Events
Dixita Deka–After Insurgency: Farming Journeys and Rehabilitation in Northeast India
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesSince India’s independence in 1947, militarization, the extractive regime, and capital have significantly transformed the agrarian landscape in Northeast India. This talk is based on ongoing ethnographic work in Assam among the former insurgents of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) who have taken up farming. Reclaiming the fields and the commons has been […]
Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents: Neko Case | THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU
Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBeloved Grammy-nominated musician Neko Case will share her new book, THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU — a "heartbreaking and funny" memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood, obsessive desires, and indispensable friendships that reflects on the way art and music and a deep connection to nature guided her journey towards stardom (Maggie Smith, […]
Deep Read Salon: Revisiting Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Virtual EventJoin us for a Deep Read salon on Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn featuring UC Santa Cruz Professor of Literature and Twain Scholar, Susan Gillman. Prof. Gillman will discuss Twain's novel in the context of 19th-century literature and history and explain its broader cultural influence and reach. She'll help lay the groundwork for understanding […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: Timon of Athens – Episode 1
Virtual EventJoin us for this year's, Undiscovered Shakespeare featuring Timon of Athens (1606), a late play focusing on the corrosive effects of prodigality and ingratitude in an apparently democratic society. Gretchen Minton, Professor of English at the University of Montana, Bozeman and the editor of the most recent Arden edition of the play, will be the […]
Derek Penslar – Is Israel a Settler-Colonial State?
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Center for Jewish Studies Presents The Helen Diller Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies featuring Derek Penslar. Derek Penslar will be presenting his talk titled Is Israel a Settler-Colonial State? Since the 1960s, referencing Israel as settler-colonial has been a common polemical practice, a means of delegitimization of the state of Israel and those who […]
AI Cluster Meeting – Katie Shilton
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe Humanities Institute Research cluster, “Humanities in the Age of AI,” is pleased to invite you to a series of meetings this winter quarter. The research cluster boasts a diverse group of core participants. This includes esteemed faculty members from various disciplines, graduate students representing politics, history, literature, philosophy, feminist studies, and film and visual […]
Ajay Skaria – The Part of the Indigenous: Adivasis and the Subaltern Intimation of Freedom
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk attends to what the Subaltern Studies tradition begins to think and gives to our own times to think. The emergence of Subaltern Studies was part of the increasing prominence of the “New Social Movements,” new because they were focused more on oppression than exploitation. Recognizing this allows us to discern that the Subaltern […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: Timon of Athens – Episode 2
Virtual EventJoin us for this year's, Undiscovered Shakespeare featuring Timon of Athens (1606), a late play focusing on the corrosive effects of prodigality and ingratitude in an apparently democratic society. Gretchen Minton, Professor of English at the University of Montana, Bozeman and the editor of the most recent Arden edition of the play, will be the […]
Fall 2024 Aurora Lecture: G. S. Sahota
Virtual and In PersonJoin us as we welcome G.S. Sahota—Aurora Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies and Associate Professor of Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz for a conversation on Equality of the Minor: Ambedkar’s Critical Legacy Today. This engaging discussion will take place on Thursday, November 21 at 3:30 PM in Humanities 1, Room 202. […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: Timon of Athens – Episode 3
Virtual EventJoin us for this year's, Undiscovered Shakespeare featuring Timon of Athens (1606), a late play focusing on the corrosive effects of prodigality and ingratitude in an apparently democratic society. Gretchen Minton, Professor of English at the University of Montana, Bozeman and the editor of the most recent Arden edition of the play, will be the […]