Research Centers

The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz is a hub for academic research, cross-discipline collaboration, and public engagement. We incubate ideas and foster innovation by funding projects, centers, and research clusters that enable faculty and students to work on some of the biggest problems of our day.

The Dickens Project, founded in 1981, is a scholarly consortium devoted to promoting the study and enjoyment of the life, time and work of Charles Dickens.

The Linguistics Research Center facilitates research in theoretical linguistics and provides a venue for members to collaborate with other scholars at UCSC and from other institutions.

The Center for Jewish Studies, established in 1997, is a sophisticated combination of scholarship and learning which boasts the largest number of enrolled undergraduates in Jewish Studies at any Northern California post-secondary institution.