UC Santa Cruz alumna Reyna Grande will be in conversation with Micah Perks and Sylvanna Falcón about her highly-anticipated new novel, A Ballad of Love and Glory, at an in-person event at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn. The event is in-person only; no streaming option is available at this time, and the event will not […]

The public intellectual space seems to be dominated by various forms of bullying, in various kinds of disguise. One person wants to "call out" your bad assumptions; another commands you to concede their point of view. The overall effect, for participants, is of being in a tug of war for one's attentions, emotions, allegiance. Is […]

Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Man Booker finalist and bestselling local author Karen Joy Fowler (We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves) for a discussion of her highly-anticipated novel Booth—an epic and intimate novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth. Fowler will be in conversation with award-winning […]

Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes author Erik Larson for a discussion of his #1 New York Times bestseller The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz. Larson will be in conversation with UC Santa Cruz Politics Professor Daniel Wirls. This event is cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC […]

Focusing on Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments the Santa Cruz Salon will be an opportunity to discuss the book with UCSC professors and your fellow community members. Speakers David Draper, Statistics, Director of the College Scholars Program Marcia Ochoa, Feminist Studies Andrew S. Mathews, Anthropology Moderator: Laura Martin, Porter College Details 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Cowell […]

Annual Humanities Spring Awards Celebration at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn on Wednesday, June 5th, starting at 4:00 pm. The event includes the Spring Awards ceremony for undergraduate achievements, the Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellows poster session, and a celebration of faculty milestones. The Humanities Spring Awards Celebration is a wonderful opportunity for staff, faculty, alumni, […]

Event Photos by Crystal Birns: Presented by The Humanities Institute and The Center for Jewish Studies 2018 marked the 70th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights amid a time of crisis for global democracy. It is imperative that we revisit the history of the modern Human Rights movement and reexamine the relationship between […]