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  • Rasanblaj as Spirit Turn: Gina Athena Ulysse in Conversation with Jennifer González

    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Please join us for a conversation between Gina Athena Ulysse and Jennifer González, discussing Ulysse’s solo exhibition Redwoods Rasanblaj: Origins & Disentanglements. The internationally-lauded work of humanities professor Gina Athena Ulysse is on view at the IAS as an inaugural Faculty Spotlight Exhibition. The site-specific installation, produced in community from things collected, found, purchased and […]

  • Gukha Amin — From the Margins: The Lives and Labor of Yemen’s “Undesirable” Subjects

    Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

    Join the Center for the Middle East and North Africa for a presentation by Gukha Amin.  Her talk follows the lives of social outcasts and marginalized Black people who lived and moved across Southern Arabia in the first half of the twentieth century using deportation records, petitions, and criminal cases. These include street performers, sex […]

  • The Deep Read San Diego Salon

    Stone Brewing Liberty Station 2816 Historic Decatur Rd UNIT 116, San Diego, CA, United States

    UC Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute (THI) invite you to a special event at Stone Brewing in Liberty Station to discuss this year's Deep Read book, the New York Times bestseller, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make our Worlds, Change our Minds, and Shape our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake. As part of The Deep Read […]

  • Protecting Mauna Kea: Standing Above the Clouds

    College Nine and John R. Lewis Multipurpose Room College Ten, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    We warmly invite you to join us for our remaining special series events (May 5 and May 6) on the long struggle of Native Hawaiian people and other kia‘i (“protectors”) in protecting Mauna Kea. One of the most sacred Native Hawaiian sites, Mauna Kea is the piko (umbilical cord) connecting the islands to the heavens, […]

  • Sanjay Barbora – Territorial Autonomy, States and Politics in the 21st Century: Notes from a Frontier

    Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

    How can we interpret the increasing centralisation of political authority and decision-making in the 21st century, and can movements for autonomy provide an answer to this question? The concept of territorial autonomy has been a complex issue in modern politics, especially since the emergence of postwar nation-states in the 20th century. While it provided a […]

  • Gregorio Uribe

    Master Class – Gregorio Uribe: A Journey Through Colombian Music

    Kuumbwa Jazz Center

    A Journey Through Colombian Music is an interactive presentation through which Uribe will take the audience across the different regions of Colombia and teach a local rhythm from each; as well as share their historical and geographical contexts. This is an interactive class designed for non-musicians and musicians, alike. Can't make it in person? You […]

  • Protecting Mauna Kea: Hula and Traditional Ecological Knowledge

    Theater Arts, A104 411 Kerr Rd, Santa Cruz, United States

    We warmly invite you to join us for our remaining special series events (May 5 and May 6) on the long struggle of Native Hawaiian people and other kia‘i (“protectors”) in protecting Mauna Kea. One of the most sacred Native Hawaiian sites, Mauna Kea is the piko (umbilical cord) connecting the islands to the heavens, […]

  • The Current Status of the Torment Nexus, and how are those Stochastic Parrots?

    Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

    Let’s check in on two of our old friends in the critical history of artificial intelligences. What’s the status of the torment nexus today? And how are those stochastic parrots? This talk will provide an update on AI projects that continue to abuse their science fiction namesakes (RIP the Metaverse & Horizon Worlds), and reevaluate […]

  • Kuumbwa Jazz Presents – Gregorio Uribe

    Kuumbwa Jazz Center

    “Colombian artist Gregorio Uribe, whose blend of contemporary cumbia and timeless charisma has marked him as an artist to watch.” – Billboard Uribe was recognized by the Colombian government as one of “The 100 Most Successful Colombians Abroad”, and has received honors from the city of Boston and the state of Massachusetts for his contribution […]

  • Shadow Indigenous Worlds

    Communications 150, Studio C

    Shadow Indigenous Worlds (SIW) is a global initiative that highlights Indigenous worldviews of inquiry. By focusing on researchers, practitioners, and artists at work (in the field, studio, and classroom), it invites the audience to participate and reflect on the meaning of knowledge, theory, pedagogy, and social change. SIW is a student-focused program and highlights the […]

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