Event Recaps Feature
2 June 2026 / 4 June 2026 by Azumi | Leave a Comment
On May 31st, 2026, The Humanities Institute presented its seventh annual Deep Read program. The 2026 Deep Read culminated in a public discussion of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make our […]
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Event Recaps
7 May 2026 / 7 May 2026 by Azumi | Leave a Comment
On March 13, 2026, Ben Leeds Carson (Professor of Music), Camilla A. Hawthorne (Associate Professor of Sociology), and Pranav Anand (THI Faculty Director and Professor of Linguistics) at UCSC, along […]
12 February 2026 / 24 February 2026 by Azumi | Leave a Comment
What is the state of sustainable food now, what are the forces affecting food choice, and what can we do about it? On February 12, 2026, the annual Peggy Downes […]
20 January 2026 / 3 February 2026 by Azumi | Leave a Comment
In an increasingly careless world where cruelty is celebrated and disability mocked, these two highly-readable scholars remind us that beautiful relationships of compassion, connection, communication, and empathy still exist. Rutherford […]
20 November 2025 / 13 January 2026 by Azumi | Leave a Comment
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 […]
5 June 2025 / 30 June 2025 by Azumi | Leave a Comment
On June 5, 2025, The Humanities Institute presented the 2025 Night at the Museum, featuring Amending Worlds, a panel discussion about speculative fiction and a multi-media exhibition by UCSC graduate […]
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27 May 2025 / 30 June 2025 by Azumi | Leave a Comment
A new UC Santa Cruz initiative called Saritaan—meaning “to talk story” in Ilokano—is preserving the untold migration stories of Filipino families. By Dan White A new UC Santa Cruz initiative […]
20 May 2025 / 28 January 2026 by Azumi | Leave a Comment
Imagining America is pleased to announce that the 2025-2026 fellowship programs, for graduate and undergraduate students at IA Member institutions, are now open. There are two opportunities available: The Publicly […]
4 May 2025 / 4 June 2026 by Azumi | Leave a Comment
On May 4th, 2025, The Humanities Institute produced its sixth annual Deep Read program. The 2025 Deep Read culminated in a public discussion of James, a reimagining of Mark Twain’s […]
