Events
The People Revolt: Sri Lanka
Virtual EventThe People Revolt: Sri Lanka,” will take place on September 30, 2022 from 12pm to 2pm PST, and is presented by the UC Santa Cruz Center for South Asian Studies as a part of their 2022-2023 lecture series, Futures. This event is co-organized by the Center for South Asian Studies and Stanford University. Panelists: Farzana […]
Renée Fox – The Necromantics: Reanimation, the Historical Imagination, and Victorian British and Irish Literature
Virtual EventVictorian Necromancies with Professor Renée Fox As part of the series “Victorian Necromancies,” Professor Fox will lead three sessions that offer the Friends an opportunity to explore the Victorian gothic, one of her favorite genres of 19th-century literature. From Professor Fox: “The first session will be a presentation on my forthcoming book, The Necromantics: Reanimation, […]
Era of Gold, Era of Empire: In the World of Ramses ‘the Great’
Museum of Art & History 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Bay Area's De Young Museum is one of the stops on the US tour of the spectacular Egyptian art show 'Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs,' on view now through February 12, 2023. In this talk at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Dr. Elaine Sullivan, an Egyptologist and […]
Nidhi Mahajan – A Burning Sea: Arbitrage and a Fractured Moral Economy in the Persian Gulf
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesWooden sailing vessels or dhows have long traversed The Indian Ocean, making it what some scholars have called “the cradle of globalization.” Today, dhows or vahans from Kachchh in western India continue along old Indian Ocean routes as crucial intermediaries in global shipping. This talk traces how this mobile trade network is anchored or moored in […]
Santa Cruz Film Festival
Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Humanities Institute is happy to co-sponsor the 18th annual Santa Cruz Film Festival. Founded in 2001 by Jane Sullivan and Johnny Davis, the Santa Cruz Film Festival has exhibited […]
PhD+ Workshop – Proactive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Virtual and In PersonHow do you proactively promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in your role as a graduate student, a researcher, a teaching assistant, a peer and undergraduate mentor? Learn active steps you […]
Richard M. Eaton – The Persianate World: What Was It? How Did It Appear? Why Did It Collapse?
Virtual and In PersonAs part of the Aurora Lecture Series, Professor Eaton will deliver a talk on Oct. 6. This event, which can be attended in person (Humanities 1 Room 202) and on […]
Playing with Fire: A Hot Symposium
DARC 108 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWe will explore the pleasures, perils & politics of fire through art, theory, practice, and activism. On the UCSC campus in the DARC building, room #108. This event is organized by E.A.R.T.H […]
Clio in India: Approaches to South Asian Pasts Conversation with G. S. Sahota
Virtual and In PersonAs part of the Aurora Lecture Series, Professor Sahota will discuss approaches to South Asian pasts on Oct. 7 at 10AM. This event, which can be attended in person (Humanities […]
Brendan Regan – The Effect of Short-Term Study Abroad on the Production and Perception of Language- and Dialect-Specific Sounds by L2 and Heritage Spanish Speakers
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThere is a growing interest in examining the effect of study abroad on language acquisition. However, compared to other linguistic domains, there is a lack of studies that examine phonetic acquisition […]