Events of Interest for Fall 2024

10 Years of the Center for Archival Research and Training | UNIVERSITY LIBRARY | October 1 | 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Special Collections, McHenry Library | RSVP

The More-than-Human(ities) Lab Meet & Greet | THE HUMANITIES INSTITUTE | October 9 | 2:00 PM –  4PM | Room 210, Humanities 1 

Identity in Focus: Media Representations and the 2024 Presidential Election | THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION | Nolan Higdon, Education; Kayson Tang; Allison Butler, Communication, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Nicholas Baham, Ethnic Studies, CSU East Bay; Andy Lee Roth, Project Censored; Steve Macek, Communication and Media Studies, North Central College | October 9 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Online via Zoom

U.S. Elections and Democracy in Deeply Polarized Times: What are the Stakes and Opportunities? | THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION | Chris Benner, The Institute for Social Transformation; Elizabeth Beaumont, Politics & Legal Studies; Larry Gerston, Politics, SJSU; Dan Wirls, Politics; Kira Tait, Politics & Legal Studies; Anjuli Verma, Politics & Legal Studies | October 10 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | The University Center Alumni Room or Online via Zoom

Bilingual California/California Bilingüe: Fronteras y Futuros | THE HUMANITIES INSTITUTE | Ana Celia Zentella, Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego and Hunter College | October 11 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Music Center Recital Hall | RSVP

Ecologies of Care Conference | CENTER FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES | October 14 | 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM | Room 210, Humanities 1 

Mapping Hydrocommons Cultures in the Americas | UC SANTA CRUZ MORE-THAN-HUMAN(ITIES) LABORATORY | Lisa Blackmore, Art History & Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Essex; Alejandro Ponce de León, Environmental Humanities & Technoscience Studies, University of London | October 15 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Room 210, Humanities 1 | RSVP

In Conversation: Rebecca Belmore and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson | Institute of the Arts and Sciences | October 18 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Institute of the Arts and Sciences (100 Panetta Ave)

Exhibition Walk-through with Imani Jacqueline Brown | INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES | October 19 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Institute of the Arts and Sciences (100 Panetta Ave)

Book Launch Celebration! | CENTER FOR CRITICAL URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | Lindsey Dillon, Sociology – Toxic City; Eric Porter, HistCon & CRES – A People’s History of SFO | October 21 | 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Room 210, Humanities 1 | RSVP

Possibilities of a Palestinian Refusal: Against Disciplining Knowledge and Movement | CENTER FOR RACIAL JUSTICE | Mjriam Abu Samra, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow & Lara Sheehi, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology | October 23 | 4:00 PM | Cervantes & Velasquez Room

Walking in the Ecotone | EARTH ECOLOGIES X TECHNOSCIENCE (HISTORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS) | Jim Clifford, HistCon | October 30 | 2:30 PM | Meet in front of Humanities 1

First Friday at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences | INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES | November 1 | 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Institute of the Arts and Sciences (100 Panetta Ave)

Solitary Garden 5 Year Anniversary Celebration | INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES | November 2 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center

Exu, Orality and Ritual | INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES | Moisés Patrício, Visual Artist and Babalorixá | November 7 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Institute of the Arts and Sciences, Explode! Passagem Installation by Cláudio Bueno and João Simões | RSVP

Alumni & Family Day at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences | INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES | November 9 | 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Institute of the Arts and Sciences (100 Panetta Ave) | RSVP

Screening & Discussion: Paint Me a Road Out of Here | INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES | November 13 | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Del Mar Theater | RSVP

Santa Cruz Dickens Fellowship presents ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’ | THE DICKENS PROJECT | October 27, November 24 | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Virtual sessions | RSVP

Ellen Bass: Morton Marcus Poetry Reading | THE HUMANITIES INSTITUTE | November 7 | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Cultural Center at Merrill | RSVP

Field Notes: Colonial Power at the Thresholds of Gender Studies | FEMINIST STUDIES | Jasbir Puar | November 14 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM | The Hay Barn

Equality of the Minor | LITERATURE/AURORA CHAIR | Ajay Skaria, History, University of Minnesota | November 21 | 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Room 202, Humanities 1 

Webinar: “Abdias Nascimento and Abolition” | INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES | November 22 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Online via Zoom

Art, Technology, and Activism in Brazil: 20 years of Frente 3 de Fevereiro | INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES | November 22 | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

The Lichen Walk | EARTH ECOLOGIES X TECHNOSCIENCE (HISTORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS) | A. Laurie Palmer, Art | December 4 | Time TBD | Meet in front of Humanities 1

Praxis: A panel on critical food studies and food movements | COMMUNITY STUDIES / CENTER FOR AGROECOLOGY | Julie Guthman, Community Studies; Maywa Montenegro de Wit, Agroecology; Madeleine Fairbairn, Environmental Studies; Naya Jones, Sociology | December 4 | 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | The Haybarn 

Ilê Ayé and the Dimensions of Freedom | INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES | Dandha Da Hora, Dancer and Singer | December 6, 2024 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Institute of the Arts and Sciences, Explode! Passagem Installation by Cláudio Bueno and João Simões | RSVP