Events
Events
Hillary Angelo – Climate Change as Large-Scale Social Transformation
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesIt is a common (aspirational) refrain that climate change “changes everything,” and equally common to note that climate-related transitions seem to be changing very little at all. What climate-related changes are happening now? And how might we grasp emergent trajectories while we’re in the midst of these transitions? With a substantive focus on the city-hinterland […]
Work – in – Progress with Geoffrey C. Bowker
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesJoin SJRC scholars for an open discussion of works-in-progress! This is a wonderful chance to engage with one another’s ideas, and support our own internal work. At this session, we will hear from Geoffrey Bowker, Emeritus Professor in Irvine and Science & Justice Advisor about works-in-progress and ongoing work on the death of infrastructure, AI, […]
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa – Kyi-dug, Tibetan Welfare Groups: Sharing Ups and Downs
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States +1 moreAs many as 80,000 Tibetans fled to India and Nepal in 1959 following the Chinese occupation of Tibet. The establishment of a Tibetan government in exile helped foster a sense of belonging, but it was also through mutual aid groups, such as the kyi-dug, that Tibetan refugees took care of one another. The word kyi-dug: […]
Living Writers with James Janko
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCraft Between Worlds James Janko is an award-winning author of four novels, including Buffalo Boy and Geronimo, The Clubhouse Thief, What We Don't Talk About, and The Wire-Walker. His work is deeply informed by his experience as a combat medic in the Vietnam War, often probing the intertwined violences of war and environmental destruction. Janko […]
Kitchen Counterculture: A Conversation About Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and the Food that Fueled a Revolution
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz Presents Kitchen Counterculture: A Conversation About Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and the Food that Fueled a Revolution," featuring award-winning food writer Gabi Moskowitz and journalist, teacher, […]
Writing Hangout with Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesIf we take a moment to examine our lives, we can find meaningful, even exciting connections between our mundane moments and the society we live in. In this workshop, we […]
Restitution Beyond Return – Who names the Objects in Museums?
Humanities 1, Room 202The Department of History invites you to join their talk about African Arts, Western Museums, and the debate over restitution. This lecture examines restitution as an ethical and epistemic process […]
Timescape of Rings with Stephen David Engel
Humanities 1, Room 202 +1 moreStephen David Engel will read from an experimental history called “Timescape of Rings.” In it, he meditates on a 2,200-year-old redwood round with markers for historical events affixed to its […]
More-Than-Humanities Lab Reading Group: Against Purity
Humanities 1, Room 202Please join the More-Than-Human(ities) Lab for our winter book club meeting. We will be discussing Alexis Shotwell’s book Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times, which offers a framework for conceiving […]
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 […]