Events
Book Launch: Dana Frank, “The Long Honduran Night”
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesProfessor Dana Frank will join us to discuss and sign copies of her new book, The Long Honduran Night—a story of resistance, repression, and U.S. policy in Honduras in the aftermath […]
PhD+ Workshop Series: Building Online Identities with Humanities Commons with Anne Donlon
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesHumanities Commons can help you develop your online presence, expand the reach of your scholarship—whatever form it may take—and connect with other scholars who share your interests. Humanities Commons is a not-for-profit, scholar-run […]
Grad Slam
Kuumbwa Jazz CenterUC Santa Cruz master’s and doctoral students are a force for innovation and new ideas that keep California in the forefront. Grad Slam is an annual contest to communicate research. […]
Linguistics at Santa Cruz 2019
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAbout eight times each year, the department hosts colloquia by distinguished faculty from around the world. For more information: https://linguistics.ucsc.edu/news-events/colloquia/index.html
Anne Norton; “Theses on Democracy or, The People, Steering”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesAnne Norton is professor and department chair of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Norton is the author of seven books, including On the Muslim Question and […]
Prof and a Pint: “Polarization and Public Discourse: How We Got Here and What We Do Now”
Forager, San Jose 420 S 1st St, San Jose, CA, United StatesPolitical discourse in the United States is devolving. From social media to Washington D.C. closed-mindedness, confirmation bias, and agenda-driven reasoning are undermining the possibility for constructive dialogue. Where do these […]
Safiya Noble, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Kresge Town HallPlease note: this event was rescheduled from February 12 The landscape of information is rapidly shifting as new imperatives and demands push to the fore increasing investment in digital technologies. […]
Dai Jinhua: “On Twenty-first Century Postcolonialism”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesDai Jinhua’s lecture will address the place of post-colonial theory in the twenty-first century. This question is highly relevant to China, as it recalls the history of China’s involvement […]
Kevin McDonald, “Babbo and the Breadfruit: Plants, Oceans, and Empires in the Age of Enlightenment”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesAt the end of the eighteenth century, a fantastic global plot was conjured up by a network of invested individuals that eventually reached the highest levels of the British […]
Book Talk: Carolyn Burke, Foursome
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesTHI joins Bookshop Santa Cruz to welcome author Carolyn Burke for a discussion and signing of her new book, Foursome, a captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship among four […]