Events
Events
Living Writers With Mary-Alice Daniel
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCraft Between Worlds Mary-Alice Daniel is a Nigerian American poet and cross-genre writer born near the Niger/Nigeria border. Her debut poetry collection, Mass for Shut Ins, was selected by Rae […]
On the Canon of the History of Philosophy: Critique & Crisis
Humanities 1, Room 320Please join us for a day of presentations and conversation featuring: Silvestre Gristina (University of Padua / UC Santa Cruz) Silvestre Gristina is a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Global Fellow between […]
Questions that Matter – How to Live Long and Prosper: Lessons from a Star Trek Opera
Kuumbwa Jazz CenterWhat do we need to live a fulfilling life? This essential question of the humanities feels especially pressing now, on the precipice of profound changes to our planet, our bodies, […]
Karen Russell – The Antidote
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes bestselling author Karen Russell (Swamplandia!) for a discussion about her latest novel The Antidote, which will be available in paperback on the night of the event. […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Two Noble Kinsmen – Episode III
Virtual EventShakespeare returns to the characters and themes of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in what may have been the last play he had a hand in writing: The Two Noble Kinsmen. This time, however, […]
Community Conversation with Author Randy Ribay
Watsonville Civic Plaza 275 Main Street, Watsonville, CA, United StatesPlease join us for a community conversation with Randy Ribay, young adult fiction writer and National Book Award Finalist. During the event, Randy will discuss his recent novel, Everything We Never Had (2024), […]
Colm Toibin – The News From Dublin
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz welcome acclaimed author Colm Tóibín (Long Island, Brooklyn) for a discussion about The News from Dublin, a brilliant collection […]
Oceans of Dissent Workshop
Humanities 1, Room 202 +1 moreWe gather to forge new vernaculars of the geopolitical, to assemble spatial imaginaries of the “oceanic” that refuse rather than relent to the insistent march of capital and empire. To dissent here is an invitation to think more […]
Suzanne Simard – When the Forest Breathes
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes bestselling author Suzanne Simard (Finding the Mother Tree), a scientist who pioneered the concept of sophisticated communication between trees. Simard will share her highly anticipated new […]
Chris Gray – The Fantasies Shaping Today’s AI
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesAll AI (algorithmic intelligence) companies claim they are pursuing the next logical step in digital—perhaps even human—evolution. But, the development of AI is clearly shaped by a wide range of […]