Event Recaps
12 November 2020 / 1 December 2021 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On November 12, 2020, the 11th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading was held, hosted by poet Gary Young and featuring honored guest, Morgan Parker. You can also stay engaged by […]
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21 May 2020 / 26 May 2020 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On May 21, 2020, the Humanities Institute hosted its second virtual Humanities Happy Hour exploring Questions That Matter in the Time of the Pandemic. What has the shift to remote, […]
14 May 2020 / 21 May 2020 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On May 14, 2020, the Humanities Institute hosted its first virtual Humanities Happy Hour exploring Questions That Matter in the Time of Pandemic. This week focused on “Freedom & Race” […]
27 February 2020 / 6 April 2020 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On February 27, 2020, the Humanities Institute and the Center for Creative Ecologies presented the second event in the Beyond the End of the World series, bringing Amitav Ghosh to […]
12 February 2020 / 6 April 2020 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On February 12, 2020, The Humanities Institute held a screening of Free Men (Les hommes libres), a 2011 French film written and directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi, which recounts the largely untold story […]
23 January 2020 / 21 May 2020 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On January 23, 2020, the Humanities Institute and the Center for Creative Ecologies presented the inaugural event in the Beyond the End of the World series, bringing Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor to […]
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9 January 2020 / 5 April 2020 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On January 9, 2020, The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz hosted ASEFA, led by ethnomusicologist and multi-instrumentalist Samuel Torjman Thomas, Ph.D. Blending vocals, oud, violin, nay, and plenty of […]
29 January 2019 / 21 May 2020 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On January 29th, 2019, The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz presented the fifth installment of its signature Questions That Matter series— Data and Democracy— at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in […]
15 November 2018 / 4 April 2020 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On Thursday, November 15, 2018, Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, essayist, and environmental activist Gary Snyder was the featured guest at the ninth annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading at the […]
1 March 2018 / 21 May 2020 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On March 1, 2018, Cathy Davidson discussed her book The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux and show how we can […]
6 October 2016 / 28 May 2020 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On October 6, 2016, the Humanities Institute hosted leading labor and migration scholar, Bridget Anderson for the inaugural event in a series of events on Non-citizenship at the Santa Cruz […]
18 May 2016 / 14 April 2020 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On May 18, 2016, the UC Santa Cruz Institute for Humanities Research hosted a public conversation with Ethan Michaeli, author of The Defender, and David Anthony, Professor of History at […]
30 April 2016 / 6 April 2020 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On April 30, 2016, the Kuumbwa Jazz Center and the UC Santa Cruz Institute for Humanities Research celebrated international jazz day with a headline performance by jazz vocalist Kim Nalley. […]
10 March 2016 / 19 November 2024 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On March 10, 2016, the Humanities Institute hosted Samuel R. Delany, an American science-fiction novelist and critic whose highly imaginative works address sexual, racial, and social issues, heroic quests, and […]
28 January 2016 / 21 May 2020 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On January 28th, 2016, Dr. William D. Adams presented “Wicked Problems: The Humanities in the Time of STEM,” the 15th Annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture, at UC Santa Cruz. In this […]
8 May 2014 / 28 May 2020 by Allie Bradfield Davis | Leave a Comment
On May 8, 2014, the Humanities Institute held a multi-day conference seeking to understand if humans and other species can continue to inhabit the earth together. Through noticing, describing, and […]