Events
Allen Riley – Critical Play with Large Language Models
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruzWeek of Events
Sunday, May 31, 2026
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May 31, 2026The Deep Read – A Conversation with Merlin Sheldrake
The Deep Read – A Conversation with Merlin Sheldrake
Join us for a free, public conversation with British mycologist and author, Merlin Sheldrake, at UC Santa Cruz's Quarry Amphitheater on May 31, 2026. He'll discuss his New York Times bestseller, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make our Worlds, Change our Minds, and Shape our Futures with Associate Professor of History Benjamin Breen and the Deep […]
Monday, June 1, 2026
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June 1, 2026 -CMENA Student Choice Lecture: Razan Ghazzawi -Carceral Geographies to Racialized Borders: A Queer Feminist Ethnography
CMENA Student Choice Lecture: Razan Ghazzawi -Carceral Geographies to Racialized Borders: A Queer Feminist Ethnography
Join us for the annual student choice lecture presented by the Center for the Middle East and North Africa: Razan Ghazzawi, "Carceral Geographies to Racialized Borders: A Queer Feminist Ethnography." From a positionality of an exiled protestor in Europe and a former political prisoner in Syria, this project traces the journeys of eight self-identified Syrian […]
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
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June 2, 2026 -Allen Riley – Critical Play with Large Language Models
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June 2, 2026 -PhD+ Workshop with ARI — Grants and Fellowship Funding
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June 2, 2026Jacqueline Gallant – Law For a More-Than-Human World
Allen Riley – Critical Play with Large Language Models
The idea of keeping the "human in the loop" is offered as a way to make AI "human-centered" and to safeguard against AI mischief, but how does being in a loop with AI shape our communication with each other? Over the last 20 years, Allen Riley created dozens of interactive artworks that explore mediated communication […]
PhD+ Workshop with ARI — Grants and Fellowship Funding
Arts Research Institute (ARI) workshop with Holly Unruh (ARI Executive Director) and Hannah Jasper (ARI Research Development Analyst) on finding funding to support your work, and proposal writing 101. This workshop is geared toward graduate students and early career faculty, and is appropriate for anyone wanting to hone their grant-seeking skills. **Please rsvp to Hannah (hannahjasper@ucsc.edu) […]
Jacqueline Gallant – Law For a More-Than-Human World
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, and the web of life that sustains us all. The Program has two primary goals. First, using the tools of the law, MOTH offers answers […]
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
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June 3, 2026 -2026 Graduate Research Symposium
2026 Graduate Research Symposium
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 presentation. (Recipients of qualifying fellowships, ARCS, PPPF, Dissertation Quarter, etc. are required to participate.) The event is free and open to the public. For more […]
Thursday, June 4, 2026
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June 4, 2026 -Living Writers Student Reading
Living Writers Student Reading
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 and the imaginary in the face of the constant threat of terror and erasure. In the presence of who we all are within marginalized yet […]
Friday, June 5, 2026
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Saturday, June 6, 2026
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