Events
Borderbus: A Community Conversation about Migration, Art, and Social Justice – A Conversation between Felicia Rice and Juan Felipe Herrera
Museum of Art & History 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin recent U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and Santa Cruz book artist Felicia Rice in an exploration of the powerful role that poetry and art can play in conversations about the pressing issues […]
FreeAnne Donlon, “Making Scholarship Open with Humanities Commons”
Digital Scholarship Commons, McHenry LibraryLearn how scholars have used Humanities Commons to work in public and to publish open access work. Scholars have used Humanities Commons to support their work in a number of ways: finding collaborators, researching, drafting, sharing work in progress, getting […]
Living Writers: Juan Felipe Herrera
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBorn on the migrant roads of Central California, Juan Felipe grew up in the literary centers of the new Latinx Civil Rights Movement - San Diego, Los Angeles and San […]
Book Launch: Dana Frank, “The Long Honduran Night”
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesProfessor Dana Frank will join us to discuss and sign copies of her new book, The Long Honduran Night—a story of resistance, repression, and U.S. policy in Honduras in the aftermath […]
PhD+ Workshop Series: Building Online Identities with Humanities Commons with Anne Donlon
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesHumanities Commons can help you develop your online presence, expand the reach of your scholarship—whatever form it may take—and connect with other scholars who share your interests. Humanities Commons is a not-for-profit, scholar-run […]
Grad Slam
Kuumbwa Jazz CenterUC Santa Cruz master’s and doctoral students are a force for innovation and new ideas that keep California in the forefront. Grad Slam is an annual contest to communicate research. […]
Linguistics at Santa Cruz 2019
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAbout eight times each year, the department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. For more information: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html
Anne Norton; “Theses on Democracy or, The People, Steering”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesAnne Norton is professor and department chair of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Norton is the author of seven books, including On the Muslim Question and […]
Prof and a Pint: “Polarization and Public Discourse: How We Got Here and What We Do Now”
Forager, San Jose 420 S 1st St, San Jose, CA, United StatesPolitical discourse in the United States is devolving. From social media to Washington D.C. closed-mindedness, confirmation bias, and agenda-driven reasoning are undermining the possibility for constructive dialogue. Where do these […]
Safiya Noble, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Kresge Town HallPlease note: this event was rescheduled from February 12 The landscape of information is rapidly shifting as new imperatives and demands push to the fore increasing investment in digital technologies. […]