Events
Breanne Fahs: “Burn it Down: Firebrand Feminism and the Legacy of Second-Wave Radical Feminism”
Humanities 2, Room 259Breanne Fahs is Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University. Her most recent book is Firebrand Feminism: The Radical Lives of Ti-Grace Atkinson, Kathie Sarachild, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, and Dana Densmore. This colloquium will consider the historical impact of second-wave radical feminism and its impact on contemporary iterations of collective forms of resistance, […]
Public Fellowship Info Session
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesCurious about becoming a THI Public Fellow? Not sure how to find the right partner organization? If you're interested in exploring career opportunities beyond the academy or applying your expertise in the public sphere, the Public Fellowship program might be right for you. Please join us for an information session about The Humanities Institute's Public […]
James Loeffler, “The Right to Be Heard – Jews, Human Rights, and Global Democracy”
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesEvent Photos by Crystal Birns: Presented by The Humanities Institute and The Center for Jewish Studies 2018 marked the 70th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights amid a time of crisis for global democracy. It is imperative that we revisit the history of the modern Human Rights movement and reexamine the relationship between […]
Gabriel Guillén: “¿Revolución o Candy Crush? Una conversación sobre y sus afines”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesLa presencia de 691 “startups” del aprendizaje de lenguas en Angelist.co, una plataforma de inversión, debería alegrarnos como estudiantes de lenguas. Su lenguaje es, sin duda, prometedor. Sin embargo, no es oro todo lo que reluce. En esta charla exploraremos la relación entre los eslóganes de estas empresas, sus posibilidades reales y la teoría de […]
Jerry Zee: “Continent in Dust: China in Aerosol Phases“
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States"Continent in Dust: China in Aerosol Phases“ Jerry Zee is an assistant professor at UCSC's Anthropology Department. His work considers experiments in politics and environments in China's meteorological contemporary. This talk offers a political anthropology of strange weather. As Chinese deserts increasingly appear as latent dust storms, it tracks geo-meteorological phase shifts as they rework […]
Book Talk: Marlon James – Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWe are thrilled to partner with Bookshop Santa Cruz to welcome award-winning author Marlon James for a reading and signing of his highly-anticipated novel, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, which is already being touted as a book that "will come to be seen as a classic of our times." (NPR) "A fantasy world as well-realized as […]
Laurie Palmer: “Public Sun”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States"Public Sun" A. Laurie Palmer ’s place-based work takes form as sculpture, public projects, and writing, and she collaborates on strategic actions in the contexts of social and environmental justice. Her book In the Aura of a Hole: Exploring Sites of Material Extraction (2014) investigates what happens to places where materials are removed from […]
Rescheduled to MARCH 12: Safiya Noble, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Kresge Town HallTHIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH 12. Please join us then. The landscape of information is rapidly shifting as new imperatives and demands push to the fore increasing investment in digital technologies. Yet, critical information scholars continue to demonstrate how digital technology and its narratives are shaped by and infused with values that are […]
MLK Convocation: Melissa Harris-Perry
Santa Cruz Civic AuditoriumThe annual convocation celebrates the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by presenting speakers who discuss the civil rights issues of equality, freedom, justice, and opportunity. The convocation also seeks to build partnerships and develop dialogue within the campus community and with the local communities served by the university. Speaker: […]
John Dizikes Memorial
Stevenson Event CenterJohn Dizikes, a professor emeritus of American Studies and a founding member of the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz, died at his home in Santa Cruz on December 26, 2018. He was 86. Dizikes was a Harvard-trained historian who joined UC Santa Cruz the summer before the campus first opened its doors […]