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  • Camilla Hawthorne, Michael Whalen, Christina Zanfagna, and John Gennari – BLACKITALIAN: A Documentary Screening and Discussion

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

    What are the meanings of belonging and cultural identity at a time of resurgent white nationalism, large-scale transnational migration, and the increasingly convulsive dynamics of nation and imperium? We address this question in a screening and robust critical discussion of scenes from a documentary film-in-progress called BLACKITALIAN. A collaboration between cultural geographer Camilla Hawthorne, ethnomusicologist […]

  • Reyna Grande – Migrant Heart

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

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes award-winning author Reyna Grande (The Distance Between Us) back to the store to celebrate the release of her newest book Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can't Forget—an ambitious memoir in essays that illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dream and the complex journey of healing that follows survival. Grande […]

  • Saturday Shakespeare – Macbeth

    Virtual and In Person

    Saturday Shakespeare in Santa Cruz Presents Macbeth by William Shakespeare Aptos Library on Aoril 18, 25, May 2, 9 & 16 2026 at 10:15 a.m in the Aptos Library Betty Leonard Community Room (in person or join by Zoom). The first hour will be a conversation with the scheduled guest speaker followed by a volunteer read aloud […]

  • The Strait of Hormuz and War in Iran: Film Screening and Discussion

    Resource Center for Non Violence

    Join us for a screening of Plate It With Silver and a discussion by Nidhi Mahajan (UCSC) and Stephen Zunes (USF) on the Strait of Hormuz. Doors open at 5:30 PM. Event begins at 6:00 PM. For 50 years, the Resource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV) has equipped our community with tools to build a just […]

  • The Annual Maya K. Peterson Memorial Lecture

    Alumni Room, University Center CA, United States

    In early 2018, the city of Cape Town nearly ran out of water. South Africa’s “Mother City,” renowned for its cosmopolitan population and natural beauty, faced the prospect of a “Day Zero,” when it would be forced to close its taps and force millions to queue for water rations. Across much of the continent, though, […]

  • Rasanblaj as Spirit Turn: Gina Athena Ulysse in Conversation with Jennifer González

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

    Please join us for a conversation between Gina Athena Ulysse and Jennifer González, discussing Ulysse’s solo exhibition Redwoods Rasanblaj: Origins & Disentanglements. The internationally-lauded work of humanities professor Gina Athena Ulysse is on view at the IAS as an inaugural Faculty Spotlight Exhibition. The site-specific installation, produced in community from things collected, found, purchased and […]

  • Gukha Amin — From the Margins: The Lives and Labor of Yemen’s “Undesirable” Subjects

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

    Join the Center for the Middle East and North Africa for a presentation by Gukha Amin.  Her talk follows the lives of social outcasts and marginalized Black people who lived and moved across Southern Arabia in the first half of the twentieth century using deportation records, petitions, and criminal cases. These include street performers, sex […]

  • The Deep Read San Diego Salon

    Stone Brewing Liberty Station 2816 Historic Decatur Rd UNIT 116, San Diego, CA, United States

    UC Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute (THI) invite you to a special event at Stone Brewing in Liberty Station to discuss this year's Deep Read book, the New York Times bestseller, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make our Worlds, Change our Minds, and Shape our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake. As part of The Deep Read […]

  • Sanjay Barbora – Territorial Autonomy, States and Politics in the 21st Century: Notes from a Frontier

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

    How can we interpret the increasing centralisation of political authority and decision-making in the 21st century, and can movements for autonomy provide an answer to this question? The concept of territorial autonomy has been a complex issue in modern politics, especially since the emergence of postwar nation-states in the 20th century. While it provided a […]

  • Gregorio Uribe

    Master Class – Gregorio Uribe: A Journey Through Colombian Music

    Kuumbwa Jazz Center

    A Journey Through Colombian Music is an interactive presentation through which Uribe will take the audience across the different regions of Colombia and teach a local rhythm from each; as well as share their historical and geographical contexts. This is an interactive class designed for non-musicians and musicians, alike. Can't make it in person? You […]

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