Events
Pritam Singh: "Spatial Shift and Ecological Crisis: An Eco-Socialist Perspective”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesA spatial shift has been taking place in global capitalism in the last few decades, in the form of declining importance of the older advanced capitalism and the rising importance […]
FreeFifth Annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading
Cabrillo College Room 450THE 5th ANNUAL MORTON MARCUS MEMORIAL POETRY READING honors poet, teacher and film critic Morton Marcus (1936-2009), one of Santa Cruz’s beloved cultural icons. This fifth annual event will feature […]
FreeStephen Zunes: "Israel, Palestine, and the United States: The Failure of Governments and the Hope from Civil Society"
Merrill Academics 102UCSC Cowell College Presents Conflict and Compassion Speaker Series: Perspectives on Israel/Palestine Tuesday Evenings Fall 2014 6:00-7:45pm, Merrill Academy 102 Tuesday Oct 7: Christine King (Lecturer Kresge College). “Making Peace […]
FreeLatino Literature/La literatura latina V: A Symposium
Cultural Center at Merrill Merrill Cultural Center, UC Santa Cruz, Merrill College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBringing writers and scholars together in thoughtful interchange, this fifth biennial symposium of the Latino Literary Cultures Project at UCSC culminates in an evening reading by prizewinning novelist and journalist […]
FreeJeffrey Omari: "Cyber Insecurity: Intellectual Property, Urban Development, and Civic Unrest in Brazil"
Humanities 1, Room 202Friday Forum For Graduate Research: A weekly interdisciplinary colloquium series for sharing graduate research across the humanities. Join us for light refreshments and weekly presentations by your fellow graduate students. […]
FreeElsewheres and Other-Wise: Critical Theory in a Different Register
UCHRI presents: Elsewheres and Other-Wise: Critical Theory in a Different Register Discussants: Aijaz Ahmad Gregoire Chamayou Derek Gregory Hsiao Li-Chun Li Hung-Chiung Achille Mbembe Sarah Nuttall Eyal Weizman Respondent: Ackbar […]
FreeKaren Armstrong: "Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence"
Peace United Church 900 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe renowned author of A History of God will discuss and sign copies of her new book, Fields of Blood—a sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence. […]
$32.70Brian Turner: "Poetry, War, And Coming Home"
Brian Turner, combat veteran of the Iraq war and award-winning poet, will lead the last discussion of the War Comes Home series in The Forum at Cabrillo College. Mr. Turner […]
FreeGlobal Islam: Entangled Universalisms Panel
Humanities 1, Room 202CENTER FOR EMERGING WORLDS 2104-2015: GLOBAL ISLAM INAUGURAL EVENT Monday, November 17, 3:30-5, Humanities 1, Room 202 Panel: Entangled Universalisms Dr. Darryl Li, Associate Research Scholar, Yale Law School, "Jihad […]
FreeGlobal Islam: "Taking Radicalism Seriously: Or How to Think (or Not Think) About Jihad"
Social Sciences 2, Room 071CENTER FOR EMERGING WORLDS 2104-2015: GLOBAL ISLAM INAUGURAL EVENT Monday, November 17, 3:30-5, Humanities 1, Room 202 Panel: Entangled Universalisms Dr. Darryl Li, Associate Research Scholar, Yale Law School, "Jihad […]
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