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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…

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 (@LasMaestras_) for "Reading the Body Other," a public reading of the works produced in Cherríe Moraga's ENGL 265: The Othered Body Spring writing seminar.

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

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…

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

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 emcfellow@gmail.com

For more information, visit: english.ucsb.edu/2024-arnhold-u…

Please save the date for our 2024 postering session featuring the research and work in progress of our 2023-2024 undergrad Arnhold Fellows. Drop by on May 20 from 4pm to 7pm in the Digital Arts and Humanities Common for food, conversation, and celebration!

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 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 somakmukherjee@umail.ucsb.edu.

TODAY!

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 emcfellow@gmail.com if you are interested.

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

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

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…

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…

Congrats to third-year English major Zewen Gao for placing first in the @hfaucsb 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…

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.

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…

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…