Events
Building Alliances in Native American Education
Samper Hall, Cabrillo College 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, United StatesAre 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 CFilm 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 StatesWonder 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 […]
Campus to Career – Job Talk with Kim Angulo, Assistant Public Defender
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesInterested in an impact-driven career in law, public policy, or politics? Come hear from UCSC Humanities alum Kim Angulo, an Assistant Public Defender with experience in both law and public policy work. You’ll gain insights into how to enter these fields, considerations for knowing whether they’re a good fit for you, and ideas for how […]
Faculty Grants Session with UCHRI
Virtual EventInterested in faculty funding opportunities from the UC Humanities Research Institute and want to know more about the advisory committee selection process? Join UCHRI Director Jaimey Fisher and Research Grants Program Director Sara Černe for a grants presentation and Q&A. This year UCHRI is offering up to $25,000 grants for collaborative research projects, support for projects connected […]
Jay Afrisando – Shaping the Arts within Disability and Community of Diverse Bodies
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesWhat does it look like when our creative process is driven by disability and community? How does the work develop, change, and differ from the already-established ways of making? In this talk, Jay Afrisando will share his recent and upcoming works focusing on how disability and community of diverse bodies drive the ways such works […]
PhD+ Workshop – Crafting the Research-Based Essay with Ariel Gore
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesJoin award-winning author and editor Ariel Gore for a conversation and mini-workshop on translating your research for non-academic genres including personal essays, fiction, memoir/autofiction, and journalism. What does your reader need to know? How do you find a balance between your own voice and the words of others? What do you do about things like […]
Living Writers with Ariel Gore
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWonder as the Source Ariel Gore is an author, editor, and teacher. She makes books, zines, coloring books, and tarot cards. She is the founding editor & publisher of the Alternative Press Award-winning magazine Hip Mama and the author of ten books of fiction and nonfiction. Her latest, Hexing the Patriarchy, is out from from Seal Press. […]
Upatyaka Dutta – As We Sing, So Shall We Pluck
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesWithin the everyday workspaces of Assam’s tea plantations, Adivasi tea tribes engage in listening, sounding, and music. At times, these sounds and music flow into Adivasi living areas known as “lines.” Upatyaka explores the dynamic relationship between the sounds of the workplace and the sociocultural life woven through tea plantation labor. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork […]
Campus to Career – Job Talk with Rebecca Hernandez
Virtual EventWondering what you can do with your Arts or Humanities degree? Hear from a real professional on our campus with a background in both. Rebecca Hernandez is the inaugural Community Archivist at the UCSC University Library. In this job talk, she will tell us about her educational journey as a first-generation transfer student and share […]