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The Deep Read – A Conversation with Merlin Sheldrake
Join us for a free, public conversation with British mycologist and author, Merlin Sheldrake, at UC Santa Cruz’s Quarry Amphitheater on May 31, 2026. He’ll discuss his New York Times […]
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Impact Report
Change the frame. Lead the conversation. For 25 years, The Humanities Institute (THI) at UC Santa Cruz has pushed boundaries—sparking research, empowering students, and engaging the public. The Humanities are […]
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Oceans of Dissent: A Feminist Commons
We gather to forge new vernaculars of the geopolitical, to assemble spatial imaginaries of the “oceanic” that refuse rather than relent to the insistent march of capital and empire. To dissent here is an invitation to think more […]
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The Sheikh’s Jews: Muslim-Jewish Relations in Interwar Algeria
The Center for Jewish Studies presents, The Helen Diller Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies. Until the middle of the twentieth century, Algeria hosted an array of Jewish communities—some deeply-rooted, others […]
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CFA: The Coha-Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures, 2025-2026
Call for Submissions: The Coha-Gunderson Prize in Speculative FuturesDEADLINE: January 16th, 2026 The Coha-Gunderson PrizeThe Speculatively Scientific Fictions of the Future THI project announces its seventh campus-wide competition, open to […]
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Humanities EXCEL Fellows build community through hands-on Internships
At UC Santa Cruz, the Humanities EXCEL Program is helping Humanities undergraduates discover new pathways to professional growth and connect to local communities through paid internships. By Dan White By partnering […]
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Ellen Bass – Morton Marcus Poetry Reading
On November 20, 2025, The Humanities Institute presented the 16th Annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading featuring honored guest Ellen Bass. Poet Gary Young hosted the program, and the evening included […]
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Nurturing Difference – Parenting and Disability in a Careless Age
JOIN US as we celebrate two distinguished members of our UCSC community and their new books. We’ll be discussing Danilyn Rutherford’s Beautiful Mystery: Living in a Wordless World (Duke University […]
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John O. Jordan – Dickens and Soundscape: The Old Curiosity Shop
Please join the Dickens Project for the rescheduled Dickens Universe talk by John Jordan, Dickens Project Co-Founder and Co-Director. Critics have long recognized and commented on the striking visual quality […]
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Gregory O’Malley – The Escapes of David George
Bookshop welcomes prize-winning historian and UC Santa Cruz professor Gregory O’Malley for a discussion about his new book The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the […]
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Undergraduate Profile: Sophia Coffing
Sophia Coffing is a second-year Psychology and Literature major and The Humanities Institute’s Communications assistant for the 2025-26 Academic Year. In addition, Sophia is also working with Literature Professor Zac […]
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Martabel Wasserman – Picturing California’s Carceral Landscape: Carleton Watkins’ Views of Alcatraz
Carleton Watkins, an iconic photographer of the 19th Century American West, is best known for his images of Yosemite that were used as testimony in the formation of the National […]