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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">UC Merced UpstART presents</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">a free online concert with<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">SALLYSWAG</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Saturday, December 12, at noon</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">followed immediately by a live Q&A with the band<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Register here:
<span class="xd2edcug0"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/Sallyswag?fbclid=IwAR3lxYeiZI6qFuSvAl5MfeJ53-laDzvYRUuKwd7sal38oI433DpJ4NNLyGI" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/Sallyswag</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">About the band: </span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Sweden is mostly known internationally for being a pop music powerhouse, but they also have an equally vibrant folk and world music scene less well known to the outside world. This nine-woman power band has taken
that scene by storm, weaving together its roots in dancehall, Balkan, R&B, Swedish folk, hip-hop, and afro-beat to create an entirely original sound that’s been electrifying audiences since their foundation in 2014. They took home the Newcomer of the Year
award at the 2015 Swedish Folk and World Music Gala for being a “refreshing kick in the teeth” (approximate translation) and have been performing to rave reviews on their national circuit ever since. This will be Sallyswag’s first concert for a North American
audience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/drlux/" title="https://sites.google.com/view/drlux/">Christina Lux</a><br>
Associate Director<br>
<a href="https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu" title="https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu">Center for the Humanities</a><br>
<a href="https://www.ucmerced.edu/" title="https://www.ucmerced.edu/">University of California, Merced</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">*currently working remotely*</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Check out our article on writing through the pandemic, "<a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/07/24/if-pandemic-has-interrupted-their-academic-writing-scholars-should-try-other" title="https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/07/24/if-pandemic-has-interrupted-their-academic-writing-scholars-should-try-other">Cross-Training
for Scholarly Writers</a>," in <i>Inside Higher Ed</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Read our article in
<a href="https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/68/11/905/5103314" title="https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/68/11/905/5103314">
<i>BioScience</i></a> on how poetry can enhance creativity for conservation scientists.
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Our book, <a href="https://nupress.northwestern.edu/content/humanities-age-information-and-post-truth-1" title="https://nupress.northwestern.edu/content/humanities-age-information-and-post-truth-1">
<i>The Humanities in the Age of Information and Post-Truth</i></a>, is also out from Northwestern University Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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