WHAT'S HAPPENING AT SANTA CRUZ

We’ve also been asked to get word out about the 4th Annual Native American Studies Graduate Student Symposium, which will be held at UC Davis on April 23-24. This year’s theme is Remaking the Indigenous Universe: Vision, Praxis, and Tradition, a topic that emerged from many of the conversations during the 3rd annual UC Davis Native American Studies Graduate Student symposium. This year’s symposium will reach beyond UC to include presentations from graduate student researchers from around the world who are engaged with the field of Native American/Indigenous Studies. This event is at present the only Native American/Indigenous Studies graduate student symposium in the country and it has developed an enviable reputation for providing a venue for high-quality research and for the fostering of collaborative work. The call for papers is available here.

PHLUNCH is one of the longest-running and best established of the research and reading groups in the department. Meetings take place on Fridays between 12:30 and 1:30 and they provide a forum for informal discussion and reading around topical issues in phonology, phonetics, and their interaction. In the current quarter, aside from the regular meetings, PHLUNCH will host research presentations by Martin Krämer from Tromsø (January 23rd), alumna Rachel Walker from USC (on February 6th), Dan Silverman from San Jose State University on February 13th, and Arto Anttila of Stanford (on March 13th).

The call has just been announced for the 2014-—2015 Deans’ and Chancellors’ Undergraduate Research Awards. These awards recognize exceptional achievements in research by undergraduate students at UCSC. Students who wish to be considered can apply directly on-line by going here. The deadline for submission is Monday April 6th. Please talk to your advisor if you are interested in submitting your research for this competition.