Events
Right Livelihood International Conference
UCSC and Silicon Valley CampusesJoin us April 23-27, 2024, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the UCSC Right Livelihood Center. We will inaugurate UCSC’s new role as Global Secretariat of the Right Livelihood College network, launch an international student network, launch faculty-laureate research clusters, and more. Events are free and open to the public. Learn more about the conference […]
The Deep Read: Bay Area Salon
San Rafael, CAMeet Humanities Dean Jasmine Alinder and UCSC faculty members for a special evening to learn about the Deep Read, this year's featured book, and how you can get involved. The […]
Yosimar Reyes’ One-Man Show: “Prieto”
Stevenson Event CenterNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED POET, YOSIMAR REYES, BRINGS HIS FULL-LENGTH AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ONE-MAN SHOW TO UC SANTA CRUZ Directed by Kat Evasco and Sean San José, Produced by The Living World Project […]
Saturday Shakespeare
Aptos Library 7695 Soquel Dr, Aptos, United StatesIn collaboration with the Shakespeare Workshop at UCSC, the first in-person meeting of the Saturday Shakespeare Group in four years will take place on Saturday, April 27th in the new Aptos Library, with a Zoom option for those who can not attend in person. The nominal meeting time is 10:00 am, library doors open at […]
Indian Midsummer
Experimental Theater Experimental Theater, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesKarlton Hester has composed the music for Karen Tei Yamashita’s libretto that is a reading of the envisioned as an operetta within a dance/videographic play. More info at: https://arts.ucsc.edu/news_events/indian-midsummer-april-santa-cruz-festival-event Presented by: Digital Arts and New Media Music Department This event is co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute. Emeritus Professor Karen Tei Yamashita, librettist (UCSC Literature Department) […]
Santa Cruz Pickwick Club
Virtual EventPlease join the Santa Cruz Dickens Fellowship and the Santa Cruz Pickwick Club for our monthly Pickwick Club meeting. New this year, we will be devoting an entire year to one novel instead of two, and will dive deeply into Great Expectations. Join Dickens enthusiasts and Pickwick Club members for a series of discussions about […]
Making a Killing: Capitalism, Cops, & the War on Black Life with Robin Kelley
Virtual and In PersonThe History of Consciousness department presents Making a Killing: Capitalism, Cops, & the War on Black Life with Robin Kelley, UC Los Angeles. This talk is a part of the Spring 2024 History of Consciousness Speaker Series. The History of Consciousness Speaker series is a quarterly series of talks by distinguished guests. To learn more […]
The Deep Read: Craft Salon
Zoom CA, United StatesJoin us for a public, Zoom conversation about the writing craft of Hernan Diaz's Trust, the 2024 Deep Read book selection. UC Santa Cruz-affiliated novelists Micah Perks (Professor of Literature and Creative Writing), Elizabeth McKenzie (Merrill ’81, Literature), and Maria Pachon (Literature PhD student in the Creative/Critical Writing Concentration) will discuss the techniques deployed in this experimental novel and highlight […]
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 […]
CANCELLED – TechnoScience Improv
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesCo-sponsored by Center for Cultural Studies, History of Consciousness: GeoEcologies + TechnoScience Conversations, Global and Community Health, and the Science & Justice Research Center This two-hour roundtable improv (12.15-2.00pm) brings together ten UCSC scholars working on social, historical, and cultural studies of science, technology and medicine. The event will be structured around eight open, improvised […]