The overarching goal of the Sociology Colloquia Series is to build intellectual engagement and community in our department for faculty, graduate students, lecturers, and colleagues across campus.

For the 2020-2021 academic year, we introduce a new series: Sociology Mixtapes, featuring members of the UCSC sociology and campus community. We share our interests with a focus on our major influences, classic works, collaborations, off-the-beaten path contributions, and works in progress. For each of these themes, we will also hear about a matching track of music (which is part of an evolving playlist) to match our discussions. During each Mixtape, we reflect together and continue to build a soundtrack of inspiring artists, unforgettable tunes, deep cuts, songs made all the better by featured artists, and new work.

During the spring 2021 quarter, we will host our first two mixtapes:

1. Sociology Mixtapes Volume 01: Uriel Serrano and Andrea del Carmen Vázquez (Thursday, April 22, 2021)
2. Sociology Mixtapes Volume 02: Camilla Hawthorne (Thursday, May 06, 2021)

Here is our cumulative playlist for all mixtapes so far: