Events
Mapping Hydrocommons Cultures in the Americas
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesIn this session, Lisa Blackmore and Alejandro Ponce de León will talk about a series of mapping processes that they’ve been engaged in with river communities in Latin America. They will explore how art and humanities research intersects with water activism and how collaborative editorial and curatorial work can support emergent and resilient practices that […]
Writing Psychology with Andrea Seeger
Graduate Student Commons, Room 204 420 Hagar Dr, Santa CruzSometimes we can be our severest writing critics and biggest hindrances to writing success. Learn how to overcome psychological barriers and start writing in this interactive workshop. Participants will also learn about the VOCES Graduate Student Writing Center. This event has two sessions: Oct 14, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. in Graduate Student Commons, or Oct […]
Laleh Khalili in conversation with Nidhi Mahajan–Palestine and the Maritime Politics of the Red Sea
Virtual EventThinking through the complexities of the Red Sea blockade, Professor Khalili will ask questions about how the entangled international and commercial control of maritime space deals with such disruptions in cargo and trade flows, and how the structure of global capital has to be taken into account in toto while waging a Gramscian war of position at […]
Ecologies of Care Workshop
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe Center for South Asian Studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites you to launch an international collaboration, the Ecologies of Care Initiative. In partnership with the University of British Columbia (UBC), Simon Fraser University (SFU), and Lincoln University (LU) this initiative invites scholars at the forefront of the social sciences, […]
Kaveh Akbar: Martyr!
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes acclaimed and bestselling author Kaveh Akbar for a discussion and signing of his phenomenal fiction debut Martyr!, which Tommy Orange calls, "An absolute jewel of a novel. A diamond. I haven't loved a book this much in years. Kaveh's writing is so thoroughly powerful and gorgeous you can feel it from […]
Dear Watsonville Screening and Q&A
PVA Porter Building 280 Main Street, Watsonville, United StatesIn celebration of Filipino American History Month, join Watsonville is in the Heart and the Watsonville Film Festival for a screening of Dear Watsonville, a mixed-media documentary offering an intimate glimpse into the lives of the first generation of Filipino farmworkers to arrive in the Pajaro Valley as seen through the eyes of their children. […]
CLOTILDA: Resistance, Resilience, Remembrance, Rebuilding
Resource Center for Non ViolenceBlack divers were central to the reclamation of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to transport kidnapped Africans to the United States. In our coastal area, the unceded territory of the Amah Mutsun people and a place where Black servicemen and their families resettled after fighting in U.S. wars in the Pacific, Santa Cruz […]
Filipino American Heritage Month Festival
Watsonville City Plaza 358 Main St., Watsonville, CA, United StatesJoin us for the 3rd annual Filipino American Heritage Festival on the Watsonville city plaza! Featuring vendors, performances, and food. Co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute.
1st Symposium on Spanish-English Bilingualism in California
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe 1st Symposium on Spanish-English bilingualism in California brings together leading scholars investigating the linguistic practices and patterns of variation across Spanish-English bilinguals throughout the state of California. This inaugural symposium will serve to engage researchers in cross-campus collaborations and interdisciplinary initiatives. The symposium's keynote address will be given by Professor Ana Celia Zentella (professor […]
Bilingual California/California Bilingüe: Fronteras y Futuros
Music Center Recital HallJoin us as we welcome Professor Ana Celia Zentella (professor emerita, UC San Diego) to discuss the political, social, and educational barriers that California’s Spanish-English bilinguals must overcome to ensure a bilingual future for themselves and their children. She suggests ways that students, parents, teachers, university faculty and community groups can contribute successfully. This event […]