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Threads of Love: The AIDS Memorial Quilt

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 705 Front St., Santa Cruz, CA, United States

In partnership with The Diversity Center (TDC) and The Humanities Institute, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) is proud to present the Threads of Love: The AIDS Memorial Quilt—a powerful exhibition that reflects on the profound impact the HIV/AIDS epidemic had on the LGBTQ+ community. It celebrates the enduring resilience, love, and […]

Living Writers Student Reading

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

Living Writers Series – Spring 2025 Insight, Writings: Third World and Other Imaginaries Sponsored by the Porter Hitchcock Poetry Fund, the Laurie Sain Endowment, the Humanities Institute, The Literature Department, Creative Writing Program, and the Center for Racial Justice.

Terry Burke – The UCSC Center for World History in its World Historical Contexts

Virtual and In Person

What are the relevant contexts in which we should situate the UCSC Center for World History? Terry Burke (Professor Emeritus, History Department) will discuss this question in his upcoming talk, "The UCSC Center for World History in its World Historical Contexts." The talk will be held both in-person in Humanities I, Room 210, and online […]

Anneeth Hundle – Insecurities of Expulsion: Afro- Asian Entanglements in Transcontinental Uganda

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

As part of the Spring 2025 Aurora Lecture Series and the Cultural Studies Colloquium, we welcome Anneeth Kaur Hundle, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Presidential Chair in Social Sciences to Advance Sikh Studies at the University of California, Irvine, for her lecture entitled "Insecurities of Expulsion: Afro- Asian Entanglements in Transcontinental Uganda." In 1972, Ugandan […]

Saturday Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Aptos Library 7695 Soquel Dr, Aptos, United States

Saturday Shakespeare in Santa Cruz Presents A Midsummer Night's Dream, featuring a series of readings and conversations held Saturday mornings from April 26 to May 24, 2025. The 1st hour will be spent in conversation with a guest speaker, and during the 2nd hour volunteers will read aloud part of the play. During the final […]

Raï Concert: Fella Oudane

Woodhouse Brewery 119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz, United States

Please join the Center for the Middle East and North Africa (CMENA) for a Raï concert at Woodhouse Brewery on Friday, May 23rd at 6pm. Raï is a popular genre of music that achieved global prominence with artists like Khaled and Cheb Mami, and it has come to embody Algeria's rebellious spirit. CMENA Faculty Director […]

Linguistics Colloquia: Elena Anagnostopoulou – Rethinking Clitics: A View From Greek

Humanities 1, Room 202

The Department of Linguistics is pleased to present Elena Anagnostopoulou (University of Crete and IMS-FORTH), speaking on Rethinking Clitics: A View From Greek. This is an in-person event. You can also join virtually via Zoom. In this talk, Elena Anagnostopoulou will revisit the relationship between clitic doubling and object agreement in connection to the syntax […]

Living Writers with Angel Dominguez

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

Living Writers Series – Spring 2025 Insight, Writings: Third World and Other Imaginaries Angel Dominguez is a Latiné poet of Yucatec Maya descent born in Hollywood and raised in Van Nuys, CA, by their immigrant family. They now live amongst the redwoods of Bonny Doon, CA. They’re the author of several books of poetry and […]