Humanities
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UC Santa Cruz scholar warns against mixing religion and foreign policy
Gary Lease-interim dean of humanities at UC Santa Cruz and an internationally recognized expert on the history of religion-has been studying the relationship between politics and religion for more than two decades. He recently returned from Tokyo where he presented his research at a conference of the International Association for the History of Religions. “I’ve…
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UCSC presents Women of Color Film Festival on April 22-24
Over 25 local, national, and international filmmakers and performing artists will be spotlighted in the 12th annual Women of Color Film and Video Festival, April 22-24 at the UC Santa Cruz Media Theater. Since 1991, the UCSC Research Cluster for Women of Color has screened more than 300 films, hosted workshops, and presented panel discussions…
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Living Writers series brings guest authors/poets into UC Santa Cruz classes
Each quarter, the Humanities Division’s Living Writers Series brings eight to 10 visiting authors and poets into UCSC classes to give students an in-depth look into the world of the working writer. Sponsored by the campus’s Institute for Humanities Research and the Porter College Hitchcock Poetry Fund, the series is coordinated by associate professors of…
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Jewish Studies Program to host lecture by winner of 2005 Koret history book prize
In celebration of the Koret Jewish Book Awards, the UCSC Jewish Studies Program Research Colloquia will present a lecture by Elisheva Baumgarten, winner of this year’s prestigious Koret Jewish History Book Prize, at noon on April 12 at the Cowell College Provost House. The event is co-sponsored by the UCSC Women’s Studies Department and admission…
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New chair of Philosophy Department stresses interdisciplinary links between philosophy and science
While teaching at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in the late 1990s, Paul Roth cofounded an annual roundtable on the philosophy of social science that reflects his avid interest in the interrelationships of social science and philosophy. Now in its seventh year, the event has become a thriving institution featuring frequent guest speakers from Europe…
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UC Santa Cruz Jewish Studies Program to celebrate anniversary with concert featuring music of Kurt Weill
The UC Santa Cruz Jewish Studies Program will present a concert titled “The Music of Kurt Weill: From Berlin to New York,” on Sunday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center Recital Hall. The evening of music will feature UCSC voice lecturer Patrice Maginnis singing selections from Weill’s Broadway songbook. There will also…
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UC Santa Cruz professor Bettina Aptheker receives California NOW Award for Excellence in Education
UC Santa Cruz professor of women’s studies Bettina Aptheker has been honored with the “Award for Excellence in Education” by the California chapter of the National Organization for Women (CA NOW). Aptheker received the award at a luncheon held on October 13 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Sacramento. Former UC Santa Cruz chancellor M.R.C.…
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New ‘Shock and Awe’ book explores political meaning of words
Democracy, patriotism, family.these are words spoken with overwhelming fervor these days in the aftermath of 9/11, the invasion of Iraq, and the anticipation of the upcoming presidential election. But what do those words really mean? Apparently, different things, depending on your political affiliation. First book published by New Pacific Press in collaboration with UC Santa…
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Fourth annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture/Film Screening set for October 17 at UC Santa Cruz
UCLA emeritus professor and renowned ethnomusicologist Nazir Jairazbhoy will be the featured speaker at the fourth annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture set for October 17 at 5:30 p.m. in the Music Center Recital Hall at UC Santa Cruz. Known as the “father of Indian Ethnomusicology” in the United States, Jairazbhoy has conducted extensive research on…
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Acclaimed New Yorker magazine staff writer and UCSC alumnus to return for speaking engagement at Cowell College
For the past two decades, longtime New Yorker magazine staff writer and UC Santa Cruz alumnus Lawrence Weschler has written about unexpected relationships between art, culture, war, and peace. On Friday, September 24, the 1974 Cowell College graduate will return to the UCSC campus to speak on the topic: “Serenity and Terror in Vermeer, and…
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Gary Lease named interim dean of humanities at UC Santa Cruz
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SANTA CRUZ, CA–Acting Chancellor Martin M. Chemers has appointed Professor Gary Lease as interim dean of the UC Santa Cruz Humanities Division. An internationally recognized expert across a remarkable range of fields–including early Christian archaeology, Vatican foreign policy and canon law, German intellectual history, German Judaism, and religious/cultural evolution–Lease previously served as…
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Undergrad’s research finds striking similarity between Vietnam War and Iraq conflict
The Vietnam War was never mentioned at all during history major Martin Smith’s high school days in Kingsport, Tennessee–a town roughly the size of Santa Cruz. But by doing research at UCSC on that conflict during the midst of recent intense media coverage of the war in Iraq, he has discovered remarkable similarities between the…