Deeply concerned about Israel/Palestine? Grappling with Hamas’ attack on October 7 and Israel’s current bombardment and invasion of Gaza, as well as the broader historical context for both? Wonder how we got here and how we might imagine a better future together? Come with questions and a desire to learn with and from others. All […]
Events
“Returning, Remembering, Forgiving” Talk by Prof. Roald Hoffmann
You are invited to attend a talk by Holocaust Survivor Prof. Roald Hoffmann winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He will present a talk entitled: “Returning, Remembering, Forgiving” Which will take place on April 25, 2022, at 10:40 a.m. PT. This lecture will take place in conjunction with Prof. Nathaniel Deutsch’s course “The […]
The Helen Diller Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies: A Conversation with Ethan Michaeli
Please join us for The Helen Diller Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies, which promises to be a lively conversation between Ethan Michaeli, award-winning author of the new book, Twelve Tribes: Promise and Peril in the New Israel, and Nathaniel Deutsch, Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies at UC Santa Cruz. Taking place on May 24 @ 6:00 pm […]
The Hayden V. White Distinguished Annual Lecture: Debating Holocaust Memory: The Politics of Comparison in Contemporary Germany
We are excited to promote The Hayden V. White Distinguished Annual Lecture: Debating Holocaust Memory: The Politics of Comparison in Contemporary Germany. Taking place on Monday, April 4th at 6:00 pm in the University Center, Bhojwani Room The event features Michael Rothberg, who is the 1939 Society Samuel Goetz Chair in Holocaust Studies, Chair of […]
May 19 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm//A Fortress in Brooklyn, Michael Casper and Nathaniel Deutsch
Join authors Michael Casper and Nathaniel Deutsch in conversation with Lila Corwin Berman about Casper and Deutsch’s new book A Fortress in Brooklyn.
Winter 2021 Class Lectures
View Winter 2020 class guest-lecture schedule here!
February 17, 2021 // Annual Diller Lecture: “Family Papers: a Conversation about a Sephardi Jewish Family, Lived History, and Personal Letters” with Professor Sarah Abrevaya Stein
Prizewinning Sephardic historian, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, traces the lives of one Sephardic family in Salonica in her book: “Family Papers: a Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century” on February 17th, 2020 5-6pm
Layali Morocco: Jewish Songlines & Soundscapes: Event Recap
On January 9, 2020, The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz hosted ASEFA, led by ethnomusicologist and multi-instrumentalist Samuel Torjman Thomas, Ph.D. Blending vocals, oud, violin, nay, and plenty of percussion, with songs in Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, and Ladino, this trio ensemble traversed several North African song traditions.
March 19, 2020 // Annual Diller Lecture: “The Future of Jewish Food”
The Helen Diller Family Endowment Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies presents “The Future of Jewish Food”: A Conversation with Rachel Gross, Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft, and Nathaniel DeutschThursday, March 19, 6:30-8pm
February 12, 2020 // “Free Men” Film Screening
Free Men (French: Les hommes libres) is a 2011 French film written and directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi, which recounts the largely untold story about the role that Algerian and other North African Muslims in Paris played in the French resistance and as rescuers of Jews during the German occupation (1940–1944).