Events
CANCELLED – Seeds of Something Different: An Oral History of the University of California, Santa Cruz
Cultural Center at Merrill Merrill Cultural Center, UC Santa Cruz, Merrill College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCelebrate the publication of a uniquely compelling book and the shared history it brings to life. Illustrated with rarely-seen archival images, Seeds of Something Different—debuting this weekend after years in the making—chronicles UC Santa Cruz history in the voices of more than two hundred students, community members, staff, faculty, and campus leaders who have contributed […]
CANCELLED – Alumni Weekend 2020
CA, United StatesSave the date for UCSC's Alumni Weekend! The 2020 event is on the way, and this year’s gathering will be held Saturday, April 4 and Sunday, April 5, 2020. Alumni Weekend is a signature campus event at which we honor our ever-growing network of 115,000+ fellow Banana Slugs by inviting them to come back to campus to reconnect […]
CANCELLED – Linguistics Colloquia: Kathryn Davidson
Humanities 2, Room 259Kathryn Davidson (Harvard) - Title TBD Kathryn Davidson is an assistant professor in Linguistics at Harvard University where her research investigates the unique capacity that we have to understand an infinite number of sentences that we’ve never encountered before (semantics), how we incorporate contextual information into these meanings (pragmatics), and how we ever learn to […]
CANCELLED – 16th Annual Graduate Research Symposium
McHenry Library, UCSCThe UC Santa Cruz Graduate Research Symposium offers graduate students from every division the opportunity to discuss their research with colleagues on campus and with the public. McHenry Library Information Commons South and Adjoining Classrooms April 3, 2020 1:15 p.m. Kickoff 1:30–3:30 p.m. Judging 3:30–5:30 p.m. Award Reception, south terrace and lawn For more information […]
Postponed – We Are Not Aliens: Arthur Jafa, Martine Syms, and Afro-Futurism 2.0 Exhibition at the Sesnon Gallery
Mary Porter Sesnon Art GalleryWe Are Not Aliens: Arthur Jafa, Martine Syms, and Afro-Futurism 2.0 assembles select artistic projects that investigate emancipatory futures of justice opposed to historical and contemporary racism, socioeconomic inequality, and state violence. It centers around Arthur Jafa's startling and moving video "Love is the Message, the Message is Death," which offers a short account of anti-black […]
CANCELLED: The Deep Read: Kresge Reads The Testaments
Kresge Provost House Programs Annex, 510 Porter-Kresge Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesGet in the Deep Read spirit with a community of readers. Every Wednesday from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. (through April 1), students, staff, and faculty are welcome to join Kresge Provost Ben Leeds Carson at the Kresge Provost House to read aloud and discuss The Testaments. To find the location, follow Google Maps to “Kresge Provost […]
CANCELLED: California Humanities Listening Session – Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and HistoryCalifornia Humanities wants to hear from you. We are embarking on a listening tour throughout California over the next few months to find out who is producing humanities content and programming in our regions and across California. Our goal is to sit down and talk with organizations and individuals focused on telling California stories through […]
CANCELLED – Fly Higher: Charlie Parker @ 100 – Co-Musical Directors – Rudresh Mahanthappa & Terri Lyne Carrington
Kuumbwa Jazz CenterMarch 12, 2020 Recognizing the mandate from the Governor of California, Kuumbwa Jazz is cancelling/postponing all concerts through at least March 30th. Ticketholders will be contacted directly, on or by Monday, March 16th, regarding ticket refunds and other ticketing options. We will be working on rescheduling as many concert dates as possible and will provide […]
CANCELLED: The Deep Read: Kresge Reads The Testaments
Kresge Provost House Programs Annex, 510 Porter-Kresge Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesGet in the Deep Read spirit with a community of readers. Every Wednesday from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. (through April 1), students, staff, and faculty are welcome to join Kresge Provost Ben Leeds Carson at the Kresge Provost House to read aloud and discuss The Testaments. To find the location, follow Google Maps to “Kresge Provost […]
POSTPONED: The Dickens Project: Day of Writing
UC Santa CruzDue to the coronavirus outbreak, this event has been postponed to a TBD later date. This program brings high school juniors and seniors to UCSC for an essay writing competition at UCSC. The grand prize winner will receive a scholarship worth 5 UC credits to study nineteenth-century literature at the Dickens Universe summer conference.