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Never Again is Now: Japanese American Women Activists and the Legacy of the Mass Incarceration Opening Reception

Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, Cowell College Cowell College‎ 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Japanese American women who experienced the World War II mass incarceration have a long history of activism that includes protests within the camps, participation in the social movements of the 1960s, and the successful campaign for a national apology and monetary redress. They, their daughters, granddaughters, and non-binary individuals continue to invoke memories of the […]

Ambassa in America featuring Arivu

Quarry Amphitheater 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

ARIVU is a soulful composer, versatile song writer, fierce rapper and an energetic performer all fused into one package. He is best-known for his contributions in the global hit Single Enjoy Enjaami besides his hard-hitting political raps which made him one of the most powerful youth voice coming out of India. Through his rebellious singles […]

Oliver Jeffers: Begin Again

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

Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes globally renowned artist and internationally bestselling author Oliver Jeffers for an event celebrating his new book BEGIN AGAIN: The Story of How We Got Here and Where We Might Go. Take a visually stunning journey through humankind’s history as Jeffers examines our shared motivations for existence in his first illustrated book […]

Strawberry Picker Film Screening

Stevenson Event Center

The Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Initiatives invites you to join a film screening event featuring Strawberry Picker produced by Inspira Studios. This special event has been organized in celebration and recognition of Latinx Heritage Month, and is cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. Strawberry Picker is a short documentary depicting the life story […]

PhD+ Series – Informational Interview with Lorato Anderson

Graduate Student Commons, Room 204 420 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz

An informational interview is one that you conduct with someone working in a field for an institution or company that you want to consider working in and for. How do […]

Nick Mitchell – The University in Surplus Perspective, 1945-1968

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

Is it possible to historicize higher education without taking its basic categories for granted? In this talk, I aim to provide a historical and theoretical framework for the emergence of […]

PhD+ Series – Curating your Digital Reputation with Lisa Nielsen

Graduate Student Commons, Room 204 420 Hagar Dr, Santa Cruz

Your digital reputation refers to your presence on the internet, on social media platforms and on personal and worksite websites. Learn tips on how to distinguish yourself from the crowd […]

Living Writers – Thais Miller

Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Thaïs Miller is the author of the novel Our Machinery (2008) and the short story collection The Subconscious Mutiny and Other Stories (2009). She is a PhD Candidate in Literature, […]

Festival of Monsters

Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Monsters lurk in our culture. They rise in times of growing prejudice, discrimination and othering. The 2023 Festival of Monsters (Oct. 13-15) — hosted by the UC Santa Cruz Center […]

Linguistics Colloquium: Ryan Bennett

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

Ryan Bennett, UC Santa Cruz: "Vowel deletion as grammatically-controlled gestural overlap in Uspanteko" Uspanteko (Mayan) is spoken by ~5000 people in the central highlands of Guatemala. Unstressed vowels in Uspanteko […]