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SUMMARY:Saturday Shakespeare - The Tragedy of King Richard II
DESCRIPTION:Saturday Shakespeare in Santa Cruz Presents The Tragedy of King Richard II by William Shakespeare Aptos Library on October 4\, 11\, 18\, 25 & November 1\, 2025 at 10:15 a.m. in the Aptos Library Betty Leonard Community Room (in person or join by Zoom). The first hour will be a conversation with the scheduled guest speaker followed by volunteer read aloud of the play. This event series is co-sponsored by the UC Santa Cruz Shakespeare Workshop. \nFor more information\, Zoom Link\, or to volunteer to be a reader\, contact: saturdayshakespeare@gmail.com \nGuest Speakers / Film Presentation \n\nOct 4: Sean Keilen: Professor of Literature\, UC Santa Cruz; founding Director of Shakespeare Workshop. Serves as dramaturg at Santa Cruz Shakespeare. Readings: Act I\, Scenes 1-4\nOct 11: Katie O’Hare: UCSC Graduate Dissertation on Shakespeare’s Henriad\, which includes Richard II. She will begin teaching at UCLA in Fall 2025. Readings: Act II\, Scene 1-4\, Act III\, Scene 1\nOct 18: Jessica Kubzansky: Artistic Director of Boston Court Pasadena\, author ‘R2’\, a re-envisioning of ‘Richard II’\, performed by SC Shakespeare in 2021. Readings: Act III\, Scenes 2-3\, Act IV Scene 1 to line 162\nOct 25: Paul Whitworth: Professor Emeritus Theater Arts\, UCSC. Began his career as an actor at the Royal Shakespeare Company 1976. Served as Artistic Director for Shakespeare Santa Cruz\, 1996-2007. Readings: Act IV\, Scene 1 line 163 to Act V\, Scenes 1-8\nNov 1: Film Screening: Richard II: The Hollow Crown directed by Rupert Goold with Ben Whishaw\, Rory Kinnear\, David Suchet\, Patrick Stewart\, 2012\, 148 minutes.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/saturday-shakespeare-the-tragedy-of-king-richard-ii-5/
LOCATION:Virtual and In Person
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SUMMARY:Seeds of Resurgence Cluster Meet and Greet
DESCRIPTION:Join the Seeds of Resurgence Research Cluster\, in conjunction with The Greenhouse Project (TGP)\, as they host a gathering where people interested in the cluster can meet and eat and do something together with their hands. Participants will also build a seed undercommons (as opposed to a bank).  Supplies will be provided.  If you have any seeds from past seasons you’d like to contribute\, please save them and bring them along. \nThanks to folks in TGP\, we’ll be able to add some seeds collected from last year’s harvest\, grown from seeds provided by the Palestinian Heirloom Seed Library. \n\nThis event will be hosted at The Greenhouse Project on the UCSC farm\, at 152 Farm Rd. Additional information below: \nUCSC Permitted and non-UCSC Pay-to-Park sites are available at Parking Lot 116 or Parking Lot 168. The closest bus access to the site is located at Hager Dr. and Village Rd. Please reach out if you have additional transportation needs in order to participate in programming. \nWe really want the space to be accessible to you\, so if that’s a challenge in some way\, please don’t hesitate to contact us. TGP is an outdoor community garden space within a farm setting. Accessible bathrooms are available on-site and limited accessible parking is available upon request. Please let us know if you have additional questions or requests related to accessibility. \n\nThis event is presented by the Seeds of Resurgence Research Cluster.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/seed-commons-build-getting-to-know-one-another/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse Project\, 152 Farm Rd\, Santa Cruz\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Giving Day 2025
DESCRIPTION:On November 5\, 2025\, UC Santa Cruz will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Giving Day\, our signature 24-hour fundraising event that unites Slugs around the world in support of student success\, research\, and community programs. Over the past decade\, thousands of donors have raised millions to provide scholarships\, fuel groundbreaking research\, strengthen basic needs programs\, and ensure every student has the resources to thrive. \nShow Your Love for the Deep Read!  \nSupport The Deep Read today and help us continue to provide free access for students and the public to our author events\, virtual and in-person salons with UC Santa Cruz faculty and community partners\, and email series exploring the Deep Read book. Your gift also means we can give free books to every interested student each year. \nGiving Day 2025 will feature eight humanities projects\, exciting matches and challenges that amplify every gift\, and a global community of Slugs rallying for one cause: expanding opportunity. Mark your calendar\, sign up to be an Advocate\, and join us as we make the 10th year of Giving Day our most impactful yet. \nFor more information: Giving Day 2025.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/giving-day-2025/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T133000
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SUMMARY:Nora Khan - Discernment: Unruly Images\, Synthetic Media\, and Evolving Critical Impulse
DESCRIPTION:What 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 algorithm? How must our practices of discernment and the critical impulse evolve in response to computational developments\, to perhaps be more resilient and responsive? \nThis talk invites one to consider how our language might move with ‘intelligent’ systems and beings that simulate liveness and likeness. To navigate a present and future dominated by synthetic media\, and created by predictive systems\, we take up a practice of seeing through systems. This talk first explores the craft of developing a hybrid\, strategic\, collective and dissident criticism of technology. It second reviews cases of baffling\, seemingly inarticulable experiences from early software experiments and artists’ interventions\, into AI/ML. Third\, it explores the evolution of language in response to material and symbolic systems that dramatically shape our creative approaches and cognition. Throughout\, the talk explores evolving critical methods that help us better situate ourselves to identify a vast range of hidden fictions and beliefs about what technology is meant to do and be. \nNora N. Khan is an independent critic\, essayist\, curator\, and educator based in Los Angeles. Her writing on philosophy of AI and emerging technologies is referenced heavily across fields. Formally\, this work attempts to theorize the limits of algorithmic knowledge and locate computation’s influence on critical language. She is currently History and Theory faculty at SCI-Arc; previously she was Arts Council Professor at UCLA in Design Media Arts (2024-2025)\, and professor in Digital + Media at Rhode Island School of Design\, where she was nominated for the John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching (2018-2021). Her books are AI Art and the Stakes for Art Criticism (2025)\, Seeing\, Naming\, Knowing (2019) and Fear Indexing the X-Files (2017)\, with Steven Warwick. She is a member of the Curatorial Ensemble of the 2026 edition of Counterpublic\, one of the nation’s largest public civic exhibitions\, focused next on ‘Near Futures’. She was the Co-Curator with Andrea Bellini of the Biennale de L’Image en Mouvement 2024\, A Cosmic Movie Camera\, hosted by Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève\, and also curated Manual Override at The Shed (2020). \n  \n\n \nFall 2025 COLLOQUIUM SERIES \nTHE CENTER FOR CULTURAL STUDIES hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work-in-progress by faculty & visitors. We are pleased to announce our Fall 2025 Series. Sessions begin promptly at 12:15 PM and end at 1:30 PM (PST) in Humanities Building 1\, Room 210. \nStaff assistance is provided by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/nora-khan-discernment-unruly-images-synthetic-media-and-evolving-critical-impulse/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Nour Joudah - Palestine is the Countermap
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a talk with Nour Joudah at the second annual Possibilities of Palestinian Refusal: Against Disciplining Knowledge and Movement series!\n \nThe Palestinian experience\, like that of many indigenous peoples\, is one unbound by time; it occupies a simultaneity of temporalities in any given moment and is constantly finding ways to escape the settler colonial temporal trap. Decolonial praxis in the production of present and future spaces can range from operationalizing colonial archives to the remappings of destroyed towns. But in this moment of heightened genocide\, this presentation argues that the most significant countermap to settler imaginaries and violence is Palestine itself. Beyond the rhetorical or symbolic power of the incredible survival of Palestinians\, Palestine as a physical space (and the Gaza Strip in particular) stands as a living countermap that not only confronts and unsettles power relations with the Zionist regime\, but serves as a counter-cartography on a global scale. \nNour Joudah is Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian American Studies at UCLA and a former President’s and Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Geography at UC-Berkeley (2022-23). Dr. Joudah’s work examines mapping practices and indigenous survival and futures in settler states\, highlighting how indigenous countermapping is a both cartographic and decolonial praxis. She also has a MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown University. \n\nThis event is sponsored by The Center for Racial Justice.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/nour-joudah-palestine-is-the-countermap/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T190000
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SUMMARY:Heirloom Seed Keepers Study Session
DESCRIPTION:Farmers and gardeners have long appreciated a wide variety of plants and have nurtured them for meals\, healing\, and exchange. But diversity too often has been surrendered to monocultures of fields and spirits\, predisposing much of modern agriculture to uniformity and\, consequently\, vulnerability. Today it is primarily at the individual level—such as growing and saving a strange old bean variety or a curious-looking gourd—that any lasting conservation actually takes place. \nTo start building a common space of thinking together\, we’re going to meet up and discuss the first and third chapter of Virginia de Nazarea’s Heirloom Seeds and Their Keepers.  Nazarea studies seed-saving communities in the Philippines and the Global South\, with special attention to the way farmers on the margins have preserved biodiversity and cultural memory.  You can find the full text here.  We know that time can be scarce in the thick of the quarter\, so if you don’t get through all of the reading\, no stress. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis event will be hosted at The Greenhouse Project on the UCSC farm\, at 152 Farm Rd. More information below: \nUCSC Permitted and non-UCSC Pay-to-Park sites are available at Parking Lot 116 or Parking Lot 168. The closest bus access to the site is located at Hager Dr. and Village Rd. Please reach out if you have additional transportation needs in order to participate in programming. \nWe really want the space to be accessible to you\, so if that’s a challenge in some way\, please don’t hesitate to contact us. TGP is an outdoor community garden space within a farm setting. Accessible bathrooms are available on-site and limited accessible parking is available upon request. Please let us know if you have additional questions or requests related to accessibility. \n\nThis event is presented by the Seeds of Resurgence Research Cluster.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/study-session-heirloom-seed-keepers/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse Project\, 152 Farm Rd\, Santa Cruz\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T120000
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SUMMARY:Campus to Career - Job Talk with Rebecca Hernandez
DESCRIPTION:Wondering what you can do with your Arts or Humanities degree? Hear from a real professional on our campus with a background in both. Rebecca Hernandez is the inaugural Community Archivist at the UCSC University Library. In this job talk\, she will tell us about her educational journey as a first-generation transfer student and share insights and reflections from her professional path. This event is intended for UCSC students interested in careers in higher education\, museums\, or archives. \n \nRebecca Hernandez earned a PhD in American Studies\, specializing in American Indian art and material culture. She also holds an MA in American Indian Studies and an MFA in Exhibition Design and Museum Studies. With a wealth of experience in higher education\, Rebecca has worked as both an administrator and a student affairs professional. Currently serving as the inaugural Community Archivist at the UC Santa Cruz University Library\, she collaborates with community members to preserve the rich history and cultural heritage of Santa Cruz County. \nHosted by UCSC Humanities Division and UCSC Arts Division
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/campus-to-career-job-talk-with-rebecca-hernandez/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T133000
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SUMMARY:Upatyaka Dutta - As We Sing\, So Shall We Pluck
DESCRIPTION:Within the everyday workspaces of Assam’s tea plantations\, Adivasi tea tribes engage in listening\, sounding\, and music. At times\, these sounds and music flow into Adivasi living areas known as “lines.” Upatyaka explores the dynamic relationship between the sounds of the workplace and the sociocultural life woven through tea plantation labor. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted across Assam’s tea estates and her experiences as a singer from the region\, she listens to the voices of Adivasi women pluckers—their songs\, conversations\, and laughter; Adivasi and non-Adivasi interactions; and the broader soundscape in which they work. \n \nUpatyaka Dutta is a doctoral candidate in Ethnomusicology at the University of Toronto and a 2024 recipient of the Society for Ethnomusicology’s 21st-Century Fellowship. Her broader research interests include sounds studies and community and collaborative archival practices. \n  \n\nPresented by the Center for South Asian Studies and co-sponsored by the UC Santa Cruz Music Department\, The Kamil and Talat Hasan Endowed Chair for Classical Indian Music\, and the Ali Akbar Khan Endowment for Classical Indian Music
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/as-we-sing-so-shall-we-pluck-music-and-talks-with-upatyaka-dutta/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T172000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T185500
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SUMMARY:Living Writers with Ariel Gore
DESCRIPTION:Wonder as the Source \nAriel Gore is an author\, editor\, and teacher. She makes books\, zines\, coloring books\, and tarot cards. She is the founding editor & publisher of the Alternative Press Award-winning magazine Hip Mama and the author of ten books of fiction and nonfiction. Her latest\, Hexing the Patriarchy\, is out from from Seal Press. Her shameless novel/memoir\, We Were Witches\, was published by The Feminist Press. Her memoir\, The End of Eve\, has been called “Terms of Endearment meets Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Her anthology Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City won the best “LGBT anthology” at the 22nd annual Lambda Literary Award in 2010. She teaches writing online at Ariel’s Gore’s School for Wayward Writers at the Literary Kitchen. \nAbout the Living Writers Series\nThe Living Writers Series (LWS) is a live reading series organized especially for the Creative Writing Program community at UCSC. There is a new series each quarter\, and each series features writers with unique voices. The LWS is open to all creative writing students and the public. \n\nSponsored by the Porter Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, The Humanities Institute\, The Laurie Sain Endowment\, and the Bay Tree Bookstore.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-with-ariel-gore/
LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251107T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251107T100000
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SUMMARY:PhD+ Workshop - Crafting the Research-Based Essay with Ariel Gore
DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning author and editor Ariel Gore for a conversation and mini-workshop on translating your research for non-academic genres including personal essays\, fiction\, memoir/autofiction\, and journalism. What does your reader need to know? How do you find a balance between your own voice and the words of others? What do you do about things like citation? A master of deeply-researched personal narrative\, Gore will share decades of experience\, take questions\, and offer some tools to get started. \nThis event is open to graduate students as well as faculty. \n \nSpace is limited and first-come\, first-serve\, so register now! \nParticipants will receive a short excerpt of Ariel Gore’s new book\, Rehearsals for Dying (The Feminist Press) via email upon registration but may want to consider reading the whole book or attending Gore’s Living Writers reading on 11/6. \nAriel Gore is a LAMBDA Award-winning editor and author of 13 books of hybrid feminist fiction and nonfiction\, including the shameless novel/memoir We Were Witches\, the how-to guide Hexing the Patriarchy\, and the memoirs Atlas of the Human Heart\, The End of Eve\, and Rehearsals for Dying. She founded the American Press Award-winning zine Hip Mama. She also makes coloring books and tarot cards\, and teaches writing online at Ariel Gore’s School for Wayward Writers at the Literary Kitchen. She often lives in Oakland\, Santa Fe\, and Brooklyn. \n\nSponsored by the UCOP-sponsored MRPI in Disability Justice and Abolition Medicine and The Humanities Institute PhD+ series.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/crafting-the-research-based-essay/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:PhD+ Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251112T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251112T133000
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SUMMARY:Jay Afrisando - Shaping the Arts within Disability and Community of Diverse Bodies
DESCRIPTION:What does it look like when our creative process is driven by disability and community? How does the work develop\, change\, and differ from the already-established ways of making? In this talk\, Jay Afrisando will share his recent and upcoming works focusing on how disability and community of diverse bodies drive the ways such works are created. The results include forms and methodologies that continuously evolve and possess an antidisciplinary nature\, offering a new aesthetics that prioritizes humanity while questioning what it means to be an artist and what arts truly mean and represent. \nJay Afrisando\, a medium-skin-toned male with bunned hair\, sits on outdoor neighborhood concrete steps in a serious pose\, with his fingers clasped and arms on his thighs. He wears dark blue jeans\, a light gray sweatshirt\, and black shoes. Photo: © DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program / Diana Pfammatter.\nJay Afrisando is a composer\, multimedia artist\, researcher\, and educator. A neurodivergent\, he works on aural diversity\, disability\, accessibility\, and decolonizing arts through multisensory and antidisciplinary practice\, manifested in music-theater\, film\, installation\, witty storytelling\, and other genre-bending experiences. He is a 2024-25 DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Fellow and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. His collaborative exhibition\, “In Conversation\,” curated by Kate Brehme and in collaboration with numerous artists living in Berlin and other cities\, is currently on display at Galerie im Turm\, Berlin\, until November 23\, 2025. \n  \n  \n  \n\n \nFall 2025 COLLOQUIUM SERIES \nTHE CENTER FOR CULTURAL STUDIES hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work-in-progress by faculty & visitors. We are pleased to announce our Fall 2025 Series. Sessions begin promptly at 12:15 PM and end at 1:30 PM (PST) in Humanities Building 1\, Room 210. \nStaff assistance is provided by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/jay-afrisando-shaping-the-arts-within-disability-and-community-of-diverse-bodies/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251112T150000
