Events
We Are the Middle of Forever: A More-than-human(ities) Book Club Discussion with Stan Rushworth
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesPlease join us for a conversation with Stan Rushworth, who will be discussing his latest book We Are the Middle of Forever, which places Indigenous voices at the center of conversations about today’s environmental crisis. Event attendees will be expected to have read the book, which will be provided free of charge to anyone who […]
Ambika Aiyadurai – Caring for humans and nonhumans: Challenges in India’s Wildlife Conservation
Virtual EventThis paper examines different meanings of care in India’s wildlife conservation. Drawing on my fieldwork and case studies from across the country, I discuss various forms of care in protecting endangered species and preventing extinction. Addressing the role of wildlife conservationists and Indigenous people, the paper asks how and in what ways the notions of […]
Humanities Division Graduate Awards Make-up
Merrill Provost House Provost's Residence, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesDean Jasmine Alinder will recognize Kimberly Tallbear (Ph.D. ’05, History of Consciousness) with the 2023-2024 Distinguished Humanities Graduate Alumni award. Professor Tallbear will give remarks, and we will recognize graduate student awards from last year, with a reception following. The event will take place at the Merrill Provost House from 4 - 6 pm. We […]
Slugs and Steins with Professor Renee Fox and Professor Elaine Sullivan – The Curse of the Mummy
Virtual EventThis talk focuses on a new UCSC Humanities course called “The Curse of the Mummy,” co-taught by Associate Professor of Literature Renée Fox and Associate Professor Elaine Sullivan. Combining analysis of 19th-century Egyptology’s transformation of ancient Egypt into a European fantasy with study of ancient Egyptian culture itself, the course relies on the collaborative expertise […]
American Analects: Book Launch and Poetry Reading
m.k. contemporary art 703 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesPlease join us for the release of American Analects, poems by Gary Young and Feasting on the World, an exhibition at MK Contemporary Art Gallery, paintings by Gene Holton paired with poems by Gary Young. Gary Young will be reading from his new book inspired by his friend and mentor Gene Holton. Presented by MK […]
Slug Book Club Holiday Party with the Deep Read
Cowell Conference Room Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for an undergraduate holiday party with the Slug Book Club and the Deep Read. Come for pizza and drinks as well as holiday crafts and a literary white elephant exchange ($10-$15 budget). We'll be handing out copies of this year's Deep Read book, James by Percival Everett, and discussing opportunities to participate in […]
Casting the Dice: A Dialogue on Migration Through Music
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for a special event with composer Iván Enrique Rodríguez and UC Santa Cruz scholar Amy Argenal to discuss the complex experiences of migrants, the many challenges of seeking asylum and refuge in the United States, and the power of music as a tool for social change. Presented by The Humanities Institute and the […]
Living Writers Student Reading
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLiving Writers Series – Fall 2024 Growing Things ~ gardens, poems, emotions, relationships, stories, our artistic practices, carefully tended, beautifully ordered, rewilded and wild ~ Sponsored by The Porter Hitchcock Poetry Fund, The Laurie Sain Endowment, The Humanities Institute, Bookshop Santa Cruz, and Two Birds Books, which provides books for purchase at the readings.
A Discussion of Mike Wilson’s book, What Side Are You On?, with Professor Felicity Amaya Schaeffer
Merrill Provost House Provost's Residence, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for a discussion of Mike Wilson’s book What Side Are You On? with Professor Felicity Amaya Schaeffer on Wednesday, December 4th, from 4:00-6:00pm at Merrill Provost’s House, Public Living Room. Light refreshments will be provided. Mike Wilson is a dedicated humanitarian and co-author of What Side Are You On? with Dr. Jose Antonio […]
Laliv Melamed – On Intimacy and Other Sovereignties
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesHow can we explain decades of Israeli civil society’s consensus around a regime of oppression and impunity? What mediated attachments and disavowals mandate settler colonial violence? This talk follows what the private media complex in order to articulate the intimate channels through which state sovereignty is distributed, structured and internalized. A prerequisite to the current […]