News & Events

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen to speak at UC Santa Cruz on Oct. 19
October 12, 2017
On October 11, the MacArthur Foundation awarded Viet Thanh Nguyen a 2017 MacArthur Fellowship for his work as a fiction writer and cultural critic, citing his contributions to “challenging popular depictions of the Vietnam War and exploring the myriad ways that war lives on for those it has displaced.”
Nearly 70 percent experience "rent burden" in Santa Cruz County, according to UC Santa Cruz survey results
October 9, 2017
Nearly 70 percent of renters surveyed in Santa Cruz County experience "rent burden," defined as spending more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities, according to preliminary results of a survey of 1,700 renters across the county conducted by UC Santa Cruz.
Fall Living Writers Series explores histories of war, refuge and social justice
October 6, 2017
"Beyond the Wall: War, Refuge, and Home" is the name of this fall’s installment of the Living Writers Series at UC Santa Cruz. Curated by the campus’s award-winning author and literature professor Karen Tei Yamashita, the series runs through December 7 at the Humanities Lecture Hall.
An advocate for awareness
September 12, 2017
Alumna Dyane Harwood is sharing her journey with postpartum bipolar disorder to raise awareness and help others struggling with postpartum mental illness
Fall 2017 Courses
August 30, 2017
Seats are still open in Fall 2017 Literature courses! Enroll today!
Humanities alum Michael Scherer joins 'Washington Post' as national political reporter
August 29, 2017
Michael Scherer will join the Washington Post as a national political reporter in September. One of the first students in the Creative Writing Program led by literature professors Micah Perks and Karen Yamashita, Scherer graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1998 with a B.A. in Literature.
UC Santa Cruz humanities alumna named 2017 Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow
August 16, 2017
Sophia Magnone (Ph.D. Literature, 2016) is one of 20 new Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows nationwide who will take up two-year assignments working in the fields of policy, civil rights, arts and culture, and the media.
Dickens Universe thriving at UC Santa Cruz
August 7, 2017
Nearly 300 people attended the Dickens Universe this year--a unique weeklong event held each summer among the redwood trees at UC Santa Cruz.
UC Santa Cruz humanities alum wins Cabot Prize for journalism in Latin America
July 27, 2017
Washington Post correspondent and UC Santa Cruz alumnus Nick Miroff has been awarded a 2017 Maria Moors Cabot Prize for his reporting in Latin America.
Sweet emotion
June 21, 2017
Researching a book on America’s obsession with ice cream took alumna Amy Ettinger on some madcap adventures—and also led her to explore memories of her own life.
Participate in This Summer's Dickens Universe for Literature Credit!
April 11, 2017
Participate in this special event and earn credit
2016-17 Literature Graduate Research Lecture Series
October 31, 2016
Join us Mondays at 2pm to hear graduate research presented by Literature PhD students!
Vote!
October 6, 2016
All of the needed information to vote in the upcoming November 8th election.
Fall 2016 Literature Orientation
September 15, 2016
Join other new students to learn information about the literature major at UCSC.

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