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SUMMARY:Faculty Grants Session with UCHRI
DESCRIPTION:Interested in faculty funding opportunities from the UC Humanities Research Institute and want to know more about the advisory committee selection process? \nJoin UCHRI Director Jaimey Fisher and Research Grants Program Director Sara Černe for a grants presentation and Q&A. This year UCHRI is offering up to $25\,000 grants for collaborative research projects\, support for projects connected to its theme of Sustenance\, and expanded support for the UCHRI Manuscript Workshop and Research Development Program. \n \nPlease register in advance to receive the meeting link.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/faculty-grants-session-with-uchri/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251113T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251113T133000
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SUMMARY:Campus to Career - Job Talk with Kim Angulo\, Assistant Public Defender
DESCRIPTION:Interested in an impact-driven career in law\, public policy\, or politics? Come hear from UCSC Humanities alum Kim Angulo\, an Assistant Public Defender with experience in both law and public policy work. You’ll gain insights into how to enter these fields\, considerations for knowing whether they’re a good fit for you\, and ideas for how to put your humanistic training to work for public service. \n \nThis is a hybrid event and will be hosted both in-person and on Zoom. \nKim Angulo (she/her) graduated from UCSC in 2013 with her BA in Feminist Studies. She worked in the California State Capitol on public policy and politics for three years\, focusing on courts\, criminal justice\, and human services. Kim attended UC Davis Law School from 2016 to 2019\, gaining experience in Public Defense\, Workers’ Rights\, and Civil Rights. Kim has been an Assistant Public Defender representing people who cannot afford to hire an attorney for six years. She has represented hundreds of clients facing criminal charges and conducted misdemeanor and felony jury trials. She currently works in Mental Health Diversion. \nThis event is organized by the Humanities Division as part of the Employing Humanities Initiative.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/campus-to-career-job-talk-with-kim-angulo-assistant-public-defender/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251113T172000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251113T185500
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SUMMARY:Living Writers with Issa Quincy
DESCRIPTION:Wonder as the Source \nIssa Quincy is a British writer. He spent spent several years working as a film archivist. His poetry has appeared in The London Magazine and been anthologized by New Rivers Press. His fiction has appeared in Transition Magazine and The Kenyon Review. Quincy’s debut novel\, Absence\, is a haunting atmospheric exploration of memory\, connection\, and the lingering traces of the past. He is currently based in New York City. \nAbout the Living Writers Series\nThe Living Writers Series (LWS) is a live reading series organized especially for the Creative Writing Program community at UCSC. There is a new series each quarter\, and each series features writers with unique voices. The LWS is open to all creative writing students and the public. \n\nSponsored by the Porter Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, The Humanities Institute\, The Laurie Sain Endowment\, and the Bay Tree Bookstore.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-with-issa-quincy/
LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251113T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251113T200000
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SUMMARY:Decolonizing Surfing: A View from Morocco
DESCRIPTION:Film Screening and Panel Discussion:  5:30-7pm\, Studio C\nReception:  Communications 139\, 7-8pm  \nSurfing is a sport dear to Santa Cruzians\, as the city has branded itself the “Original Surf City USA” for over two decades. Despite the awe-inspiring image of individuals “rid[ing] pulses of energy moving through the ocean\,” the sport is also embedded in a global history of colonization and displacement. The origins of surfing have been traced back to Peru and West Africa\, though a more familiar variant is that surfing “discovered” by Captain James Cook in Hawaii in the nineteenth century\, leading to a tourism craze that was disastrous for local populations. \nPresented by the Center for the Middle East and North Africa\, this film screening and panel discussion will explore the history of surfing and the ramifications of surf tourism for Morocco. Surfing was imported to Morocco by North American soldiers based near Rabat in the 1940s. By the 1970s the sport became more common\, in large part thanks to the presence of European tourists. Americans also started flocking to Aghazout – an Amazigh fishing village as part of the so-called “hippie trail.” By the early 2000s\, the government started actively promoting surf tourism\, establishing official sporting organizations and dedicating resources to infrastructure and surf camps. This had a transformative effect on Moroccan youth culture as well\, as surfing has generally been associated with economically and socially marginal individuals in Morocco\, and female surfers have sought to challenge gender norms. In recent years\, activists and artists have been organizing against the destruction of cultural heritage (notably troglodyte houses) in the cities of Tifnit and Imsouane and the displacement of their inhabitants. There are also environmental concerns\, as waste and wastewater management are priorities for those who seek to protect the coast. \nThe film screening will feature a short documentary by Arté on gentrification and surfing in Morocco\, followed by two short films by the Moroccan director Ilias El Faris (Azayz and Sukar). The discussion will explore the history of surfing in Morocco and the ways that global capitalism has changed traditional sporting practices. How have gender\, class\, and race shaped ideas of surfing in Morocco? How does surfing help elucidate the contrasts and contradictions of Moroccan society\, and how have these norms shifted with the arrival of mass tourism? \nThe panel discussion will feature  Yasmine Benabdallah\, a PhD candidate in the Department of Film and Visual Media at UCSC\, whose work highlights questions of decolonization\, memory\, and history in Morocco; Michael Vann\, Professor of History at California State University\, Sacramento\, who is a specialist of French Indonesia as well as avid surfer who has written on the history of the sport for Jacobin; and Soufiane Belmkaddem\, a Moroccan surfer and activist who is a member of Black Surf Santa Cruz. \n \nParking Info: \nThis is the communications building on Google maps. \nThis is a map with parking information: https://transportation.ucsc.edu/parking/campus-parking-map/#interactive-map \nPark Mobile parking spots can be located in lot 139A. Alternative parking options include the Core West parking structure\, which is located down the hill from the communications building. \n\nPresented by the Center for the Middle East and North Africa (CMENA) and and co-sponsored by the Film and Digital Media Department. \nPhoto Credit: Heatheronhertravels.com\, www.heatheronhertravels.com/ \n  \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/decolonizing-surfing-a-view-from-morocco/
