News & Events
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Prof. Isaac Julien Awarded Prize for Publication
About the AwardHistory of Consciousness Professor Isaac Julien’s recent publication has been awarded the 2023 Kraszna-Krausz Moving Image Book Award.The annual Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards recognise individuals or groups of individuals who, in the opinion of the Judges, have made an outstanding original or lasting contribution to the literature of or concerning the art and practice…
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Curating the Moving Image from Prof. Mark Nash
In Curating the Moving Image, influential curator and theorist Mark Nash draws on his work at Documenta11, the Venice Biennale, and elsewhere to explore the possibilities of contemporary curation. Constructing this richly illustrated book as a curatorial project in and of itself, Nash outlines several key concepts that range from exhibition architecture and curating as an affective…
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Beneath the Mountain: An Anti-Prison Reader from Mumia Abu-Jamal
History of Consciousness graduate student Mumia Abu-Jamal’s upcoming publication Beneath the Mountain: An Anti-Prison Reader to be published March 19 2024. About the publication: Essential radical texts by enslaved, jailed, and imprisoned Americans, edited by renowned political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal and activist-scholar Jennifer Black. “Martin Luther King told us what he saw when he went to the…
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HistCon Alumnus Isaac Blacksin Interviewed by THI
History of Consciousness alumnus student Isaac Blacksin discusses his research with The Humanities Institute. Read the full profile here.
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Reproduction of Possibility: A Colloquium on Black Critical Thought
History of Consciousness graduate student Daniel Butler, alumni Colin Drumm, and incoming Post-Doctoral Scholar Taija McDougall will be presenting in the upcoming Reproduction of Possibility: A Colloquium on Black Critical Thought. The colloquium will take place over over two multi-day periods: April 27-29 & May 4-6. April’s series will be a set of hybrid events,…
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Prof. Massimiliano Tomba’s Insurgent Universality: Continuing the Debate Virtual Discussion
Massimiliano Tomba’s Insurgent Universality: An Alternative Legacy of Modernity, is considered one of the most important recent contributions to political philosophy. Its main argument is that within traditions of subaltern resistance and insurgency, a different form of universality emerges – radical, agonistic, egalitarian – that represents the alternative ‘subterranean’ current of modernity. This resonates with both…
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Prof. Massimiliano Tomba on the Historical Materialism Podcast
Professor Massimiliano Tomba was interviewed on Historical Materialism Podcast, a podcast by Historical Materialism on critical Marxist theory which offers a deep-dive into each new issue of the Historical Materialism Journal. Episode “HM6: Insurgent Universality“: How can we trace a continuity with the past to inspire a future of emancipation? What can we learn from the experiments of the…
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Prof. Robert Meister Interviewed in Historical Materialism
Giulia dal Maso interviews Professor Robert Meister in “Historical Materialism”. Read the full interview here.
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A People’s History of SFO from Prof. Eric Porter
Congratulations to Eric Porter on His New Book, “A People’s History of SFO”! A People’s History of SFO uses the history of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to tell a multifaceted story of development, encounter, and power in the surrounding region from the eighteenth century to the present. In lively, engaging stories, Eric Porter reveals SFO’s…
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History of Consciousness in Solidarity with the UAW Strike
Both faculty and staff of the History of Consciousness department would like to express their support of the student workers represented by the UAW across the campuses of the University of California. We urge the UCSC administration to pressure UCOP to bargain with the UAW in good faith and to take the bargaining position of…
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Prof. Massimiliano Tomba Awarded Prize for Publication
History of Consciousness Professor Massimiliano Tomba’s recent publication has been co-awarded the 2021 David and Elaine Spitz Prize. The Prize is awarded every year by CSPT, The International Conference for the Study of Political Thought, for the best books in liberal and/or democratic theory published two years earlier. Selected from a wide range of applications,…
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Prof. Banu Bargu & Prof. Massimiliano Tomba Awarded Fellowships
History of Consciousness Associate Professor Banu Bargu has been named a fellow of both the American Council of Learned Societies and the Institute for Advanced Study School of Social Sciences for the 2020-2021 academic year. The fellowships will enable Bargu to focus on completing her book, Corporeal Politics: Violent Uses of the Body in the…