News & Events
Exploring the impact and ethics of the Frankenstein phenomena
November 7, 2019
UCSC will present "The Frankenstein Project," a modern theatrical adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein story, plus "FrankenCon"-- a three-day conference featuring scientists, theorists, authors, and artists, plus film screenings.
Award-winning poet Gary Soto to read at 10th annual Morton Marcus memorial event
November 1, 2019
Award-winning poet and novelist Gary Soto will be the featured guest at the 10th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading, Thursday, November 7, at 7 p.m. in the UCSC Music Recital Hall.
Litquake Santa Cruz to offer 'Funny & Peculiar: Santa Cruz Writers on Keeping It Weird'
October 11, 2019
In honor of its 20th anniversary, "Litquake," San Francisco’s annual literary festival, has created 20 new events in 20 cities across the country outside of San Francisco. One of those events will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz on October 15, co-presented by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz.
UC Santa Cruz announces lineup for Fall 2019 Living Writers Series
September 23, 2019
"Autobiography, Fairy Tales, The Future" is the name of this fall’s installment of the Living Writers Series at UC Santa Cruz. Curated by Micah Perks, professor of literature and co-director of the Creative Writing Program, the series runs through December 5 at the Humanities Lecture Hall.
Tales of brutality and survival
September 23, 2019
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead enthralled a Santa Cruz crowd with stories from Nickel Boys, his new bestselling novel based on the horrifying true story of a notorious reform school in the Florida Panhandle.
Celebrated author and master storyteller Malcolm Gladwell to discuss ‘Talking to Strangers’
September 6, 2019
Why does a routine traffic stop end in tragedy? How can a spy spend years hidden at the highest levels of the Pentagon? Why is it so hard to detect a lie or judge a stranger's motives? On Sept. 21, The Humanities Institute and Bookshop Santa Cruz, will present “An Evening with Malcolm Gladwell” at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center.
UCSC’s Humanities Institute and Cabrillo Festival partner to present ‘Community Night’
August 2, 2019
A special evening of music designed specifically for Santa Cruz community members by the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music will take place on August 8 at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, presented in collaboration with The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz.
The 2019 Dickens Universe explores a tale of two riots with students from South LA
July 12, 2019
One of the highlights at this year’s Dickens Universe will be a featured exhibit coming to the campus from Los Angeles along with Jacqueline Barrios, who is using a Dickens novel to explore the impact and history of the Los Angeles riots of 1992 with her high school students.
Feminist studies professor Gina Dent receives Dizikes Award for teaching in Humanities
June 14, 2019
Professor of feminist studies Gina Dent was presented with the John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities at the Division’s 2019 Spring Awards celebration held at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn.
Great expectations and the general magic of failure
May 8, 2019
A new film by Dickens Universe regular and benefactor Mike Stern is the story of a little-known company that set in motion much of our technological world
Inspired Expeditions: A travel program for the curious
March 27, 2019
UC Santa Cruz’s new travel program pairs travelers with expert professors for enhanced perspectives into some of the world’s most fascinating places.
UCSC to bring art/science LASER series downtown for special evening at Rio Theater
March 1, 2019
On Tuesday, March 12, the Institute of the Arts and Sciences at UC Santa Cruz will bring its local LASER—now in its sixth year of quarterly talks on campus—downtown for a special evening at the Rio Theater.
Borderbus: A community conversation about migration, art, and social justice
February 26, 2019
Former U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera will appear in conversation with book artist and UCSC alumna Felicia Rice on March 6, at the Museum of Art and History in downtown Santa Cruz.
Living Writers Series event dedicated to celebration of literature professor Karen Yamashita
February 22, 2019
On February 28, the Living Writers Series will dedicate a special reading to a celebration of literature professor Karen Yamashita on the occasion of her retirement, beginning at 5 p.m. in the Humanities Lecture Hall.
Jody Greene and Mary Beth Pudup named to inaugural board of UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement
January 30, 2019
UC Santa Cruz professors Jody Greene and Mary Beth Pudup are among 19 leading University of California scholars who have been named to the inaugural academic advisory board of the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement.
An unburied dream
January 29, 2019
It took professor emeritus Paul Skenazy many years to say, "I want to be a fiction writer." Now he's won a prestigious literary prize for his fiction debut, Temper CA. Last month, he drew a capacity crowd to Bookshop Santa Cruz.
'What refugees taught me about Shakespeare'
January 24, 2019
On Jan. 31, New York theater director Jessica Bauman will come to campus for a special evening at Kresge Town Hall titled 'What Refugees Taught Me About Shakespeare.' Together with UCSC professor Cat Ramirez, she will explore the ways that the stories we hear and tell about refugees shape our responses to the worldwide migration crisis.
Two new books published by UC Santa Cruz poet, lecturer, and alumnus Gary Young
December 13, 2018
UC Santa Cruz literature lecturer Gary Young has just released "That's What I Thought," a new poetry collection which has been honored with the Lexi Rudnitsky Editor's Choice Award from Persea Books in New York City.
The Nineteenth Annual Literature Undergraduate Colloquium
May 8, 2018
Join us Thursday, May 17 for a presentation of exceptional undergraduate work in literature, thoughtful discussion, and refreshments!
