At the midpoint of World War II, an Axis army under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was on the brink of conquering the Middle East. Drawing on his latest book, War of Shadows, historian and alumnus Gershom Gorenberg (Kresge '76, Religious Studies) will reveal the espionage affair that led to the British victory against Rommel at […]

New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley will present his new book Silent Spring Revolution, which chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), on December 1 at the UC Santa Cruz Cowell Ranch Hay Barn. The book tells the story of an indomitable generation that saved the […]

In 1942, at the outset of World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the incarceration of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast. The following year, the War Relocation Authority had the task of determining the loyalty of their inmates in order to release them for productive normalized lives outside camp. A loyalty questionnaire […]

The Humanities Institute and Bookshop Santa Cruz welcome Bettina Aptheker, UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor Emerita, for a discussion about her new book, Communists in Closets: Queering the History 1930s-1990s, which explores the history of gay, lesbian, and non-heterosexual people in the Communist Party in the United States. Free and open to the public. Registration […]

Join us for the final event of From the Margins: Dante 701 Years Later, featuring Professor Robert Gordon (University of Cambridge) and Martin Eisner (Duke University). Moderated by Nathaniel Deutsch (UC Santa Cruz Professor and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies). Free and open to the public. Registration required. "Primo Levi and Dante. Cosmologies," by […]

Join us as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Research Center for the Americas! The distinguished honoree will be civil rights & feminist icon Dolores Huerta. The keynote speaker will be Cristina Jiménez, community organizer and co-founder of United We Dream. We have more surprises in store so follow us on social media! Visit our 30th Anniversary Facebook Event Page & follow […]

Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes bestselling author Temple Grandin (Thinking In Pictures) for a discussion of her new book, Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think In Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions. This offsite, ticketed event will take place at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn and is cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa […]

Celeste Ng, number one bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, will be on campus for an event celebrating her new book, Our Missing Hearts—a deeply suspenseful and heartrending novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear. Ng will be in-conversation with local writer Ellen Bass. This ticketed event […]

Bestselling and award-winning author Sandra Cisneros (The House on Mango Street) will be coming to campus for an in-person event to celebrate the release of her brave new collection, Woman Without Shame: Poems. This ticketed event, which will take place at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn, is cosponsored by Bookshop Santa Cruz, The Humanities Institute at UC Santa […]

Join us for a discussion with campus faculty and the Deep Read community at the 2022 Deep Read Salon where we’ll discuss Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom. UCSC Chancellor Cynthia Larive—an accomplished bioanalytical chemist—will be joined by Vilashini Coopan (Literature and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies) and Gina Athena Ulysse (Feminist Studies), for an evening of […]