Humanities
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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…
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UC Santa Cruz to co-host conference on Mark Twain with Stanford University on May 14-15
UC Santa Cruz will co-host a conference on legendary American writer Mark Twain with Stanford University on the weekend of May 14-15. Titled “Mark Twain at the Century’s End: 1890-1910,” the conference will take place on Friday, May 14, at Stanford’s Margaret Jacks Hall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Saturday, May 15,…
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National Public Radio’s European correspondent Sylvia Poggioli to give free public lecture in Santa Cruz
As senior European correspondent for National Public Radio’s Foreign Desk, Sylvia Poggioli has covered news from hot spots around the globe for more than two decades. Whether reporting from Rome, the Balkans, or the Middle East, Poggioli provides expert analysis on NPR’s award-winning programs Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. On Wednesday, May…
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UC Santa Cruz Humanities Division launches new Distinguished Professors program; five faculty honored
The Humanities Division at UC Santa Cruz celebrated the launch of a new program to recognize the academic achievement of its faculty at an awards reception held on April 15 at the University Center. Dean of Humanities Wlad Godzich announced the appointment of Professors James Clifford (History of Consciousness), Carla Freccero (Literature), Gail Hershatter (History),…
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Noted social critic and UCSC alum Victor Davis Hanson to speak May 3 on ‘Warfare and Democracy in the Middle East’
Military historian and provocative social critic Victor Davis Hanson will speak at UC Santa Cruz on Monday, May 3, at 7 p.m. in the Media Theater, Room M110. A prolific author, classical scholar, and UCSC alumnus who is often featured on National Public Radio and the PBS NewsHour, Hanson will speak on the topic: “Warfare…
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Century Project challenges stereotypes of the female body
The Century Project is a remarkable exhibition that challenges stereotypical views of the female body, the nature of voyeurism, and the cycle of aging. Featuring 70 photographs of unclothed girls and woman in chronological order-from a newborn baby to a woman in her 90s-it is designed to provoke thought and discussion about subjects that are…
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Dickens holiday evening set for December 5 at UC Santa Cruz
The Friends of the UCSC Library and the UCSC Dickens Project will present the annual Dickens Holiday Evening on Friday, December 5, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at UCSC’s McHenry Library Foyer. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. The gathering will feature traditional Victorian entertainment and music, plus a reading from Dickens and sing-along…
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New UC Santa Cruz program sends humanities graduate students into local schools
Literature graduate student Veronica Kirk-Clausen was a little nervous when she stepped into Martha Dyer’s eighth-grade class at Mission Hill Junior High in Santa Cruz last spring. “I’m used to teaching undergraduate sections and writing classes with students ages 18 to 21,” Kirk-Clausen recalled. “I didn’t know what to expect or how to anticipate their…
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Robert Heinlein’s literary estate comes to UCSC as a gift from his late widow
The UC Santa Cruz archive of renowned science fiction writer Robert Heinlein has received a gift of materials and cash from the estate of Heinlein’s late widow valued at $300,000. The donation was accompanied by a grant to establish the position of a Heinlein Scholar at the campus, who will work to organize, document, and…
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Acclaimed author and journalist Pico Iyer to speak at UCSC
Acclaimed author and travel writer Pico Iyer will present a free public lecture, Sunday, October 12, at 4 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall on the UC Santa Cruz campus. Iyer will speak on the topic: “Islam and California: A Cultural Romance.” Renowned Indian actress Sharmila Tagore to appear at Satyajit Ray film screening A…