Humanities
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Gail Hershatter elected vice-president of Association for Asian Studies
History professor Gail Hershatter has been elected vice-president of the Association for Asian Studies.
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UC Santa Cruz lecturer named first Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County
UC Santa Cruz humanities lecturer Gary Young has been named the first-ever Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County.
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Humanities professor wins 2009 prize for scholarly outreach
Professor of classics and comparative literature Mary-Kay Gamel has been awarded the 2009 Prize for Scholarly Outreach from the American Philological Association (APA)–the national classics association
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Award-winning women writers to be featured in UCSC’s 2010 Living Writers Series
How do women writers view history differently than men? That’s the key question posed by “Another Look: Women Writers Re-Vision History”–the winter installment of UCSC’s annual Living Writers Series.
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Literature professor’s book makes Choice magazine’s list of Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009
Literature professor Rob Wilson’s book “Be Always Converting, Be Always Converted: An American Poetics” (Harvard University Press) has been selected as one of Choice magazine’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009.
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UCSC philosophy students win regionals in national Ethics Bowl competition
A team of UCSC philosophy students won first place this past weekend at the California Regional Ethics Bowl Tournament held in Chico, qualifying them to compete in the National Ethics competition on March 4 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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History professor to establish new program in Ancient Studies at UCSC
History professor Charles Hedrick will use his recent UC Presidential Chair appointment to establish and develop a new program in Ancient Studies on the UCSC campus.
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Award-winning novelist coming to UCSC on October 7
The UCSC Center for Labor Studies and the Living Writers Series will join together to present a reading by award-winning novelist Monique Truong, Wednesday, October 7, at 7 p.m. in the Humanities Lecture Hall



