Humanities
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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…
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UC Santa Cruz professor lauded for work to preserve Bengali films
The Cultural Association of Bengal has honored UC Santa Cruz associate professor of history Dilip K. Basu with a Distinguished Service Award for his efforts to preserve classic Bengali films. The award was presented at the North American Bengali Conference held at the Long Beach Convention Center in Los Angeles. Basu has worked during the…
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UC Santa Cruz linguistics professor elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
UC Santa Cruz linguistics professor Geoffrey K. Pullum has joined Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, journalist Walter Cronkite, philanthropist William Gates Sr., Nobel Prize-winning physicist Donald Glaser, recording industry pioneer Ray Dolby, and Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, as a newly elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The 2003…
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New book on Silicon Valley achievers refutes myth of Superwoman
For the past three decades, women have been told that they can have it all–a high-powered professional career, loving family, and satisfying personal relationship–if only they learn how to properly organize their time. But a new book, coauthored by UC Santa Cruz lecturer Peggy Downes Baskin, reveals that the lives of successful female executives contradict…
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UC Santa Cruz to present major conference on ‘Rethinking Anti-Semitism’ May 3-5
The UC Santa Cruz Jewish Studies Program and the Holocaust Center of Northern California will present a three-day conference titled “Rethinking Anti-Semitism: The Holocaust and the Contemporary World,” May 3-5, at the UC Santa Cruz campus. This event will feature prominent scholars from the United States, Poland, England, Hungary, Israel, and South Africa, who will…
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UC Santa Cruz alumnus makes $10,000 gift to support classics
UC Santa Cruz alumnus Mark Engel has pledged a $10,000 gift to establish the Norman O. Brown Classics Endowment at the University Library. In honor of the late Norman O. Brown, a distinguished humanist and influential professor at UC Santa Cruz, the endowment is designed to enrich the library collection in classical studies. Income from…
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Utopia scholar to deliver annual UCSC faculty research lecture
UCSC professor of history Jonathan Beecher will deliver the 36th annual Faculty Research Lecture on Tuesday, March 11, at 8 p.m. in the Second Stage Theater on campus. The event is free and open to the public. Beecher was selected by UCSC faculty members for the prestigious honor given in recognition of outstanding research achievements…
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UCSC literature professor links Santa Cruz to international theater event for peace
On March 3, Santa Cruz will join hundreds of cities around the world in hosting a staged reading of Aristophanes’ ancient Greek antiwar comedy Lysistrata. The local play reading is part of the international Lysistrata Project, the first-ever worldwide theater event for peace. As of mid-February, 380 readings have been scheduled in 31 countries to…
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UC Santa Cruz to present conference on ‘Desire’ in February
What exactly is the nature of desire? Is it the same in every culture? Has it changed over time? The UC Santa Cruz Center for Cultural Studies will present “Desire: Past, Present, Future,” a two-day conference, February 21-22, at the UCSC campus, to explore these questions and discuss scholarly work that utilizes the concept of…
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Acclaimed author/journalist to speak at UC Santa Cruz
Award-winning author and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich will present a free public lecture, Thursday, February 13, at 4 p.m. in Kresge Town Hall on the UC Santa Cruz campus. Ehrenreich will address themes raised in her recent best-selling book, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. She is the first distinguished visitor to be…