Events
Maitra Memorial Lecture / Foundation Medal with Janet Yellen
Join us as we present the Foundation Medal to Janet Yellen, distinguished fellow of Brookings Institution and former chair of the Federal Reserve. UC Santa Cruz is proudly recognizing influential […]
An Evening with Madeleine Albright
Bookshop Santa Cruz presents an evening with Madeleine Albright, the United States' first female Secretary of State, who will speak about her book, Fascism: A Warning, a personal and urgent […]
Desmond Jagmohan: “Candor and Courage: Ida B. Wells and Fearless Speech”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States“Candor and Courage: Ida B. Wells and Fearless Speech” This paper explicates Ida B. Wells’s argument that journalists and leaders have a moral obligation to speak fearlessly. To do […]
Living Writers: Steven Church
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesSteven Church is the author of six books of nonfiction, most recently I'm Just Getting to the Disturbing Part: On Work, Fear, and Fatherhood, and he edited the essay anthology, […]
Dickens and the Disaster of Marriage
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesOn the occasion of Charles Dickens’s 207th birthday, please join us a festive evening of birthday cake, discussion about Victorian marriage with Dickens Project Co-Director Renee Fox, and a film […]
Elizabeth Allen: “Sanctuary and Medieval Kings”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States"Sanctuary and Medieval Kings" - Elizabeth Allen American nationalist discourse casts sanctuary as “illegal”, but actually the practice always bears a relation to the law: sanctuary cities, universities, and churches call […]
John Dizikes Memorial
Stevenson Event CenterJohn Dizikes, a professor emeritus of American Studies and a founding member of the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz, died at his home in Santa Cruz on […]
MLK Convocation: Melissa Harris-Perry
Santa Cruz Civic AuditoriumThe annual convocation celebrates the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by presenting speakers who discuss the civil rights issues of equality, freedom, justice, and opportunity. […]
Rescheduled to MARCH 12: Safiya Noble, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Kresge Town HallTHIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH 12. Please join us then. The landscape of information is rapidly shifting as new imperatives and demands push to the fore increasing investment […]
Laurie Palmer: “Public Sun”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States"Public Sun" A. Laurie Palmer ’s place-based work takes form as sculpture, public projects, and writing, and she collaborates on strategic actions in the contexts of social and environmental […]