Events
Black Sound Symposium at Indexical
Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Black Sound Symposium at Indexical is a 4-day event full of concerts, talks, workshops, screenings, and interdisciplinary dialogue rooted in Black sound and Black sonic space. The symposium aims […]
PhD+ Workshop – VOCES Drafting Stages with Melissa Rosario
Zoom CA, United StatesDrafting Stages is a series of intimate conversations with speakers working inside and outside of academia and at different points in their careers about writing as an evolving and non-linear […]
2023 Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture featuring Dr. Partha Mitter
UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley CampusIntense debate has recently been centered on the notion of a cosmopolitanism that arose with colonial era globalization. Cosmopolitanism naturally presupposes travel but what about those who stay at home? […]
Linguistics Colloquia: Christian Ruvalcaba
Humanities 1, Room 202Christian Ruvalcaba, UC Santa Cruz 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 […]
Karen Feldman – The Reality of Suspicion: On Blumenberg, Felski, and Bottomless Critique
Humanities 1, Room 420 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United States–—History of Consciousness Spring 23 Speaker Series. In person and via zoom. Please see the History of Consciousness Speaker Series website for further details.
Christopher Silver – Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music across Twentieth-Century North Africa
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis event is co-sponsored by Jewish Studies In Recording History, Christopher Silver provides the first history of the music scene and recording industry across twentieth century Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. In […]
Eric Stanley – Atmospheres of Violence: Structuring Antagonism and the Trans/Queer Ungovernable
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesEric Stanley in conversation with FMST/CRES Prof. Nick Mitchell & FMST Grad Student Kaiya Gordon. Presented by the Feminist Studies Department. Recent advances in LGBTQ rights have been accompanied by […]
“DOLORES” Film Screening and Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award
Del Mar TheatrePlease join us on April 26, 5:45-8 p.m. at the Del Mar Theatre to honor Peter Bratt, the 2023 Social Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, and view his film DOLORES, which will be introduced by Jennifer Seibel Newsom. After the screening, Associate Professor Sylvanna Falcón will lead a conversation with Peter. Peter Bratt (1986 Cowell […]
Roberta Wue – Inventing the Chinese Craftsman: Amoy Chinqua and the 18th Century Export Portrait
Humanities 1, Room 520 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe sudden appearance of painted and unfired clay portraits of western merchants in the burgeoning China trade of the early eighteenth century marks some of the earliest manifestations of Chinese trade portraiture or trade “art” – and Chinese artisan. Originating with the craftsman Amoy Chinqua (active 1716-20), these curious and vivid portraits function in a […]
Living Writers – Laura Jaramillo
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLaura Jaramillo is a poet and critic from Queens, New York living in Durham, North Carolina. Her books include Material Girl (subpress, 2012) and Making Water (Futurepoem, 2022). She holds a PhD in critical theory from Duke University. She co-runs the North Carolina-based reading and performance series Paradiso. Sponsored by The Puknat Literary Endowment, The […]