Events
Events
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Nir Shafir: How to Read in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire
Virtual EventThe Ottoman Empire (and the Islamic world at large) was a manuscript culture until the late nineteenth century. That is, many Ottoman subjects continued to copy books by hand even […]
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Kelly Gillespie, Asher Gamedze & Rasigan Maharajh — Re/Distribute: Three Radical Economists on (Post)Apartheid (film screening + discussion)
Virtual EventTwo radical collectives in South Africa working inside and outside the academy to agitate against ongoing histories of dispossession consider what redistribution means in the most unequal national context on […]
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Christopher Nelson: Eisa – Drumming, Dancing and Memory
Virtual EventWith the beginning of the 2020 – 2021 school term on the near horizon the OMI team is delighted to announce their next program! Professor Chris Nelson (UNC Chapel Hill) will be joining OMI to discuss Eisa, Obon, dancing and cultural memory in contemporary Okinawa. Professor Nelson is an anthropologist who published a study of […]
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David Eagleman, Livewired
Virtual EventBestselling author and neuroscientist David Eagleman will discuss his new book, Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain, during a free online event on the Crowdcast platform. "Eagleman delivers […]
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The Deep Read | Margaret Atwood Live
FeaturedVirtual EventMargaret Atwood will join the UC Santa Cruz community for a free, live, virtual event on Tuesday September 22 at 4:30 PM PT. Part of The Humanities Institute’s Deep Read […]
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Zoom Forward! Micah Perks & Karen Tei Yamashita
Virtual EventVIRTUAL EVENT: Please join us for an online reading with Micah Perks and Karen Tei Yamashita, part of the Zoom Forward Reading Series, hosted by poet, fiction writer, and essayist Jory Post. Presented by phren-Z, The Hive Poetry Collective, and Bookshop Santa Cruz to showcase writers, keep our cultural spirits high, and support Bookshop Santa […]
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Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses – Richard III
Virtual EventJoin actors, scholars, and friends for ten live readings and discussions focused on the plays about a divided society and a civil war that made Shakespeare famous in the London […]
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Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses – Henry VI, Part 3
Virtual EventJoin actors, scholars, and friends for ten live readings and discussions focused on the plays about a divided society and a civil war that made Shakespeare famous in the London […]
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POSTPONED – Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Wars of the Roses – Henry VI, Part 3
This event has been postponed to September 2, 2020 Join actors, scholars, and friends for ten live readings and discussions focused on the plays about a divided society and a […]
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VIRTUAL – Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents Waverley
Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents Waverley by Sir Walter Scott. Join Dickens Project Director, John O. Jordan, and Friends of the Dickens Project Board Member, David Brownell for a series of virtual discussions about how one of the first historical novels may have inspired Charles Dickens. RSVP for a Zoom link and password for the […]