Events
Week of Events
Art and Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Investigation with Alice Barale
Art and Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Investigation with Alice Barale
The History of Consciousness department presents "Art and Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Investigation" with Alice Barale, University of Milan as part of the 2024-2025 HistCon Speaker Series. Join us Monday, October 28 at 1pm PST in Hum 1 Rm 210 or register below to attend virtually: It has been several years since the first artwork […]
Proactive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with Lorato Anderson
Proactive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with Lorato Anderson
How do you proactively promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in your role as a graduate student, a researcher, a teaching assistant, and a peer and undergraduate mentor? Learn active steps you can take in every role to promote a just and welcoming environment at UCSC in every space. Recommended Reading: Ely, Robin J., and Thomas, […]
Sandhya Shukla – Cosmopolitanism and Relationality: The Logic of the Cultural Studies We Need Now
Sandhya Shukla – Cosmopolitanism and Relationality: The Logic of the Cultural Studies We Need Now
When Immanuel Kant suggested in 1798 that a citizenship of the world could be staged in Konigsberg without physical travel, he illuminated the dense heterogeneity of place. Kant’s insight might be seen to have informed many projects of British cultural studies that situated globality inside locality by focusing on the potential of working-class cultures built […]
Walking in the Ecotone with Jim Clifford
Walking in the Ecotone with Jim Clifford
A not to be missed opportunity to explore the UC Santa Cruz Campus, on and off the footpaths with Professor Jim Clifford. We’ll wander among the trees, down in the ravines, out in the meadows. Pooling our different knowledges of environmental, social, cultural, technological and architectural history, we will try to disentangle the overlapping layers […]
Decoding the Headlines: Top News Stories, Misinformation, and the 2024 Presidential Campaign
Decoding the Headlines: Top News Stories, Misinformation, and the 2024 Presidential Campaign
This event is part of the 2024 U.S. Elections Forum Series - Power, Politics, and Our Democracy UC Santa Cruz is excited to share our U.S. Elections Forum Series to provide a platform for deep conversations about our quickly changing and polarized democracy, and consider how to participate in and help shape our futures. How […]
“What Is It Like to Be a Bat?”: Spooky Reading Group Potluck
“What Is It Like to Be a Bat?”: Spooky Reading Group Potluck
On Saturday, November 2 from 6-7pm, we will have a SPOOKY READING GROUP POTLUCK at West Lake Park. On theme for Halloween and Day of the Dead, Alisa Puga Keesey will lead us in a discussion of the essay “What is it like to be a bat?” (We think we can observe bats at dusk […]