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SUMMARY:Slugs and Steins with Greg O' Malley - The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery\, Freedom\, and the American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery\, Freedom\, and the American Revolution describes the life of a man born enslaved in colonial Virginia\, whose repeated escape attempts made his life a remarkable odyssey. He survived enslavement on Virginia and Carolina plantations\, stints hiding in backcountry Carolina settlements\, captivity in Native American communities\, battlefields of the American Revolution\, and evacuation as a refugee from the emerging United States. Along the way\, he formed a family\, became a preacher\, and founded the first Black Baptist congregation in what became the United States. His surviving narrative offers the earliest known firsthand account of escaping slavery in North America. And because his struggle against slavery spanned the revolutionary era\, his story offers a counterweight to the many biographies of white “founding fathers.” Instead of a fight for political freedom from Britain and monarchy\, George’s life reveals a parallel quest for freedom from American slavery. To achieve his independence\, George fled the United States in the moment of its creation. \n \nGreg O’Malley is professor and chair in the History Department at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. His first book\, Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America\, 1619–1807\, received four awards: The America Historical Association’s Forkosch Prize for British history; the AHA’s Rawley Prize for Atlantic history; The Owsley Award from the Southern Historical Association; and the Goveia Prize from the Association of Caribbean Historians. The book examines the network that distributed enslaved\nAfricans throughout North America and the Caribbean after their survival of the Atlantic crossing. O’Malley is also co-creator (with Alex Borucki) of the Intra-American Slave Trade Database\, a free online research tool that documents more than 38\,000 human trafficking voyages from one port in the Americas to another. His second book\, The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery\, Freedom\, and the American Revolution\, was published by St. Martin’s Press in February 2026 and was named one of “ 6 Noteworthy Books for February” by The Washington Post. \nQuestions? Please contact University Events at specialevents@ucsc.edu. \nSlugs and Steins are free informal lectures served up over Zoom. Brought to you by the UC Santa Cruz Alumni Association\, each talk will engage one of our favorite professors in discussion with you\, the local community of Silicon Valley\, and beyond. We will cover everything from organic artichokes to endangered zebras\, self-driving cars to Shakespeare. All are welcome. Audience participation is encouraged. \nWatch past Slugs and Steins events here.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/slugs-and-steins-with-greg-o-malley-the-escapes-of-david-george-an-odyssey-of-slavery-freedom-and-the-american-revolution/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Carlos Martinez - The Carceral Frontier: Migrant Captivity and Care on the Mexico-U.S. Border
DESCRIPTION:This talk offers an ethnographic account of the structures of captivity that keep migrants and deportees in conditions of enforced immobility and precarity at the Mexico-U.S. border. Whereas much scholarship has framed the border primarily as a site of transit or deadly deterrence\, Martinez argues that it has been transformed into a carceral frontier that restricts the movements of those rendered disposable while gradually wearing them down. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Tijuana\, Mexico\, since 2018\, the presentation examines the lives of deportees and asylum seekers in the borderlands\, focusing on survival strategies\, care practices\, and forms of solidarity that emerge amid the intertwined politics of expulsion\, attrition\, and prolonged waiting. \nCarlos Martinez\, MPH\, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies and core faculty member of the Global and Community Health program at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. Trained in public health and medical anthropology\, Dr. Martinez’s research examines the health and sociocultural implications of policing\, incarceration\, and punitive immigration and drug policies. He is the co-editor of All This Safety Is Killing Us: Health Justice Beyond Prisons\, Police\, and Borders (North Atlantic Books\, 2025). \n\n \nSpring 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 Spring 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/carlos-martinez-the-carceral-frontier-migrant-captivity-and-care-on-the-mexico-u-s-border/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Ritual Drinking in the Ancient World
