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SUMMARY:Hillary Angelo - Climate Change as Large-Scale Social Transformation
DESCRIPTION:It is a common (aspirational) refrain that climate change “changes everything\,” and equally common to note that climate-related transitions seem to be changing very little at all. What climate-related changes are happening now? And how might we grasp emergent trajectories while we’re in the midst of these transitions? With a substantive focus on the city-hinterland relationship and the American West\, and based on five years of fieldwork related to renewable energy\, conservation\, and housing development on public lands in Nevada and Utah\, this talk gets purchase on these questions by presenting climate change as a form of macro-social change. I draw on classical and contemporary macro-historical sociology and critical geography to show how this framework provides new insights on climate transitions and describe its implications for understanding contemporary climate politics\, policy\, and visions of a just transition. \nHillary Angelo is an Associate Professor of Sociology\, founding Director of UCSC’s Center for Critical Urban and Environmental Studies\, and former member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Her work combines historical sociology\, critical social theory\, and urban political economy and ecology to analyze contemporary urban and environmental culture and politics. She has published widely in leading sociology\, geography\, and urban studies journals and her first book\, How Green Became Good: Urbanized Nature and the Making of Cities and Citizens\, was published in 2021 by the University of Chicago Press. \n\n \nWinter 2026 COLLOQUIUM SERIES \nTHE CENTER FOR CULTURAL STUDIES hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work-in-progress by faculty & visitors. We are pleased to announce our Winter 2026 Series. Sessions begin promptly at 12:15 PM and end at 1:30 PM (PST) in Humanities Building 1\, Room 210. \nStaff assistance is provided by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/hillary-angelo-climate-change-as-large-scale-social-transformation/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Work - in - Progress with Geoffrey C. Bowker
DESCRIPTION:Join SJRC scholars for an open discussion of works-in-progress! This is a wonderful chance to engage with one another’s ideas\, and support our own internal work. At this session\, we will hear from Geoffrey Bowker\, Emeritus Professor in Irvine and Science & Justice Advisor about works-in-progress and ongoing work on the death of infrastructure\, AI\, and underwater network cables and his collaborative comic book on Actor Network Theory. SJRC members Warren Sack and Dimitris Papadopolous will act as “warm up” discussants. \nContact Colleen Stone (colleen@ucsc.edu) or Maria Puig de la Bellacasa (puig@ucsc.edu) for the readings\, including a new comic book on the graveyard of machines! \nGeoffrey C. Bowker is Emeritus Professor at the School of Information and Computer Science\, University of California at Irvine\, where he directed a laboratory for Values in the Design of Information Systems and Technology. Positions included Professor of and Senior Scholar in Cyberscholarship at the University of Pittsburgh School and Executive Director\, Center for Science\, Technology and Society\, Santa Clara. He was awarded the prestigious 4S Bernal Prize in 2024 and his book Memory Practices in the Sciences (MITS Press 2008) won the 2007 Ludwig Fleck Prize and was named “Best Information Science Book” by the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). \n\nCo-sponsored by Science and Justice Research Center and the earthecologies x technoscience conversations\, History of Consciousness \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/work-in-progress-with-geoffrey-c-bowker/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tsering Wangmo Dhompa - Kyi-dug\, Tibetan Welfare Groups: Sharing Ups and Downs
DESCRIPTION:As many as 80\,000 Tibetans fled to India and Nepal in 1959 following the Chinese occupation of Tibet. The establishment of a Tibetan government in exile helped foster a sense of belonging\, but it was also through mutual aid groups\, such as the kyi-dug\, that Tibetan refugees took care of one another. The word kyi-dug: kyi for happiness\, and dug for sorrow\, carries an implicit notion that the kyi-dug is organized with the goal to comfort and support community members in times of crises. In this talk\, Dhompa will braid a few different stories–– refugee aid packages in the early 1960s\, kyi-dug and children\, and ancestral divinities of land and people––to speak about resistance and belonging. \n \nThis event is both in-person and on zoom. Click above for the zoom link. \nTsering Wangmo Dhompa is the author of The Politics of Sorrow\, an account of early Tibetan exile political life in India published by Columbia University Press (2025). She has several collections of poetry: My Rice Tastes Like the Lake\, In the Absent Everyday and Rules of the House (all from Apogee Press\, Berkeley)\, and a non-fiction book\, Coming Home to Tibet (Shambhala Publications\, 2014) \nThis event is open to all students\, faculty\, staff\, and members of the public consistent with University policy and state and federal law. \n\nPresented by the Center for South Asian Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/tsering-wangmo-dhompa-kyi-dug-tibetan-welfare-groups-sharing-ups-and-downs/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Living Writers with James Janko
DESCRIPTION:Craft Between Worlds \nJames Janko is an award-winning author of four novels\, including Buffalo Boy and Geronimo\, The Clubhouse Thief\, What We Don’t Talk About\, and The Wire-Walker. His work is deeply informed by his experience as a combat medic in the Vietnam War\, often probing the intertwined violences of war and environmental destruction. Janko will be introduced by Karen Tei Yamashita. \nAbout the Living Writers Series\nThe Living Writers Series (LWS) is a live reading series organized especially for the Creative Writing Program community at UCSC. There is a new series each quarter\, and each series features writers with unique voices. The LWS is open to all creative writing students and the public. \n\nSponsored by the Porter Hitchcock Poetry Fund\, The Humanities Institute\, The Laurie Sain Endowment\, and the Bay Tree Bookstore. \n 
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-with-james-janko/
LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Room 206\, UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Kitchen Counterculture: A Conversation About Jerry Garcia\, the Grateful Dead\, and the Food that Fueled a Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents Kitchen Counterculture: A Conversation About Jerry Garcia\, the Grateful Dead\, and the Food that Fueled a Revolution\,” featuring award-winning food writer Gabi Moskowitz and journalist\, teacher\, and author Jim Newton. This event is cosponsored by the UC Santa Cruz The Humanities Division\, The Humanities Institute\, and the UCSC Special Collections & Archives. \n \nYour RSVP helps us plan for your arrival and keep in touch with any changes. Thank you for registering! \nDead in the Kitchen\, by Gabi Moskowitz: Kindly calling all Deadheads! Enjoy a variety of vibrant and delicious vegetarian and vegan recipes as you cook your way through Dead in the Kitchen: The Official Grateful Dead Cookbook\, available just in time to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the legendary psychedelic rock band. \nWelcome to the show! Dead in the Kitchen is the official\, authorized Grateful Dead cookbook\, a well-crafted extension of the vibrant\, communal\, free-spirited energy that the band and their legacy have graced us with for decades. Featuring the band’s iconic artwork\, logos\, and illustrations\, this beautifully designed book brings the unmistakable Grateful Dead aesthetic to life on every page\, making it a must-have collectible for devoted fans. \nYou’ll find recipes organized and inspired by not only the band’s timeless music\, but also the loyal Deadheads that continue to find kindness and community amongst one another. Delight in dishes like the savory Curried Vegetable Pot Pie\, the Meatless Meatball Sandwich\, or a sweet bite of Pumpkin Cheesecake. With each recipe crafted to be simple and accessible for all\, this is the perfect cookbook for novice cooks and seasoned pros alike. Find your flow in the kitchen as you create each flavorful dish and\, if Jerry has taught us anything\, don’t be afraid to improvise! This cookbook celebrates the Grateful Dead on each page and encourages more connection through gathering together and enjoying delicious food that’s good for feeding the mind\, body\, and soul. \nHere Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia\, the Grateful Dead\, and an American Awakening\, by Jim Newton: In 1965\, in Palo Alto\, Jerry Garcia opened a dictionary to a fable in which an appreciative soul repays the generosity of a traveler\, a “gift of the grateful dead.” After a traumatic car accident that injured him and killed a close friend\, Garcia had resolved to build his life around music. He had practiced relentlessly and caromed across the northern California folk and bluegrass scene. He had gathered up some fellow musicians and formed a band. Now they