Events
Humanities in the Age of AI Lunch meeting
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe Humanities Institute Research cluster, “Humanities in the Age of AI,” is pleased to invite you to their lunch meeting scheduled for Monday, April 8th at 12pm in HUM 210. […]
Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Palestine
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesUCSC Feminist Studies and Faculty for Justice in Palestine present Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Palestine with panelists: Lila Adib Sharif (Arizona State University), Jennifer Lynn Kelly (UC Santa Cruz), […]
What Can Genomics Teach Us About Jewish History with Dr. Shamam Waldman
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThis year's Helen Diller Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies will be given by Dr. Shamam Waldman. Join us on April 9th at Cowell Ranch Hay Barn for Dr. Waldman’s lecture […]
THI Coffee Hour
Humanities 1, Room 515 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Humanities Institute is excited to welcome students, faculty, staff, and friends for a weekly Coffee Hour on Wednesdays, 11am to noon. We invite you to visit our team, meet our new Faculty Director, Pranav Anand, and talk with us about your academic interests as well as upcoming THI events and programs. Learn about how […]
Juned Shaikh – The Afterlife of Confiscation: Engels’ The Origin of the Family in 1930s and 40s India
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesGangadhar Adhikari returned to India from Germany in the 1920s with a tranche of books. He had recently completed his PhD in Chemistry in Berlin and had joined the Communist Party of Germany. Upon his return to India in 1928, he joined the Communist Party of India and was jailed in 1929 on charges of […]
Native Speaker Series with Patty Krawec
Namaste Lounge - College 9 Namaste Lounge, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesYou are invited to join the American Indian Resource Center's Native Speaker Series with Patty Krawec (Anishinaabe/Ukrainian), on April 11th, 2024, to be held at the Namaste Lounge located at College 9 and JRL at 5:00 PM-7:00 PM. Guest author, Patty Krawec will share with us her most recent book titled: Becoming Kin: An Indigenous […]
Living Writers with micha cárdenas
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLiving Writers Series - Spring 2024 Imaginaries)Un(bound: Race, Justice, Writing: The Living Writers Series, the Center for Racial Justice, and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES) present poets, theorists, fiction and hybrid artists working at the nexus of creative-critical practice in the struggle for justice with the imperative of imaginatively undoing the academic and disciplinary […]
Book Talk with Laila Shereen Sakr: Arabic Glitch and Digital Palestine
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesLaila Shereen Sakr (UC Santa Barbara) will give her talk entitled, "Arabic Glitch and Digital Palestine" and present her recent book, Arabic Glitch: Technocultures, Data Bodies, and Archives. Arabic Glitch explores an alternative origin story of twenty-first century technological innovation in digital politics—one centered on the Middle East and the 2011 Arab uprisings. Developed from […]
Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 705 Front St., Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History presents Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley -- A community-driven exhibition that preserves and uplifts stories of Filipino migration and labor in Watsonville and the greater Pajaro Valley of Central California. The exhibition culminates a four-year research initiative between community members, UC Santa Cruz […]
Hindustani Music Concert featuring Uday Bhawalker and Sukhad Manik Munde
Music Center Recital Hall - UCSC 402 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAs a part of the Indian Music Series, UC Santa Cruz is welcoming Uday Bhawalkar to campus for a concert on Friday, April 12. The renowned vocalist will be performing Dhrupad music, one of the oldest musical genres in the Hindustani tradition. Uday Bhawalkar is an internationally recognized vocalist and professor in the department of […]