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  • Katharyne Mitchell: Cultural Studies Colloquium – Church Sanctuary and the Spatial Politics of the Sacred

    Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

    Church sanctuary is not legal in any state in Europe, but the cultural and religious sense of church space as sacred, and the collective memory of this practice as an alternative form of justice, still has a powerful legacy. In citing past sanctuary ideals and practices, from medieval asylum law to recent sanctuary movements on […]

  • Morton Marcus Poetry Reading: Gary Soto

    Featured
    Music Center Recital Hall

      Event Photos by Crystal Birns: Gary Soto has published more than forty books for children, young adults and adults, including Too Many Tamales, Chato’s Kitchen, Baseball in April, Buried […]

  • A Literary Masquerade with Erin Morgenstern

    DNA Comedy Lab 155 S. River St., Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    You are cordially invited to Bookshop Santa Cruz's first-ever Literary Masquerade, celebrating the release of Erin Morgenstern's highly anticipated new novel, The Starless Sea. Co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute at […]

    $37

  • LOCATION CHANGE Dean Spade: Solidarity Not Charity – Mutual Aid for Mobilization and Survival

    Resource Center for Non Violence

    Join the Feminist Studies department as they present their second FMST Colloquium for the 2019 Fall quarter! Widespread, effective social movements usually include mutual aid strategies that directly address conditions faced by targeted people, such as providing housing, food, healthcare and transportation. Examples include the Black Panther Party's Free Breakfast Program, the Young Lords' hijacking […]

  • Mikael Wolfe: Extreme Weather and the Mexican Revolution – Historical Reality and Perception

    Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

    Speaker, Mikael Wolfe, presents recently published research that combines environmental history and historical climatology to examine the relationship between extreme weather events, especially drought and frost, and the origins of the Mexican Revolution. His findings suggest that inaccurate and misleading weather reporting—what he calls “politico-environmental” coverage—by a variety of newspapers throughout the country was as […]

  • Extreme Weather and the Mexican Revolution: Historical Reality and Perception

    Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

    This talk will present recently published research that combines environmental history and historical climatology to examine the relationship between extreme weather events, especially drought and frost, and the origins of the Mexican Revolution. Wolfe’s findings suggest that inaccurate and misleading weather reporting—what he calls “politico-environmental” coverage—by a variety of newspapers throughout the country was as […]

  • THI Open House

    Cowell Provost House Cowell Provost House, Cowell Service Rd‎ University of California Santa Cruz, Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Join us as we kick off the 20th anniversary of The Humanities Institute: a vibrant community at the center of UC Santa Cruz and at the cutting edge of Humanities […]

  • PhD+ Workshop – Demystifying the Publishing Process with UC Press

    Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States

    Learn about the publishing process, including book proposals, pitches, meeting with editors, and contracts. University of California Press (UC Press) is one of the most forward-thinking scholarly publishers, committed to influencing […]

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