Events
Week of Events
Sunday, November 16, 2025
No events on this day.
Monday, November 17, 2025
- November 17, 2025POSTPONED: Timescape of Rings with Stephen David Engel
POSTPONED: Timescape of Rings with Stephen David Engel
This event has been postponed. An updated date will be announced in the coming weeks. The History of Consciousness department invites you to the next talk in their Fall 2025 Research Colloquium series. Stephen David Engel will read from an experimental history called “Timescape of Rings.” In it, he meditates on a 2,200-year-old redwood round […]
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
- November 18, 2025 -Writing Beyond the Academy: An Introduction to Trade Publishing for Senior Scholars
- November 18, 2025CANCELLED: Vietnamerica – A Simulcast Film Screening and Discussion
- November 18, 2025 -Dr. Lyla June Johnston – Indigenous Relationships with the Land: The Roots of Regenerative Agriculture
Writing Beyond the Academy: An Introduction to Trade Publishing for Senior Scholars
Scholars are frequently called upon to share their expertise with a diverse range of publics outside academia—and this kind of engagement often begins with the publication of a book with a “trade press” (i.e., a commercial, non-university/academic publisher, with a powerful marketing and publicity apparatus). Not all academics want to do this kind of work. […]
CANCELLED: Vietnamerica – A Simulcast Film Screening and Discussion
Due to the planned strike activities on campus, this event has been cancelled. Following the wars in Vietnam, over two million people fled to country with the collapse of the Republic of Vietnam. That exodus, referred to by many as “the boat people” resulted in nearly half dying while in flight, battling the elements, starvation, […]
Dr. Lyla June Johnston – Indigenous Relationships with the Land: The Roots of Regenerative Agriculture
To accomodate the planned strike action at UC Santa Cruz on November 18th, this event will take place at the base of campus near the intersection of Bay and High Streets. Please join the More-than-Human(ities) Laboratory as we co-host Dr. Lyla June Johnston and her timely talk on indigenous knowledge and agricultural practices. Dr. Lyla […]
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
- November 19, 2025 -Carla Hernández Garavito – Rethinking South American Archaeology Through the Work of Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui: A Ch’ixi Approach
- November 19, 2025Humanities at Work: Informational Interviewing
Carla Hernández Garavito – Rethinking South American Archaeology Through the Work of Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui: A Ch’ixi Approach
South American Archaeology is living through a growing push towards a theoretical focus developed from within. Of particular influence is the concept of “coloniality”, an enduring form of colonialism that affects the frameworks of reference the colonized have of themselves. However, coloniality and the emphasis on “subaltern archaeologies” as a generalized category for the production […]
Humanities at Work: Informational Interviewing
Are you curious about your career options as a humanities student? Wondering how the professionals around you got to where they are? Join this interactive workshop to learn about informational interviewing*, a way you can use your curiosity to explore career possibilities and make meaningful professional connections. You’ll leave ready to reach out, learn from […]
Thursday, November 20, 2025
- November 20, 2025 -Ellen Bass: Morton Marcus Poetry Reading
Ellen Bass: Morton Marcus Poetry Reading
Join us for the 16th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading, featuring honored guest Ellen Bass. Poet Gary Young will host the program, and the evening will include an announcement of the winner of the Morton Marcus Poetry Contest (recipient receives a $1,000 prize). Photo by: Irene Young Ellen Bass’s most recent collection, Indigo, was published […]
Friday, November 21, 2025
- November 21, 2025 -Linguistics Colloquium with Liv Hoversten
Linguistics Colloquium with Liv Hoversten
Join the Linguistics Department for Liv Hoversten's talk "Is Language Control in Comprehension Applied Within or External to the Lexicon?" Bilinguals need to continually monitor and select the appropriate language(s) for the current context in order to communicate efficiently. Prominent models of bilingual word recognition posit that this selection process, known as language control, occurs […]
Saturday, November 22, 2025
- November 22, 2025 -Seeds of Resurgence Community Seed Dinner
Seeds of Resurgence Community Seed Dinner
At the second community dinner of the year, the afternoon is guided by Aaron Samuel Mulenga and Nkondelina Chileshe, a couple from Zambia—a nation nestled in the heart of southern Africa. They carry with them the spirit of their Bantu ancestors, whose journeys across the continent shaped not only language and culture but also the […]