Presented by NYU Libraries – Join scholar activists Bettina Aptheker and Judith Smith as they discuss Aptheker’s most recent book Communists in Closets: Queering the History 1930s–1990s. Communists in Closets: […]
For more than four decades, Bettina Aptheker, UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor Emerita, gave UCSC students an unforgettable immersion in feminist history. Aptheker has developed a large and loyal following […]
The Humanities Institute and Bookshop Santa Cruz welcome Bettina Aptheker, UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor Emerita, for a discussion about her new book, Communists in Closets: Queering the History 1930s-1990s, […]
The 2022 season of Our Community Reads from the Friends of the Aptos Library is featuring a series of special events related to themes in Red Letter Days by Sarah-Jane […]
My Own Words: The Law and Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg The Humanities Institute is pleased to announce a special event to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg, free and open […]
UC Santa Cruz has launched a new online course open to the public through the Coursera platform. Titled “Feminism and Social Justice” it is an adaptation of a popular course taught on […]
Originally published by KPIX on August 26, 2018 BERKELEY (CBS SF) — From the Third World Liberation Strike at San Francisco State to the now iconic Free Speech and anti-war demonstrations […]
The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair for Feminist Studies and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz will present Always Moving Uphill: Women in the Arts, on Tuesday, May 29, at Kuumbwa […]
On April 28th, 2018, Bettina Aptheker, distinguished professor and Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair for Feminist Studies, delivered the weekend’s faculty keynote address and 2018’s Peggy Downes Baskin […]
Opera Parallèle, a Bay Area opera company, founded by UCSC Music Professor Emerita, Nicole Paiement, who is its musical director and conductor, has commissioned an opera based on the life […]
By Scott Rappaport Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies Bettina Aptheker was presented with the John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities at the Humanities Division’s 2017 Spring Awards celebration held at […]
By Scott Rappaport, UCSC Newscenter An interview with UC Santa Cruz professor of feminist studies Bettina Aptheker will be featured in Rebels & Revolutions–the second installment of NBC Bay Area’s […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Be a student again for an afternoon! Attend a lecture entitled “Feminism & Social Justice” from faculty professor of feminist studies Bettina Aptheker. Join fellow alums for a lively […]
Bettina Aptheker co-led the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley in 1964. She will give a brief retrospective and then consider the different ways in which race, gender, class, and […]
Shirley Graham {Du Bois} (1896-1977) had a successful early career as composer, performer and playwright that included her formal studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Yale University, and the […]
When Kate Schatz (Stevenson ’03, literature and creative writing) began her career as an author, she wrote short fiction stories for an adult audience. Yet, within only a few years, […]
bell hooks, celebrated feminist theorist, cultural critic, artist, and writer, died on Wednesday, Dec. 15 at her home in Berea, KY. She was 69. hooks was the author of over […]
Through this event we aim to honor and celebrate Judith “Judy” Yung’s tremendous legacy as a UC Santa Cruz emerita professor of American Studies, community and public scholar of Chinese […]
Feminist Studies professor Felicity Amaya Schaeffer has been appointed as the new Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair for Feminist Studies. The endowed chair was established in 2017 with […]