Events
Riccardo Bellofiore & Giovanna Vertova – Nature, Women, and Capital: A Critical Reconsideration
Humanities 1, Room 420 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us as we continue the Winter 25 session of the HistCon Speaker Series next week! Riccardo Bellofiore & Giovanna Vertova, University of Bergamo (the class economists) will give their […]
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture: “Primary Wonder: Spirituality, Art, and Nature” with Douglas E. Christie
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture: "Primary Wonder: Spirituality, Art, and Nature" with Douglas E. Christie, Professor Emeritus in the Theological Studies Department at Loyola Marymount […]
Armen Khatchatourov – Truths and Rewards of Algorithmic Governmentality: A Heuristic Approach to Normativity at Play in AI Systems
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for a thought-provoking talk with Armen Khatchatourov on "Truths and Rewards of Algorithmic Governmentality: A Heuristic Approach to Normativity at Play in AI Systems." If you are unable […]
Deep Read Salon: Revisiting Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Virtual EventJoin us for a Deep Read salon on Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn featuring UC Santa Cruz Professor of Literature and Twain scholar, Susan Gillman. Prof. Gillman will discuss […]
La Marr Jurelle Bruce – COME OUTSIDE: Black Love, Open Sky
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis presentation is culled from The Afromantic: Black Love Out Yonder, a book-length cultural history, critical theory, aesthetic expression, and existential assertion of B/black love outside. The project will follow […]
Career Workshop: Using LinkedIn to Accelerate Your Career
Humanities 2, Room 259LinkedIn can be a powerful tool to leverage in your career journey. Join us for a fast-paced and practical workshop where you'll learn how to create a professional and dynamic LinkedIn profile, as well as how to use various LinkedIn resources to improve your networking and job search skills! This event is presented by the […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: Timon of Athens – Episode 1
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 Minton, Professor of English at the University of Montana, Bozeman and the editor of the most recent Arden edition of the play, will be the […]
Derek Penslar – Is Israel a Settler-Colonial State?
Virtual EventDue to the atmospheric river event effecting Santa Cruz County, this event will now take place via Zoom. Everyone who has RSVP'd for the event will receive a Zoom link. Anyone interested in attending the virtual event can register below using the "register" button. The Center for Jewish Studies Presents The Helen Diller Distinguished Lecture […]
Thomas Haigh–Artificial Intelligence: The Brand That Wouldn’t Die
Cultural Center at Merrill Merrill Cultural Center, UC Santa Cruz, Merrill College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for this undergraduate-facing event at the Merrill Cultural Center featuring leading historian of computing, Thomas Haigh. He will contextualize the current Artificial Intelligence hype in the longer history of boom and bust for for the AI brand, critiquing claims made for large language models. Pizza will be served and all are welcome. Presented […]
Katie Shilton – Trust, Trustworthiness and Participation: Findings From a Survey of Global Projects Navigating Participatory Forms of AI
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis meeting is scheduled for February 18th (Tuesday) at noon in HUM 210 with guest speaker, Katie Shilton speaking on "Trust, Trustworthiness and Participation: Findings From a Survey of Global Projects Navigating Participatory Forms of AI." As the discourse on responsible and trustworthy AI intensifies, Participatory AI (PAI) presents a compelling approach to the democratic […]