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Undergraduate Research Symposium

April 25, 2008

You’re invited! Join the History Department for the 2008 Undergraduate Research Symposium. Come learn about the exceptional research being conducted by history undergraduates, and hear keynote speaker Carla Hesse.This is an opportunity not to be missed! Light refreshments to be provided.

Cowell Conference Room
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
2:00 - 5:00 PM

Keynote Speaker

Carla Hesse - Is Baudelaire in that Data Set? My Undergraduate Life as a Double- Agent in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Carla Hesse is a Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, and a member of the editorial board of the journal Representations. Carla earned her bachelor of arts degree from the University of Santa Cruz studying history and French literature, graduating with honors.

Faculty Commentators

Kate Jones is Assistant Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz. Kate’s research focuses on 19th century U.S. history, Southern history, the history of children and the politics of the household. She came to UCSC in Fall 2007.

Assaf Yasur-Landau is Assistant Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz. Assaf’s research focuses on the archeology of ancient Israel and the Near East; Aegean Bronze Age studies; the archeology of migration and interregional interaction; and domestic behavioral patterns. He is the codirector of the Tel Kabri Archaeological Project and member of the Ashkelon Publication Team, the Leon Levi Expedition. He came to UCSC in Fall 2007.

Participants

Juliet Carpenter-McCauslin - Applications of Public History to a Historical Tour of USCS’s Upper Campus

James Casey - Failure of Fantasies: The Historical Problems of the French Mandate in Syria

Jon Cho-Polizzi - Gothic State Formation in Opposition to the Roman and Hunnish Empires

Joe Gabent - Happiness Machines

Rita Lonhart - Northern Ireland: An Analysis of Loyalist and Republican Murals

Ellen McAmis - Cairo’s Second City

Kelly McCormick - Community Building Coalitions between Japanese, Muslim, and Sikh Americans Post 9/11

Lia Winfield - The Regulators in the Colonial Carolinas: 1766-1771

Directions

The Cowell Conference Room is located in Cowell College, in the southeast corner of the campus core.

Those walking or arriving by Metro bus or campus shuttle can take the Crown/Merrill bus stop.

For those driving from the Main Entrance, stay on Coolidge Drive. Shortly after Coolidge turns left and becomes McLaughlin Drive, turn left at the second opportunity, following the sign for Cowell College.

There are several options for parking. After passing the Humanities and Social Sciences facility, you can turn left into a small lot. Here there are some metered parking spaces, as well as parking for “A,” “B,” and “C” permit holders. If this lot is full, continue down the service road. There are several additional meters along the left side. You may also continue left and down a hill to several larger parking lots. The lot on the right has metered parking.

Those needing accessible parking spaces have several options. There are accessible spaces located in the Cowell Circle, and an additional space across the street in the small lot mentioned above.

Parking permits are required in most lots on weekdays between 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Lot designations are subject to change; it is advisable to check the permit requirements posted at parking lot entrances when parking on campus.

One-day visitor permits may be purchased at the main entrance kiosk, or at the TAPS Sales Office located in the H Barn at the base of campus. Parking meters are posted regarding hours of enforcement.