Events
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 […]
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Living Writers with Hannah Sanghee Park
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLiving Writers Series – Winter 2025 Grief Sequence Not to suppress mourning (suffering)...but to change it, transform it…after Prageeta Sharma & Roland Barthes Hannah Sanghee Park is the author of […]