Events
Week of Events
Sunday, May 24, 2026
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Monday, May 25, 2026
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Tuesday, May 26, 2026
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May 26, 2026The Deep Read: The Literature and Poetics of Fungi Salon
The Deep Read: The Literature and Poetics of Fungi Salon
Join us for a salon-style event at the Hay Barn on campus where we will hold a salon focused on the literary and poetic influence of fungi and its relation to Entangled Life. The salon will feature Professors Hannah Cole (Assistant Professor of Literature at UC Santa Cruz), Brenda Hillman (Professor Emerita of Poetry at […]
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
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May 27, 2026 -Murad Idris – Against Hate: On the Politics of a False Diagnosis
Murad Idris – Against Hate: On the Politics of a False Diagnosis
Co-sponsored by the Global Political Thought Working Group The idea that “hate” names a fundamental problem of our time has engulfed Anglophone public discourse. Republicans and Democrats, university presidents and doxxing campaigns, advocacy organizations and journalists, scholarly experts and “hate glossaries” criticize what they oppose as hate, demand standing against hate, and seem to treat […]
Thursday, May 28, 2026
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May 28, 2026 -Performing Shakespeare in Santa Cruz
Performing Shakespeare in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Shakespeare and the UC Santa Cruz Shakespeare Workshop present an exhibit of materials from past productions of Much Ado about Nothing and Macbeth, curated by student interns at Shakespeare Workshop from the Santa Cruz Shakespeare archive. The event will include opening remarks by Charles Pasternak & Paul Whitworth and light refreshments. Tickets are […]
Friday, May 29, 2026
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May 29, 2026 -Jean Drèze – “Yummy: School Meals in India”
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May 29, 2026Amy Zhou – Unequal Worlds of Care: The Politics of Global Health in Malawi
Jean Drèze – “Yummy: School Meals in India”
Join the Center for South Asian Studies for a virtual talk by Jean Drèze, “Yummy: School Meals in India.” School meals have been a legal entitlement of Indian children since 2001. It took some years for this legal entitlement to translate into functional schemes, but from then onwards school meals have made important contributions to […]
Amy Zhou – Unequal Worlds of Care: The Politics of Global Health in Malawi
Unequal Worlds of Care examines how policymakers, providers, and patients in Malawi navigate a healthcare system transformed unevenly by foreign aid. Whether through engaging in political resistance, refusing treatment, or leveraging the opportunities available to them, people contend with global health programs that only partially recognize their healthcare realities. Ultimately, overlooking fundamental aspects of healthcare […]
Saturday, May 30, 2026
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May 30, 2026 -Office Hours Under the Sea
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May 30, 2026 -The Roadmap Home – Affordable Housing Month Panel Discussion
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May 30, 2026UCSC French and Japanese Student Performance Evening
Office Hours Under the Sea
Join Ronaldo Wilson and special guests for a site-specific, endurance performance as part of there are no words, but melodies. The exhibition emerges at the intersections of Black poetics, performance, and visual art to shuttle between verbal and non-verbal forms of language, rendering the boundaries of identity and meaning slippery. Drop in and visit Wilson’s […]
The Roadmap Home – Affordable Housing Month Panel Discussion
Join Housing Santa Cruz County for Affordable Housing Month Keynote & 6th Anniversary Celebration, an afternoon that brings together the big-picture vision and the on-the-ground reality of housing in California. The Roadmap Home will explore a comprehensive, solutions-driven framework for ending the housing crisis. New Affordable Housing Pipeline data will confront a stark truth: nearly […]
UCSC French and Japanese Student Performance Evening
FREE – ALL WELCOME In the spirit of the Miriam Ellis International Playhouse, students from the French and Japanese programs at UCSC will present an evening of theater and music performances. French: Dur dur la torture (Pure Torture), written by the students, directed by Renée Cailloux. Japanese: “きぼうのうた” (Song of Hope), directed by Naoko Yamamoto. […]