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  • Jacqueline Gallant – Law For a More-Than-Human World

    Humanities 1, Room 202

    Jackie Gallant will join the More-Than-Human(ities) Lab to discuss her work with the More-Than-Human Life (MOTH) Program, an interdisciplinary initiative dedicated to the advancement of rights and well-being for humans, nonhumans, […]

  • 2026 Graduate Research Symposium

    UCSC

    This event celebrates and highlights the work of UCSC graduate students in all academic divisions. Any enrolled graduate student is welcome to present either a poster, talk, or mixed media […]

  • Living Writers Student Reading

    Humanities Lecture Hall Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    In Nourishment, Us. Living Writers Spring 2026: Our Nourishment, US features poets, writers, critics, visual and performance artists, who demonstrate how writing and art enacts around the idea of freedom […]

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    Ruth Ozeki – The Typing Lady

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Bookshop welcomes Booker Prize finalist Ruth Ozeki (A Tale for the Time Being), who will share her spellbinding story collection The Typing Lady: And Other Fictions about the lives we […]

  • Black and red clay pots from Greece

    Homer’s The Odyssey Reading Group

    Virtual Event

    Homer’s Odyssey is becoming a major motion picture. Whether you like movies or not, this is a great excuse to read this millennia-old story about a salty war hero who […]

  • Black and red clay pots from Greece

    Homer’s The Odyssey Reading Group

    Virtual Event

    Homer’s Odyssey is becoming a major motion picture. Whether you like movies or not, this is a great excuse to read this millennia-old story about a salty war hero who […]

  • Santa Cruz Shakespeare Opening Night

    The Audrey Stanley Grove in Delaveaga Park 501 Upper Park Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Tickets are now on sale for Santa Cruz Shakespeare's 2026 Season, featuring Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth. Co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute. The 2026 season runs from July 16 - August 30. […]

  • Macbeth – Opening Night

    The Audrey Stanley Grove in Delaveaga Park 501 Upper Park Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Dark, bloody, brutal, and magnificent, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of the greatest plays ever written. Its central couple, ironically, is one of Shakespeare’s happiest. At least at the beginning. […]

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    Ocean Vuong – The Emperor of Gladness

    Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    The hardest thing in the world is to live only once... Bookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute are pleased to welcome critically acclaimed author and staff favorite Ocean Vuong […]

  • Cabrillo Festival 2026 Opening Night

    Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    "We the Dreamers is both an invitation and a responsibility"; says Music Director Cristian Măcelaru. "At this historic moment, we are asking how music can help us imagine a more […]

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