Events
Week of Events
Nick Kawa and Alisa Keesey – Microbes at Work: The Vital Role of Bacteria and other Microbial Life in Sanitation Systems in the US and Uganda
Nick Kawa and Alisa Keesey – Microbes at Work: The Vital Role of Bacteria and other Microbial Life in Sanitation Systems in the US and Uganda
Wastewater treatment operators in the American Midwest wryly describe their job as “bacteria farming,” but they also insist that microbes are the ones who “do all the work” at treatment plants. Meanwhile, slum activists in Uganda suggest that they “work with microbes” to provide essential sanitation services where the state has failed to provide safe […]
When Human-Centered AI Encountered Digital Humanities: A Dialogue between Magy Seif El-Nasr and Minghui Hu
When Human-Centered AI Encountered Digital Humanities: A Dialogue between Magy Seif El-Nasr and Minghui Hu
The Humanities Institute Research cluster, Humanities in the Age of AI, presents "When Human-Centered AI Encountered Digital Humanities: A Dialogue between Magy Seif El-Nasr and Minghui Hu." What happens when the ethical and interpretive frameworks of the humanities meet the algorithmic and interactive architectures of artificial intelligence? This dialogue brings together two leading voices from […]
Soraya Murray – Technothriller: Film and the American Imagination
Soraya Murray – Technothriller: Film and the American Imagination
Soraya Murray’s forthcoming Technothriller: Film and the American Imagination (MIT, 2026) is the first dedicated examination of popular movies classified as “thrillers” that channel societal anxiety or dread about advanced technologies like supercomputers, robotics, AI, biotech, military weaponry, and digital surveillance. Technothriller is about the changing imagination of technology within an American context and its […]
Living Writers with Angel Dominguez
Living Writers with Angel Dominguez
Living Writers Series – Spring 2025 Insight, Writings: Third World and Other Imaginaries Angel Dominguez is a Latiné poet of Yucatec Maya descent born in Hollywood and raised in Van Nuys, CA, by their immigrant family. They now live amongst the redwoods of Bonny Doon, CA. They’re the author of several books of poetry and […]
The Center for the Middle East and North Africa & Kuumbwa Jazz Present: Cheb Nasro
The Center for the Middle East and North Africa & Kuumbwa Jazz Present: Cheb Nasro
Join the Center for the Middle East and North Africa and Kuumbwa Jazz for a concert featuring Cheb Nasro, renowned Raï artist and performer. Doors open at 6pm, and the concert begins at 7pm. Fifty free student tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis; sign up here for a free student ticket. Other guests […]
Saturday Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Saturday Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Saturday Shakespeare in Santa Cruz Presents A Midsummer Night's Dream, featuring a series of readings and conversations held Saturday mornings from April 26 to May 24, 2025. The 1st hour will be spent in conversation with a guest speaker, and during the 2nd hour volunteers will read aloud part of the play. During the final […]