Events
Week of Events
The Deep Read | Margaret Atwood Live
The Deep Read | Margaret Atwood Live
Margaret Atwood will join the UC Santa Cruz community for a free, live, virtual event on Tuesday September 22 at 4:30 PM PT. Part of The Humanities Institute’s Deep Read Program, this event culminates months of in-depth programming and community engagement focused on Atwood’s latest Booker Prize-winning novel, The Testaments, a sequel to her 1985 […]
David Eagleman, Livewired
David Eagleman, Livewired
Bestselling author and neuroscientist David Eagleman will discuss his new book, Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain, during a free online event on the Crowdcast platform. "Eagleman delivers an intellectually exhilarating look at neuroplasticity. In his view, the brain's ability to reconfigure connections between its different areas in response to feedback is 'quite […]
Christopher Nelson: Eisa – Drumming, Dancing and Memory
Christopher Nelson: Eisa – Drumming, Dancing and Memory
With the beginning of the 2020 – 2021 school term on the near horizon the OMI team is delighted to announce their next program! Professor Chris Nelson (UNC Chapel Hill) will be joining OMI to discuss Eisa, Obon, dancing and cultural memory in contemporary Okinawa. Professor Nelson is an anthropologist who published a study of […]