DESCRIPTION:“Drink and make a happy day!” (New Kingdom Theben tomb)\n“Wine gladdens the heart of man…” (Psalm 104:15) \nAt this ‘symposium’ event\, three UCSC professors in Classical\, Biblical\, and Egyptian antiquity will tell stories about how various ancient cultures drank wine to commune with their gods\, suspend the normal social rules\, and prepare for the end of days. \nThe Stockwell Cellars tasting room bar will be open for attendees to purchase individual wines-by-the-glass during the event. Come enjoy tasting local Santa Cruz wines while learning about the long history of drinking as a ritual event in the ancient Mediterranean world. A Q&A will follow the short presentations. \n \nRegistration required! This event is now sold out. \nMartin Devecka\, Associate Professor\, Ancient Studies & Literature\, “Wine before Liquor” \nAs a cultural historian\, Devecka writes on topics in ancient literature and society that range from robots to ruins. He is currently finishing a book manuscript on animal citizenship in the Roman Empire. \nAnne Kreps\, Associate Professor\, Ancient Studies & History\, “Drinking like the World is Going to End” \nAs a historian of the ancient Near East\, Kreps studies heresies\, Gnosticism\, and the politics of sacred texts. Her current work examines the Dead Sea Scrolls within New Religious Movements in the United States. \nElaine Sullivan\, Associate Professor\, Ancient Studies & History\, “How to Get Drunk with a Goddess” \nAn Egyptogist\, Sullivan’s field research has included excavation and survey at Karnak’s Mut Temple\, the cemetery of Saqqara\, and the Greco-Roman city of Karanis\, all in Egypt. She is currently authoring a book on the sales of antiquities out of Egypt in the late 19th and early 20th century. \n  \nThis event is presented by Ancient Studies at UCSC\, co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/ritual-drinking-in-the-ancient-world/
LOCATION:Stockwell Cellars\, 1100 Fair Ave\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060
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SUMMARY:Ripple Effect Arts Festival Opening
DESCRIPTION:A celebration of Santa Cruz County’s creative community during arts and culture month in California! The arts community of Santa Cruz County is coming together for this exciting new 11-day celebration showcasing the region’s rich artistic landscape. \nThe festival will feature performances\, exhibitions\, workshops\, and interactive events across venues countywide\, inviting audiences of all ages to experience the transformative power of art. \nKnown for our stunning coastline and redwood forests throughout Santa Cruz County\, the Ripple Effect Arts Festival invites visitors to also discover the talent and creativity of our local artists\, as well as the hospitality that make this region a world-class destination. \nThe Ripple Effect Arts Festival was born out of a shared belief that the arts not only enrich our lives but also strengthen our community and economy. At a time when many artists and organizations face mounting challenges\, Ripple Effect provides a new opportunity for collaboration\, visibility\, and collective support. Grassroots and volunteer-driven\, the festival is powered by the dedication of local arts organizations and community partners who believe in the unifying force of creativity. \nMore info and detailed schedule at: https://www.rippleartsfestsantacruz.org/ \n\nThe Ripple Effect Arts Festival is co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/ripple-effect-arts-festival-opening/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz County\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Omar Zahzah - Virtual Palestine: Digital Settler Colonialism and Palestinian Resistance
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Racial Justice is very proud to sponsor the second annual Possibilities of Palestinian Refusal: Against Disciplining Knowledge and Movement series! Please join us for the following talk with Omar Zahzah- Virtual Palestine: Digital Settler Colonialism and Palestinian Resistance. \nIn this talk\, Omar Zahzah will elaborate upon the concept of digital settler colonialism\, which captures how the internet is weaponized to fortify Israeli settler colonialism—often with the complicity of US Big Tech companies. Building off of his newly published book Terms of Servitude: Zionism\, Silicon Valley\, and Digital Settler Colonialism in the Palestinian Liberation Struggle (Censored Press/Seven Stories Press\, 2025)\, the presentation will also describe the contingent role that digital technologies have played in advancing the Palestinian struggle\, and how Palestinians and their allies continue to resist censorship and repression in spite of an increasingly hostile digital status quo.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/omar-zahzah-virtual-palestine-digital-settler-colonialism-and-palestinian-resistance/
LOCATION:Humanities 1\, Room 210\, 1156 high st\, Santa cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Living Writers with Joe De Vera and Josen Diaz
DESCRIPTION:In Nourishment\, Us. \nJoe De Vera (WSU) Visual Artist and Josen Diaz (UCSC) Critic and Archivist \nJoe deVera’s paintings and installations are attempts to clarify the absurd theaters of human tragedy — examining the possible relationships between historiography and art objects — while simultaneously investigating the resonant aftermath of mass conflict. Having emigrated from the Philippines as a youth and enlisting in the U.S. Marines Corps after high school — serving two combat deployments to Iraq in support of the Second Gulf War/GWOT — deVera’s works are also autobiographical observations of power structures and the machines of empire. He joined the Sam Fox School from Wake Forest University. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from California State University\, Fullerton\, and his Master of Fine Arts in painting and printmaking from Yale University. \nJosen Masangkay Diaz (she/they) writes and teaches about race\, gender\, colonialism\, and authoritarianism. Her book\, Postcolonial Configurations: Dictatorship\, the Racial Cold War\, and Filipino America (Duke University Press\, 2023)\, analyzes the formation of Filipino American subjectivity through a study of U.S.