April 19 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Humanities 1, Room 210 | Free The Helen Diller Family Endowment Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies presents: Mitchell Duneier, the Maurice P. During, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University on “Ghetto: Invention of a Place, History of an Idea” Lecture at 4:00pm – Humanities 1, RM […]
April 26th, 4:00pm April 26th, 4:00pm Location: Stevenson Fireside Lounge Reception to Follow For accessibitiy concerns, contact pmreed@ucsc.edu This talk examines the place of Jews in colonial Morocco from the interwar period though to independence (achieved in 1956) and beyond. It is structured around one central question: how Moroccan Jews see themselves as emancipated citizens […]
UC Santa Cruz alum named executive director of largest international society of Jewish Studies March 16, 2017 By Scott Rappaport UC Santa Cruz alumnus Warren Hoffman has been named the next Executive Director of the Association for Jewish Studies (AJS), the largest international society of students and scholars of Jewish studies. The recipient of a […]
April 19, 2017 8:30 am – 2:00 pm Digital Scholarship Commons, McHenry Library | Free Sponsored by Center for Jewish Studies, Digital Scholarship Commons, University Library, IHR With support from the Koret Family Foundation The Digital Scholarship Commons is thrilled to announce the first Undergraduate Digital Research Symposium on April 19, 2017. At UC Santa […]
May 16 3:20 pm – 4:55 pm Susan Gilson Miller is Professor of History at the University of California, Davis. She will be guest speaking on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 as a part of Professor Alma Heckman’s course “The Holocaust and the Arab World” (HIS 1850). When: May 16, 2017 – 3:20-4:55pm Location: Cowell Acad […]
May 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Stevenson Event Center | Free The Humanities Division and Feminist Studies department are very excited to announce the Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair in Feminist Studies at UC Santa Cruz. This endowed chair was recently established with a $500,000 gift from the Peggy and Jack […]
April 12 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Humanities 1, Room 210 | Free Come discover what makes the Jewish Studies program at UC Santa Cruz such a unique and vibrant educational opportunity. Meet Jewish Studies faculty and students, learn about classes, internship opportunities, and the Jewish Studies intellectual community.
May 25 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm | Humanities 2, Room 259 Workshop on Radical Jewish Politics with visiting scholars in Jewish Studies 9:00am-1:00pm: Session 1 1:00-2:00pm: Lunch 2:00-5:00: Session 2 RSVP required – Please register for the event here Co-sponsored by the History Department and Center for Cultural Studies
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Kresge Town Hall, UC Santa Cruz Event Video: Digital Space & Difficult History: Curating The African American and Holocaust Museums 2.22.17 from IHR on Vimeo. Event Photos: Event Description: The new National Museum of African American History and Culture and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum both […]
By Scott Rappaport Over 150 donors commit nearly $1 million to support research, teaching, and public events UC Santa Cruz has established an endowed chair to honor the person most responsible for the thriving Jewish Studies program that exists on the campus today. Over 150 donors have committed a combined total of $977,130 to establish the […]
