Events
Events
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 […]
A Conversation with Bay Area Journalist Joe Eskenazi
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesIn partnership with City on a Hill Press and with support from The Humanities Institute and The Alumni Association, Kresge's Media and Society Series presents an evening with acclaimed journalist […]
Valentin Lopez – Amah Mutsun Tribal History & Importance of Traditional Land Stewardship
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us as we welcome Valentin Lopez, Chairman of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band for his talk "Amah Mutsun Tribal History & Importance of Traditional Land Stewardship." Valentin Lopez is […]
Ajay Skaria – The Part of the Indigenous: Adivasis and the Subaltern Intimation of Freedom
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk attends to what the Subaltern Studies tradition begins to think and gives to our own times to think. The emergence of Subaltern Studies was part of the increasing […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: Timon of Athens – Episode 2
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 […]
Winter 2025 Aurora Lecture: G. S. Sahota
Virtual and In PersonJoin us as we welcome G.S. Sahota—Aurora Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies and Associate Professor of Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz for a conversation on Equality […]
Mediterranean Slavery Since the 18th Century and the Historical Study of Race: M’hamed Oualdi in Conversation with Shreya Parikh
Virtual EventFrom ancient times through abolition, scholars have often described slavery in the Mediterranean region as being relatively unaffected by the history of racial thought. Instead, many historians have focused on […]