Events
Madhuri Shekar’s Queen + Panel
De Anza College, Cupertino CA, United StatesWith prestigious accolade only days away, the numbers start adding up to an ethical dilemma for UC Santa Cruz graduate researchers, Ariel Spiegel and Sanam Rao , and their supervisor, Dr. Philip Hayes in Madhuri Shekar’s Queen. Is financier, Arvind Patel , correct that their whole hypothesis is motivated by left-wing bias? The drama directed by EnActe […]
Nido de Lenguas: Summer Camp
Santa Cruz Adult School 319 La Fonda Ave, Santa Cruz, United StatesNido de Lenguas Summer Camp is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Please sign up online using the form or by emailing us at nidodelenguas@ucsc.edu. What is Summer Camp? It is a one-day event where anybody has the opportunity to learn about — and learn how to speak — a Oaxacan language. Currently, […]
Weekend with Shakespeare
UCSC ArboretumJoin Shakespeare scholars and artists for two days of lectures, discussions, and demonstrations about the 2018 Season’s mainstage productions, Romeo & Juliet and Love’s Labour’s Lost. Weekend with Shakespeare Lecture Series: This year, the Weekend With Shakespeare Lecture Series is free! However, we suggest interested participants RSVP through The Santa Cruz Shakespeare website. Weekend with […]
Cabrillo Music Festival Community Night
Santa Cruz Civic AuditoriumThe Humanities Institute is excited to announce a new public partnership with the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. THI will serve as a sponsor of the Festival’s new Community Night event on August 9, 2018. Community Night will include a dynamic short concert of chamber works performed by members of the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra designed for […]
38th Annual Dickens Universe Conference featuring Little Dorrit
The Dickens Universe is a unique cultural event that brings together scholars, teachers, students, and members of the general public for a week of stimulating discussion and festive social activity on the beautiful Santa Cruz campus of the University of California—all focused on one or two Victorian novels, usually (but not always) one by Charles […]
Celebrating the Humanities: Spring Awards and Retirement Celebration
Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesHumanists study the stories of humanity, in all their wonderful and tragic manifestations. The annual “Celebrating the Humanities” event is an opportunity for you to participate in this never-ending exploration of what it means to be human. Humanities Division’s awards acknowledge those who have achieved special recognition, distinctions and honors over the course of this […]
LURC: Linguistics Undergraduate Research Conference
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesTowards the end of the spring quarter each year, the Linguistics Undergraduate Research Conference (LURC) showcases the research of the department's undergraduate students. This conference always features as an invited speaker, a distinguished alumnus or alumna of the department.
Jennifer Egan: “Manhattan Beach”
Peace United Church 900 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBUY TICKETS Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan to town for a reading and signing of her fantastic novel, Manhattan Beach. Tickets for this special offsite event (which will be held at Peace United Church) are on sale now online at Bookshop Santa Cruz. This event is cosponsored by The Humanities Institute […]
Stephanie Bosch Santana: “The Digital Worlding of African Literature: From Blog and Facebook Fiction to the Blockchain”
Humanities 2, Room 259Stephanie Bosch Santana is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her work, which has been supported by the Mellon foundation, focuses on Anglophone and African language fiction from southern Africa. Her current book project examines an alternative history of literary forms in periodical print and digital media from the […]
Friday Forum: Sheeva Sabati
Humanities 2, Room 359Coloniality of the West: The Formation of the UC System Friday Forum is a weekly interdisciplinary colloquium series for sharing graduate research across the humanities. Join us for light refreshments and weekly presentations by your fellow graduate students. Friday Forum is supported by the Graduate Student Association, the Humanities Institute, and the following departments: HAVC, […]