Events
Decoding the Headlines: Top News Stories, Misinformation, and the 2024 Presidential Campaign
Virtual and In PersonThis event is part of the 2024 U.S. Elections Forum Series - Power, Politics, and Our Democracy UC Santa Cruz is excited to share our U.S. Elections Forum Series to […]
“What Is It Like to Be a Bat?”: Spooky Reading Group Potluck
Westlake Park 149-111 Bradley Dr, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesOn Saturday, November 2 from 6-7pm, we will have a SPOOKY READING GROUP POTLUCK at West Lake Park. On theme for Halloween and Day of the Dead, Alisa Puga Keesey […]
A Post-Election Conversation
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesJoin the CCS community as we process what just happened. We will be discussing electoral politics, the role of media in the election, political affects, and what is to be […]
Ellen Bass: Morton Marcus Poetry Reading
Cultural Center at Merrill Merrill Cultural Center, UC Santa Cruz, Merrill College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for the 15th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading, featuring honored guest Ellen Bass. Poet Gary Young will host the program, and the evening will include an announcement of […]
Jim McCloskey: Clauses without verbs – The Irish landscape and beyond
Virtual and In PersonThe Department of Linguistics is pleased to present Jim McCloskey (UC Santa Cruz) speaking on Clauses without verbs - The Irish landscape and beyond. Please join us Friday, November 8 […]
Online Platforms for Presenting Research with Kayla Isenberg
Virtual EventReady to promote your research on social media? This seminar will help you learn how! Explore how to promote your research and expertise on the text-based social media platforms Threads, […]
Film Screening and Director’s Discussion: Chaityabhumi
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesChaityabhumi is a holy site that holds immense importance for the Dalit movement in India, as it is where Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s last rites were performed after his passing on December 6, 1956. Dr Ambedkar, often called the father of the Indian Constitution, dedicated his life to fighting the chains of caste oppression and bringing […]
The Hive Live! Featuring Gary Young & Elizabeth Robinson
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Hive Live! presents an evening of poetry with Gary Young and Elizabeth Robinson at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Gary Young is a poet, artist, and translator. He is the author of nine collections of poetry, among them That’s What I Thought, and American Analects, both from Persea Books. His other books include Precious Mirror, translations […]
Dolly Kikon – Abundance: Living with a Forest
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesWe welcome Dolly Kikon for a screening of her film Abundance: Living with a Forest and a talk about her work on Indigenous ecology in the Eastern Himalayan region. Abundance: Living with a Forest (2024) is a filmic biography of foraging, forest, and jhum cultivation in Nagaland, a hill state in Northeast India where approximately 60% […]
Dr. Christian Alvarado – “The Storm in Kenya”: The Mau Mau Uprising and pan-Africanist Thought in the mid-20th Century
Virtual and In PersonThe History Department invites you to an upcoming talk by Dr. Christian Alvarado entitled "The Storm in Kenya:" The Mau Mau Uprising and pan-Africanist Thought in the mid-20th Century. Join us in person from 1:30 - 3:00 pm (PT) in Humanities 1, Room 202 or join via Zoom here. Historical work on the event most […]