Events
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Don Rothman Endowed Award in First-Year Writing Ceremony
Don Rothman Endowed Award in First-Year Writing Ceremony
Please join the Writing Program in celebrating UC Santa Cruz’s ninth annual Don Rothman Endowed Award in First-Year Writing ceremony. UCSC VPDUE Richard Hughey, Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall, Writing Program Chair Tonya Ritola, and Writing Program faculty members will be attending the ceremony along with this year’s six winners and their families. Please RSVP by completing […]
Julie Livingston: “Self-Devouring Growth – A Planetary Parable”
Julie Livingston: “Self-Devouring Growth – A Planetary Parable”
This talk, like the book from which it is drawn, calls into question the imperative of economic growth, tracing the unintended consequences of escalating consumption. Using a series of linked cases of successful economic growth (water, roads, and cattle in Botswana), it shows how insatiable growth, predicated on consumption, will inevitably overwhelm, a process Dr. […]
Isa Blumi – “The Ottoman Refugee and Euro-American Colonial Terror: A Global Story”
Isa Blumi – “The Ottoman Refugee and Euro-American Colonial Terror: A Global Story”
"The Ottoman Refugee and Euro-American Colonial Terror: A Global Story" Although the majority of Ottoman refugees in the 1878-1912 period remained internally displaced, significant numbers found their way to new continents, themselves in the throes of colonialist expansion. These pioneers’ stories require looking into the larger context of modern exploitation economies under which these Ottomans […]
Tzutu Kan: Maya Hip Hop
Tzutu Kan: Maya Hip Hop
Tzutu Kan, hailing from what the Maya considered the belly button of the Universe -- Lake Atitlan in the vernal Guatemala highlands -- is a painter, sculptor, bio-builder, activist in the defense of native peoples, and hip hop artist who lays down rhymes in the ancient Mayan languages of Tz'utujil, Kaqchikel, and K'ichee. Presentation […]
Morton Marcus Poetry Reading with Gary Snyder and Special Guest Tom Killion
Morton Marcus Poetry Reading with Gary Snyder and Special Guest Tom Killion
View the full event recording online here. Event Photos by Crystal Birns: The Annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading honors poet, teacher, and film critic Morton Marcus (1936–2009). Marcus, a nationally acclaimed poet, called Santa Cruz his home for more than fifty years. This annual poetry series continues Mort’s tradition of bringing acclaimed poets […]
World Philosophy Day at Humble Sea Brewing Co.
World Philosophy Day at Humble Sea Brewing Co.
World Philosophy Day? Yes, it is a thing! Falling on the third Thursday of each November, World Philosophy Day celebrates the value and practice of philosophy. This year, The Center for Public Philosophy and Humble Sea Brewing Co. are partnering to celebrate together. Come join us! Featuring an Ask-a-Philosopher Booth staffed by some of your […]