Events
Craig Reinarman and Gina Dent – From Drug Wars to Harm Reduction
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for the 2024 Legal Studies Annual Distinguished Lecture: "From Drug Wars to Harm Reduction: Reflections on the Future of Addiction Research, Drug Policy, and Mass Incarceration" with Craig Reinarman (Sociology & Legal Studies - Emeritus and Community Studies) in conversation with Gina Dent (Feminist Studies and Legal Studies) This event will take place […]
Zirwat Chowdhury – Transacting Empire: Family Portraits
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe UCSC Center for South Asian Studies presents Transacting Empire: Family Portraits with Zirwat Chowdhury on April 17th. Participants are invited to attend in person at HUM 1 room 210 or register via Zoom. This talk traces across the disjointed pairing of two portraits an imperial form of kinship that emerged among covenanted servants of […]
THI Coffee Hour
Humanities 1, Room 515 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Humanities Institute is excited to welcome students, faculty, staff, and friends for a weekly Coffee Hour on Wednesdays, 11am to noon. We invite you to visit our team, meet our new Faculty Director, Pranav Anand, and talk with us about your academic interests as well as upcoming THI events and programs. Learn about how […]
57th Annual Faculty Research Lecture featuring Professor Gina Athena Ulysse
Quarry AmphitheaterThe UC Santa Cruz Academic Senate is delighted to invite you to the 57th Annual Faculty Research Lecture Featuring Professor Gina Athena Ulysse, Feminist Studies Department: The Whole Time... A Redwoods Rasanblaj Epic Poem sou 7 Pwen Inspired by Sinéad O'Connor and 11th Hour’s caffeine chronicles, this epic stream of consciousness ethnographic poem meditates on origins, a theory […]
PhD+ Workshop – Creative Academic Publishing With Robin James
Virtual EventThis is an Arts Research Institute (ARI) workshop on creative academic publishing with Robin James. Robin James is an author and former academic, currently working as Editor of Philosophy, Literary Theory, and Music & Sound Studies at Palgrave Macmillan. She will conduct a workshop for junior scholars interested in turning their ideas into a successful […]
Opacity and Voice in Édouard Glissant and José María Arguedas with Benjamin Davis
Virtual and In PersonThe History of Consciousness department presents Opacity and Voice in Édouard Glissant and José María Arguedas with Benjamin Davis, Saint Louis University. This talk is a part of the Spring 2024 History of Consciousness Speaker Series. The History of Consciousness Speaker series is a quarterly series of talks by distinguished guests. Recordings of previous lectures […]
Victorian Gaslighting with Professor Nora Gilbert
Virtual EventPlease join the Friends of the Dickens Project for our spring Friends Faculty Fellowship talk series by Associate Professor Nora Gilbert (University of North Texas) who will be discussing “Victorian Gaslighting” As someone who co-specializes in Victorian literature and early Hollywood film, I’ve long been a fan of the darkly disturbing 1944 film Gaslight starring […]
TEDxSantaCruz
Cabrillo College Crocker Theater 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos, CA, United StatesCo-sponsored by The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County, Lookout Santa Cruz, The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz, and many more. The vibrant interplay of ideas, creative energy, and the rich tapestry of diversity within Santa Cruz County is the beating heart of TEDxSantaCruz. This upcoming event is scheduled for Saturday, April 13, 2024, […]
Hindustani Music Concert featuring Uday Bhawalker and Sukhad Manik Munde
Music Center Recital Hall - UCSC 402 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAs a part of the Indian Music Series, UC Santa Cruz is welcoming Uday Bhawalkar to campus for a concert on Friday, April 12. The renowned vocalist will be performing Dhrupad music, one of the oldest musical genres in the Hindustani tradition. Uday Bhawalkar is an internationally recognized vocalist and professor in the department of […]
Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History 705 Front St., Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History presents Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley -- A community-driven exhibition that preserves and uplifts stories of Filipino migration and labor in Watsonville and the greater Pajaro Valley of Central California. The exhibition culminates a four-year research initiative between community members, UC Santa Cruz […]