Events
Stuart Russell: “Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence”
Nat. Sci Annex Auditorium 101 Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesStuart Russell will survey recent and expected developments in AI and their implications. Some are enormously positive, while others, such as the development of autonomous weapons and the replacement of […]
PhD+ Workshop: Values Driven Pedagogy
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesDefining a Values Driven Pedagogy Practice with Kendra Dority (CITL, UCSC Lit PhD) This workshop invites participants to consider how teaching can be a site in which we define, cultivate, and […]
Interdisciplinary Graduate Writing: Challenges and Strategies II
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesDo you struggle with dissertation writing? Us too! This workshop will provide a peer-led space for conversation among graduate students engaged in interdisciplinary dissertation writing in the humanities and humanistic […]
Muriam Davis: “Colonial Genealogies of Racial Neoliberalism – Governing for the Market in Algeria, 1958-1965”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesProf. Davis’s current work studies how French attempts to introduce a market economy during the Algerian War of Independence transformed the prevailing understandings of racial difference organized around Islam. It […]
Linguistics Colloquia: Gorka Elordieta
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesGorka Elordieta, University of Basque Country More info at: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html
Book of Joy Community Read
Join Book of Joy author Doug Abrams, in partnership with Bookshop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Public Libraries, Temple Beth El, and The Humanities Institute for a community-wide discussion and celebration around the themes of […]
Prof and a Pint: “Dickens and the Struggles of Marriage”
Forager, San Jose 420 S 1st St, San Jose, CA, United StatesCharles Dickens is known for his marriage plots: no matter what kinds of twists and turns threaten the path of true love, in the end David Copperfield gets his Agnes, […]
Center for Public Philosophy: High School Regional Ethics Bowl
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesTeams of up to five high school students have the fall semester to develop their thinking on 15 real-world ethical questions (“cases”) put out in early September by the National […]
Linguistics Colloquium: Naomi Francis
Humanities 2, Room 259More details available here.
Cancelled: Center for Cultural Studies Colloquium
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis week's Center Center for Cultural Studies Colloquium has been cancelled. See you next week! The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. […]