2022 Inspired Expeditions
It’s time to get back out there!
Join us on one of our Inspired Expeditions! Travel is making its return, and we have some amazing destinations in the fall of 2022!
London: Theater, Museums, Palaces, and Cultural Treasures
September 1–8, 2022
Join us this fall and explore the city that countless people love for its cultural richness and variety. Sean Keilen, professor of literature and former provost of Porter College, will guide us through the monuments, museums, pubs, playhouses, gardens, and churches that have made London the envy of world capitals.
The Golden Doors of the Royal Palace of Fez
Morocco: Ancient Medinas, Imperial Cities, and Berber Villages
October 8–18, 2022
Join us and be immersed in the intertwined history and culture that fuses Indigenous Berber traditions with Arab, Jewish, Andalusian, and other European influences. Accompanying this program will be Alma Heckman, holder of the Neufeld-Levin Chair in Holocaust Studies at UC Santa Cruz, and associate professor in the Department of History.
Bandelier National Monument cliff dwellings
Sante Fe: An Archaeology trip with UCSC Professor Emerita Judith Habicht-Mauche
October 9–14, 2022
Join Professor Emerita Judith Habicht-Mauche for an archaeological tour of some of the most fascinating and beautiful sites in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico, from the Arroyo Hondo Pueblo and the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Preserve to the Bandelier National Monument and much more!
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Chile and the Skies of the Southern Hemisphere
November 30–December 10, 2022
Explore one of the most spectacular corners of the world. We’ll first journey to see Valparaiso, the historic port city of Chile and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Next, we’ll venture north to see world-class observatories and behold the Southern Hemisphere’s dazzling evening skies. Go behind the scenes to meet astronomers who are peering deeper into the universe than ever before.