Events
An Evening with Martha Mendoza and Juliet Linderman
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesIn Partnership with the Humanities Institute and City on a Hill Press Kresge's Media & Society Series Presents: An Evening with Martha Mendoza and Juliet Linderman Prize-winning Associated Press coauthors […]
THI Coffee Hour
Humanities 1, Room 515 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Humanities Institute is excited to welcome students, faculty, staff, and friends for a weekly Coffee Hour on Wednesdays, 11am to noon. We invite you to visit our team, meet […]
Chris Connery – China and the Mutations of Neoliberalism: Thoughts on the Current Conjuncture
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesChina’s economic and social development over the last 25 years has featured significant elements from the neoliberal playbook–ideologies of competition and human capital, market metrics, efficiency, suppression of labor rights, […]
Humanists in Tech Alumni Panel
Merrill Provost House Provost's Residence, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesEVER WONDERED HOW YOUR HUMANITIES DEGREE CAN LEAD TO AN AWESOME CAREER IN TECH? Join us for a lively discussion with successful Humanities alumni who have paved their way in […]
Moor Mother and James Gordon Williams in Concert
Music Center Recital Hall - UCSC 402 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCo-sponsored by the Arts Research Institute, the Humanities Institute, and the Institute of Arts and Sciences Audiences are invited to explore Black Quantum Futurism and Ubuntu philosophy in this collaborative performance featuring Camae […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: Henry VIII
Virtual EventJoin Santa Cruz Shakespeare, the UCSC Shakespeare Workshop, and The Humanities Institute, as we launch Undiscovered Shakespeare: Henry VIII, the fourth installment of our annual virtual Shakespeare program. Register for […]
Dr. Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky – Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesDr. Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky will present on his book, Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State (Stanford University Press, 2024), which reveals the origins of refugee resettlement […]
Living Writers with Former Professors Peter Gizzi & Nathaniel Mackey
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLiving Writers - Winter 2024 - Return of the Beloved: An Alumni Series Peter Gizzi is the author of Now It’s Dark (Wesleyan, 2020), Sky Burial: New and Selected Poems (Carcanet, […]
Michele Norris – Our Hidden Conversations
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz welcome Peabody Award-winning journalist Michele Norris for a discussion of her new book Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really […]
Project Paradiso: A Gateway to Dante’s Heaven – Episode Ten – A Drama of Choice at the Extremity of the Universe (Paradiso 27–30)
Virtual EventDante’s Paradiso is the least studied and the least understood of the three parts of the Commedia. Yet it is arguably the most important for the dynamism and originality of […]