Events
Events
Neha Dixit — The Many Lives of Syeda X: A People’s History of Invisible India
Rachel Carson College Red Room Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWhat does the life of an ordinary working-class, Muslim woman look and feel like in modern India? Award-winning journalist Neha Dixit traces the story of one such faceless Indian woman, […]

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 […]

Nauenberg History of Science Lecture with Jennifer Derr
Music Center Recital Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWorld Wounds: The Damming of the Nile River and the Transformation of Medicine The damming of the Nile River transformed agriculture and human health in twentieth-century Egypt. While dams enabled […]

Dr. V. Chitra – Drawn to Life: Environments, Managerial Logics, and the Limits of Care
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk examines how urban planning, animal governance, and racial politics converge in the production of interspecies belonging in Singapore. Through this, it considers what drawing, as an analytic, might […]

V. Chitra – Drawn to Life: Environments, Managerial Logics, and the Limits of Care
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk examines how urban planning, animal governance, and racial politics converge in the production of interspecies belonging in Singapore. Through this, it considers what drawing, as an analytic, might […]

Documentación Lingüística en México
Humanities 1, Room 202Please join us for a presentation on "Children's role in Language Documentation Efforts in Mexico". Cuando realizamos proyectos de documentación lingüística, nos encontramos con niñas y niños que quieren participar […]

New Articulations with James Clifford
Humanities 1This event engages the theme of articulation and James Clifford’s contributions to cultural studies, anthropology, and literary studies, addressing our current disconcerting cultural, historical, and ecological conjuncture. With talks by […]

Carlos Martinez – The Carceral Frontier: Migrant Captivity and Care on the Mexico-U.S. Border
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk offers an ethnographic account of the structures of captivity that keep migrants and deportees in conditions of enforced immobility and precarity at the Mexico-U.S. border. Whereas much scholarship […]

Ritual Drinking in the Ancient World
Stockwell Cellars 1100 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz, CA“Drink and make a happy day!” (New Kingdom Theben tomb) “Wine gladdens the heart of man…” (Psalm 104:15) At this ‘symposium’ event, three UCSC professors in Classical, Biblical, and Egyptian […]

Ripple Effect Arts Festival Opening
Santa Cruz County Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesA celebration of Santa Cruz County's creative community during arts and culture month in California! The arts community of Santa Cruz County is coming together for this exciting new 11-day […]
