Events
Events
Thiago Mota – In Search of Protection: Islam, Crocodiles, and Local Experiences of a Global Religion in Early Modern West Africa
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk proposes a new reading of Early Modern European sources for African history in light of Islamic African written records and oral traditions. It examines how Islam interacted with […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Two Noble Kinsmen – Episode I
Virtual EventShakespeare returns to the characters and themes of A Midsummer Night's Dream in what may have been the last play he had a hand in writing: The Two Noble Kinsmen. […]
Traveling Film Southasia – Film Screening Festival Launch
Communications 150, Studio CJoin the Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) for a celebratory film screening event to launch Travelling Film Southasia, a mobile film festival highlighting 19 exceptional nonfiction productions of the […]
Living Writers Student Reading
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCraft Between Worlds About the Living Writers Series The Living Writers Series (LWS) is a live reading series organized especially for the Creative Writing Program community at UCSC. There is […]
The Trial of Spock — An Opera Workshop
Music Center Recital HallJoin us as the creators of The Trial of Spock — An Opera present five scenes from an opera-in-progress by Ben Leeds Carson, Perre DiCarlo, and Lincoln and Lee Taiz. […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Two Noble Kinsmen – Episode II
Virtual EventShakespeare returns to the characters and themes of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in what may have been the last play he had a hand in writing: The Two Noble Kinsmen. This time, however, […]
Living Writers With Mary-Alice Daniel
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCraft Between Worlds Mary-Alice Daniel is a Nigerian American poet and cross-genre writer born near the Niger/Nigeria border. Her debut poetry collection, Mass for Shut Ins, was selected by Rae […]
Questions that Matter – How to Live Long and Prosper: Lessons from a Star Trek Opera
Kuumbwa Jazz CenterWhat do we need to live a fulfilling life? This essential question of the humanities feels especially pressing now, on the precipice of profound changes to our planet, our bodies, […]
Karen Russell – The Antidote
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes bestselling author Karen Russell (Swamplandia!) for a discussion about her latest novel The Antidote, which will be available in paperback on the night of the event. […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Two Noble Kinsmen – Episode III
Virtual EventShakespeare returns to the characters and themes of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in what may have been the last play he had a hand in writing: The Two Noble Kinsmen. This time, however, […]