Events

Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

  • Humanities at Work

    Humanities at Work: Informational Interviewing

    Virtual Event

    Are you curious about your career options as a humanities student? Wondering how the professionals around you got to where they are? Join this interactive workshop to learn about informational interviewing*, a way you can use your curiosity to explore career possibilities and make meaningful professional connections. You’ll leave ready to reach out, learn from […]

  • Carla Hernández Garavito – Rethinking South American Archaeology Through the Work of Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui: A Ch’ixi Approach

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

    South American Archaeology is living through a growing push towards a theoretical focus developed from within. Of particular influence is the concept of “coloniality”, an enduring form of colonialism that affects the frameworks of reference the colonized have of themselves. However, coloniality and the emphasis on “subaltern archaeologies” as a generalized category for the production […]

  • CANCELLED: Vietnamerica – A Simulcast Film Screening and Discussion

    Humanities 1, Room 202

    Due to the planned strike activities on campus, this event has been cancelled. Following the wars in Vietnam, over two million people fled to country with the collapse of the Republic of Vietnam. That exodus, referred to by many as “the boat people” resulted in nearly half dying while in flight, battling the elements, starvation, […]

  • Writing Beyond the Academy: An Introduction to Trade Publishing for Senior Scholars

    Virtual Event

    Scholars are frequently called upon to share their expertise with a diverse range of publics outside academia—and this kind of engagement often begins with the publication of a book with a “trade press” (i.e., a commercial, non-university/academic publisher, with a powerful marketing and publicity apparatus). Not all academics want to do this kind of work. […]

  • History of Consciousness

    POSTPONED: Timescape of Rings with Stephen David Engel

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

    This event has been postponed. An updated date will be announced in the coming weeks. The History of Consciousness department invites you to the next talk in their Fall 2025 Research Colloquium series. Stephen David Engel will read from an experimental history called “Timescape of Rings.” In it, he meditates on a 2,200-year-old redwood round […]

  • Woman standing in forest

    Broadsides No.2: Pairing Artworks with Poetry – Poetry Reading & Artist Talk

    m.k. contemporary art 703 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Following the success of its 2023 debut, Broadsides No. 2 returns this fall to MK Contemporary Art Gallery with a compelling exploration of the dynamic relationship between poetry and visual art. The exhibition pairs nine nationally recognized poets with nine distinguished visual artists, presenting collaborative works that reveal the unexpected resonances between image and language. […]

  • Building Alliances in Native American Education

    Samper Hall, Cabrillo College 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, United States

    Are you an Indigenous leader or a public educator committed to fostering meaningful partnerships and enriching Indigenous education? Join Cabrillo College for a free transformative one-day workshop designed to cultivate understanding, share best practices, and forge lasting alliances. “Building Alliances in Indigenous Education” offers a unique opportunity for dialogue and collaboration, empowering participants to enhance […]

  • Decolonizing Surfing: A View from Morocco

    Communications 150, Studio C

    Film Screening and Panel Discussion:  5:30-7pm, Studio C Reception:  Communications 139, 7-8pm  Surfing is a sport dear to Santa Cruzians, as the city has branded itself the “Original Surf City USA” for over two decades. Despite the awe-inspiring image of individuals “rid pulses of energy moving through the ocean,” the sport is also embedded in […]

  • Living Writers with Issa Quincy

    Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Wonder as the Source Issa Quincy is a British writer. He spent spent several years working as a film archivist. His poetry has appeared in The London Magazine and been anthologized by New Rivers Press. His fiction has appeared in Transition Magazine and The Kenyon Review. Quincy's debut novel, Absence, is a haunting atmospheric exploration […]

To top