring award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye on Nov. 14
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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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Humanities Division’s Rothman Award honors freshman writing students
UCSC student Alma Morales and her writing instructor Steven Carter were awarded first place for Morales’s essay, “Nina de Mexico, Student of America–Daughter of Nowhere” in the 2012-13 Don Rothman Writing Awards.
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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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MacArthur ‘genius’ photographer Carrie Mae Weems to speak at UCSC
Carrie Mae Weems–a photographer, video artist, and social activist who explores the complex legacy of African American identity, class, and culture in the United States—will come to the UCSC campus for a visiting artist talk on Monday, October 21.
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Helene Moglen to give Emeriti Lecture: ‘From Frankenstein to Facebook’
Are stories about our ambivalent love affairs with our machines stories of imprisonment or empowerment? Are we in charge of our avatars, personal profiles and robots? Find out Oct. 29 at UCSC’s Emeriti Faculty Lecture.
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UCSC’s Carolyn Dunn to direct play at National Congress of American Indians conference
Carolyn Dunn–director of UCSC’s American Indian Resource Center, managing director of the campus’s student resource centers, and literature lecturer—will direct a new play by acclaimed playwright Mary Kathryn Nagle at the National Congress of American Indians annual conference.
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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.