Events
SOLD OUT: Isabel Allende – My Name Is Emilia del Valle
Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz presents New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende (A Long Petal of the Sea and The House of the Spirits) who will join us to celebrate the […]
Sophia Azeb – Black Anticolonialism and Radical Relation
Humanities 1, Room 420 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe History of Consciousness department is pleased to announce the next speaker in their Spring 2025 Speaker Series, Sophia Azeb, who will deliver her talk entitled “Black Anticolonialism and Radical […]
A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Italy and Its Culture
Humanities 2, Room 359The Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics and the Italian Language Program cordially invite you to a multidisciplinary event on Italy and its culture. Well-renowned UCSC professors from a variety […]
Slugs and Steins with Associate Professor Muriam Davis – What Does it Mean to “Decolonize” Knowledge?
Virtual EventThe country of Algeria, located in North Africa, experienced one of the most violent struggles for independence of the twentieth century. The war against France, which lasted from 1954–62 has […]
Akum Longchari – Reimagining Humanization, Just Peace, and Healing through an Indigenous Lens
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesJoin the Center for South Asian Studies for a presentation by Aküm Longchari, the Center’s Scholar in Residence. From an Indigenous perspective, peace processes in the first quarter of the […]
Keith David Watenpaugh – Who Has the Human Right to Charge Genocide?
Porter 144 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, United StatesKeith David Watenpaugh will deliver the first talk in the CMENA Student Choice Speaker Series, titled "Who Has the Human Right to Charge Genocide?: Reclaiming Genocide as a Powerful Justice […]
Contesting Techno Fascisms Now!
Namaste Lounge - College 9 Namaste Lounge, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThis panel explores ways that fascism today manifests in unexpected sites and imaginaries, including visions of techno-utopia, nationalist movements for animal rights and calls to colonize outer space. The panelist […]
Murad Idris – Dialogue for Hate: A Global Genealogy
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis lecture posits hate, dialogue, and their conjunction as fundamental for the contemporary moralization of violence and hierarchy. It analyzes how the two terms operate through a series of disavowals, […]
Ying Jin – Nurturing Hearts and Minds: Implementing Social Emotional Learning Principles in World Language Classrooms
Humanities 2, Room 259Join the Department of Applied Linguistics for a professional development workshop featuring Ying Jin, the 2018 ACTFL National Teacher of the Year, who will present her talk titled "Nurturing Hearts […]
The Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series: Andy Bruno – “An Environmental History of the Tunguska Mystery”
Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe third annual Maya K. Peterson Explorations in History Seminar Series will take place on Thursday, May 15th, 2025, at 12:30pm at the Cowell Provost House. This event will be […]