Events
Linguistics Colloquia: Ur Shlonsky
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States"Subjects of copular constructions" Ur Shlonsky, University of Geneve More info at: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html
Ben Breen, When Drugs Became Global: Technologies of Intoxication in the Enlightenment
Forager, San Jose 420 S 1st St, San Jose, CA, United StatesOver the course of the seventeenth eighteenth centuries, psychoactive substances from opiates to cannabis to coffee underwent rapid globalization. Enlightenment thinkers were by no means immune to the allure of […]
Sharad Chari: “Apartheid Remains”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States“Apartheid Remains” explores how people subjected to life in a patchwork landscape of industry and residence in the Indian Ocean City of Durban, South Africa, have sought to contest their […]
UCHRI Funding Workshop
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesUCHRI has just announced their call for applications for the 2018-2019 Academic Year. Join us for an Information Session with Kelly Anne Brown (Associate Director, UCHRI) and Shana Melnysyn (UCHRI […]
David Lee: “Pictures of the Past – Introduction to the Rock Art of Western North America”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesAncient hunter-gatherer peoples across the globe painted and carved designs on rock walls for tens of thousands of years. The deserts of western North America contain some of the largest […]
PhD+ Workshop: “Navigating Career Choices Post-PhD – Reflections on Work and Identity”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States"Navigating Career Choices Post-PhD: Reflections on Work and Identity" This workshop will provide space to discuss, critique, and engage with some of the thorny questions about transitioning to non-tenure track […]
Micah Perks Book Launch: True Love and Other Dreams of Miraculous Escape
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute welcomes local author Micah Perks to celebrate the publication of her new book, True Love and Other Dreams of Miraculous Escape. Magical and funny, […]
CANCELED: Cultural Studies Colloquium with Ashwini Tambe
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States“Tropical Exceptions - Racial Logics in Twentieth Century Intergovernmental Age of Consent Debates" Legal age standards for sexual maturity are challenging enough to devise at the state or national level, but […]
VENUE CHANGE: Living Writers – Khary Polk
Peace United Church 900 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesKhary Polk is an Assistant Professor of Black Studies & Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies at Amherst College. He attended Oberlin College as an undergraduate, where he majored in English […]
Markus Zusak: Book Discussion and Signing – Bridge of Clay
Santa Cruz Veterans Hall AuditoriumMarkus Zusak, award-winning and internationally best-selling author of The Book Thief and I Am the Messenger, will celebrate the release of his highly-anticipated new book, Bridge of Clay, at an offsite and ticketed event. An unforgettable […]