Events
The Deep Read: San Diego Salon
Stone Brewing Liberty Station 2816 Historic Decatur Rd UNIT 116, San Diego, CA, United StatesDimitris Papadopoulos – Toxic Realism: 222 Photographs in 44’33”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesCo-sponsored by History of Consciousness: GeoEcologies + TechnoScience Conversations Through a series of 222 photographs and a separate conceptual narration, this intermedial and semi-performative presentation discusses the pervasive, toxic realism of anthropochemicals and the search for alternative substances. Dimitris Papadopoulos is Professor of History of Consciousness in the Department of History of Consciousness, University of […]
THI Coffee Hour
Humanities 1, Room 515 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Humanities Institute is excited to welcome students, faculty, staff, and friends for a weekly Coffee Hour on Wednesdays, 11am to noon. We invite you to visit our team, meet our new Faculty Director, Pranav Anand, and talk with us about your academic interests as well as upcoming THI events and programs. Learn about how […]
Angie Sijun Lou & Karen Tei Yamashita – Dark Soil: Fictions and Mythographies
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Angie Sijun Lou and Karen Tei Yamashita for the launch of Dark Soil: Fictions and Mythographies—a new anthology edited by Lou and featuring ten new stories from Yamashita, all centered around Santa Cruz's history, along with eight works of nonfiction from authors including Brandon Shimoda and Juliana Spahr. About Dark Soil […]
The Deep Read: Faculty Salon
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesOn May 6, you’ll be able to join the conversation—either in person or online—at a salon-style event where our participating professors will lead a discussion of this year’s Deep Read book, Trust, with the Deep Read community. Faculty Speakers Lori Kletzer, Economics, Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Madhavi Murty, Feminist Studies Dard Neuman, Music […]
Heidegger, Christian Eschatology & the Temporality of Being with Prashan Ransinghe
Virtual and In PersonThe History of Consciousness department presents Heidegger, Christian Eschatology & the Temporality of Being with Prashan Ransinghe, University of Ottawa. This talk is a part of the Spring 2024 History of Consciousness Speaker Series. The History of Consciousness Speaker series is a quarterly series of talks by distinguished guests. To learn more visit: https://histcon.ucsc.edu/hisc_speaker_series/. Recordings […]
Cancelled – Humanities in the Age of AI Lunch meeting
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe Humanities Institute Research cluster, “Humanities in the Age of AI,” is pleased to invite you to their lunch meeting scheduled for Monday, May 6th at 12pm in HUM 210. To learn more about current cluster projects and further information about upcoming speakers, please consult our website the events tab. The research cluster boasts a […]
Prahlad Singh Tipanya & Ensemble
Music Center Recital Hall - UCSC 402 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesExperience the vigorous and joyful folk music of Prahlad Singh Tipanya and his ensemble, singing the poetry of Kabir, the great iconoclastic mystic of 15th-century North India. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies. Prahlad-ji is a locally, nationally, and internationally acclaimed folk singer from Lunyakhedi, a small village in Ujjain […]
Saturday Shakespeare
Aptos Library 7695 Soquel Dr, Aptos, United StatesIn collaboration with the Shakespeare Workshop at UCSC, this in-person meeting of the Saturday Shakespeare Group will take place on Saturday, May 4th in the new Aptos Library, with a Zoom option for those who can not attend in person. The nominal meeting time is 10:00 am, library doors open at 10:00 am. The speaker […]
Educator’s Mixer: Pajaro Valley Filipino American History
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 705 Front St., Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesTo kick of Asian American and Pacific Islander History Month, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) and Watsonville is in the Heart (WIITH) will co-host a free event for local educators. The event provides educators with a chance to meet with WIITH team members who are working to produce educational resources about […]