Humanities
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Deep Read 2024 gears up
With book giveaways, email explorations, salons, community conversations, and more, The Humanities Institute is preparing an immersive experience with its latest Deep Read selection, the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning novel Trust.
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New gifts launch projects and experiential learning in Sikh studies
Two new gifts to UC Santa Cruz will raise awareness and understanding of Sikhism through two distinct projects. Each project includes paid internships for students.
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Dean Celine Parreñas Shimizu launches her new book: “The Movies of Racial Childhoods”
To celebrate, Shimizu will be hosting a book launch on the University of California, Santa Cruz Campus at the Sesnon Gallery, where the book will be available for purchase from Two Birds Books. The book will be discussed in conversation with Shimizu and the Sesnon Gallery director Valeria Miranda.
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Two History of Consciousness professors named to lead prestigious political journal
University of California, Santa Cruz History of Consciousness Professors Banu Bargu and Massimiliano Tomba have been named co-editors of the influential scholarly journal Political Theory.
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The UCSC Music Department presents “The World Making Aura of Sonic Blackness” with Moor Mother & James Gordon Williams
On Wednesday, March 6, 2024, the University of California, Santa Cruz Music Department presents a very special performance by guest artist Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa) and James Gordon Williams, assistant professor of music composition at UC Santa Cruz in the Recital Hall of the Music Center.
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Upcoming exhibition will shine a light on vibrant Filipino American life on the Central Coast
Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley will run from April 12 through August 4 at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art And History in downtown Santa Cruz, highlighting the vitality, struggles, and resilience of the Central Coast’s Filipino migrant community
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Alumna and award-winning author empowers the next generation
Renowned author and UCSC alumna Reyna Grande, recipient of multiple literary awards, traces her extraordinary journey to becoming a bestseller. Grande, now giving back to her alma mater through the Reyna Grande Scholarship, hopes to inspire Latinx students to pursue creative projects and amplify their cultural heritage.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Noah Whitley reflects on the value of a UCSC degree one year later
One year after graduating from UCSC, Noah Whitley works as a legislative assistant for a political consulting firm that works closely with the California State Legislature.
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Distinguished Emerita Professor Angela Davis receives the Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for her contributions to architecture
University of California, Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor Emerita Angela Davis has been honored with the Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for her influence on architectural culture.
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After Man: Alterhuman Ethics and Poetics at the Climate Change Tipping Point
Join associate professor micha cárdenas for her talk about the meeting point between the end of humanity and contemporary art.
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The UCSC’s African American Theater Arts Troupe presents Clyde’s by Lynn Nottage
Light-hearted comedy captures the struggles of the formerly incarcerated staff as they hope for a better life
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The future of Wikipedia in an era of AI
Maryana Iskander, Chief Executive Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation, is the featured speaker at this year’s Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture on Thursday, February 22, at the Cowell Hay Barn.