Events
Winter 2025 Aurora Lecture Series: Francesca Orsini — Varieties of Realism
Virtual EventJoin us Friday, January 24th at 10am PST for Varieties of Realism, a lecture by Francesca Orsini with discussants: G.S. Sahota and Rahul Parson. Francesca Orsini is Professor Emerita of […]
We Are the Middle of Forever: A More-Than-Human(ities) Lab Book Club Discussion with Stan Rushworth
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesPlease join us for a conversation with Stan Rushworth, who will be discussing his latest book We Are the Middle of Forever, which places Indigenous voices at the center of […]
Dan Zimmer – From Left/Right to Up/Down: Technological Transcendence, Ecological Collapse, and a New Polarity in Politics
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe first guest of the Winter '25 lineup of the HistCon Speaker Series will be joining us next week! Dan Zimmer will give his talk “From Left/Right to Up/Down: Technological Transcendence, […]
Sophia Azeb – Mapping the “Arab” in Pan-African Political Culture
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesAmid the US-backed Israeli genocide in Palestine and the UAE-backed genocide in Sudan, the constellation of transnational and multiracial movement solidarities forged throughout the myriad capitalist and colonialist crises of […]
Francesca Orsini — East of Delhi: Multilingual Literary Culture and World Literature
Virtual EventJoin us Friday, January 31st at 10am PST for a discussion with Francesca Orsini on East of Delhi: Multilingual Literary Culture and World Literature, in conversation with G.S. Sahota and […]
Geographies of Dissent: A Trans/Feminist Dialogue
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesFeminist Studies presents Geographies of Dissent — a dialogue centering trans/feminist vernaculars of the geopolitical, and how current histories of occupation and authoritarianism have impacted feminist projects of dissent. The […]
American Patchwork Quartet
Kuumbwa Jazz CenterThe Humanities Institute and Kuumbwa Jazz is pleased to present American Patchwork Quartet (APQ) on Friday, January 31, 2025 at 7:00PM! Join the live concert and support American Patchwork Quartet's […]
Zhongmin Chen — “Re-evaluating the Development of the Chinese Language”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe Fusional Linguistics Initiative presents, Zhongmin Chen (Fudan University) speaking on "Re-evaluating the Development of the Chinese Language: the 'One-center Multi-Layer' Development Hypothesis." This talk will take place Monday, February […]
The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life – Film Screening and Discussion with Co-Director/Executive Producer, Dr. Persis Karim
Communications 150, Studio CJoin us for a screening of the film, The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life, and a discussion with the film’s Co-Director and Executive Producer, Persis Karim, who […]
Paul North & Paul Reitter – Notes on Translating Marx’s Capital
Virtual and In PersonThis presentation will discuss the history of Anglophone translations of Capital (Vol. 1) Karl Marx’s magnus opus, paying particular attention to the different circumstances that have shaped important translation decisions. […]