The Humanities Institute presents “Futurescapes: Projects from the Coha-Gunderson Collective,” a multi-media exhibition by UCSC students and alumni winners of the Coha-Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures. 13 winners of the […]
Welcome to the 2023 Deep Read! This is the first of four weekly installments exploring Elizabeth Kolbert’s Under a White Sky. Our goal is to enhance your reading experience by […]
On Wednesday, May 3, at 5:30pm in the Namaste Lounge (College Nine), New Yorker writer and co-host of the podcast Time to Say Goodbye E. Tammy Kim will be giving a talk on the […]
Elina Juvonen is an undergraduate student at UC Santa Cruz double majoring in History and Anthropology. She is currently working as a THI Undergraduate Public Fellow with The Okinawa Memories […]
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a prestigious $75,000 Public Humanities Projects: Exhibitions Planning grant to Watsonville Is In The Heart (WIITH). Housed in The Humanities Institute at UCSC, […]
Over the 2022-23 academic year, THI administered the Mellon Sawyer Seminar “Race, Empire, and the Environments of Biomedicine.” This Seminar brought a host of scholars to campus to explore the […]
On April 18th, 2023, the Humanities Institute was honored to welcome Aldair Meija, Cecilia Mendez, Carlos Molina-Vital, Mariela Noles Cotito, and Nelson Pereya for the event, “What’s Happening in Peru? […]
This event is co-sponsored by Jewish Studies In Recording History, Christopher Silver provides the first history of the music scene and recording industry across twentieth century Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. In […]
Dr. Isaac Blacksin is a graduate of the History of Consciousness Department at UC Santa Cruz. In 2019-2020, he was the recipient of THI’s Yearlong Dissertation Completion Fellowship. He is […]
Laura Jaramillo is a poet and critic from Queens, New York living in Durham, North Carolina. Her books include Material Girl (subpress, 2012) and Making Water (Futurepoem, 2022). She holds […]
This event is co-sponsored by Film and Digital Media Maps always sense and often cut. Much has been written about their violence, as an overture for the genocidal touch, as […]
In Recording History, Christopher Silver provides the first history of the music scene and recording industry across twentieth century Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. In doing so, he offers striking insights into […]
Curious about becoming a THI Public Fellow? Not sure how to find the right partner organization? If you’re thinking about applying your expertise in the public sphere or exploring career […]
Throughout history, settler colonialism has endeavored to erase the lived experiences and histories of American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples. Yet, Indigenous populations, particularly Indigenous women, remain strong and resilient […]
The Humanities Institute’s graduate student programs provide scholars with vital support to pursue their research interests and engage in Humanities projects that prepare them for meaningful careers. THI helps graduate […]
Application Deadline: Thursday, April 20th, 2023 Amount: Up to $6,000 THI invites applications for our Public Fellows program. THI Public Fellows contribute to research, programming, communications, and fundraising at companies, […]
Radhika Prasad is a PhD student in Literature at UC Santa Cruz. Prasad’s research concerns post-independence Hindi literature and the relationship between literature, language politics, and nation-building. In February, we […]
Application Deadline: Sunday, March 26th, 2023 Amount: $5,000 fellowship for Summer 2023 Summer Pathways Fellowships provide first and second year humanities students in the Graduate Student Success (GSS) program with […]
A cross-divisional initiative to prepare graduate students in the Arts and Humanities from historically underrepresented groups to go on to the professoriate. Pathways to the Professoriate in the Arts and […]
On March 1, 2023, The Humanities Institute presented the 2023 Night at the Museum, featuring the California premiere of Resettlement: Chicago Story, a new short fictional film and educational website, […]