Events
Week of Events
Sociality, Science, and Surveillance: Plantations in the 21st Century
The Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in partnership with Santa Clara University, invites you to a two-day academic workshop exploring the effects and imprints of the plantation complex on life and land in South Asia and beyond. South Asia has had a long, complicated history with plantations. […]
Falafel Welcome Lunch with The Center for the Middle East and North Africa
The Center for the Middle East and North Africa invites all CMENA affiliates and students to a falafel welcome lunch. Come catch up with one another, meet CMENA faculty, and learn about the Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MENAS) Minor.
Humanities Division Experiential Learning Info Session
Join us for an info session with Kylie Rachwalski, Assistant Director of Experiential Learning in the UCSC Humanities Division to learn more about Humanities EXCEL and EXPLORE Programs for humanities undergraduate students. Humanities EXCEL is a paid internship program for Humanities majors and minors, connecting you with community organizations where you’ll gain hands-on experience, mentorship, and real-world skills. […]
The Memoirs of Robert & Mabel Williams: African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, and International Solidarity
Presented by The Center for Racial Justice. Cosponsored by Oakes College. Free and open to the public. Born in Jim Crow–era Monroe, North Carolina, Robert F. Williams and Mabel R. Williams were the state's most legendary African American freedom fighters. The Williamses' leadership in Monroe was just the beginning of a lifelong pursuit of freedom […]
Master Class: Jaron Lanier – Music & The Future of Humanity
Jaron Lanier is a musician, computer scientist, visual artist, writer, technologist, and futurist who is considered a founder of the field of virtual reality. In Music & The Future of Humanity Lanier will be joined by the Free Waves trio, featuring Tim Jackson and Zack Olsen, singer/songwriter Harper Simon, Haruki Fujii and members of the Santa Cruz Symphony. Can't make it in-person? You can stream […]
María Puig de la Bellacasa – Inheriting the Burdens of Human–Soil Belonging
Co-sponsored by History of Consciousness: earth ecologies x technoscience This talk offers a speculative reading of practices that reclaim and reimagine human–soil relations within the legacies of anthropocentric, productionist, and colonial ecologies. I explore how soils come to epitomize planet Earth, life, death and memory, as well as the fraught significance of writing alternative stories […]
Talking Tales of the Undead
Get ready for the season with vampires, ghouls and zombies! Join UC Santa Cruz professors Michael Chemers (The Monster in Theater History), Renée Fox (The Necromantics), and Kimberly Lau (Specters of the Marvelous) as they discuss the histories and politics of vampires, ghouls, zombies and other undead monsters in literature, theater, and pop culture. The Center for […]
Saturday Shakespeare – The Tragedy of King Richard II
Saturday Shakespeare in Santa Cruz Presents The Tragedy of King Richard II by William Shakespeare Aptos Library on October 4, 11, 18, 25 & November 1, 2025 at 10:15 a.m. in the Aptos Library Betty Leonard Community Room (in person or join by Zoom). The first hour will be a conversation with the scheduled guest […]