Events
Soraya Murray – Technothriller: Film and the American Imagination
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesSoraya Murray’s forthcoming Technothriller: Film and the American Imagination (MIT, 2026) is the first dedicated examination of popular movies classified as “thrillers” that channel societal anxiety or dread about advanced […]
Chris Jadallah – What Could Be More Innocent Than Planting Trees? Land-Based Pedagogies as a Site of Contestation
Cervantes & Velasquez Room, Baytree Conference Center Bay Tree Conference Center, UC Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Center for Racial Justice is proud to present What Could Be More Innocent Than Planting Trees? Land-Based Pedagogies as a Site of Contestation with Chris Jadallah, Assistant Professor of […]
Living Writers with Angel Dominguez
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLiving Writers Series – Spring 2025 Insight, Writings: Third World and Other Imaginaries Angel Dominguez is a Latiné poet of Yucatec Maya descent born in Hollywood and raised in Van […]
Linguistics Colloquia: Elena Anagnostopoulou – Rethinking Clitics: A View From Greek
Humanities 1, Room 202The Department of Linguistics is pleased to present Elena Anagnostopoulou (University of Crete and IMS-FORTH), speaking on Rethinking Clitics: A View From Greek. This is an in-person event. You can […]
Raï Concert: Fella Oudane
Woodhouse Brewery 119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz, United StatesPlease join the Center for the Middle East and North Africa (CMENA) for a Raï concert at Woodhouse Brewery on Friday, May 23rd at 6pm. Raï is a popular genre […]
CANCELLED – The Center for the Middle East and North Africa & Kuumbwa Jazz Present: Cheb Nasro
Kuumbwa Jazz CenterThe Cheb Nasro concert scheduled for Friday, May 23 has been CANCELLED due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. Nasreddine Souidi, known as […]
Saturday Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Aptos Library 7695 Soquel Dr, Aptos, United StatesSaturday Shakespeare in Santa Cruz Presents A Midsummer Night's Dream, featuring a series of readings and conversations held Saturday mornings from April 26 to May 24, 2025. The 1st hour […]
Anneeth Hundle – Insecurities of Expulsion: Afro- Asian Entanglements in Transcontinental Uganda
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesAs part of the Spring 2025 Aurora Lecture Series and the Cultural Studies Colloquium, we welcome Anneeth Kaur Hundle, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Presidential Chair in Social Sciences to […]
Terry Burke – The UCSC Center for World History in its World Historical Contexts
Virtual and In PersonWhat are the relevant contexts in which we should situate the UCSC Center for World History? Terry Burke (Professor Emeritus, History Department) will discuss this question in his upcoming talk, […]
G.S. Sahota and Susan Gillman – Du Boisian Double Consciousness, Global Sikh Diasporas, and Sikh Studies
Virtual and In PersonAs part of the Spring 2025 Aurora Lecture Series, join G.S. Sahota and Susan Gillman for a conversation on Du Boisian Double Consciousness, Global Sikh Diasporas, and Sikh Studies. The […]