October 28, 2020 | Works-in-Progress with Guthman, Fairbairn, Reisman
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Zoom link Join SJRC scholars for an open discussion of works-in-progress! This is a wonderful chance to engage with one another’s ideas, and support our own internal work. At this session, we will hear from Professor of Social Sciences Julie Guthman, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies… Continue Reading October 28, 2020 | Works-in-Progress with Guthman, Fairbairn, Reisman
Fall Science & Justice Writing Together
Thursday’s 9:00AM-11:00AM PST (Zoom link) Meeting ID: 949 2647 3182; Passcode: 075587 Wanting to establish a regular writing routine exploring science and justice? Beginning October 22, join SJRC scholars every Thursday of fall term from 9:00AM-11:00AM for open writing sessions! Engage in six 25-minute writing sessions (with a 5 minute break in between). Open to… Continue Reading Fall Science & Justice Writing Together
October 14, 2020 | Meet & Greet
On Wednesday, October 14, 2020, Zoom Registration, SJRC hosted a beginning of term social hour. In addition to a chance to celebrate the new academic year and enjoy each other’s company, we welcomed new members of our community, and welcomed back others. The SJRC annual Meet & Greet is a great chance for everyone to… Continue Reading October 14, 2020 | Meet & Greet
September 30, 2020 | Giving Day
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 All-Day Join the Science & Justice Research Center at UC Santa Cruz on Wednesday September 30th, for Giving Day, a 24-hour online fundraising drive! Help us celebrate the 10 year anniversary of our Science & Justice Training Program (SJTP) by supporting our graduate student researchers through the Science & Justice campaign. Incentives to… Continue Reading September 30, 2020 | Giving Day
Summer Science & Justice Writing Together
Wanting to establish a regular writing routine exploring science and justice? Join SJRC scholars over Zoom for open writing sessions! Open to all students, faculty, researchers and visiting scholars. For more information, the Zoom link and password, or to express interest, please contact SJRC Graduate Fellow Dorothy Santos (film and digital media).
June 24, 2020 | V is for Veracity
On June 24, 2020, SJRC Founding Director Jenny Reardon joined Wendy Hui Kyong Chun (Simon Fraser University’s Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media in the School of Communication) for a conversation on Science & Justice, and to explore our intersecting work on democracy, justice, information, and truth. As Reardon’s recently written in relation in… Continue Reading June 24, 2020 | V is for Veracity
June 05, 2020 | UCHRI The Fire This Time: Race at Boiling Point
Hosted by David Theo Goldberg and UCHRI on Friday, June 05, 2020. UCHRI gathered Angela Y. Davis (Emerita, UC Santa Cruz), Herman Gray (Emeritus, UC Santa Cruz), Gaye Theresa Johnson (UC Los Angeles), Robin D.G. Kelley (UC Los Angeles), and Josh Kun (USC) to think differently together about the structural conditions and explosive events shattering… Continue Reading June 05, 2020 | UCHRI The Fire This Time: Race at Boiling Point
April 24, 2020 | Theorizing Race After Race
Friday, April 24, 2020 2:30-3:30 PM Join Science & Justice scholars for an open discussion of Theorizing Race After Race! At this session, we’ll read and think with Alondra Nelson’s, “Society after Pandemic”: https://items.ssrc.org/insights/society-after-pandemic/ (Links to an external site.), and Ruha Benjamin’s, “Black Skin, White Masks: Racism, Vulnerability & Refuting Black Pathology”: https://aas.princeton.edu/news/black-skin-white-masks-racism-vulnerability-refuting-black-pathology. We’ll also discuss a collective… Continue Reading April 24, 2020 | Theorizing Race After Race
April 24, 2020 | STS Approaches to COVID-19: A Roundtable Discussion
Friday, April 24, 2020 11:00am–12:30pm PST A livestream conversation of STS approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic, moderated by Saul Halfon, Virginia Tech Department of Science, Technology, and Society. This roundtable brings together scholars from a range of STS specializations (cultural studies, sociology, history, politics, policy, and anthropology) to help us think through the COVID-19 pandemic.… Continue Reading April 24, 2020 | STS Approaches to COVID-19: A Roundtable Discussion
April 20, 2020 | Book Launch! Vital Decomposition Soil Practitioners and Life Politics
Monday, April 20, 2020 1:30 pm PST / 4:30pm EST online: https://sasupenn.zoom.us/j/767737043 Celebrate the launch of Kristina Lyons’ new book, Vital Decomposition Soil Practitioners and Life Politics (Duke University Press, April 2020). Kristina M. Lyons is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania.