[Sshagradstudents] Upcoming Events and Programs

Fri Mar 7 15:48:52 PST 2025

Dear Faculty, Staff, Students, and Friends of the Center,

Please join us for the following upcoming events and activities:

"Who Has the Right to Charge Genocide? Reclaiming Genocide as a Powerful Justice Tool Requires Moving Beyond the 1948 Genocide Convention," with Keith David Watenpaugh, Thurs. March 13, 1:30 PM in COB2-295. RSVP here.<https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/form/rsvp-who-has-right-charge-genocide-reclaiming-genocide-powerful-justice-tool-requires-moving>
[Event Information: Merced Seminar in the Humanities "Who Has the Right to Charge Genocide? Reclaiming Genocide as a Powerful Justice Tool Requires Moving Beyond the 1948 Genocide Convention." Speaker: Keith David Watenpaugh. Speaker title: Professor and Director Human Rights Studies, UC Davis. Event date: March 13, 2025. Event time: 1:30 PM. Event location: COB2-295. RSVP here: bit.ly/417VuEe. Sponsored by the UC Merced Center for the Humanities.  Image Description: The poster has a dark blue background with yellow and white accents. A white dot grid, yellow curve, and a blue stripe pattern. A large yellow circle is in the top right. On the lefthand side is a portrait of Professor Keith David Watenpaugh. The QR code is in the bottom left, and the UC Merced Center for the Humanities logo is in the bottom right.]

"Reception for Community Engaged Research," with Thomas Harmon and Manuel Dueñas, Thurs. Mar. 13, 5:00 p.m. at the Multicultural Arts Center. (Organized by UROC-H, Robin DeLugan, & Anne Zanzucchi)

"Race and the Biopolitics of Family in Adoption," with Kit Myers, Wed. March 19, 12:00 PM in COB2-295. RSVP here.<https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/form/rsvp-race-and-biopolitics-family-adoption>
[Event Information: Brownbag Series " Race and the Biopolitics of Family in Adoption," Speaker: Kit W. Myers. Speaker title: Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Merced. Event date: Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Event time: 12:00 PM. Event Location: COB2-295. RSVP here: bit.ly/4hmKkSG. Sponsored by The UC Merced Center for the Humanities and Interdisciplinary Humanities. Image Description: The poster has a blue background with golden rings in the upper left and lower right corners. Golden wave icons in the upper right-hand corner and lower left-hand corner. In the middle is a rectangular portrait of Professor Kit W. Myers. In the lower left-hand corner, there is a QR code to RSVP. In the lower right-hand corner, there is a grey Center for the Humanities logo and Interdisciplinary Humanities in white text.]

"Public Humanities Boot Camp," with Rosemary A. Joyce, Benjamin D. Weber, Ofelia Ortiz Cuevas, & Susan Derwin, Fri. April 4, 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM in COB2-295. RSVP here<https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/form/rsvp-public-humanities-boot-camp>.
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Our Common Read book, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, by Robin Wall Kimmerer will be available for pickup beginning Monday, March 3, at UC Merced's Center for the Humanities and at Merced County Libraries (one copy per person). Community Book Club Discussions will be held in April and May at Merced County Libraries.
[A white & gold background with dark blue polka dots in the right-hand corner. Title: Common Read. On the left is the cover of the book with a bird, leaves & berries. Book title: The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, by Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass. In the middle is the text of Book Club Discussions at Merced County Libraries: April 1, Merced, 12 pm; April 3, Gustine, 10 am; April 8, Livingston, 2:30 pm; April 9, Los Banos, 5:30 pm; April 16, Merced, 5:30 pm; April 17, Atwater, 4 pm; April 23, Merced, 12 pm; April 24, Delhi, 12 pm; April 29, Atwater, 5:30 pm; May 1, Merced, 10:30 am. Free books available on 03/03 at Merced County Libraries and UC Merced Center for the Humanities. Below that are logos of of the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the Center for the Humanities, Merced County Library and Friends of the Merced County Library. For more information, please contact Info at mercedcountylibrary.org.]

Graduate Writing Group, Wednesdays from 9:15 AM - 12:00 PM, COB2-295
Faculty Write-In, Fridays from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, COB2-295

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