Donna Haraway, distinguished professor emerita in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California Santa Cruz, has been awarded the 2025 Erasmus Prize, one of Europe’s most prestigious recognitions for contributions to culture, society, and social thought.
More information about the achievement can be found in this campus news article: Donna Haraway, Distinguished Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness Department, receives international honors.
An event is planned for June 3rd to honor, Donna Haraway, who received two international honors for her impact not just within academia, but across disciplines, borders, and possible futures.
On Tuesday, June 3rd at 3:30pm, the McHenry Library Special Collections & Archives will host “THICK, SLIMY, SQUISHY, SQUIGGLY & GENERATIVE: A Conversation with Donna Haraway,” featuring Haraway in conversation with three of her former graduate students——Chela Sandoval (Chicana Studies, UCSB), Katie King (Women’s Studies, UMD), and Caren Kaplan (American Studies, UC Davis).
Together with Haraway, these History of Consciousness alums will revisit the collaborative, interdisciplinary, and transformative modes of thinking that shaped their time at UCSC in the 1980s and ’90s—and that continue to animate their work today. Reflecting on this shared historical moment, the conversation will trace the intersections, evolutions, and generative entanglements of their ideas over time—and consider why collectivity, friendship, integrity, and humor remain vital tools for navigating what Haraway has called the “thick and slimy” urgencies of our present.
This event also marks the opening of an exhibition that showcases select materials from the Donna Haraway Papers, newly processed and available for research at UCSC’s McHenry Library.
Organized by the University Library’s Elisabeth Remak-Honnef Center for Archival Research and Training (CART) and 2024-2025 CART Fellow Annika Berry.
More information about the event is on the campus event calendar: https://calendar.ucsc.edu/event/thick-slimy-squishy-squiggly-generative-a-conversation-with-donna-haraway