Events
An Evening with Marilynne Robinson: Noel Q King Memorial Lecture
Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesMarilynne Robinson, a prolific novelist and essayist, is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and a National Humanities Medal. President Barack Obama […]
Laliv Melamed – On Intimacy and Other Sovereignties
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesHow can we explain decades of Israeli civil society’s consensus around a regime of oppression and impunity? What mediated attachments and disavowals mandate settler colonial violence? This talk follows what […]
A Discussion of Mike Wilson’s book, What Side Are You On?, with Professor Felicity Amaya Schaeffer
Merrill Provost House Provost's Residence, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for a discussion of Mike Wilson’s book What Side Are You On? with Professor Felicity Amaya Schaeffer on Wednesday, December 4th, from 4:00-6:00pm at Merrill Provost’s House, Public […]
Living Writers Student Reading
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLiving Writers Series – Fall 2024 Growing Things ~ gardens, poems, emotions, relationships, stories, our artistic practices, carefully tended, beautifully ordered, rewilded and wild ~ Sponsored by The Porter Hitchcock […]
Casting the Dice: A Dialogue on Migration Through Music
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for a special event with composer Iván Enrique Rodríguez and UC Santa Cruz scholar Amy Argenal to discuss the complex experiences of migrants, the many challenges of seeking […]
Slug Book Club Holiday Party with the Deep Read
Cowell Conference Room Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for an undergraduate holiday party with the Slug Book Club and the Deep Read. Come for pizza and drinks as well as holiday crafts and a literary white […]
American Analects: Book Launch and Poetry Reading
m.k. contemporary art 703 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesPlease join us for the release of American Analects, poems by Gary Young and Feasting on the World, an exhibition at MK Contemporary Art Gallery, paintings by Gene Holton paired […]
Slugs and Steins with Professor Renee Fox and Professor Elaine Sullivan – The Curse of the Mummy
Virtual EventThis talk focuses on a new UCSC Humanities course called “The Curse of the Mummy,” co-taught by Associate Professor of Literature Renée Fox and Associate Professor Elaine Sullivan. Combining analysis […]
Humanities Division Graduate Awards Make-up
Merrill Provost House Provost's Residence, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesDean Jasmine Alinder will recognize Kimberly Tallbear (Ph.D. ’05, History of Consciousness) with the 2023-2024 Distinguished Humanities Graduate Alumni award. Professor Tallbear will give remarks, and we will recognize graduate […]
Global Soccer Culture: How Immigrants Created the World’s Game
Cultural Center at Merrill Merrill Cultural Center, UC Santa Cruz, Merrill College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesGlobal Soccer Culture How Immigrants Created the World's Game Prof. Laurent Dubois (U. of Virginia) in Conversation with Dr. Anju Reejhsinghani Monday, January 6, 2025 6 pm || Cultural Center […]