Events
Events
Slow Seminar: Moorings by Nidhi Mahajan
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast), the Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa (CMENA), invite you to a Slow Seminar on the new book: Moorings: Voyages of Capital Across the Indian Ocean by Nidhi Mahajan, Assistant Professor of Anthropology. Reception to follow. Opening […]
Isaac Blacksin – Making Death Meaningful: On Journalism’s Humanitarian Desire
Humanities 1, Room 420 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe final guest of the Spring 2025 HistCon Speaker Series will be one of HistCon’s own, alumnus Isaac Blacksin! He will be joining us on Monday, June 2nd, to give his talk “Making Death Meaningful: On Journalism's Humanitarian Desire” at 1pm in Hum 1 Rm 420. If you are unable to make it in person, […]
Donna Haraway – Thick, Slimy, Squishy, Squiggly & Generative
McHenry Library (3rd Floor), Special CollectionsJoin the UCSC Special Collections & Archives for a conversation with Donna Haraway titled "Thick, Slimy, Squishy, & Generative," featuring History of Consciousness alumni Chela Sandoval (’93), Katie King (’87), and Caren Kaplan (’87). Please register by May 20. Limited space is available; plan to arrive early for seating. The conversation will start promptly at […]
Ussama Makdisi – Palestine, Late Colonialism, and the Question of Genocide
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesCo-sponsored by the Center for the Middle East and North Africa (CMENA) This talk explores the relationship between modern philozionism in the West and the denialism of the Palestinians. The […]
Amending Worlds: Projects from the Coha-Gunderson Creativity Workshop
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 705 Front St., Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Coha-Gunderson Creativity Workshop, housed in The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz, presents a multi-media exhibition by UCSC graduate and undergraduate students and alumni winners of the Coha-Gunderson Prize […]
Shakespeare Talk with Dr. Sean Keilen
Santa Cruz Public Library - Downtown Branch 224 Church Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin Dr. Sean Keilen, professor of literature at UCSC and lead dramaturg at Santa Cruz Shakespeare, for an exciting talk about SCS' summer Shakespeare offerings: comic masterpiece, A Midsummer Night's Dream, […]
UCSC Night at the Museum – Amending Worlds
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 705 Front St., Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJOIN US for The Humanities Institute’s annual Night at the Museum featuring Amending Worlds, a panel discussion about speculative fiction and a multi-media exhibition by UCSC graduate and undergraduate students […]
Through the Decades: 50 Years of Feminist Studies at UC Santa Cruz
Stevenson Event CenterJoin Feminist Studies on June 6 in honoring 50 years at UC Santa Cruz. The event will be held at 3pm at the Stevenson Event Center, with a reception to […]
Abraham Verghese – The Covenant of Water
Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz presents New York Times-bestselling author Abraham Verghese (Cutting for Stone) for a discussion and signing of The Covenant of Water, available in paperback on May 6th. This […]
Slugs and Steins with Assistant Professor E. Hande Tuna – You Can Imagine Dragons… But Not That Female Infanticide Is Good? The Puzzling Limits of Imagination
Virtual EventYou can imagine flying on the back of a dragon. You can picture a talking rabbit solving crimes, or a world where time runs backward. So why is it so […]