LOCATION:Communications 150\, Studio C
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SUMMARY:Building Alliances in Native American Education
DESCRIPTION:Are you an Indigenous leader or a public educator committed to fostering meaningful partnerships and enriching Indigenous education? \nJoin Cabrillo College for a free transformative one-day workshop designed to cultivate understanding\, share best practices\, and forge lasting alliances. “Building Alliances in Indigenous Education” offers a unique opportunity for dialogue and collaboration\, empowering participants to enhance educational opportunities for local students and integrate Indigenous perspectives more effectively into public education. \n \nWhy Attend?\n● Gain invaluable insights from leading regional voices in Indigenous education.\n● Discover regional assets and resources that can strengthen Indigenous-focused curricula.\n● Deepen your understanding of historical and literary knowledge and its critical role in contemporary education.\n● Engage in cross-institutional dialogue about innovative teaching practices and curriculum development.\n● Network with dedicated educators and Indigenous leaders to build a supportive community. \nLearn more here: Event Overview. \n\nPresented by Cabrillo College\, Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History\, Amah Mutsun Land Trust\, AIRC\, The History & Civics Project\, and THI.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/building-alliances-in-native-american-education/
LOCATION:Samper Hall\, Cabrillo College\, 6500 Soquel Dr\, Aptos\, 95003\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251115T160000
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SUMMARY:Broadsides No.2: Pairing Artworks with Poetry - Poetry Reading & Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Following the success of its 2023 debut\, Broadsides No. 2 returns this fall to MK Contemporary Art Gallery with a compelling exploration of the dynamic relationship between poetry and visual art. The exhibition pairs nine nationally recognized poets with nine distinguished visual artists\, presenting collaborative works that reveal the unexpected resonances between image and language. \nThe participating artists are celebrated for their ability to capture imagery with clarity and nuance\, each recognized nationally for their contributions to contemporary art. The poets featured in Broadsides No. 2 are equally accomplished literary voices\, with deep connections to the Santa Cruz community and beyond. Many are associated with the Morton Marcus Poetry Reading\, an annual event honoring the legacy of one of Santa Cruz’s most beloved poets. This year’s reading takes place on Thursday\, November 20 at UC Santa Cruz and features writer and poet Ellen Bass. \nThe exhibition is curated by Donna Mekis (poetry) and Rose Sellery (visual art)\, with broadside design by Gary Young\, Director of the Cowell Press at UC Santa Cruz. Broadsides No. 2 is presented with support from The Humanities Institute and Special Collections & Archives at UC Santa Cruz. \n\nExhibition Events\n\nOpening Reception with Poetry Reading & Artist Talk: Saturday\, November 15\, 4:00-6:00\nFirst Friday Receptions: November 7 & December 5\, 6:00-8:00\n\n\nVisual Artists\n\nRandy Beckelheimer\nGlenn Carter\nLinda Christensen\nDavid Fleming\nMelissa Kreisa\nQuinn Peck\nMargaret Rinkovsky\nRose Sellery\nBobby Williams\n\nPoets\n\nKillarney Clary\nNancy Miller Gomez\nLee Herrick\nStephen Kessler\nRobin Magowan\nTom Meschery\nMagdalena Montagne\nAyaz Pirani\nTodd Turnidge\n\nImage credit: Twirl by Quinn Peck
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/broadsides-no-2-pairing-artworks-with-poetry-poetry-reading-artist-talk/
LOCATION:m.k. contemporary art\, 703 Front Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Timescape of Rings with Stephen David Engel
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed. An updated date will be announced in the coming weeks. \nThe History of Consciousness department invites you to the next talk in their Fall 2025 Research Colloquium series. \nStephen David Engel will read from an experimental history called “Timescape of Rings.” In it\, he meditates on a 2\,200-year-old redwood round with markers for historical events affixed to its rings—the birth of Jesus\, the invention of gunpowder\, the drafting of the Magna Carta\, and on. By running his fingers over the rings\, he recalls histories not commemorated by these markers\, in particular revolts and egalitarian movements. From there\, Stephen’s daydreams carry him back deeper in time\, all the way back to the first woody trees some 385 million years ago. \n \nThis event is in-person and online. Register for the virtual option here. \nStephen David Engel is a transdisciplinary scholar who thinks across big scales of history and time and who writes about them using creative genres. His writing has appeared in Rethinking History\, ROAR Magazine\, The Anthology of Babel\, and other publications. He holds a PhD from the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, where he received the Hayden White dissertation fellowship for excellence in historical theory. This spring\, he will serve as Visiting Professor at Deep Springs College\, an alternative liberal arts college in the California desert.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/timescape-of-rings-with-stephen-david-engel/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writing Beyond the Academy: An Introduction to Trade Publishing for Senior Scholars
