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Of Body and Soul: Politics and Eschatology in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean

Humanities 1 Building 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz

This seminar explores how pre-modern debates over body and soulshaped political and eschatological thought in the Mediterranean. Each panel brings Jewish, Christian, and Islamic voices into dialogue, with Dante Alighieri’s […]

Ecology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World

Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery 11 Cowell Service Rd, Santa Cruz

Norris Center Art + Science Graduate Fellowship Exhibition Ecology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World brings together the work of ten graduate students supported by the Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History Art + Science Fellowship, a program dedicated to creative research connecting art with the natural world. Across media – including sound, […]

Free

Career Success Drop-In Coaching at the Cantú Cabin – Winter 2026

Lionel Cantú Queer Center Crown Lane, Santa Cruz

Drop-in with Career Coach & Engagement Specialist Bridge Kennedy to discuss Career Exploration, Job Search Strategy, Interview Prep, Grad School Prep, or whatever’s on your mind related to your career success! Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm Dates: Wednesdays, Weeks 7 & 9 of Winter Quarter 2026 2/18/2026 & 3/4/2026 Location: Cantú Queer Student Resource Center, Merrill […]

Creative Interventions: “Empathy in the Archives” with Irene Lusztig

Virtual Event

Across a range of projects, filmmaker/artist, archival researcher, and UC Santa Cruz Film + Digital Media Professor Irene Lusztig discusses her creative practice working with archival materials to reanimate hidden, forgotten, and unsettled histories in this talk, organized as part of the Creative Interventions speaker series. — ADMISSION – Attend online – FREE and open […]

FREE and open to UCSC affiliates

Fetishized Book Talk with author Kaila Yu

Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz

Join AA/PIRC on Wednesday, February 18th from 5-7pm at Namaste Lounge for a conversation with Kaila Yu, former model and author of Fetishized, to discuss her experience being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contribute to the oversexualization of Asian women. AA/PIRC will be giving out 20 copies of Fetishized at our event, where you […]

Lunar New Year Celebration

Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz

Celebrate Lunar New Year at UCSC at our annual celebration hosted by ISSP and C9/JRL.