Events
Kristin Lawler – Surfing, Capitalism, and the Refusal of Work
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesIn this talk, I will examine surfing as a countercultural practice and will consider the ways in which it constitutes a lived refusal of the logic of capital. I will […]
Valuing Engaged Scholarship in the Tenure and Promotion Process
Rachel Carson College Red Room Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin Campus + Community in a forum with campus leaders about taking stock of engaged scholarship in the tenure and promotion process at UC Santa Cruz and across the UC […]
Karina Walters – Transcending Historical Trauma: How to Address American Indian Health Inequities and Promote Thriving
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThroughout history, settler colonialism has endeavored to erase the lived experiences and histories of American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples. Yet, Indigenous populations, particularly Indigenous women, remain strong and resilient […]
Black Sound Symposium at Indexical
Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Black Sound Symposium at Indexical is a 4-day event full of concerts, talks, workshops, screenings, and interdisciplinary dialogue rooted in Black sound and Black sonic space. The symposium aims […]
PhD+ Workshop – VOCES Drafting Stages with Melissa Rosario
Zoom CA, United StatesDrafting Stages is a series of intimate conversations with speakers working inside and outside of academia and at different points in their careers about writing as an evolving and non-linear […]
2023 Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture featuring Dr. Partha Mitter
UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley CampusIntense debate has recently been centered on the notion of a cosmopolitanism that arose with colonial era globalization. Cosmopolitanism naturally presupposes travel but what about those who stay at home? […]
Linguistics Colloquia: Christian Ruvalcaba
Humanities 1, Room 202Christian Ruvalcaba, UC Santa Cruz Over the course of each year, the Linguistics department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. For full speaker and event information, please […]
Karen Feldman – The Reality of Suspicion: On Blumenberg, Felski, and Bottomless Critique
Humanities 1, Room 420 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United States–—History of Consciousness Spring 23 Speaker Series. In person and via zoom. Please see the History of Consciousness Speaker Series website for further details.
Christopher Silver – Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music across Twentieth-Century North Africa
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis event is co-sponsored by Jewish Studies In Recording History, Christopher Silver provides the first history of the music scene and recording industry across twentieth century Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. In doing so, he offers striking insights into Jewish-Muslim relations through the rhythms that animated them. For more than six decades, thousands of phonograph records flowed […]
Eric Stanley – Atmospheres of Violence: Structuring Antagonism and the Trans/Queer Ungovernable
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesEric Stanley in conversation with FMST/CRES Prof. Nick Mitchell & FMST Grad Student Kaiya Gordon. Presented by the Feminist Studies Department. Recent advances in LGBTQ rights have been accompanied by a rise in attacks against trans, queer and/or gender-nonconforming people of color. In Atmospheres of Violence, theorist and organizer Eric A. Stanley shows how this […]