Freedom and Race Programming (2017-2018)

Thanks to generous funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the 2017-2018 academic year was focused around a core theme: “Freedom and Race.”

All year we sought to tackle the most vexing questions surrounding the historic struggle of people around the world to be free. We launched our first-ever course and brought the Santa Cruz community together for standing-room-only events featuring the kind of thoughtful dialogue that digs deeper—and lasts longer—than 280 characters.

Here’s what we’ve been up to.

 

News Highlights

• New class: Freedom and Race
• Santa Cruz Sentinel, “Discussion seeks intersections, contradictions between race, freedom“
• Questions That Matter: Jennifer González says racism has been growing for decades
• 5 Questions with Dean Tyler Stovall

Event Highlights

• Questions that Matter | Freedom and Race
• UCSC Night at the Museum | “Global 1968 – Race and Revolution around the World”
• “Freedom, Justice, Difference: The Merchant of Venice Now“

 

Read more about the Expanding Humanities Impact and Publics project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.