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UCSC’s Gail Project wins first prize in national 'Shout Out for the Humanities' contest
June 21, 2016
Why is studying the humanities–history, literature, languages, philosophy, culture–important? How would you convince your parents, an employer, a politician, or others that there is value in pursing the humanities?
The Hong Kong Democracy Movement: A Student Leader Speaks
April 19, 2016
Tuesday, April 26 at 5:30 PM in Humanities 1, Room 210
Screening of “Okinawa: The Afterburn” with Director John Junkerman
December 1, 2015
December 3, 2015 from 4:30 - 6:30 PM in Communications 150, Studio C
The Targeted Village, A Documentary by Chie Mikami
March 10, 2015
Film will be followed by a Q&A and Discussion with UCSC Professor Alan Christy & Doctoral Student Yoko Fukumura.
The Japanese American Museum of San Jose presents a talk by History Alumnus and Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, Michael Jin
January 21, 2015
Fighting for the Emperor: Nisei Soldiers in the Imperial Armed Forces - Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 1:00 PM at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose.
Children's Village - Screening and Q&A with Filmmakers
October 30, 2014
A talk with guest artists plus a screening of Children's Village — a film by Zou Xueping, 85 min. (2012) on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 - 7:00pm in Communications 150 (Studio C)
The History Department presents a lecture by Dr. Prasenjit Duara
May 20, 2014
Circulatory and Competitive Histories: Temporal Foundations for Cosmopolitanism - Wednesday, May 21 at 2:00pm in Humanities 1, 520
Dai Jinhua Film Screening: April 18-24
April 18, 2014
Professor Dai is one of China’s foremost cultural critics. Communist, feminist, and internationalist, she provides original critical perspectives on current configurations of contemporary capitalism.
The Stevenson College Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series presents a talk by Noriko Aso
March 06, 2014
Mitsukoshi at War: Wednesday, March 12 at 4:00 pm in the Stevenson Fireside Lounge
Language Program Colloquium: Midori Ishida
November 22, 2013
Join us for a talk given by Midori Ishida on Monday, November 25, 5:15-7:00pm in Humanities 1, Room 408
Korea Peace Day: Thursday, November 7, 4 p.m.
October 30, 2013
Join us for a lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Charles Hanley, a screening of Memory of Forgotten War, and activist perspectives on the unended Korean War: November 7, 4pm-7pm in Humanities 1, room 210.
Prominent Legal Scholar to Speak on Legal Reform in Japan
October 21, 2013
Join us on Friday, October 25 for a talk to be given by UC Hastings Law Professor Setsuo Miyazawa.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Humanities Undergraduate Research Awards (HUGRA)
October 21, 2013
HUGRA awards support and encourage undergraduate research in the humanities. Up to 10 awards in the amount of $500 each are given each year.
Xiang Silou: Woodcut Appreciation
October 16, 2013
Visiting Artist: Xiang Silou from Arts Institute of Sichuan Normal University in Chengdu, Sichuan Presents: Woodcut Appreciation
Professor Christy to Deliver Ed Talk
October 14, 2013
Professor Alan Christy will deliver a TED-style talk entitled "Humanities Today: The Transformational Power of Student-Centered Learning" on Thursday October 17th at 5:30pm. The event will be streamed live online.
Anthony Barbieri-Low: "Imaging the Tomb of the First Emperor of China"
May 22, 2013
The UCSC Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the President’s Chair in Ancient Studies present a lecture in an ongoing series on “Archaeology and the Ancient World.” Thursday, May 23rd, at 4:30pm in the Cowell Conference Room.
Center for Cultural Studies Colloquium – William Marotti
April 19, 2013
Timely and Untimely Politics: Art and Protest in Early 1960s Japan: Wednesday, April 24 at 2:15 p.m. in Humanities 1, Room 210
Christopher Connery: Is China Socialist?
January 28, 2013
Wednesday, January 30 at 12:15pm in 210 Humanities 1
A Celebration of Ancient Chinese Arts
January 10, 2013
Saturday, January 19th: 7-9pm and Sunday, January 20th: 2-4pm At the Merrill Cultural Center. Free and Open to the Public.
Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme
November 15, 2012
Are you interested in teaching english abroad? Check out the JET Programme.
FILM SCREENING: No. 89 Shimen Rd. 黑白照片
May 22, 2012
FILM SCREENING: No. 89 Shimen Rd.黑白照片 (2010) followed by Q&A with Director Shu Haolun 舒浩仑
Living Writers Series: Steven Okazaki
April 30, 2012
Please join us for the next installment of the UCSC Living Writers Series: MAY 3, 2012 6 P.M., Humanities Lecture 206
Negotiations and Impacts: Water Policy across China's Loess Plateau
January 20, 2012
The National Science Foundation and the University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center are sponsoring an international collaborative program in social science research that both analyzes the impact of China’s regional economic development policies on water resource management practices in the Yellow River Loess Plateau, and serves to increase the recruitment of talented undergraduates into international social science research.
January 19, 2012
A Talk Featuring Wooksik Cheong of Peace Network, Korea
October 11, 2011
Wooksik Cheong, a founding member and representative of Peace Network, a South Korean NGO formed in 1999 that works for peace and disarmament in Northeast Asia and on the Korean peninsula, will speak on the resistance movement against the militarization of Jeju.
Lecture by Gema R. Guevara
October 11, 2011
“Visual Representations of the Chinese in Cuba: Racial Subjectivity and Triangulation” with Gema R. Guevara (Department of Languages and Literature, University of Utah)
“In the Opium Den” with Anthony W. Lee
October 11, 2011
Photograph played a key role in sorting out the madness of cultural encounter at the beginning of the 20th century, when immigrants and migrants found themselves together in American port cities.
Screening of Readymade with visiting Filmmaker Zhang Bingjian
September 27, 2011
Film + Digital Media, History, and Anthropology are pleased to co-present a screening of READYMADE and Q+A with visiting Chinese filmmaker Zhang Bingjian.
Gail Hershatter elected President of the Association of Asian Studies
September 19, 2011
History Chair Gail Hershatter has been elected President of the Association of Asian Studies, a scholarly, non-political, non-profit professional association for all persons interested in Asia and the study of Asia. She also published her new book, "The Gender of Memory," this summer!
Professor Hershatter's New Book Featured by Ms. Magazine
September 09, 2011
"The Gender of Memory: Rural Women and China's Collective Past,"was recently featured on the Ms. Magazine Blog.
Professor Minghui Hu Joins Academia Sinica Project
May 2, 2011
Minghui Hu, Assistant Professor in the UC Santa Cruz History Department and East Asian Studies faculty member, has recently joined an exciting 3-year project at the Academia Sinica (the national academy of Taiwan).
Gail Hershatter elected vice-president of Association for Asian Studies
February 01, 2010
History professor Gail Hershatter has been elected vice-president of the Association for Asian Studies.
Autumn Gem - A Documentary on Modern China's First Feminist
January 9, 2010
oin us for a free screening and Q-and-A session with the filmmakers, January 25, Merrill 102, 7 PM. Sponsored by the East Asian Studies program and the Department of History shown in conjunction with History 140D; open to all.
Bridging Past and Present
September 17, 2009
Historians Alice Yang and Alan Christy aim to deepen understanding and awareness of WWII through technology.
