SOCIAL JUSTICE TEACHING OPPORTUNITY UCSB graduate students can apply to teach in Foundations in the Humanities, a correspondence program in literature for people incarcerated in California prisons. Apply by May 1! Learn more: ihc.ucsb.edu/public-humanit…

RFG SYMPOSIUM: INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND WELL-BEING The American Indian and Indigenous Collective (AIIC) invites you to its 11th Annual Symposium. 5/10–5/12 | Zoom Learn more: ihc.ucsb.edu/event/11th-ann…

Congrats to third-year English major Shannon Jackson, second-place winner in the prose category of the HFA Creativity Competition! Read Shannon's piece, "Instruments of Change: The North Hall Takeover of 1968," below.

Congrats to third-year English major Zewen Gao for placing first in the UCSB Humanities and Fine Arts Creativity Contest's music competition! Visit the link below to listen to Zewen's composition, “Dark Elven Folk Tunes II.” hfa.ucsb.edu/news-entries/2…

Last but certainly not least, congratulations to fourth-year English major Kiana Perez Granados and first-year English major Mary Kearns, first and second place winners of the poetry division of the HFA Creativity Contest! hfa.ucsb.edu/news-entries/2… hfa.ucsb.edu/news-entries/2…

IHC FACULTY FELLOW PRESENTATIONS Faculty Fellows Utathya Chattopadhyaya (History), Mona Damluji (Film and Media Studies), and Rachael King (English),will give short presentations of their work. 5/13, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB Learn more: ihc.ucsb.edu/event/new-rese…

Join us May 10-12 for the 11th Annual American Indian and Indigenous Collective Symposium on "Indigenous Health and Well-being." McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020). See website for details. Free and open to all! cappscenter.ucsb.edu/news/event/485

She’s the face of a 2022 United States Mint quarter & her own Barbie in the ‘Inspiring Women’ series — but who is Anna May Wong, and what made her an icon? Yunte Huang tells Wong’s story in the last book of his Asian American icons trilogy, ‘Daughter of the Dragon.’ ow.ly/l7N750RzY1x

You are invited to the EMC's screening of Richard III, directed by Gregory Doran and starring Arthur Hughes. The event will be held Friday, May 17, from 2pm-5pm in the Scott Frank screening room in SSMS. Space is limited, so please email [email protected] if you are interested.

TODAY!

You are warmly invited to "The Future of the Lumpenproletariat," a conference convened to honor the work and memory of UCSB English professor Glyn Salton-Cox. Join us May 24-25, 9am-5pm, in 6020 HSSB. For questions and Zoom link, contact [email protected].

The Center for Literature & Environment and the Global Studies Dept. invite you to "SATURATION / CIRCULATION: Reading Logistical Form" with Alexandra Campbell and Fred Carter on May 20, 3-4:30pm, in SSMS 2135. The guest seminar will be followed by a beach walk to Campus point.

You are invited to "It's cool in America, beer is flowing on the floor: Czech emigrant ballads and their presentation of differentness," an upcoming Early Modern Center lecture from Marie Hanzelkova. Thu., May 30, 3:30-5:30pm, SH2625 Email questions to [email protected]

We are looking forward to warmly welcoming you to "The Future of the Lumpenproletariat" conference later this week at UCSB. Join us on 24-25th May from 9 AM PST- 5 PM PST in HSSB 6020, McCune Conference Room, or via Zoom at: ucsb.zoom.us/j/82749750603

DEADLINE EXTENDED: SOCIAL JUSTICE TEACHING OPPORTUNITY UCSB graduate students can apply to teach in Foundations in the Humanities, a correspondence program in literature for people incarcerated in California prisons. Apply by May 27! Learn more: ihc.ucsb.edu/public-humanit…

The English Department would like to thank everyone who joined us for and contributed to "The Future of the Lumpenproletariat" conference!

We are pleased to invite our colleagues to join us from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 in South Hall 1415 (Las Maestras Center) for "Reading the Body Other," a public reading of the works produced in Cherríe Moraga's ENGL 265: The Othered Body Spring writing seminar.

Looking for an inspiring summer read? Check out UCSB English Professor Swati Rana's article on Lata Mani’s Myriad Intimacies, published as part of an Experimental Books Forum on The Immanent Frame. You can read "Sacred experiments, intimate politics" here: tif.ssrc.org/2024/06/19/sac…