Events
Dr. Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky – Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesDr. Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky will present on his book, Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State (Stanford University Press, 2024), which reveals the origins of refugee resettlement […]
Living Writers with Former Professors Peter Gizzi & Nathaniel Mackey
Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLiving Writers - Winter 2024 - Return of the Beloved: An Alumni Series Peter Gizzi is the author of Now It’s Dark (Wesleyan, 2020), Sky Burial: New and Selected Poems (Carcanet, […]
Michele Norris – Our Hidden Conversations
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz welcome Peabody Award-winning journalist Michele Norris for a discussion of her new book Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really […]
Project Paradiso: A Gateway to Dante’s Heaven – Episode Ten – A Drama of Choice at the Extremity of the Universe (Paradiso 27–30)
Virtual EventDante’s Paradiso is the least studied and the least understood of the three parts of the Commedia. Yet it is arguably the most important for the dynamism and originality of […]
Queer Religiously & Other Companion Stories
Virtual EventOmar Kasmani is a guest-lecturer at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Freie Universitaet, Berlin. He is the author of Queer Companions: Religion, Public Intimacy and Saintly Affects […]
Winter 2024 Aurora Lecture: Professor James Laine
Humanities 1, Room 202The Literature Department is pleased to invite you to the 2024 Winter Aurora Lecture featuring Professor James W. Laine, Arnold H. Lowe Professor of Religious Studies, Macalester College. Join Professor […]
Slugs and Steins with Pranav Anand
Virtual EventPranav Anand joins Slugs and Steins to deliver his talk titled "Language Models: A Selective History and Notes on the Future." Drawing on the Humanities Division's Humanizing Technology curriculum, will […]
Border Tech, Embodiment, and Gender
Namaste Lounge - College 9 Namaste Lounge, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin the UCSC Feminist Studies Department for the Border Tech Event: a roundtable conversation on Border Tech, Embodiment, and Gender with Diana J. Montaño (Washington University in St Louis), Irina […]
Aurora Lecture Book Discussion with Professor James Laine
Humanities 1, Room 202Join Professor James Laine for a book discussion of his Meta-Religion: Religion and Power in World History (2014) in conversation with G.S. Sahota - Associate Professor of Literature and Aurora […]
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 […]