The Center for Cultural Studies118 Kerr Hall* *Visiting address only; not a mailing address. Mail should be addressed to the Director: Carla Freccero, Humanities Academic Services, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064. 2009-2010 ADVISORY
BOARD DIRECTORS' SPRING OFFICE HOURS Staff support for Center for Cultural Studies events is provided by the Institute for Humanities Research.
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The
Center for Cultural Studies at UC Santa Cruz was founded in the Spring
of
1988 as a part of the University of California's President's Humanities
Initiative. It is now in its twenty-first year. Through an ensemble of
research
clusters, conferences, workshops, visiting scholars, publications, film
series, and a Resident Scholars Program, the Center has encouraged a
broad
range of research in the rapidly evolving field of cultural studies. An
external review of the Center in 1993 confirmed the Center's reputation
for innovation, a reputation that has grown steadily, on the campus, in
the nation, and abroad.
The international field of cultural studies has emerged from the challenges posed to traditional humanistic and social scientific agendas by new research strategies in visual studies; anthropology, ethnography, and folklore; feminist studies; comparative sociology and politics; semiotics; social, cultural, literary, and political theory; science studies; colonial discourse analysis; ethnic studies; and the histories of sexualities. These challenges, and the new areas of scholarly activity they stimulate, compose the heart of cultural studies at UC Santa Cruz. Thus, the Center for Cultural Studies' concern is to foster research across divisional as well as disciplinary boundaries. While based in the humanities, it engages with the "interpretive" or "historical" social sciences, as well as with theoretically informed work in the arts. The membership of the Center's Advisory Board and faculty/graduate student participation in its events clearly reflect this cross-divisional agenda. The Center's activities fall into four categories: the Resident Scholars program, Research Clusters, Conferences, and Lectures and Colloquia. This last set of activities can be accessed via our Events Calendar. |
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