Humanities
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Empowering transfer students: UC Santa Cruz’s Humanities Division prepares undergraduates for the future
Transferring between universities can be stressful and disorienting, but at UC Santa Cruz, the Humanities Division works hard to ensure that transfer students are empowered, supported, and ready to make an impact.
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Sir Isaac Julien’s dreamworld comes alive at the de Young Museum in San Francisco
Featuring 10 major video installations made between 1999 and 2022, alongside several early single-channel films including his iconic Looking for Langston (1989), this exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of Julien’s work in a museum setting and his first retrospective in the United States.
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Alumna Reyna Grande named to Kirkus Reviews’ list of best books of the 21st century
Grande’s memoir, ‘A Dream Called Home’, chronicles Grande’s journey to UC Santa Cruz and becoming a best-selling author
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Alumna named to Inc.’s Female Founders 500 List
Cassi Janakos recognized for leading workplace lactation solutions
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Reviving Indigenous languages: $600,000 grant honors the linguistic tapestry of Oaxacan immigrants in California
The new cohort of THI Oaxacan Language Public Fellows will develop an exhibition in collaboration with and under the layered mentorship of library professionals, museum professionals, local transnational Indigenous activists and scholars, and academic faculty.
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Acclaimed poet and cultural theorist Fred Moten to deliver this year’s Hayden V. White Lecture
Acclaimed poet and cultural theorist Fred Moten to deliver this year’s Hayden V. White Lecture
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Six UC Santa Cruz professors awarded 2025 NEH Grants for groundbreaking research on AI, colonial violence, and social justice
Six UC Santa Cruz professors have received prestigious 2025 National Endowment for the Humanities awards this year, advancing scholarship on topics ranging from colonial violence to the ethical implications of artificial intelligence.
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Lactation room opens at Humanities One, with help from donor funds and a proud Banana Slug
Lactating mothers now have a dedicated safe space in the Humanities to nurse or pump milk. A new lactation room is now open in Humanities One at Room 228,
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Celebrated trans author Jennifer Finney Boylan visits during a critical moment
Bestselling author Jennifer Finney Boylan, one of the nation’s most influential and recognizable advocates for trans rights, is currently serving as scholar-in-residence at UC Santa Cruz during a fraught time for both trans rights and the humanities.
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Critical Imagination in Crisis Times: A Conference on the power of the Humanities at UC Santa Cruz
In times of growing inequality, political upheaval, and climate crisis, how do we imagine a different future, one that breaks free from the cycles of crisis and oppression? This question will be explored in depth at UC Santa Cruz’s Critical Imagination in Crisis Times conference at Merrill College on Tuesday, March 11.
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Prominent trans rights advocate and bestselling author Jennifer Finney Boylan will deliver Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture
Jennifer Finney Boylan, a celebrated author, LGBTQ+ advocate, and prominent voice in the transgender rights movement, will invoke the spirit of American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart during her Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture on Tuesday, March 4. Boylan is currently Scholar In Residence at The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz.
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UCHRI grants advance Humanities research on campus
This year, UC Santa Cruz researchers are advancing cutting-edge projects that tackle critical issues such as antiracist education, environmental resilience, and the intersections of identity and power, with critical funding from the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI).