Events
Anita Say Chan – Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for a talk by Anita Say Chan, author of Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future (UC Press, 2025). This event will […]
Living Writers with Maria Elena Ramirez
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLiving Writers Series – Spring 2025 Insight, Writings: Third World and Other Imaginaries Maria E. Ramirez is a woman of Chicana, Puerto Rican, and Apache ancestry. She was actively involved […]
Graduate Research Symposium
McHenry Library, Information CommonsThe 2025 Graduate Research Symposium will be held on Friday, May 16, 1-4 p.m. (Pacific) at McHenry Library, Information Commons (South on the Main Floor). The Graduate Division hosts the […]
The Deppe Memorial Lecture with Professor Dan-El Padilla Peralta
Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe UCSC Classical Studies Program presents The Deppe Memorial Lecture, taking place Friday, May 16th at the Cowell Provost house at 4:00pm (reception to follow). Professor Dan-El Padilla Peralta (Princeton […]
Saturday Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Aptos Library 7695 Soquel Dr, Aptos, United StatesSaturday Shakespeare in Santa Cruz Presents A Midsummer Night's Dream, featuring a series of readings and conversations held Saturday mornings from April 26 to May 24, 2025. The 1st hour […]
Nick Kawa and Alisa Keesey – Microbes at Work: The Vital Role of Bacteria and other Microbial Life in Sanitation Systems in the US and Uganda
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesWastewater treatment operators in the American Midwest wryly describe their job as “bacteria farming,” but they also insist that microbes are the ones who “do all the work” at treatment […]
CANCELLED – When Human-Centered AI Encountered Digital Humanities: A Dialogue between Magy Seif El-Nasr and Minghui Hu
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe Humanities Institute Research cluster, Humanities in the Age of AI, presents "When Human-Centered AI Encountered Digital Humanities: A Dialogue between Magy Seif El-Nasr and Minghui Hu." What happens when […]
Soraya Murray – Technothriller: Film and the American Imagination
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesSoraya Murray’s forthcoming Technothriller: Film and the American Imagination (MIT, 2026) is the first dedicated examination of popular movies classified as “thrillers” that channel societal anxiety or dread about advanced […]
Chris Jadallah – What Could Be More Innocent Than Planting Trees? Land-Based Pedagogies as a Site of Contestation
Cervantes & Velasquez Room, Baytree Conference Center Bay Tree Conference Center, UC Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Center for Racial Justice is proud to present What Could Be More Innocent Than Planting Trees? Land-Based Pedagogies as a Site of Contestation with Chris Jadallah, Assistant Professor of […]
Living Writers with Angel Dominguez
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLiving Writers Series – Spring 2025 Insight, Writings: Third World and Other Imaginaries Angel Dominguez is a Latiné poet of Yucatec Maya descent born in Hollywood and raised in Van […]