Walter H. Capps Center

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As the project unfolds it will include a range of opportunities for community engagement and public participation. Stay tuned for more information about this exciting project. Read more about the project: student-journalism.hfa.ucsb.edu/news-entries/2…

We will travel as a team to various communities, listening to, learning from, and supporting repatriation practitioners seeking to bring home their ancestors and sacred objects.

We are proud to announce our long-term work on repatriation at UCSB and beyond has received a major boost by way of five-year grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. @HLuceFdn

… making it all the more consequential that the discipline is losing faculty lines faster than any other field in the humanities. 🕐: May 7, 4PM 📍: HSSB, room 3024 💲: Free See our website for event details. Link in bio. #UCSB #CappsCenter #Ethics #Religion #PublicLife

In this talk, Landres will argue that Religious Studies provides much of the epistemological infrastructure the humanities needs to govern AI-assisted scholarly production …

Join us Thursday, May 7 at 4PM for J. Shawn Landres on “Disciplining the Line: Religious Studies and Artificial Intelligence.”

🕐: May 6, 5PM 📍: Henley Hall 💲: Free See our website for event details. Link in bio. #UCSB #CappsCenter #Ethics #Religion #PublicLife

This event is co-presented with a grant from the John Templeton Foundation as part of a nine-lecture series on contemporary metaphysical spirituality.

Join us Wednesday, May 6 for Omri Elisha on “What Do Planets Feel Like?: Metaphysics and Metaphors of Presence in Modern Astrology.”

🕐: April 29, 7:30pm 📍: Campbell Hall 💲: Free See our website for event details. Link in bio. #UCSB #CappsCenter #Ethics #Religion #PublicLife

Join us and our friends at @artsandlectures Wednesday, April 29 for an evening of readings and commentary by one of America’s most vital literary voices, Martín Espada, whose words transform resistance and compassion into unforgettable art.

Join us Thursday, April 9 for Sam Gill on “Religion in Motion: The Identity and World-Creating Powers of Religious Action.” 🕐: April 9, 5PM 📍: Henley Hall, Lecture Hall 💲: Free See our website for event details. Link in bio. #UCSB #CappsCenter #Ethics #Religion #PublicLife

🕔 5:00–6:30pm (Gill; Elisha); 7:30–9:00pm (Espada) 📍 Locations vary | see link in bio for further details #UCSB #CappsCenter #Ethics #Religion #PublicLife

📅 Apr 9 — Religion in Motion: The Identity and World-Changing Powers of Religious Action (Sam Gill) 📅 Apr 29 — An Evening with Martin Espada 📅 May 6 — What Do Planets Feel Like? Metaphysics and Metaphors of Presence in Modern Astrology (Omri Elisha)

Mark your calendars for our Spring 2026 primary events at the Capps Center