Events
Living Writers: Tonya Foster, Conversation with Ronaldo V. Wilson
Virtual EventTonya Foster in conversation with Ronaldo V. Wilson, as part of the George and Judy Marcus Chair in Poetry Reading, presented in collaboration with The Poetry Center and San Francisco […]
Our Mutual Friend Discussion Series: Parts VI-X
Virtual EventJoin Professor Karen Hattaway (San Jacinto College) for a series of discussions about the book that stunned Conrad and Dostoevsky. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens Sept. 25, Oct. 23, Nov. 27, and Jan. 22 at 1:00-3:00 PM (PDT) | Virtual Events Charles Dickens published Our Mutual Friend in twenty monthly parts from May 1864 […]
From Levi to Dante: Redefining Humanity from the Margins
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for the final event of From the Margins: Dante 701 Years Later, featuring Professor Robert Gordon (University of Cambridge) and Martin Eisner (Duke University). Moderated by Nathaniel Deutsch (UC Santa Cruz Professor and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies). Free and open to the public. Registration required. "Primo Levi and Dante. Cosmologies," by […]
PhD+ Workshop – Preparing the Teaching Statement and Portfolio
Virtual and In PersonGain tools and tips for effectively writing a teaching statement, a common document in faculty hiring and review processes and an opportunity to reflect on how your teaching supports student […]
Joan Scott – The Professor of Desire: Charles Fourier’s Sexual Utopia
Virtual EventThe History of Consciousness department is pleased present their upcoming speaker series this fall quarter and invites you to join them. These will be hybrid events, hosted in-person in Humanities […]
Bettina Aptheker – Communists in Closets
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Humanities Institute and Bookshop Santa Cruz welcome Bettina Aptheker, UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor Emerita, for a discussion about her new book, Communists in Closets: Queering the History 1930s-1990s, which explores the history of gay, lesbian, and non-heterosexual people in the Communist Party in the United States. Free and open to the public. Registration […]
All-In: Co-Creating Knowledge for Justice Conference
Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAll-In: Co-Creating Knowledge for Justice Conference October 26-28, 2022 | Santa Cruz, CA There is an exciting resurgence in critical public scholarship: a push for universities to reach beyond their academic audiences and build stronger community-university partnerships to jointly tackle pressing social issues. Indeed, the complexity and scale of our social ills require not only […]
PhD+ Workshop – Disrupting Imposter Phenomenon from the Inside Out
Virtual and In PersonHave you ever felt imposter phenomenon? Learn how to cultivate a growth mindset to disrupt it and move toward empowering ways of learning. Silvia Austerlic is an intercultural educator, facilitator […]
Archive as Offering – Grace L. Sanders Johnson
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk names the layered applications, quotidian quality, and refusals of physical, psychological, and archival violence against Haitian women during the US occupation (1915-1934). Told alongside the story of a teenage girl’s life and death, the talk ultimately considers experimental historical practices as an opportunity to intervene in the presumed teleology of Black women’s lives […]
Rebecca Solnit, Orwell’s Roses
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz is delighted to welcome acclaimed writer Rebecca Solnit to the store for a discussion and signing of her most recent book, Orwell's Roses (in paperback October 18th). This event is cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. Bookshop's head book buyer, Melinda, says: "The gift of Rebecca Solnit is that […]