Events
Week of Events
Sunday, May 17, 2020
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Monday, May 18, 2020
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020
- May 20, 2020 -VIRTUAL: Special Session – World Without Clouds
- May 20, 2020 -CANCELLED: Cultural Studies Colloquium
- May 20, 2020 -VIRTUAL: Death on the Nile – A 3D Visit to Egypt’s Most Enduring Cemetery
VIRTUAL: Special Session – World Without Clouds
World Without Clouds: an experimental work by Steven Gonzalez (MIT), Jia Hui Lee (MIT), Luísa Reis-Castro (MIT), Gabrielle Robbins (MIT), and Julianne Yip (Independent Scholar). World Without Clouds is an experimental, multi-modal piece of speculative fiction filmed only with smartphone cameras. The story revolves around five anthropologists in the years 2045-50 who are trying to save […]
CANCELLED: Cultural Studies Colloquium
The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee, tea, and cookies. All Center for […]
VIRTUAL: Death on the Nile – A 3D Visit to Egypt’s Most Enduring Cemetery
Join us for a one-of-a-kind virtual experience to explore Saqqara, Egypt's most enduring cemetery. UC Santa Cruz Associate Professor of History Elaine Sullivan will take us on a virtual visit to the site of Saqqara—the ancient Egyptian necropolis that was the burial place of kings, queens, priests, and elite officials for 2,500 years (3000-332 BCE). […]
Thursday, May 21, 2020
- May 21, 2020 -VIRTUAL: Humanities Happy Hour – Teaching and Learning in the Time of Pandemic
VIRTUAL: Humanities Happy Hour – Teaching and Learning in the Time of Pandemic
What has the shift to remote, online instruction nationwide revealed about teaching and learning in higher education? How can we use this crisis as an opportunity to reimagine not only the role but the practice of teaching and learning? What is at stake for the future of higher education at UC Santa Cruz and around […]
Friday, May 22, 2020
- May 22, 2020 -VIRTUAL: MAH Beyond the World’s End – Meet the Artists
VIRTUAL: MAH Beyond the World’s End – Meet the Artists
Join Beyond the World’s End exhibiting artists Laurie Palmer, Amy Balkin, Krista Franklin, Newton Harrison, Super Futures Haunt Qollective, and the Rasquache Collective for a group discussion and Q&A. In the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History's current exhibition, Beyond the World's End, visionary artists reflect on the social and environmental injustices happening around […]
Saturday, May 23, 2020
No events on this day.