Events
Joseph Blankholm – The Rituals of Secular Purification: Four Ways to Purify Religious Pollution
CA, United StatesBeing secular means not being religious, but it also means participating in a religion-like tradition. This paradox shapes the everyday lives of secular people, as well as institutions that depend […]
Radical Futurisms Film Series: Part I
Del Mar TheatreHow are artists envisioning radical futures? This free film series assembles a diverse group of visionaries whose films offer points of light in a dark world. Get Tickets Here >> […]
CANCELLED – Living Writers: Konrad Steiner
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesPlease note that this Thursday's Living Writers reader, Konrad Steiner, wanted to respect the graduate student strike and not cross the picket lines. His reading/performance will be rescheduled for next […]
Beyond the World’s End Exhibition at Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and HistoryIn our current moment, apocalyptic narratives are all around us. They tempt us with their catastrophic fatalism and seemingly inescapable dystopias. Against that danger, it’s crucial to ask how we […]
Considering Matthew Shepard
Cabrillo College Crocker Theater 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos, CA, United StatesMatthew Shepard was a young gay man, beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die in the Wyoming countryside, 22 years ago. His death catalyzed a generation of poets, […]
Caribbean Shores: Networks and Materalities, From Slavery to Freedom
Santa Cruz Veterans Hall Post Room 846 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe past few decades have witnessed the rapid growth in interest by both historians and archaeologists, in the everyday lives of enslaved Africans in Caribbean colonial settings. At the same […]
Prof and a Pint: Death on the Nile – A 3D Visit to Egypt’s Most Enduring Cemetery
Forager, San Jose 420 S 1st St, San Jose, CA, United StatesThe ancient Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara was the burial place of kings, queens, priests, and elite officials for 2500 years (3000-332 BCE), and boasts some of the most spectacular architecture […]
The Deep Read Santa Cruz Salon
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesFocusing on Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments the Santa Cruz Salon will be an opportunity to discuss the book with UCSC professors and your fellow community members. Speakers David Draper, Statistics, Director […]
CANCELLED Michael Allan – World Pictures/Global Visions
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesAlongside discussions of worldliness, globalization, and planetarity, the talk will focus on a global network of camera operators working on behalf of the Lumière Brothers film company from 1896-1903. This […]
CANCELLED: Kresge Reads The Testaments
Kresge Provost House Programs Annex, 510 Porter-Kresge Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesDue to the new campus policy regarding events and the coronavirus, this event is cancelled. Get in the Deep Read spirit with a community of readers. Every Wednesday from 4:00 […]