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Celebrating the Legacy of David Hoy
Join us for a conference celebrating the academic legacy of David Hoy, an esteemed colleague and professor of Philosophy at UC Santa Cruz. The event will be presented in person […]
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Donna Haraway, Karolina Karlic, Mark Nash, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Maria Puig de la Bellacasa, and Kriti Sharma – Ecological Worldmaking: Field Notes from Speculative Science and More Than Human Aesthetics
Featured Presenters: Dimitris Papadopoulos & Maria Puig de la Bellacasa: Ecological Worldmaking: Field Notes from Speculative Science and More Than Human Aesthetics This session brings art, science, and ecological thought […]
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Rizvana Bradley, Donna V. Jones, and Isaac Julien – God Save the Queen: Nationalism, Queer Desire, and Black Alternative Cultures
The panel examines themes animating Isaac Julien’s 1991 film Young Soul Rebels. In the presentations and the discussion, the panelists explore questions of temporality, memory, Black culture, and film theory. […]
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Chanell Stone – A Record and Rendition of the Land
A record and rendition of the land posits the racialized body as a porous, unfixed site and embodied geography through which cultural histories of memory and place are inscribed and […]
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Geological Surprises: Reading the Himalaya Otherwise
Drawing on research in Sikkim, India, with the Affected Citizens of Teesta movement, and with geoscientists across the Himalayan region, this talk asks: How have state powers used geological ways […]
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Arash Davari – Iran is Not a Signifier: Reflections on Imperialism and Revolution in the 21st Century
CMENA invites you to a special talk with Dr. Arash Davari, “Iran is Not a Signifier: Reflections on Imperialism and Revolution in the 21st Century,” co-hosted by the Asian American/Pacific […]
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Arash Davari – Insurgent Witness: Archetypes of Action in Revolutionary Iran
Please join us for a book talk with Prof. Arash Davari on his recently published Insurgent Witness: Archetypes of Action in Revolutionary Iran (Cambridge University Press). In this talk, he […]
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Graduate Profile: Katherine Johnson-Rodgers
Katherine Johnson-Rogers is a sixth-year PhD Candidate in the Literature Department and a 2026 THI Summer Dissertation Fellow. In addition, Katherine participated in the 2024-2025 Abolition Medicine and Disability Justice […]
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Graduate Profile: Ja Bulsombut
Ja Bulsombut is a PhD Candidate in Sociology and was the Graduate Student Researcher for The Humanities Institute and the Center for Cultural Studies from 2024-2026. Throughout her time at […]
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Bradly deMoll – Language of the Law
El coloquio de Spanish Studies presenta “Language of the Law – How Non-English Speakers Lose their Rights in the Criminal Justice System” by Bradly deMoll, Deputy Public Defender, Santa Cruz […]
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Lineages of Workers Inquiry in the U.S.
The 1970s saw a burst of working-class struggle in the United States. In a moment of crisis, workers responded with courage and determination to fight back. A wave of strikes […]
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2026-2027 Theme: Language
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Kirsten Keller, Megan Thomas, & Anna Tsing – The Clam, the Mud, and the Girl: Soft Coasts and the Story of Property
What if we considered Southeast Asia from the perspective of its muddy coasts and inland swamps? Precolonial “Soft coasts” supported a maritime world connecting diverse peoples by trade, kinship, and […]
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Slugs and Steins with Matt O’Hara – The Flying Death: Poison, Plunder, and the Quest for a Miracle Medicine in the Amazon
In the 1930s and 40s, amateur explorers and hardened plant hunters combed the Amazon in a race to unlock the secrets of curare, an Indigenous poison they hoped could cure […]
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Delio Vasquez – Huey P. Newton’s Philosophy and the Structured Vehicle
Delio Vasquez (New York University) will be in conversation with Darien Acero & xafsa ciise (UC Santa Cruz). This conversation and talk describes Huey P. Newton’s conception of reality and […]
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THI’s 2026-2027 Theme
In the last few years, we have entered a strange new world of language technology, one where chatbots serve as therapists, advisors, clergy, and companions, and where it is increasingly […]
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Young Soul Rebels.
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Sophia Coffing
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Hannah Cole – Beyond Monoculture: A Theoretical Framework for Caribbean Literature
The history of the insular Caribbean has long been told in terms of the boom and bust of the monoculture plantation system. Indeed, monoculture has become a pervasive way of […]
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Knowing Across Traditions: Muslim and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Education
About the Cluster This THI Research Cluster sits at the intersection of education, Muslim knowledge systems, and Indigenous epistemologies. We take up THI’s theme of Language by centering recitation, oral […]