DESCRIPTION:Scholars are frequently called upon to share their expertise with a diverse range of publics outside academia—and this kind of engagement often begins with the publication of a book with a “trade press” (i.e.\, a commercial\, non-university/academic publisher\, with a powerful marketing and publicity apparatus). Not all academics want to do this kind of work. However\, for those who do\, there is often confusion about where to begin\, and a lack of resources to help with the process. This info session is designed to demystify the process of finding an agent\, landing a commercial book deal\, writing more accessibly\, and other skills related to making the transition into writing for the general public. \n \nScholars to Storytellers helps academics bridge the gap between university presses and commercial publishing\, turning specialized knowledge into books that reach mainstream audiences and transform careers. In February 2026\, Scholars to Storytellers will be leading a three-day retreat here in Santa Cruz to help senior academics write a trade book. This retreat will bring together scholars from across the country for a focused\, immersive experience designed to cultivate mastery of all aspects of trade publishing and turbo-charge the transition to writing for popular audiences. \nJohn Ghazvinian is a historian and author of “America and Iran: A History” (Knopf) named among the New York Times “100 Notable Books of 2021.” His work has appeared in Newsweek\, the Washington Post\, and The Nation. He is the founding director of Scholars to Storytellers — an initiative aimed at coaching senior scholars to reach wider readerships for their work.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/writing-beyond-the-academy-an-introduction-to-trade-publishing-for-senior-scholars/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Vietnamerica - A Simulcast Film Screening and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Due to the planned strike activities on campus\, this event has been cancelled. \nFollowing the wars in Vietnam\, over two million people fled to country with the collapse of the Republic of Vietnam. That exodus\, referred to by many as “the boat people” resulted in nearly half dying while in flight\, battling the elements\, starvation\, and pirates. Vietnamerica follows Master Nguyen Hoa as he returns to former refugee camps in Southeast Asia after three decades abroad to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Having fled Vietnam in 1981 on a boat with his family and friends\, Hoa was the only survivor. \nEach semester GETSEA brings together 20+ universities from across North America to watch a documentary film together\, simultaneously\, and then connect via Zoom for a discussion with the filmmakers afterwards. This fall\, they are showing Vietnamerica to coincide with the upcoming 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War / 4th Vietnamese Civil War. \nFor more information please visit: GETSEA Simulcast Film Screening. \n\nThis event is presented by SEACoast.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/vietnamerica-a-simulcast-film-screening-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 202
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SUMMARY:Dr. Lyla June Johnston - Indigenous Relationships with the Land: The Roots of Regenerative Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:To accomodate the planned strike action at UC Santa Cruz on November 18th\, this event will take place at the base of campus near the intersection of Bay and High Streets. \nPlease join the More-than-Human(ities) Laboratory as we co-host Dr. Lyla June Johnston and her timely talk on indigenous knowledge and agricultural practices. \nDr. Lyla June Johnston is an Indigenous musician\, scholar\, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo)\, Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages. Her messages focus on Indigenous rights\, supporting youth\, traditional land stewardship practices and healing inter-generational and inter-cultural trauma. She blends her study of Human Ecology at Stanford\, graduate work in Indigenous Pedagogy\, and the traditional worldview she grew up with to inform her music\, perspectives and solutions. Her doctoral research focused on the ways in which pre-colonial Indigenous Nations shaped large regions of Turtle Island (aka the Americas) to produce abundant food systems for humans and non-humans.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/indigenous-relationships-with-the-land-the-roots-of-regenerative-agriculture/
LOCATION:UC Santa Cruz
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SUMMARY:Carla Hernández Garavito - Rethinking South American Archaeology Through the Work of Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui: A Ch'ixi Approach
DESCRIPTION:South American Archaeology is living through a growing push towards a theoretical focus developed from within. Of particular influence is the concept of “coloniality”\, an enduring form of colonialism that affects the frameworks of reference the colonized have of themselves. However\, coloniality and the emphasis on “subaltern archaeologies” as a generalized category for the production of scholars hailing from then Global South can also paper over the hierarchies and inequalities within formerly colonized regions. In this paper\, I explore the work of the Andean Oral History Workshop and Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui as an avenue for centering Indigenous frameworks in South American Archaeology and moving beyond a universalizing approach to coloniality. I build on the concept of ch’ixi\, “a color that is the product of juxtaposition\, in small points or spots\, of opposed or contrasting colors” or “something that is and is not at the same time” (Rivera Cusicanqui 2020:65)\, and propose that a ch’ixi archaeology emphasizes the choices of people and communities to make sense of their worlds as a space of creativity and transformation that overcome the binary of colonizer/colonized. \n \nCarla Hernández Garavito is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. A Peruvian archaeologist trained in the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú\, she completed her PhD at Vanderbilt University. Her work investigates the ways in which Andean communities in Peru made sense\, transformed\, and reinvented\, colonial policies between the 15th century to the present. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Humanities\, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation\, among others. Her work has been published in Spanish and English\, and in several peer-reviewed journals. Her first book will be published by the University of Arizona Press in 2026. \n  \n\n \nFall 2025 COLLOQUIUM SERIES \nTHE CENTER FOR CULTURAL STUDIES hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work-in-progress by faculty & visitors. We are pleased to announce our Fall 2025 Series. Sessions begin promptly at 12:15 PM and end at 1:30 PM (PST) in Humanities Building 1\, Room 210. \nStaff assistance is provided by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/carla-hernandez-garavito-rethinking-south-american-archaeology-through-the-work-of-silvia-rivera-cusicanqui-a-chixi-approach/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Humanities at Work: Informational Interviewing
