Events
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 might imagine a more socially just and ecologically sustainable future? But is the disaster ahead of us or behind us? Many people around the world--including […]
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, musicians and playwrights to change our attitudes about being different, and to embrace “the other.” This beautiful masterpiece has been called the first important major […]
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 time, however, scholars in these closely related fields find few opportunities to interact and learn from one another. In light of this emerging demand for […]
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 […]
POSTPONED: Jason Martel – Stories to Not Begin By: A Spanish Teacher Candidate’s Identity Deconstruction
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis colloquium will be rescheduled at a later date. The DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS presents: Jason Martel (Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey) - "Stories to Not […]
Radical Futurisms Film Series: Part II
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: Writing for Living: A Conference in Honor of Helene Moglen (1936-2018)
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWith deep sadness, we have to announce that this weekend’s conference in honor of Helene Moglen, Writing for Life, March 13-14, with the first memorial Helene Moglen Lecture in Feminism […]