The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz

Terrific to see this published! Here's a link to the event recap: thi.ucsc.edu/whats-happenin…

Listen to a day in the life of the #UCSCDeepRead! Hear the story of our Salon in San Diego, hosted last month by Steve Wagner (Crown) of @StoneBrewing. open.spotify.com/episode/1aFzhV…

Graduate students: if you’re interested in public humanities scholarship, consider applying for the MLA Public Humanities Incubator. You’ll partner with experienced mentors and present your projects at MLA 2024! Due June 30th! Apply at mla.org/Events/2024-ML…

Presented by @bookshopsc, Ottessa Moshfegh (author of My Year of Rest and Relaxation) will discuss her recent novel, Lapvona. Join us June 21st at 7:00pm! Register at thi.ucsc.edu/event/ottessa-…

Hey undergrads! Check out this amazing class which considers how racial and gendered systems interact with new technologies. Learn more at pisa.ucsc.edu/class_search/i…

In our final Travel Series contribution for Spring 2023, Professor of Linguistics Maziar Toosarvandani discusses the time-expanding use of tense in Indigenous languages. Read his wonderful piece at thi.ucsc.edu/travel-series-…

Join us this afternoon to honor the wonderful achievements of our outstanding undergraduate humanities students! 4-7pm at the Cowell Provost House. More info at thi.ucsc.edu/event/celebrat…

The FUTURESCAPES exhibit opens Friday. Don't miss it! thi.ucsc.edu/event/futuresc…

Join us tomorrow for this wonderful talk featuring Professor Sebastián Gil-Riaño as part of this year’s Sawyer Seminar Lecture Series and the Center for Cultural Studies Colloquium series. Learn more and RSVP at thi.ucsc.edu/event/65284/

Join us for a #ucscdeepread salon focused on actions we all can take in the face of climate change. @EcologyActionSC , Elkhorn Slough Foundation, and Regeneración Pajaro Valley will lead the discussion moderated by Jody Biehl. RSVP: thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-deep…

So excited to share this story by Dan White spotlighting our wonderful partnership with @bookshopsc and the work we’ve done together to build literary community on and off campus. Thanks, Bookshop! Read the full story at thi.ucsc.edu/partnership-be…

This week in our Travel Series, Professor of History Noriko Aso reflects on traveling during a pandemic, and the importance of visiting the places one studies and teaches about. Read it at thi.ucsc.edu/travel-series-…

Check out this opportunity to participate in Imagining America's National Gathering in Providence, RI. Participants will conjure the elements to guide the radical work of reckoning with the past to create a future of collective liberation.

Join us on June 2nd for the opening reception of Futurescapes: Projects from the Coha-Gunderson Collective, an upcoming exhibition showcasing multimedia work by the 13 winners of the Coha-Gunderson prize in Speculative Futures. Learn more at thi.ucsc.edu/event/futuresc…

Dig in as we talk with UCSC professor of Environmental Studies Sikina Jinnah and UCSC professor of Environmental Art, Jorge Menna Barreto. thi.ucsc.edu/week-4-look-up/ #UCSCDeepRead

Thanks to Good Times editor @adamjoseph for the kind words about our program, and for the insightful interview with Kolbert.

Read the article and join Kolbert this Sunday at 4pm at the UCSC Quarry Amphitheater when she’ll participate in a live conversation with NY Times podcaster and UCSC alumnus Ezra Klein. Details and RSVP 👉 thi.ucsc.edu/event/the-deep…

Front and center! @GoodTimesSC has a fantastic cover feature on the #UCSCDeepRead this week interviewing Elizabeth Kolbert, author of this year's book selection. 👉 goodtimes.sc/ucscs-2023-dee…

We are pleased to share this wonderful conversation with Professor of History Dr. Alice Yang, a THI Faculty Fellow in Public Humanities, Digital, and Community-Engaged Research. Learn about her work on Japanese American women activists at thi.ucsc.edu/faculty-profil…

This week for our Travel Series, Dr. Felicity Amaya Schaeffer writes about the impacts of border surveillance regimes on cosmic Indigenous sovereignty. Check it out at thi.ucsc.edu/travel-series-…