Events

Living Writers Student Reading
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLiving Writers Series – Spring 2025 Insight, Writings: Third World and Other Imaginaries Sponsored by the Porter Hitchcock Poetry Fund, the Laurie Sain Endowment, the Humanities Institute, The Literature Department, […]

Threads of Love: The AIDS Memorial Quilt
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 705 Front St., Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesIn partnership with The Diversity Center (TDC) and The Humanities Institute, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) is proud to present the Threads of Love: The AIDS […]

Art as Social Transformation with Roger and DeAnna Cummings
Digital Arts Research Center #108As co-founders of Juxtaposition Arts (JXTA) in Minneapolis, Roger Cummings' and DeAnna Cummings’ practices operate at the intersection of art, social justice, and community development. JXTA functions as a "social sculpture" – a living […]
Celebratory Collabo & Share Fest with Clara Bergamini, Yagmur Kizilay, and Mary Jirmanus
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesJoin the More-than-human(ities) Lab for their final event of the year where they will reflect on what they have learned from the lab and dream of future possibilities for the […]

Slow Seminar: Moorings by Nidhi Mahajan
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast), the Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa (CMENA), invite you to a […]
Isaac Blacksin – Making Death Meaningful: On Journalism’s Humanitarian Desire
Humanities 1, Room 420 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe final guest of the Spring 2025 HistCon Speaker Series will be one of HistCon’s own, alumnus Isaac Blacksin! He will be joining us on Monday, June 2nd, to give […]
Donna Haraway – Thick, Slimy, Squishy, Squiggly & Generative
McHenry Library (3rd Floor), Special CollectionsJoin the UCSC Special Collections & Archives for a conversation with Donna Haraway titled "Thick, Slimy, Squishy, & Generative," featuring History of Consciousness alumni Chela Sandoval (’93), Katie King (’87), […]
Ussama Makdisi – Palestine, Late Colonialism, and the Question of Genocide
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesCo-sponsored by the Center for the Middle East and North Africa (CMENA) This talk explores the relationship between modern philozionism in the West and the denialism of the Palestinians. The […]

Amending Worlds: Projects from the Coha-Gunderson Creativity Workshop
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 705 Front St., Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Coha-Gunderson Creativity Workshop, housed in The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz, presents a multi-media exhibition by UCSC graduate and undergraduate students and alumni winners of the Coha-Gunderson Prize […]
Shakespeare Talk with Dr. Sean Keilen
Santa Cruz Public Library - Downtown Branch 224 Church Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin Dr. Sean Keilen, professor of literature at UCSC and lead dramaturg at Santa Cruz Shakespeare, for an exciting talk about SCS' summer Shakespeare offerings: comic masterpiece, A Midsummer Night's Dream, […]
