Events
Events

Jean Drèze – “Yummy: School Meals in India”
Virtual EventJoin the Center for South Asian Studies for a virtual talk by Jean Drèze, “Yummy: School Meals in India.” School meals have been a legal entitlement of Indian children since […]

CMENA’s Annual Concert Featuring Aza
Woodhouse Brewery 119 Madrone St., Santa Cruz, United StatesCMENA is proud to present AZA for our 2026 Spring concert. AZA weaves the rich musical traditions of North Africa’s Tamazight culture with contemporary global influences, creating a unique and […]
Film Screening with Raed Rafei – “Tripoli: A Tale of Three Cities”
Communications 150, Studio CPre-Screening Reception: 5:30-7pm, Communications 150 Film Screening: 7-8:30, Communications, Studio C While living abroad, a filmmaker returns to Tripoli, Lebanon, to confront a hometown that once rejected him as a […]
Prof Dr Laura Van Broekhoven – Indigenous-Led Regenerative Partnerships: Reframing Museum Ethics for Reconciliation and Societal Healing
Social Sciences 1, Room 261 Social Sciences 1 University of California Santa Cruz, College Ten, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesFor over a decade, the Pitt Rivers Museum has engaged in sustained, collaborative work with Indigenous peoples whose cultural belongings, acquired through histories of dispossession and colonial violence, are now […]
The Deep Read – A Conversation with Merlin Sheldrake
Quarry AmphitheaterJoin us for a free, public conversation with British mycologist and author, Merlin Sheldrake, at UC Santa Cruz's Quarry Amphitheater on May 31, 2026. He'll discuss his New York Times […]
CMENA Student Choice Lecture: Razan Ghazzawi -Carceral Geographies to Racialized Borders: A Queer Feminist Ethnography
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for the annual student choice lecture presented by the Center for the Middle East and North Africa: Razan Ghazzawi, "Carceral Geographies to Racialized Borders: A Queer Feminist Ethnography." […]
