Events
Undiscovered Shakespeare: Timon of Athens – Episode 3
Virtual EventJoin us for this year's, Undiscovered Shakespeare featuring Timon of Athens (1606), a late play focusing on the corrosive effects of prodigality and ingratitude in an apparently democratic society. Gretchen […]
Living Writers with Hannah Sanghee Park
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLiving Writers Series – Winter 2025 Grief Sequence Not to suppress mourning (suffering)...but to change it, transform it…after Prageeta Sharma & Roland Barthes Hannah Sanghee Park is the author of two poetry collections. a chapbook, Ode Days Ode (2011) and The Same-Different (2015), which won the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. […]
AI Cluster Meeting – Benjamin Breen
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 a series of meetings this winter quarter. The research cluster boasts a diverse group of core participants. This includes esteemed faculty members from various disciplines, graduate students representing politics, history, literature, philosophy, feminist studies, and film and visual […]
Baskin Ethics Lecture with Jenny Boylan – “Oh, the Humanity!”
Music Center Recital Hall - UCSC 402 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesDoors open at 5:30 pm. The lecture will begin at 6:00 pm and will be followed by a Q&A session at 7:00 pm. More information coming soon. Jenny Boylan is the author of 18 books, including Mad Honey, co-authored with Jodi Picoult. Her memoir, She’s Not There, was the first bestselling work by a transgender American. […]
Living Writers with Prageeta Sharma
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLiving Writers Series – Winter 2025 Grief Sequence Not to suppress mourning (suffering)...but to change it, transform it…after Prageeta Sharma & Roland Barthes Prageeta Sharma is the author of five poetry collections, including Grief Sequence (Wave Books, 2019) and The Opening Question (2004), which won the 2004 Fence Modern Poets Prize. In 2010, she received […]
AI Cluster Meeting – Matthew L. Jones
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 a series of meetings this winter quarter. The research cluster boasts a diverse group of core participants. This includes esteemed faculty members from various disciplines, graduate students representing politics, history, literature, philosophy, feminist studies, and film and visual […]
Living Writers Student Reading
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLiving Writers Series – Winter 2025 Grief Sequence Not to suppress mourning (suffering)...but to change it, transform it…after Prageeta Sharma & Roland Barthes Sponsored by The Puknat Literary Endowment, The Porter Hitchcock Poetry Fund, The Laurie Sain Endowment, The Humanities Institute, Bookshop Santa Cruz, and Two Birds Books (where the writers' books are available for […]
Rick Steves: On the Hippie Trail
Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz presents bestselling travel writer Rick Steves , who will join us for a special event at The Rio Theatre to discuss his new memoir On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer. Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and […]