Events
Events
Vive Oaxaca Guelaguetza
Branciforte Small Schools Campus 840 N Branciforte Ave, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Vive Oaxaca Guelaguetza is an authentic cultural festival with food, dance, music, and crafts presented each spring by Senderos. This local festival is like the traditional fiestas celebrated each summer in Oaxaca, Mexico. Guelaguetza is a Zapotec word that means “a commitment of sharing and cooperation.” Guelaguetza is a celebration that honors the gods […]
Carolyn Fornoff – Subjunctive Aesthetics: Mexican Cultural Production in the Era of Climate Change
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesIn this talk, Carolyn Fornoff will discuss her recent book, Subjunctive Aesthetics: Mexican Cultural Production in the Era of Climate Change (Vanderbilt Press, 2024). Her book assesses contemporary trends in the representation of environmental crisis in order to suggest that there has been a shift away from evidentiary modes focused on proving the existence of […]
The Deep Read: Faculty Salon on James
Virtual and In Person +1 moreJoin us for a salon-style event at the Hay Barn on campus where our participating Deep Read faculty, Professors Susan Gillman (Literature), akua naru (Music), and Greg O'Malley (History), will give brief presentations and discuss James with the Deep Read community in a Q&A moderated by Deep Read Faculty Co-Lead, Laura Martin. Participants can also […]
Tricia Rose – Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives – And How We Break Free
Humanities 1, Room 202UCSC Feminist Studies and the UCSC Music Department proudly present Tricia Rose—an internationally respected speaker, award-winning writer, and leading scholar of African American culture, racial inequality, and gender—for a conversation […]
M. Ty – It Is Time to Say to the Water, “Disobey”: Reflections with the Art of Jumana Emil Abboud
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesPerhaps water is a mouth that runs toward unwritten histories. This possibility comes closer to the senses in the work of Jumana Emil Abboud, an artist whose practice is grounded […]
The Deep Read: East Bay Alumni Salon
Orinda, Private HomeThe Deep Read is coming back to the East Bay! The Humanities Institute invites East Bay alumni and Deep Readers to a special event at the home of UC Santa […]
Lifting As We Rhyme: 50 Years of Black Feminist Sonic World Making with Tricia Rose, Gina Dent, and akua naru
Cultural Center at Merrill Merrill Cultural Center, UC Santa Cruz, Merrill College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesUCSC Feminist Studies and the UCSC Music Department proudly present Lifting As We Rhyme: 50 Years of Black Feminist Sonic World Making—a roundtable discussion featuring Tricia Rose, internationally respected speaker, […]
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 […]
The Deep Read: A Conversation with Percival Everett
Quarry AmphitheaterJoin us for a free, public conversation with author, Percival Everett, at UC Santa Cruz's Quarry Amphitheater on May 4 at 4pm. He'll discuss his National Book Award-winning novel James […]
Dmitri Nikulin – Bartleby, the Inscrutable Scrivener: On the Negative Constitution of Action
Virtual and In PersonThe History of Consciousness department is pleased to announce the first speaker in their Spring 2025 Speaker Series, Dmitri Nikulin, who will be joining them next Monday May 5th to […]