Events
Marc Matera – Race after Empire: Racial Capitalism in Southern Africa and “Race Relations” in Britain
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States“Race relations” became synonymous with various obstacles to the “integration” of Commonwealth migrants in postwar Britain and, ultimately, shorthand for social and political issues perceived to be related to racial […]
Ambika Aiyadurai – Caring for Humans and Nonhumans: Challenges in India’s Wildlife Conservation
Virtual EventThis talk examines different meanings of care in India’s wildlife conservation. Drawing on fieldwork and case studies from across the country, Professor Aiyadurai will discuss various forms of care in […]
Living Writers with Venita Blackburn
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 Works by Venita Blackburn have appeared in The […]
Winter 2025 Aurora Lecture Series: Francesca Orsini — Varieties of Realism
Virtual EventJoin us Friday, January 24th at 10am PST for Varieties of Realism, a lecture by Francesca Orsini with discussants: G.S. Sahota and Rahul Parson. Francesca Orsini is Professor Emerita of […]
We Are the Middle of Forever: A More-than-human(ities) Book Club Discussion with Stan Rushworth
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesPlease join us for a conversation with Stan Rushworth, who will be discussing his latest book We Are the Middle of Forever, which places Indigenous voices at the center of […]
AI Cluster Meeting – Dan Zimmer
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 […]
Sophia Azeb – Mapping the “Arab” in Pan-African Political Culture
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesAmid the US-backed Israeli genocide in Palestine and the UAE-backed genocide in Sudan, the constellation of transnational and multiracial movement solidarities forged throughout the myriad capitalist and colonialist crises of […]
Winter 2025 Aurora Lecture Series: Francesca Orsini — East of Delhi: Multilingual Literary Culture and World Literature
Virtual EventJoin us Friday, January 31st at 10am PST for a discussion with Francesca Orsini on East of Delhi: Multilingual Literary Culture and World Literature, in conversation with G.S. Sahota and […]
Geographies of Dissent: A Trans/Feminist Dialogue
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesFeminist Studies presents Geographies of Dissent — a dialogue centering trans/feminist vernaculars of the geopolitical, and how current histories of occupation and authoritarianism have impacted feminist projects of dissent. The […]
American Patchwork Quartet
Kuumbwa Jazz CenterThe Humanities Institute and Kuumbwa Jazz is pleased to present American Patchwork Quartet (APQ) on Friday, January 31, 2025 at 7:00PM! Join the live concert and support American Patchwork Quartet's […]