Events
Peter Limbrick: “For a New Nahda – Moumen Smihi, World Cinema, and Arab Modernism”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesDr. Limbrick’s forthcoming book on Moumen Smihi connects the Moroccan filmmaker’s modernism to the Nahda or “Arab Renaissance” of the 19th-20th century, which re-energized Arab culture in dialogue with other languages and discourses. Offering new ways to think about world cinema and modernism in the region, Limbrick argues that Smihi’s radically beautiful films take […]
Book Presentation: Jai Sen’s The Movements of Movements
Humanities 1, Room 202Join us as Jai Sen discusses his ambitious anthology on social movements with a panel of commentators including Michelle Glowa (CIIS), Deborah Gould (UCSC), and Patrick King (UCSC). Jai Sen is an activist/researcher/author on and in movement. Earlier an organizer, then a researcher into popular movement, for the past decade and more he has worked to promote […]
Living Writers: Alexandria Marzano Lesnevich
Peace United Church 900 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAlexandria Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of THE FACT OF A BODY: A Murder and a Memoir, recipient of the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir and the 2018 Chautauqua Prize. Named one of the best books of the year by Entertainment Weekly, Audible.com, Bustle, Book Riot, The Times of London, and The Guardian, it […]
Interdisciplinary Graduate Writing: Challenges and Strategies I
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesDo you struggle with dissertation writing? Us too! This workshop will provide a peer-led space for conversation among graduate students engaged in interdisciplinary dissertation writing in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. It offers resources and tools to push through common roadblocks in your advanced writing practice related to issues of voice, discipline-crossing work, organization, […]
FeaturedMorton Marcus Poetry Reading with Gary Snyder and Special Guest Tom Killion
Music Recital HallView the full event recording online here. Event Photos by Crystal Birns: The Annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading honors poet, teacher, and film critic Morton Marcus (1936–2009). Marcus, a nationally acclaimed poet, called Santa Cruz his home for more than fifty years. This annual poetry series continues Mort’s tradition of bringing acclaimed poets […]
World Philosophy Day at Humble Sea Brewing Co.
Humble Sea Brewing Company 820 Swift St, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWorld Philosophy Day? Yes, it is a thing! Falling on the third Thursday of each November, World Philosophy Day celebrates the value and practice of philosophy. This year, The Center for Public Philosophy and Humble Sea Brewing Co. are partnering to celebrate together. Come join us! Featuring an Ask-a-Philosopher Booth staffed by some of your […]
Tzutu Kan: Maya Hip Hop
Kresge Town HallTzutu Kan, hailing from what the Maya considered the belly button of the Universe -- Lake Atitlan in the vernal Guatemala highlands -- is a painter, sculptor, bio-builder, activist in the defense of native peoples, and hip hop artist who lays down rhymes in the ancient Mayan languages of Tz'utujil, Kaqchikel, and K'ichee. Presentation […]
Isa Blumi – “The Ottoman Refugee and Euro-American Colonial Terror: A Global Story”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States"The Ottoman Refugee and Euro-American Colonial Terror: A Global Story" Although the majority of Ottoman refugees in the 1878-1912 period remained internally displaced, significant numbers found their way to new continents, themselves in the throes of colonialist expansion. These pioneers’ stories require looking into the larger context of modern exploitation economies under which these Ottomans […]
Julie Livingston: “Self-Devouring Growth – A Planetary Parable”
This talk, like the book from which it is drawn, calls into question the imperative of economic growth, tracing the unintended consequences of escalating consumption. Using a series of linked cases of successful economic growth (water, roads, and cattle in Botswana), it shows how insatiable growth, predicated on consumption, will inevitably overwhelm, a process Dr. […]
Don Rothman Endowed Award in First-Year Writing Ceremony
Humanities 2, Room 259Please join the Writing Program in celebrating UC Santa Cruz’s ninth annual Don Rothman Endowed Award in First-Year Writing ceremony. UCSC VPDUE Richard Hughey, Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall, Writing Program Chair Tonya Ritola, and Writing Program faculty members will be attending the ceremony along with this year’s six winners and their families. Please RSVP by completing […]