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  • Santa Cruz Shakespeare Opening Night

    The Audrey Stanley Grove in Delaveaga Park 501 Upper Park Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Tickets are now on sale for Santa Cruz Shakespeare's 2026 Season, featuring Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth. Co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute. The 2026 season runs from July 16 - August 30. Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare’s wittiest and most beloved comedies. Of all the couples in Shakespeare, perhaps none is more widely loved than […]

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    Homer’s The Odyssey Reading Group

    Virtual Event

    Homer’s Odyssey is becoming a major motion picture. Whether you like movies or not, this is a great excuse to read this millennia-old story about a salty war hero who just wants to go home. Join us on June 24th and July 1 to discuss the Odyssey with UC Santa Cruz Ancient Studies faculty Anne […]

  • Black and red clay pots from Greece

    Homer’s The Odyssey Reading Group

    Virtual Event

    Homer’s Odyssey is becoming a major motion picture. Whether you like movies or not, this is a great excuse to read this millennia-old story about a salty war hero who just wants to go home. Join us on June 24th and July 1 to discuss the Odyssey with UC Santa Cruz Ancient Studies faculty Anne […]

  • Queer Aɸ (Queer Analytic Philosophy) Conference

    UC Santa Cruz

    All queers are cordially invited to the second-annual Queer Aɸ (Queer Analytic Philosophy) Conference, hosted by UC Santa Cruz, June 22-24, 2026. The aim of the conference is to foreground philosophical work in the analytic tradition (very broadly conceived) that is informed by queer experience, community, and theorizing, as well as to build community among […]

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    Ruth Ozeki – The Typing Lady

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Bookshop welcomes Booker Prize finalist Ruth Ozeki (A Tale for the Time Being), who will share her spellbinding story collection The Typing Lady: And Other Fictions about the lives we almost lived, the people we can't quite forget, and the stories that shape us long after the last page is turned. Ozeki will be in […]

  • Living Writers Student Reading

    Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    In Nourishment, Us. Living Writers Spring 2026: Our Nourishment, US features poets, writers, critics, visual and performance artists, who demonstrate how writing and art enacts around the idea of freedom and the imaginary in the face of the constant threat of terror and erasure. In the presence of who we all are within marginalized yet […]

  • 2026 Graduate Research Symposium

    UCSC

    This event celebrates and highlights the work of UCSC graduate students in all academic divisions. Any enrolled graduate student is welcome to present either a poster, talk, or mixed media presentation. (Recipients of qualifying fellowships, ARCS, PPPF, Dissertation Quarter, etc. are required to participate.) The event is free and open to the public. For more […]

  • Jacqueline Gallant – Law For a More-Than-Human World

    Humanities 1, Room 202

    Jackie Gallant will join the More-Than-Human(ities) Lab to discuss her work with the More-Than-Human Life (MOTH) Program, an interdisciplinary initiative dedicated to the advancement of rights and well-being for humans, nonhumans, and the web of life that sustains us all. The Program has two primary goals. First, using the tools of the law, MOTH offers answers […]

  • Allen Riley – Critical Play with Large Language Models

    Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

    The idea of keeping the "human in the loop" is offered as a way to make AI "human-centered" and to safeguard against AI mischief, but how does being in a loop with AI shape our communication with each other? Over the last 20 years, Allen Riley created dozens of interactive artworks that explore mediated communication […]

  • PhD+ Workshop with ARI — Grants and Fellowship Funding

    Virtual Event

    Arts Research Institute (ARI) workshop with Holly Unruh (ARI Executive Director) and Hannah Jasper (ARI Research Development Analyst) on finding funding to support your work, and proposal writing 101. This workshop is geared toward graduate students and early career faculty, and is appropriate for anyone wanting to hone their grant-seeking skills. **Please rsvp to Hannah (hannahjasper@ucsc.edu) […]

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