Events
Events

Oceans of Dissent Workshop
Humanities 1, Room 202 +1 moreOceans of Dissent will serve as a feminist gathering to forge new vernaculars of the geopolitical, to assemble spatial imaginaries of the “oceanic” that refuse rather than relent to the […]

Suzanne Simard – When the Forest Breathes
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes bestselling author Suzanne Simard (Finding the Mother Tree), a scientist who pioneered the concept of sophisticated communication between trees. Simard will share her highly anticipated new […]

Music in North Africa: From Cultural Mixity to Political Expression
Santa Cruz Public Library - CapitolaThis talk will look at various musical genres in North Africa to explore the history of a region that is at the crossroads of Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. […]
Neha Dixit — The Many Lives of Syeda X: A People’s History of Invisible India
Rachel Carson College Red Room Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWhat does the life of an ordinary working-class, Muslim woman look and feel like in modern India? Award-winning journalist Neha Dixit traces the story of one such faceless Indian woman, […]

Chris Gray – The Fantasies Shaping Today’s AI
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesAll AI (algorithmic intelligence) companies claim they are pursuing the next logical step in digital—perhaps even human—evolution. But, the development of AI is clearly shaped by a wide range of […]

Nauenberg History of Science Lecture with Jennifer Derr
Music Center Recital Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWorld Wounds: The Damming of the Nile River and the Transformation of Medicine The damming of the Nile River transformed agriculture and human health in twentieth-century Egypt. While dams enabled […]

Dr. V. Chitra – Drawn to Life: Environments, Managerial Logics, and the Limits of Care
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk examines how urban planning, animal governance, and racial politics converge in the production of interspecies belonging in Singapore. Through this, it considers what drawing, as an analytic, might […]

V. Chitra – Drawn to Life: Environments, Managerial Logics, and the Limits of Care
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk examines how urban planning, animal governance, and racial politics converge in the production of interspecies belonging in Singapore. Through this, it considers what drawing, as an analytic, might […]

Documentación Lingüística en México
Humanities 1, Room 202Please join us for a presentation on "Children's role in Language Documentation Efforts in Mexico". Cuando realizamos proyectos de documentación lingüística, nos encontramos con niñas y niños que quieren participar […]

New Articulations with James Clifford
Humanities 1This event engages the theme of articulation and James Clifford’s contributions to cultural studies, anthropology, and literary studies, addressing our current disconcerting cultural, historical, and ecological conjuncture. With talks by […]
