Events
PhD+ Workshop – THI Public Fellowship Information Session
Virtual EventCurious about becoming a THI Public Fellow? Not sure how to find the right partner organization? If you're thinking about applying your expertise in the public sphere or exploring career opportunities beyond academia, then you may be interested in THI's Public Fellowship program. Public fellowships provide opportunities for doctoral students in the Humanities to contribute […]
NEH Funders Panel
Virtual EventTo watch this Zoom recording of this virtual discussion with Senior Program Officers from the National Endowment for the Humanities, please email Caitlin Charos. Featuring: Jill Austin is a senior program officer in the Division of Public Programs at NEH. She arrived at NEH in 2015 after two decades of work in museums and […]
A Reading with Ross Gay & Chris Mattingly
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesFREE IN-STORE EVENT: Bookshop Santa Cruz is delighted to welcome New York Times bestselling author Ross Gay (The Book of Delights) and local poet Chris Mattingly for a very special evening of poetry and conversation. This event is cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. Ross Gay's newest book is Inciting Joy: In these […]
Taija McDougall – Plantations Derivations
Humanities 1, Room 420 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesPlantations Derivations with Taija McDougall (UC Irvine). This talk is part of the History of Consciousness Winter 2023 Speaker Series. This event will be in person in Humanities 1 Room 420 or virtually via zoom. For full speaker and event information, please visit: https://histcon.ucsc.edu/news-events/news/histcon-winter23-speaker-series.html
Let’s talk about ChatGPT Panel
Virtual and In PersonChatGPT rolled out as a disruptive and instantly polarizing new technology. Should we see it as an impediment or an asset to student learning? Should we just look to other new technologies to detect student use of ChatGPT, or could there be pedagogical applications of ChatGPT that could further learning? On campus, faculty are shaping […]
PhD+ Workshop – Community as Rebellion
Zoom CA, United StatesCommunity as Rebellion offers a meditation on creating liberatory spaces for students and faculty of color within academia. Through personal experiences and analytical reflections, García Peña invites us—in particular Black, Indigenous, Latinx, […]
Linguistics Colloquia: Marc Garellek
Humanities 1, Room 202Marc Garellek (UC San Diego) Over the course of each year, the Linguistics department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. For full speaker and event information, please visit: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html
Persian New Year Celebration
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and HistoryJoin us for a Persian New Year Celebration, the rebirth of nature at the beginning of Spring, when Iranian people are combatting with darkness for a new day (Nowruz) with the slogan "Woman, Life, Freedom, Zan, Zendegee, Azadee." This Nowruz celebration is free! Presentations will be made by elected officials and Iranian speakers alongside music […]
Juan Gabriel Vásquez – Restoring Continuity: Notes on History and Fiction
University Center, Bhojwani Room CA, United StatesThe Humanities Division and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz invite you to join us for the Hayden V. White Distinguished Annual Lecture, featuring Juan Gabriel Vásquez. Guests who attend in person are invited to join us for a reception with light refreshments and beverages at 5:00 p.m. In 1935, as Europe witnessed the […]
Mohamed Hamed – Arabic Language Resources in the UC System and Beyond
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe Center for the Middle East and North Africa (CMNEA) is hosting a talk by Mohamed Hamed geared to help students and faculty in the UC system advance their Arabic language research and locate sources. He will be offering an overview of online resources, and covering issues such as interlibrary loan as well as transliteration. […]