Events
Events
Ashwak Hauter – Physics of Affinity: Violence, Love, & Affinity in the Physician-Patient Relationship
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThis talk recalls the recent phenomena of the murder of physicians in Jordan and Yemen, and the rise in altercations in Saudi Arabia between physicians and patients and their family. […]
This is Thirty Exhibition Opening
Museum of Art & History 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesIn celebration of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History’s 30 year anniversary, this exhibition will highlight some of the artwork and artifacts from the MAH's permanent collection. In […]
Karen Tei Yamashita – Questions 27 & 28
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes acclaimed author Karen Tei Yamashita (I Hotel) to celebrate the launch of her new novel Questions 27 & 28—a masterful polyvocal history of Japanese Americans before, […]
Quinn Slobodian – Whither Neoliberalism Studies?
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesCo-sponsored by the Politics Department The last two decades have seen a flood of research on neoliberalism. Defined in multiple and even conflicting ways, the term nonetheless served as a […]
Environmental Crisis in Gabes: Agriculture and Revolt in Tunisia
Communications 150, Studio CFilm Screening and Discussion: 5:30-7pm, Communications (Studio C) Reception: 7-8:30pm, Communications 150 Gabes Labess (All is well in Gabes) questions current development models by focusing on the Oasis of Gabes, […]
Kuumbwa Jazz Presents – Gregorio Uribe
Kuumbwa Jazz Center“Colombian artist Gregorio Uribe, whose blend of contemporary cumbia and timeless charisma has marked him as an artist to watch.” – Billboard Uribe was recognized by the Colombian government as […]
Sanjay Barbora – Territorial Autonomy, States and Politics in the 21st Century: Notes from a Frontier
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesHow can we interpret the increasing centralisation of political authority and decision-making in the 21st century, and can movements for autonomy provide an answer to this question? The concept of […]
Gukha Amin — From the Margins: The Lives and Labor of Yemen’s “Undesirable” Subjects
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesJoin the Center for the Middle East and North Africa for a presentation by Gukha Amin. Her talk follows the lives of social outcasts and marginalized Black people who lived […]
Reyna Grande – Migrant Heart
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes award-winning author Reyna Grande (The Distance Between Us) back to the store to celebrate the release of her newest book Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I […]
Camilla Hawthorne, Michael Whalen, Christina Zanfagna, and John Gennari – BLACKITALIAN: A Documentary Screening and Discussion
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesWhat are the meanings of belonging and cultural identity at a time of resurgent white nationalism, large-scale transnational migration, and the increasingly convulsive dynamics of nation and imperium? We address […]