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  • Ussama Makdisi – Palestine, Late Colonialism, and the Question of Genocide

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

    Co-sponsored by the Center for the Middle East and North Africa (CMENA) This talk explores the relationship between modern philozionism in the West and the denialism of the Palestinians. The nineteenth-century European Zionist idea of implanting and sustaining an exclusively Jewish nationalist state in multireligious Palestine was a response to European racial antisemitism. But it […]

  • Donna Haraway – Thick, Slimy, Squishy, Squiggly & Generative

    McHenry Library (3rd Floor), Special Collections

    Join the UCSC Special Collections & Archives for a conversation with Donna Haraway titled "Thick, Slimy, Squishy, & Generative," featuring History of Consciousness alumni Chela Sandoval (’93), Katie King (’87), and Caren Kaplan (’87). Please register by May 20. Limited space is available; plan to arrive early for seating. The conversation will start promptly at […]

  • Isaac Blacksin – Making Death Meaningful: On Journalism’s Humanitarian Desire

    Humanities 1, Room 420 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    The final guest of the Spring 2025 HistCon Speaker Series will be one of HistCon’s own, alumnus Isaac Blacksin! He will be joining us on Monday, June 2nd, to give his talk “Making Death Meaningful: On Journalism's Humanitarian Desire” at 1pm in Hum 1 Rm 420. If you are unable to make it in person, […]

  • Slow Seminar: Moorings by Nidhi Mahajan

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

    The Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast), the Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa (CMENA), invite you to a Slow Seminar on the new book: Moorings: Voyages of Capital Across the Indian Ocean by Nidhi Mahajan, Assistant Professor of Anthropology. Reception to follow. Opening […]

  • Celebratory Collabo & Share Fest with Clara Bergamini, Yagmur Kizilay, and Mary Jirmanus

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

    Join the More-than-human(ities) Lab for their final event of the year where they will reflect on what they have learned from the lab and dream of future possibilities for the cross-disciplinary community that they have built. Collaborative reflections and wishes will take place from 1-1:30pm. They will then close the lab by learning about the […]

  • Art as Social Transformation with Roger and DeAnna Cummings

    Digital Arts Research Center #108

    As co-founders of Juxtaposition Arts (JXTA) in Minneapolis, Roger Cummings' and DeAnna Cummings’ practices operate at the intersection of art, social justice, and community development. JXTA functions as a "social sculpture" – a living artwork that extends beyond conventional art-making into community engagement. What began in 1995 with nine students has evolved into a comprehensive campus employing 70+ young […]

  • Threads of Love: The AIDS Memorial Quilt

    Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 705 Front St., Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    In partnership with The Diversity Center (TDC) and The Humanities Institute, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) is proud to present the Threads of Love: The AIDS Memorial Quilt—a powerful exhibition that reflects on the profound impact the HIV/AIDS epidemic had on the LGBTQ+ community. It celebrates the enduring resilience, love, and […]

  • Living Writers Student Reading

    Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Living Writers Series – Spring 2025 Insight, Writings: Third World and Other Imaginaries Sponsored by the Porter Hitchcock Poetry Fund, the Laurie Sain Endowment, the Humanities Institute, The Literature Department, Creative Writing Program, and the Center for Racial Justice.

  • Terry Burke – The UCSC Center for World History in its World Historical Contexts

    Virtual and In Person

    What are the relevant contexts in which we should situate the UCSC Center for World History? Terry Burke (Professor Emeritus, History Department) will discuss this question in his upcoming talk, "The UCSC Center for World History in its World Historical Contexts." The talk will be held both in-person in Humanities I, Room 210, and online […]

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