DESCRIPTION:Are you curious about your career options as a humanities student? Wondering how the professionals around you got to where they are? Join this interactive workshop to learn about informational interviewing*\, a way you can use your curiosity to explore career possibilities and make meaningful professional connections. You’ll leave ready to reach out\, learn from your role models\, and build your network. \n \nThis event is virtual. Register here. \nAttendees will enter a raffle for a Humanities tumbler! \n*informational interview: a conversation with a professional you want to learn from about what they do and how they came to do it \n\nThis event is organized by the Humanities Division as part of the Employing Humanities Initiative. \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/humanities-at-work-informational-interviewing-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Ellen Bass: Morton Marcus Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 16th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading\, featuring honored guest Ellen Bass. Poet Gary Young will host the program\, and the evening will include an announcement of the winner of the Morton Marcus Poetry Contest (recipient receives a $1\,000 prize). \n \nPhoto by: Irene Young\nEllen Bass’s most recent collection\, Indigo\, was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2020. Among her other books are Like a Beggar\, The Human Line\, and Mules of Love. Her poems appear frequently in The New Yorker\, American Poetry Review\, and many other journals. Among her awards are Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, The NEA\, and The California Arts Council\, The Lambda Literary Award\, and four Pushcart Prizes. She co-edited with Florence Howe the first major anthology of women’s poetry\, No More Masks!\, and her nonfiction books include the groundbreaking The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse and Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay\, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth. A chancellor emerita of the Academy of American Poets\, Bass founded poetry workshops at Salinas Valley State Prison and the Santa Cruz\, California jails\, and teaches in the MFA writing program at Pacific University. \nGary Young is the author of several collections of poetry. His most recent books are That’s What I Thought\, winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice Award from Persea Books\, and Precious Mirror\, translations from the Japanese. His other books include Even So: New and Selected Poems; Pleasure; No Other Life\, winner of the William Carlos Williams Award; Braver Deeds\, winner of the Peregrine Smith Poetry Prize; Days; The Dream of a Moral Life\, which won the James D. Phelan Award; and Hands. He has received a Pushcart Prize\, and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, the California Arts Council\, and the Vogelstein Foundation\, among others. In 2009 he received the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. Young was the first Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County\, and in 2012 he was named Santa Cruz County Artist of the Year. Since 1975 he has designed\, illustrated\, and printed limited edition letterpress books and broadsides at his Greenhouse Review Press. His fine print work is represented in numerous collections including the Museum of Modern Art\, the Victoria and Albert Museum\, The Getty Museum\, and special collection libraries throughout the U.S. and Europe. He teaches creative writing and directs the Cowell Press at UC Santa Cruz. \nThis event is a part of the Fall UCSC Living Writers course\, which features poets\, novelists\, academics\, curators\, and artists in conversation with one another\, in person\, across genre and media. \nPurchase both poets’ works at: www.bookshopsantacruz.com \n\nParking Information \nThe Merrill Cultural Center is located in Merrill College\, in the northeast corner of the campus core. Those walking or arriving by Metro bus or campus shuttle can take the steep path heading northeast from the Crown/Merrill bus stop. \nFor those driving from the Main Entrance\, stay on Coolidge Drive. Shortly after Coolidge turns left and becomes McLaughlin Drive\, turn right at the sign for Merrill College. At the top of the hill\, veer right. There are ParkMobile parking spaces along the left side of the lot\, and parking for “A\,” “B\,” and “C” permits along the right. There are two accessible parking spaces if you turn left at the top of the hill and two more if you turn right. Parking attendants will be on site to sell parking permits to event attendees. \n\nThe Morton Marcus Poetry Reading honors poet\, teacher\, and film critic Morton Marcus (1936–2009). Marcus was the 1999 Santa Cruz County Artist of the Year and a recipient of the 2007 Gail Rich Award. Among his published works are eleven volumes of poetry\, including The Santa Cruz Mountain Poems\, Pages from a Scrapbook of Immigrants\, Moments Without Names\, Shouting Down the Silence\, Pursuing the Dream Bone and The Dark Figure In The Doorway; a novel\, The Brezhnev Memo; and a literary memoir\, Striking Through the Masks. He taught English and Film at Cabrillo College for thirty years\, was the co-host of the radio program\, The Poetry Show\, and was the co-host of the television film review show\, Cinema Scene. Learn more at: www.mortonmarcus.com \nThe Morton Marcus Poetry Archive can be found at UCSC Special Collections. Mort’s personal papers\, manuscripts\, and recordings reflect his legacy as a poet and educator\, and his collection of poetry books\, broadsides\, literary magazines and correspondence with other poets and writers illuminate his deep involvement in\, and passion for\, the literary art of poetry. \nOrganizing Committee: Danusha Laméris\, Donna Mekis\, Mark Ong\, Maggie Paul\, Farnaz Fatemi\, David Sullivan\, Irena Polić\, Teresa Mora\, and Gary Young. \nMorton Marcus Memorial Poetry Contest: Every year\, the annual reading coincides with the The Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Prize\, a national poetry contest which honors Morton Marcus\, “whose life and work inspired the writing of many students\, friends\, and emerging poets.” The contest is hosted by The Hive Poetry Collective. The Hive is a group of Santa Cruz poets creating a weekly radio show and live poetry events featuring a diverse roster of poets and seeks to bring a diverse community together in appreciation of all kinds of poetry by all kinds of people. This year’s contest will be judged by Nancy Miller Gomez. For more information visit: https://hivepoetry.org/morton-marcus-prize/ \nSupport Poetry in Santa Cruz: The Annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading is made possible due to campus and community co-sponsorships and generous contributions from members of our community\, like you. To ensure we can continue to offer this poetry reading free and open to the public in honor and memory of Morton Marcus\, and to have our lives deeply enriched by exceptional poetry\, please consider making a gift to The Morton Marcus Poetry Reading Fund: thi.ucsc.edu/projects/morton-marcus-poetry-reading. \nThis community event is presented by the The Humanities Institute and co-sponsored by: \nBookshop Santa Cruz\nCabrillo College English Department\nCowell College\nDonna F. Mekis\nThe Hive Poetry Collective\nLiving Writers Series\nOw Family Properties\nMerrill College\nPorter Hitchcock Modern Poetry Fund\nPorter College\nSide By Side Press\nSpecial Collections & Archives \nIf you have disability-related needs\, please contact us at thi@ucsc.edu or call 831-459-1274 by October 31.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/ellen-bass-morton-marcus-poetry-reading-2/
