Events
Week of Events
Sunday, March 1, 2026
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Monday, March 2, 2026
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Tuesday, March 3, 2026
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Wednesday, March 4, 2026
- March 4, 2026 -Thiago Mota – In Search of Protection: Islam, Crocodiles, and Local Experiences of a Global Religion in Early Modern West Africa
- March 4, 2026 -Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Two Noble Kinsmen – Episode I
Thiago Mota – In Search of Protection: Islam, Crocodiles, and Local Experiences of a Global Religion in Early Modern West Africa
This talk proposes a new reading of Early Modern European sources for African history in light of Islamic African written records and oral traditions. It examines how Islam interacted with local religions and cultural practices in order to become meaningful and suitable for West African communities. Focusing on the need for protection against crocodile attacks […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Two Noble Kinsmen – Episode I
Shakespeare returns to the characters and themes of A Midsummer Night's Dream in what may have been the last play he had a hand in writing: The Two Noble Kinsmen. This time, however, the story of Theseus and Hippolyta, the disorienting experience of adolescent sexual desire, and the conflict of duties to sovereigns, parents, friends, […]
Thursday, March 5, 2026
- March 5, 2026 -Traveling Film Southasia – Film Screening Festival Launch
- March 5, 2026 -Living Writers Student Reading
Traveling Film Southasia – Film Screening Festival Launch
Join the Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) for a celebratory film screening event to launch Travelling Film Southasia, a mobile film festival highlighting 19 exceptional nonfiction productions of the last two years, originally screened at Film Southasia 2024 in Kathmandu. This year’s festival encapsulates a range of experiences on the Subcontinent with films from […]
Living Writers Student Reading
Craft Between Worlds About the Living Writers Series The 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. […]
Friday, March 6, 2026
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Saturday, March 7, 2026
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