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Applications for the HistCon PhD Now Open!
Applications to the History of Consciousness PhD Program are now open! Find application requirements here & apply at the below link! Questions about the application process? Have a look at our Admissions FAQ page. The deadline to apply to the History of Consciousness is December 11th at 11:59pm PST.
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History of Consciousness Faculty Statement on UAW Strike
The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of all faculty and graduate students in the History of Consciousness Department, the Regents of the University of California, or the University of California, Santa Cruz. 48,000 employees at the University of California represented by UAW 4811 have authorized an Unfair Labor Practice strike action,…
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History of Consciousness Statement on Academic Freedom
The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of all faculty and graduate students in the History of Consciousness Department, the Regents of the University of California, or the University of California, Santa Cruz. UCSC History of Consciousness Department History of Consciousness Statement on Academic Freedom We write in response to UC officials’…
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Profs. Banu Bargu & Massimiliano Tomba to Join the Editorial Board of Political Theory
The American Political Science Association (APSA) has announced History of Consciousness professors Banu Bargu & Massimiliano Tomba will join scholar Kevin Olson on the editorial board of the historic Political Theory journal in January of next year. Political Theory is a peer-reviewed journal published bi-monthly, and serves as the leading forum for the development and exchange of political ideas.…
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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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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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HistCon alum Karlene Faith featured in The New Yorker
[Karlene] Faith’s name probably won’t ring loud bells, if any at all. She was a radical-feminist criminologist who spent her career as a teacher and a researcher at Simon Fraser University, in Canada. In 1972, while a graduate student in the history-of-consciousness program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Faith co-founded the Santa Cruz…
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In Memoriam: Teresia Teaiwa
Sean, Vaitoa, Teresia: Wellington 2003. By Jim Clifford, Professor Emeritus History of Conciousness Teresia Teaiwa, History of Consciousness PhD 2001, passed away on 21 March 2017. The cause was pancreatic cancer. Her untimely loss has devastated many friends and admirers. An enormous outpouring of love and support, from throughout Oceania and beyond, accompanied her final…