Events

Bookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz are delighted to welcome award-winning chef and food activist Alice Waters for a discussion about A School Lunch Revolution, "A blueprint for the ways in which we should feed our kids organic foods, both at home and at school." (Epicurious) In this wonderful, multigenerational […]

Wonder as the Source Aracelis Girmay is a poet, teacher, and editor. Her poems trace the connections of transformation and loss across cities and bodies. She is the author of the poetry collections the black maria (2016), Kingdom Animalia (2011), and Teeth (2007). She was named a finalist for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In 2011 Girmay was […]

Are you curious about graduate school in the humanities? Join this Humanities Grad School 101 session, where we’ll hear from Associate Dean of Research Pranav Anand and stellar UCSC  graduate students in History, Linguistics, Literature, and Philosophy. We’ll discuss important considerations for deciding to pursue graduate school and what to look for in an academic program and advisor. […]

Co-sponsored by History of Consciousness: earth ecologies x technoscience What a vital occasion it would be to receive intellectual gifts that enable us to better grasp our current socio-ecological moment, especially as many of us feel short of interpretations. We are inspired by Stuart Hall's conjunctural thinking, as we face a situation where intensive and […]

Join us for a kick-off meeting about The Humanities Institute's new ± AI Initiative. Learn about THI's vision and funding opportunities and connect with colleagues who have overlapping interests in humanities and artificial intelligence. Bring your research ideas, projects, dreams, and plans to the discussion as we look at ways to further advance humanistic work […]

Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Julian Brave NoiseCat who will share his stunning debut We Survived the Night. Drawing from five years of on-the-ground reporting, We Survived the Night paints a profound and unforgettable portrait of contemporary Indigenous life, alongside an intimate and deeply powerful reckoning between a father and a son. Soulful, formally daring, indelible […]

Join us for the Día de los Muertos community celebration of traditional music, dance, and art at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History. Enjoy live performances by Senderos’ Centeotl Danza y Baile and Ensamble Musical de Senderos. Stroll through the museum in a self-guided presentation of community altars. Performances all day! This event […]

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 […]