LOCATION:Cultural Center at Merrill\, Merrill Cultural Center\, UC Santa Cruz\, Merrill College\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Linguistics Colloquium with Liv Hoversten
DESCRIPTION:Join the Linguistics Department for Liv Hoversten’s talk “Is Language Control in Comprehension Applied Within or External to the Lexicon?” \nBilinguals need to continually monitor and select the appropriate language(s) for the current context in order to communicate efficiently. Prominent models of bilingual word recognition posit that this selection process\, known as language control\, occurs externally to the lexicon based on the output of the word recognition system. According to these models\, lexical representations from both languages are activated in parallel regardless of task demands or contextual cues that signal the relevance of each language. Only after this cross language activation has unfolded can nontarget language representations be suppressed\, via a task/decision module separate from the lexicon. \nIn this talk\, Hoversten will argue instead that task instructions and contextual cues\, such as the prevalence of each language\, operate directly within the lexicon to modulate the activation strength of lexical representations before and during word recognition. Using data from isolated word recognition and naturalistic sentence processing with eye- tracking and electroencephalography (EEG/ERPs) measures\, she shows that the earliest signatures of lexical activation already reflect suppression of representations from the nontarget language. These findings challenge the assumption in models like BIA+ and Multilink that top-down language control is applied only post-lexically\, suggesting instead that contextual relevance shapes lexical activation itself. While both languages remain potentially active\, she proposes that they are dynamically weighted within the lexicon to restrict cross-language activation early during word recognition. \n \nThis event is in-person with an option to join virtually available. \nLiv Hoversten is an Assistant Professor of Social Sciences at the Department of Psychology at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. She has a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from UC Davis and a B.A. in Chemistry from St. Olaf College. Liv Hoversten’s current work in progress examines the role of parafoveal processing (i.e.\, the word to the right of the currently fixated word) during reading in native and non-native readers. Her research aims to answer questions about how readers with different linguistic backgrounds extract information from text for successful comprehension.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/linguistics-colloquium-with-liv-hoversten/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 202
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SUMMARY:Seeds of Resurgence Community Seed Dinner
DESCRIPTION:At the second community dinner of the year\, the afternoon is guided by Aaron Samuel Mulenga and Nkondelina Chileshe\, a couple from Zambia—a nation nestled in the heart of southern Africa. They carry with them the spirit of their Bantu ancestors\, whose journeys across the continent shaped not only language and culture but also the food that sustains generations. Among their favorite traditions is Ubwali\, a humble yet deeply meaningful dish made from cornmeal. Known as Ugali in Eastern Africa\, Pap in the south\, and Fufu in the west\, this staple tells a story of travel\, settlement\, and resilience—echoes of the great Bantu migrations that began in the mid–second millennium BCE. \nAs we gather\, our hands and senses will trace the journey of the corn seed—its soft grind into meal\, its transformation through patience and care. In this simple act of making\, we touch the wisdom of generations who have listened to the rhythm of grain and fire. Through the warmth of Zambian cuisine\, the flicker of film\, and the cadence of folklore\, we enter a world where food becomes memory\, and memory becomes story. \nUbwali carries with it the taste of home and the echo of history—from family tables to moments of upheaval\, like the 1990 riots sparked by a sudden rise in cornmeal prices. In its quiet strength\, this dish reminds us that nourishment is never just sustenance—it is resistance\, identity\, and the heartbeat of a people. \n \nAttendance is limited to the first 20 sign ups! \nNkondelina Chileshe works as a corporate lawyer\, but her main interests are rooted in the use of public policy to shape a better Zambia and Africa at large for the community of under-resourced individuals. Aaron’s work as an artist and a scholar seek to preserve and share Zambian cultural histories of marginalized individuals. \nAaron Samuel Mulenga is an artist and a scholar whose work seeks to preserve and share Zambian cultural histories of marginalized individuals. \n\nThis event will be hosted at The Greenhouse Project on the UCSC farm\, at 152 Farm Rd. More information below: \nUCSC Permitted and non-UCSC Pay-to-Park sites are available at Parking Lot 116 or Parking Lot 168. The closest bus access to the site is located at Hager Dr. and Village Rd. Please reach out if you have additional transportation needs in order to participate in programming. \nWe really want the space to be accessible to you\, so if that’s a challenge in some way\, please don’t hesitate to contact us. TGP is an outdoor community garden space within a farm setting. Accessible bathrooms are available on-site and limited accessible parking is available upon request. Please let us know if you have additional questions or requests related to accessibility. \n\nThis dinner is part of the Seeds of Resurgence research cluster and is supported by University of the Future Award\, ARI Collaborative Grant\, and the THI Research Cluster for ‘Seeds of Resurgence’.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/community-seed-dinner-with-tgp/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse Project\, 152 Farm Rd\, Santa Cruz\, 95064\, United States
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