Events
Augmented Intelligence Summit: Steering the Future of AI
1440 Multiversity Scotts Valley, CA, United StatesToday many of the concepts, consequences, and possibilities involved in a future with advanced AI feel distant, uncertain, and abstract. No one has all the answers about how to ensure […]
Zakir Hussain: Masters of Percussion
Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesZakir Hussain is appreciated as one of the greatest musicians of our time. A classical tabla virtuoso of the highest order, his consistently brilliant and exciting performances have established him as […]
FeaturedLaurie Halse Anderson Book Launch: SHOUT
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesEvent Photos by Crystal Birns: Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author whose writing spans young readers, teens, and new adults. Combined, her books have sold more […]
POSTPONED – Elizabeth Marcus: “The Arrest of Ziad Doueiri and the Laws of Cultural Critique”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesElizabeth Marcus is a Mellon Fellow in the Scholars in the Humanities program for 2017-2019. She received her BA from the University of Oxford in Modern History and French, and completed […]
POSTPONED: Counterpoints Book Launch
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesCounterpoints: Bay Area Data and Stories for Resisting Displacement An Atlas by the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project This event will feature members of the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project will be offering a […]
Barry Lam – Fighting the Future: The Philosophy of Predictive Algorithms in Criminal Justice
Humanities 1, Room 202At different stages of the criminal justice system, from policing, bail hearings, and sentencing, computerized algorithms are replacing human decision-making in determining where to police, who to arrest, who goes […]
Living Writers: Roger Reeves
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesRoger Reeves received an M.F.A. in creative writing and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas, Austin.Roger Reeves's poems have appeared in journals such as Poetry, Ploughshares, American Poetry Review, Boston […]
2nd Annual Grad Student Conference: “Citizenship in Flux: Migration and Exclusion in World History, 1750-2019”
Humanities 2, Room 259The rise of nativist or nationalist movements in many countries and the closing of borders to migrants seeking refuge from persecution, war, and violence calls into question the world historical […]
PhD+ Workshop – The Future of the Humanities: High School Teaching and Innovative Curriculum
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe Future of the Humanities: High School Teaching and Innovative Curriculum with Adam Casdin (Horace Mann School, Bronx, NY) Independent high schools, committed to the humanities and able to develop […]
Linguistics Colloquia: Sandy Chung
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesSandy Chung, UC Santa Cruz, is committed to the idea that lesser-studied languages have as much to contribute to syntactic theory as do languages like English, French, and Italian. These […]