Events
Week of Events
Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley
The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History presents Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley -- A community-driven exhibition that preserves and uplifts stories of Filipino migration and labor in Watsonville and the greater Pajaro Valley of Central California. The exhibition culminates a four-year research initiative between community members, UC Santa Cruz […]
Sunday, April 7, 2024
No events on this day.
Monday, April 8, 2024
- April 8, 2024Humanities in the Age of AI Lunch meeting
- April 8, 2024 -Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Palestine
Humanities in the Age of AI Lunch meeting
The Humanities Institute Research cluster, “Humanities in the Age of AI,” is pleased to invite you to their lunch meeting scheduled for Monday, April 8th at 12pm in HUM 210. This month's meeting will feature guest speakers Theresa Hice-Fromille (Ohio State University) and Sarah Papazoglakis (Lit PhD, '18) on Afrofuturism for Tech: Creative Approaches to […]
Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Palestine
UCSC Feminist Studies and Faculty for Justice in Palestine present Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Palestine with panelists: Lila Adib Sharif (Arizona State University), Jennifer Lynn Kelly (UC Santa Cruz), and Somdeep Sen (Roskilde University); the editorial collective of Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Palestine. Join us for this panel discussion with excerpts from Detours: […]
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- April 9, 2024 -What Can Genomics Teach Us About Jewish History with Dr. Shamam Waldman
What Can Genomics Teach Us About Jewish History with Dr. Shamam Waldman
This year's Helen Diller Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies will be given by Dr. Shamam Waldman. Join us on April 9th at Cowell Ranch Hay Barn for Dr. Waldman’s lecture titled: “What Can Genomics Teach Us About Jewish History?” Doors will open at 5:30PM. The talk will begin promptly at 6:00PM. The study of population […]
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- April 10, 2024 -THI Coffee Hour
- April 10, 2024 -Juned Shaikh – The Afterlife of Confiscation: Engels’ The Origin of the Family in 1930s and 40s India
THI Coffee Hour
The Humanities Institute is excited to welcome students, faculty, staff, and friends for a weekly Coffee Hour on Wednesdays, 11am to noon. We invite you to visit our team, meet our new Faculty Director, Pranav Anand, and talk with us about your academic interests as well as upcoming THI events and programs. Learn about how […]
Juned Shaikh – The Afterlife of Confiscation: Engels’ The Origin of the Family in 1930s and 40s India
Gangadhar Adhikari returned to India from Germany in the 1920s with a tranche of books. He had recently completed his PhD in Chemistry in Berlin and had joined the Communist Party of Germany. Upon his return to India in 1928, he joined the Communist Party of India and was jailed in 1929 on charges of […]
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- April 11, 2024 -Native Speaker Series with Patty Krawec
- April 11, 2024 -Living Writers with micha cárdenas
- April 11, 2024 -Book Talk with Laila Shereen Sakr: Arabic Glitch and Digital Palestine
Native Speaker Series with Patty Krawec
You are invited to join the American Indian Resource Center's Native Speaker Series with Patty Krawec (Anishinaabe/Ukrainian), on April 11th, 2024, to be held at the Namaste Lounge located at College 9 and JRL at 5:00 PM-7:00 PM. Guest author, Patty Krawec will share with us her most recent book titled: Becoming Kin: An Indigenous […]
Living Writers with micha cárdenas
Living Writers Series - Spring 2024 Imaginaries)Un(bound: Race, Justice, Writing: The Living Writers Series, the Center for Racial Justice, and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES) present poets, theorists, fiction and hybrid artists working at the nexus of creative-critical practice in the struggle for justice with the imperative of imaginatively undoing the academic and disciplinary […]
Book Talk with Laila Shereen Sakr: Arabic Glitch and Digital Palestine
Laila Shereen Sakr (UC Santa Barbara) will give her talk entitled, "Arabic Glitch and Digital Palestine" and present her recent book, Arabic Glitch: Technocultures, Data Bodies, and Archives. Arabic Glitch explores an alternative origin story of twenty-first century technological innovation in digital politics—one centered on the Middle East and the 2011 Arab uprisings. Developed from […]
Friday, April 12, 2024
- April 12, 2024Hindustani Music Concert featuring Uday Bhawalker and Sukhad Manik Munde
Hindustani Music Concert featuring Uday Bhawalker and Sukhad Manik Munde
As a part of the Indian Music Series, UC Santa Cruz is welcoming Uday Bhawalkar to campus for a concert on Friday, April 12. The renowned vocalist will be performing Dhrupad music, one of the oldest musical genres in the Hindustani tradition. Uday Bhawalkar is an internationally recognized vocalist and professor in the department of […]
Saturday, April 13, 2024
- April 13, 2024 -TEDxSantaCruz
TEDxSantaCruz
Co-sponsored by The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County, Lookout Santa Cruz, The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz, and many more. The vibrant interplay of ideas, creative energy, and the rich tapestry of diversity within Santa Cruz County is the beating heart of TEDxSantaCruz. This upcoming event is scheduled for Saturday, April 13, 2024, […]