Events
“Just Futures” Opens
Mary Porter Sesnon Art GalleryThe Humanities Institute and the Center for Creative Ecologies present Beyond the End of the World Lecture Series. Just Futures, a highly anticipated exhibition featuring the works of Arthur Jafa, […]
Massimiliano Tomba – Revolutions/Restorations
Virtual and In PersonReading revolutions through the prism of a concept of history that is not teleological or unilinear but is instead structured as a pluriverse of historical temporalities, this talk shows how […]
PhD+ Workshop – Introduction to Digital Humanities
Virtual EventJoin us for the first meeting of the Digital Humanities Workshop series 2022 to learn about what digital humanities means, how digital tools empower humanities scholarship, the role of […]
From the Margins: Dante 701 Years Later – Reading Dante, Seeking Freedom, Fleeing Racism
Virtual EventAfrican American culture has been attentive to Dante Alighieri, the man and his writing, since the mid-19th century. Dante's Divine Comedy has proved to be an effective primer on issues […]
Isebill Gruhn, “From McCarthyism to Today: Demagoguery Then and Now”
Virtual EventThe 2022 season of Our Community Reads from the Friends of the Aptos Library is featuring a series of special events related to themes in Red Letter Days by Sarah-Jane […]
Jorgge Menna Barreto – Voicescapes for the Landless
Virtual and In PersonThis project expands traditional oral history methodologies by recording the voices of farmers of the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST) embedded in the soundscapes of the food forests they cultivate. […]
Living Writers Series: TC Tolbert
Virtual EventTC Tolbert (he/him/hey grrrl) is a trans and genderqueer monkey-goat who never ceases to experience a simultaneous grief and deep love any time s/he pays attention to the world. S/he […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Life and Death of King John
Virtual EventJoin Santa Cruz Shakespeare, UCSC Shakespeare Workshop, and The Humanities Institute, as we launch Undiscovered Shakespeare: King John, the third installment of our annual virtual Shakespeare program. Over the course […]
Black Liberation and Pedagogies – Necessary Trouble: Thinking with the Legacy of John R. Lewis
Virtual Event“Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and rest. Freedom […]