Events

Saturday Shakespeare in Santa Cruz Presents The Tragedy of King Richard II by William Shakespeare Aptos Library on October 4, 11, 18, 25 & November 1, 2025 at 10:15 a.m. in the Aptos Library Betty Leonard Community Room (in person or join by Zoom). The first hour will be a conversation with the scheduled guest […]

The Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in partnership with Santa Clara University, invites you to a two-day academic workshop exploring the effects and imprints of the plantation complex on life and land in South Asia and beyond. South Asia has had a long, complicated history with plantations. […]

Get ready for the season with vampires, ghouls and zombies! Join UC Santa Cruz professors Michael Chemers (The Monster in Theater History), Renée Fox (The Necromantics), and Kimberly Lau (Specters of the Marvelous) as they discuss the histories and politics of vampires, ghouls, zombies and other undead monsters in literature, theater, and pop culture. The Center for […]

Co-sponsored by History of Consciousness: earth ecologies x technoscience This talk offers a speculative reading of practices that reclaim and reimagine human–soil relations within the legacies of anthropocentric, productionist, and colonial ecologies. I explore how soils come to epitomize planet Earth, life, death and memory, as well as the fraught significance of writing alternative stories […]

Jaron Lanier is a musician, computer scientist, visual artist, writer, technologist, and futurist who is considered a founder of the field of virtual reality. In Music & The Future of Humanity Lanier will be joined by the Free Waves trio, featuring Tim Jackson and Zack Olsen, singer/songwriter Harper Simon, Haruki Fujii and members of the Santa Cruz Symphony. Can't make it in-person? You can stream […]

Presented by The Center for Racial Justice. Cosponsored by Oakes College. Free and open to the public. Born in Jim Crow–era Monroe, North Carolina, Robert F. Williams and Mabel R. Williams were the state's most legendary African American freedom fighters. The Williamses' leadership in Monroe was just the beginning of a lifelong pursuit of freedom […]

Join us for an info session with Kylie Rachwalski, Assistant Director of Experiential Learning in the UCSC Humanities Division to learn more about Humanities EXCEL and EXPLORE Programs for humanities undergraduate students. Humanities EXCEL is a paid internship program for Humanities majors and minors, connecting you with community organizations where you’ll gain hands-on experience, mentorship, and real-world skills. […]

The Center for the Middle East and North Africa invites all CMENA affiliates and students to a falafel welcome lunch. Come catch up with one another, meet CMENA faculty, and learn about the Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MENAS) Minor.

Join us in celebrating Filipino American History Month with a powerful day of culture, art, food, and community—honoring the legacy of the Manong Generation and the stories that shaped the Pajaro Valley. This event is presented by the Tobera Project and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute and Watsonville is in the Heart. Featuring: Live Performances […]

Saturday Shakespeare in Santa Cruz Presents The Tragedy of King Richard II by William Shakespeare Aptos Library on October 4, 11, 18, 25 & November 1, 2025 at 10:15 a.m. in the Aptos Library Betty Leonard Community Room (in person or join by Zoom). The first hour will be a conversation with the scheduled guest […]