had their name. Following the history of the Grateful Dead means tracking American cultural history through a period of radical reconsideration. The Dead played at the Acid Tests and the Human Be-In and Woodstock\, at the occupation of Columbia and the Bail Ball for People’s Park. They performed at the base of the Pyramids during a lunar eclipse\, at Madison Square Garden to defend the rainforests\, in San Francisco to sound the alarm over AIDS and at Huey Newton’s birthday party. For three decades\, the band explored the meaning and limits of freedom. The radical message of the Dead\, to reject the mainstream and build a bohemian community\, radiated across the world\, manifesting itself in art\, music\, business\, and politics. Here Beside the Rising Tide tells the story of those disparate shafts of light\, putting Garcia into a broader context while tracing his eventful life. Nearly a century after his birth\, Garcia’s influence stretches onward\, expressed in guitar licks and a gentle way of life\, one of excellence and gratitude\, chasing freedom\, living moment to moment\, guided by song-the gift of the Grateful Dead. \nGabi Moskowitz is the founder of BrokeAssGourmet.com\, an award-winning website about inexpensive cooking. She’s written five cookbooks\, and produced Freeform’s Young & Hungry\, a situation comedy based on her life and writing. She lives in Marin County\, California\, with her husband and daughters. \nJim Newton is a journalist\, teacher\, and author of Justice for All\, Eisenhower\, Worthy Fights\, and Man of Tomorrow. He was at the Los Angeles Times for twenty-five years as a reporter\, bureau chief\, editorial page editor\, columnist\, and editor at large. He lives in Pasadena\, California\, and teaches at UCLA\, where he founded and edits the award-winning public affairs magazine Blueprint.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/kitchen-counterculture-a-conversation-about-jerry-garcia-the-grateful-dead-and-the-food-that-fueled-a-revolution/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Avenue\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writing Hangout with Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
DESCRIPTION:If we take a moment to examine our lives\, we can find meaningful\, even exciting connections between our mundane moments and the society we live in. In this workshop\, we will write together to explore how we can find the words we need to create the communities we would like to be. All are welcome. No prior creative writing experience is required and prompts will be provided. Lunch and informal discussion to follow. \nTsering Wangmo Dhompa is the author of The Politics of Sorrow\, an account of early Tibetan exile political life in India published by Columbia University Press (2025). She has several collections of poetry: My Rice Tastes Like the Lake\, In the Absent Everyday and Rules of the House (all from Apogee Press\, Berkeley)\, and a non-fiction book\, Coming Home to Tibet (Shambhala Publications\, 2014) \nThis event is open to all students\, faculty\, staff\, and members of the public consistent with University policy and state and federal law. \n\nPresented by the Center for South Asian Studies and co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/writing-hangout-with-tsering-wangmo-dhompa/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Restitution Beyond Return - Who names the Objects in Museums?
DESCRIPTION:The Department of History invites you to join their talk about African Arts\, Western Museums\, and the debate over restitution. \nThis lecture examines restitution as an ethical and epistemic process that goes beyond the physical return of objects from Western museums to African institutions. While repatriation often functions as a diplomatic practice\, restitution is framed here as historical repair that requires transforming the narratives\, classifications\, and meanings assigned to museum objects. Drawing on case studies\, the lecture analyzes how sacred African objects were historically renamed as “fetishes” through colonial vocabularies. It argues that museums bear an ongoing responsibility to revise these narratives\, making restitution a process of reinterpretation\, accountability\, and public education. \nProf. Vanicleia Silva-Santos is the curator of the African Collection at Penn Museum\, University of Pennsylvania. She holds a PhD in History from the University of São Paulo and teaches at the Department of Africana Studies at UPenn.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/restitution-beyond-return-who-names-the-objects-in-museums/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 202
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