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Evyn Le Espiritu Gandhi – Southern Constellations: South Korea, South Vietnam, and the US South

Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

This talk proposes southern constellations as a method and political concept. To constellate is to bring together seemingly disparate spaces or objects into the same conceptual orbit, probing the new meanings and structures that emerge in the resultant constellation. To illustrate, this talk constellates three spaces often considered outside the purview of Global South studies: […]

Gary Young: A Retrospective – Exhibition Opening

McHenry Library (3rd Floor), Special Collections

Join us on April 9th from 12-2 p.m. for the opening of Gary Young: A Retrospective Books, Broadsides, Prints & Ephemera at UCSC Special Collections and Archives. Gary will treat us to an artist talk and a tour of the exhibition. Light refreshments will be provided. Gary Young is a poet and artist whose honors […]

How Fairy Tales Became White: A Conversation with Professors Kimberly Lau and Micah Perks

Santa Cruz Public Library - Downtown Branch 224 Church Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Please join Professors Micah Perks and Kimberly Lau for a conversation about fairy tales, fantasy, and the ways that historically and culturally specific ideas about race contribute to the making and maintenance of their white worlds. This is an after-hours event at Downtown Library. Refreshments will be served. Kimberly Lau is Professor of Literature at […]

Cat Bohannon – Eve

Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Bookshop Santa Cruz presents author Cat Bohannon who will be in-conversation with Vicky Oelze about Bohannon's book Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution—a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved, offering a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is, how it came to be, […]

Questions That Matter: Disability in Medicine and Memoir

Kuumbwa Jazz Center

What does it mean to talk and write about the experiences of our bodies? How do the stories told about us mediate the narratives we construct? What are the stakes for disabled writers sharing their first-person perspectives with the world? In this dialogue with two scholars and memoirists of disability, we will explore how intellectual […]

Night of Ideas

Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

The Future We Share: Activism, Creativity, and Collective Imagination Join us on April 4, 2025 for the Night of Ideas in Santa Cruz, a nocturnal celebration of art, philosophy, and activism! From solar energy and housing justice to communal music and movement, Night of Ideas – Santa Cruz invites you to explore interactive sessions on […]

Center for South Asian Studies Meet and Greet

Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

Join us for a Center for South Asian Studies Meet and Greet! Come have some food and refreshments with the CSAS community and tell us about your research and interests related to South Asia and the Center. Grab a bite, get a drink, and tell us about your research!

Ariella Azoulay – Crafting a Jewish Muslim World

Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

Crafting a potential history of the Jewish Muslim World means taking seriously the fact that we – Muslim Jews - are the living ruins of worlds that imperialism is committed to make disappear. Asking ‘who am I?’ / ‘who are we?’ means breaking apart the cohesiveness and solidity of the identities assigned by settler colonial […]

Story & Pictures By : A Benefit Film Screening for Santa Cruz County Public School Libraries

Santa Cruz High School Auditorium 415 Walnut Avenue, Santa Cruz

With book bans skyrocketing across the country, let’s celebrate the value of children’s books by supporting our local public school libraries together. Children’s books are often one of the first moments that allow children to dive deep into their imaginations. Come celebrate the impact of children’s books with a benefit screening of a new documentary […]

Rick Steves: On the Hippie Trail

Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Bookshop Santa Cruz presents bestselling travel writer Rick Steves , who will join us for a special event at The Rio Theatre to discuss his new memoir On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer. Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and […]