-Philippine cold war politics. Her writing appears in American Quarterly\, Social Text\, Critical Ethnic Studies Journal\, Signs\, and elsewhere. She serves as section editor for Lateral\, editorial board member for the Asian Journal of Women’s Studies\, Critical Ethnic Studies Journal\, and Feminist Pedagogy Journal. She received her Ph.D. in Literature from the University of California\, San Diego and was previously faculty at the University of San Diego and fellow with the Asian American Studies Center at the University of California\, Los Angeles. \nLiving Writers Spring 2026:  Our Nourishment\, US features poets\, writers\, critics\, visual and performance artists\, who demonstrate how writing and art enacts around the idea of freedom and the imaginary in the face of the constant threat of terror and erasure. In the presence of who we all are within marginalized yet expansively powerful fields of racialized and multiply lived complex and diverse identities\, please come as we convene in spirit\, deep celebration\, and resource with one another. \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.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/living-writers-with-joe-de-vera-and-josen-diaz/
LOCATION:Humanities Lecture Hall\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Santa Cruz Night of Ideas
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a nocturnal celebration of art\, philosophy\, and activism! \nAs the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its independence\, the 2026 Santa Cruz Night of Ideas invites us not to celebrate the Enlightenment\, but to interrogate it. Long associated with democracy\, progress\, and universal reason\, the Enlightenment’s legacy remains deeply ambivalent – coexisting with enduring forms of exclusion\, colonial violence\, and economic exploitation. These unresolved tensions\, strikingly visible today\, demand renewed scrutiny. \nRather than treating the Enlightenment as a closed chapter or shared inheritance\, this edition centers young local voices and civil society to ask urgent questions: whose reason matters\, whose freedoms are secured\, and whose futures are denied? \nThrough conversations\, workshops\, performances\, and visionary talks\, Enlightenment\, Now! becomes a space for lived experience and collective experimentation. Featuring contributions from local performers Crista Berryessa and the Beati Quorum\, Alex Olwal’s audiovisual collaborations with AL-EK\, and Juan Ospina\, flautist and composer with Olemano\, we will gather with Thomas Sage Pedersen\, Ronaldo V. Wilson\, Gina Athena Ulysse\, and many other guests. The aim is not consensus\, but momentum: rethinking progress and imagining new political\, ethical\, and cultural possibilities under radically changed conditions. \nJoin us on Friday\, April 17 at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences to explore what remains of the Enlightenment\, and what it might become! \n\nNight of Ideas\, a global event taking place simultaneously in more than 100 countries and 22 cities in the United States\, invites thought leaders\, activists\, performers\, authors\, and academics to engage the public in discussions around central questions that address major\, contemporary global issues. \nFirst introduced in the United States in 2015 by the French Embassy\, Night of Ideas is a nationwide phenomenon today\, drawing tens of thousands of people to events across the country\, for a nocturnal marathon of philosophical debates\, performances\, readings\, and more. \n\nThis event is brought to you by the Center for Public Philosophy\, with support from the Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, The Humanities Institute\, the Marc Sanders Foundation\, Villa Albertine\, and the Institut Français. \nBy attending this event you hereby consent to having your photo/likeness/recordings posted publicly and on social media.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/santa-cruz-night-of-ideas/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Avenue\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Saturday Shakespeare - Macbeth
DESCRIPTION:Saturday Shakespeare in Santa Cruz Presents Macbeth by William Shakespeare Aptos Library on Aoril 18\, 25\, May 2\, 9 & 16 2026 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 speaker followed by a volunteer read aloud of the play. On May 16\,a video of a live stage production will be shown. This event series is co-sponsored by the UC Santa Cruz Shakespeare Workshop. \nFor more information\, Zoom Link\, or to volunteer to be a reader\, contact: saturdayshakespeare@gmail.com \nGuest Speakers / Video Recording \n\nApril 18: Julia Reinhard Lupton\, Distinguished Professor Emerita of English & Comparative Literature & Co-Director of the New Swan Shakespeare Center at UC\, Irvine. Reading: Act 1\nApril 25: Charles Pasternak\, Acclaimed New York-based theatre director and actor\, Paul will direct Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s 2026 production of Macbeth. Reading: Act 2 through Act 3\, Scene 3\nMay 2: Abigail Heald\, Lecturer in Literature @ UC Santa Cruz & Stanford. She is writing a book on the relationship between art and emotion in Shakespeare’s work. Reading: Act 3\, Scene 4 through Act 4\, Scene 2\nMay 9: Paul Mullins\, Actor / Director\, Artistic Director of Santa Cruz Shakespeare. Reading: Act 4\, Scene 3 through Act 5\, Scene 8\nMay 16: Video recording of a live stage production at the Globe Theatre\, directed by Tony Award winning director Eve Best\, and starring Joseph Millson (Macbeth) and Samantha Spiro (Lady Macbeth).
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/saturday-shakespeare-macbeth-april18/
LOCATION:Virtual and In Person
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