Category: Profiles
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Championing Native American DNA with Dr. Kimberly Tallbear
Dr. Kimberly Tallbear (’05, History of Consciousness) on the import of Indigenous rights in the sciences and her time at UCSC in the HistCon department. Read the full article here.
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Profs Banu Bargu & Max Tomba Co-editors of Prestigious Political Theory Journal
History of Consciousness Professors Banu Bargu and Max Tomba have been named co-editors of an influential scholarly journal that addresses the most pressing issues of the 21st century, from the crises of democratic government to future pandemics. Read about their work with the journal here.
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HistCon Student Pablo Escudero Vasconez Interviewed by THI
History of Consciousness graduate student Pablo Escudero Vasconez discusses his research with The Humanities Institute. Read the full interview here.
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History of Consciousness Welcomes New Faculty
The History of Consciousness department is delighted to announce we have three new faculty members joining the department in the academic year 2023-2024! Information about their academic foci and recent publications are below. Robert Nichols Robert Nichols is an expert in contemporary social and political philosophy—especially Critical Theory; the history of social and political thought—especially pertaining…
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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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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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You Have the Right to Be Brilliant: An Interview with Dr. Angela Davis
Photography by Shawn Theodore Dr. Angela Davis’ brilliance is politics in motion. Active in the struggle for Black liberation for over 50 years, Dr. Davis has pursued racial justice whatever the cost. From prison abolition to Black feminist theory to cultural critique to LGBTQ advocacy, she has championed the notion that a world of full…
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In Various Constructs: Remembering Cecil Taylor
“Pianist, composer, poet, philosopher Cecil Taylor turned sound outside in, gathering influences far and wide, reassembling them into the ever-changing grammars that defined his career and inspired others. He defied while producing his critics; he created and alienated an overlapping community of listeners. He was a radical thinker and doer – out and outside sexually,…