Events
Events
Undiscovered Shakespeare: Timon of Athens – Episode 2
Virtual EventJoin us for this year's, Undiscovered Shakespeare featuring Timon of Athens (1606), a late play focusing on the corrosive effects of prodigality and ingratitude in an apparently democratic society. Gretchen […]
Winter 2025 Aurora Lecture: G. S. Sahota
Virtual and In PersonJoin us as we welcome G.S. Sahota—Aurora Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies and Associate Professor of Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz for a conversation on Equality […]
Mediterranean Slavery Since the 18th Century and the Historical Study of Race: M’hamed Oualdi in Conversation with Shreya Parikh
Virtual EventFrom ancient times through abolition, scholars have often described slavery in the Mediterranean region as being relatively unaffected by the history of racial thought. Instead, many historians have focused on […]
PhD+ Workshop – Grants and Fellowships
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesGrants and Fellowships for Scholars in the Humanities Learn how to make your fellowship and grant proposals competitive to a wide range of selection committees. We’ll discuss what does and […]
CANCELLED – Nora Khan – Discernment: Unruly Images, Synthetic Media, and Evolving Critical Impulse
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesWhat can criticism offer us in a world of unruly generative images and synthetic media? What precise language might we use for machine learning’s impact, or the wake of an […]
POSTPONED – Humanities Campus to Career: Law Panel
Merrill Provost House Provost's Residence, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesPlease stay tuned for a new date! Are you interested in a career in the legal field? Come learn about careers in law from current and former attorneys with Humanities backgrounds. Appetizers and light refreshments will be served. Sarah Cunniff (she/her) attended Stevenson College at UC Santa Cruz, where she majored in French Literature. After […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: Timon of Athens – Episode 3
Virtual EventJoin us for this year's, Undiscovered Shakespeare featuring Timon of Athens (1606), a late play focusing on the corrosive effects of prodigality and ingratitude in an apparently democratic society. Gretchen Minton, Professor of English at the University of Montana, Bozeman and the editor of the most recent Arden edition of the play, will be the […]
Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents: Jennifer Finney Boylan | CLEAVAGE: MEN, WOMEN, AND THE SPACE BETWEEN US
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWhat is the difference between men and women? In her new book Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us, Jennifer Finney Boylan, bestselling author of She's Not There and co-author of Mad Honey with Jodi Picoult, examines the divisions—as well as the common ground—between the genders, and reflects on her own experiences, both difficult […]
Living Writers with Hannah Sanghee Park
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLiving Writers Series – Winter 2025 Grief Sequence Not to suppress mourning (suffering)...but to change it, transform it…after Prageeta Sharma & Roland Barthes Hannah Sanghee Park is the author of two poetry collections. a chapbook, Ode Days Ode (2011) and The Same-Different (2015), which won the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. […]
An Evening with Colin Winnette
Kresge Collge - A LoungeAs part of Kresge's Writers House Reading Series, Kresge's Media and Society presents an evening with novelist and short-story writer Colin Winnette, who will be giving a reading followed by Q&A. The event will start at 7pm in the Kresge A Lounge (the first-floor lounge in one of the new residence halls). Colin Winnette is the […]