Events
Events
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 will be spent in conversation with a guest speaker, and during the 2nd hour volunteers will read aloud part of the play. During the final […]
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 give his talk “Bartleby, the Inscrutable Scrivener: On the Negative Constitution of Action”. The talk will be held in Hum 1 Rm 420 at 1pm […]
Sandy Rodriguez – Mapping Conflicts across the Californias: The Codex Rodriguez-Mondragón
UCSC Science and Engineering Library, Room 206 580 Red Hill Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin celebrated Los Angeles-based Chicana artist and researcher Sandy Rodriguez for a conversation about her ongoing series Codex Rodriguez-Mondragon with UCSC Professors Jennifer Gonzalez (HAVC) and Kirsten Silva Gruesz (Literature). […]
A Conversation with Journalist Jazmine Hughes
Namaste Lounge - College 9 Namaste Lounge, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesInterested in Journalism? Come for a conversation with writer and editor Jazmine Hughes. Jazmine Hughes is a writer and editor, and the recipient of two National Magazine Awards. Hughes was a longtime member of the editorial staff at the New York Times, where she penned profiles of cultural figures including Lil Nas X, Whoopi Goldberg, Danny […]
Deirdre de la Cruz – “It’s Your Curse,” and Other Lessons in Repairing Historical Harm
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe University of Michigan possesses extensive archival, photographic, archaeological and natural history collections from the Philippines, many of which were built during the American colonial period from objects, images, and ancestors taken without the consent of local source communities. This talk introduces a multi-year, collaborative effort by Michigan faculty, curators, collection managers, students, and community […]