Events
Karina Walters – Transcending Historical Trauma: How to Address American Indian Health Inequities and Promote Thriving
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThroughout history, settler colonialism has endeavored to erase the lived experiences and histories of American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples. Yet, Indigenous populations, particularly Indigenous women, remain strong and resilient […]
Valuing Engaged Scholarship in the Tenure and Promotion Process
Rachel Carson College Red Room Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin Campus + Community in a forum with campus leaders about taking stock of engaged scholarship in the tenure and promotion process at UC Santa Cruz and across the UC […]
Kristin Lawler – Surfing, Capitalism, and the Refusal of Work
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesIn this talk, I will examine surfing as a countercultural practice and will consider the ways in which it constitutes a lived refusal of the logic of capital. I will […]
What’s Happening in Peru? Interdisciplinary Perspectives on a Structural Crisis
Virtual EventPeru has been in a state of political and humanitarian crisis since early December 2022 when protests erupted in the wake of former President Pedro Castillo’s unsuccessful attempt to shut […]
Max Weiss: Revolutions Aesthetic
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesPlease join us for a talk by Professor Max Weiss (Princeton University), who will be discussing his new book on cultural production in Ba'thist Syria, Revolutions Aesthetic: A Cultural History […]
PhD+ Workshop – Grants and Fellowships
Graduate Student CommonsGrants and Fellowships for Scholars in the Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences Learn how to make your fellowship and grant proposals competitive to a wide range of selection committees. We’ll […]
Linguistics Colloquia: Bryan Donaldson
Humanities 1, Room 202Bryan Donaldson, UC Santa Cruz Over the course of each year, the Linguistics department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. For full speaker and event information, please […]
Paisley Currah – This Anti-Trans Moment: Resisting the Right and the Center
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe current assault on transgender people in the United States seems relatively new, but in fact governments have been regulating the lives of transgender people for decades—from contradictory rules for sex classification to bans on Medicaid coverage to rules about gender-appropriate comportment. In this talk, Currah situates these legislative attacks within a longer history of […]
Deep Read Partner Event: Confronting Climate Change
Zoom CA, United StatesThe Deep Read is partnering with Confronting Climate Change, an annual public lecture series that brings together scientists, artists, policy experts, and community members to discuss our planet’s wellbeing and share solutions for our future. This online event will spark conversation and thought on how research in the natural and social sciences can lead to […]
Living Writers – Zaina Alsous
Virtual EventZaina Alsous is the author of the poetry collection A Theory of Birds (University of Arkansas Press, 2019), winner of the Norma Farber First Book Award and the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize, and the chapbook Lemon Effigies (Anhinga Press, 2017), winner of the Rick Campbell Chapbook Prize. Her poetry, reviews, and essays have been published […]