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<p class="xxxxxxxxxxmsonormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">This message has been sent on behalf of Mario Sifuentez, Director of the
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<p class="xxxxxxxxxxxxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Welcome back for the spring semester. We have an exciting lineup of spring programs and events, which I outline below. Moving forward, we will be sending out one weekly email with reminders
of upcoming events and further details (you can find the latest information on our
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/" target="_blank" title="http://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">website</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">'s
calendar of events as well).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We also encourage you to regularly check
<b>UCHRI's </b></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://uchri.org/grants/" target="_blank" title="https://uchri.org/grants/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">funding
page</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"> for new grant opportunities. We are part of an MRPI grant with UCHRI (thanks to Dean Jeff Gilger as co-PI) that makes many of these funding opportunities possible. Our
<b>new MRPI award</b> was <a href="https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2021/prestigious-biennial-grant-program-includes-funding-ag-labor-and-wildfire-research" target="_blank" title="https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2021/prestigious-biennial-grant-program-includes-funding-ag-labor-and-wildfire-research">
just announced</a> last week. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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We're continuing to foster interdisciplinary research conversations through our </span>
<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0C64C0">Medical Humanities Seminar</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> with one speaker monthly, starting with:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxxxxxxxxxxxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">"Adapting Research Plans During COVID-19: What a 19th Century Qajar Iranian Princess Can Teach Us About a Global Pandemic,"Amanda Leong, IH Graduate Student, UC Merced,
Jan. 26 at 1 p.m. Register here: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/MHSAmandaLeong" target="_blank">
https://tinyurl.com/MHSAmandaLeong</a>. </span><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="xxxxxxxxxxxxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Glenn Martinez, Professor of Hispanic Linguistics at Ohio State will join us on Feb. 23 at 1 p.m.; Brian Dolan, Professor and Chair of Humanities and Social
Sciences at UCSF will join us March 16 at 1 p.m.; and Louise Aronson, Professor of Geriatrics at UCSF, will join us on April 13 at 1 p.m. to speak in the seminar.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxxxxxxxxxxxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We'll be hosting
</span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0C64C0">Capacity-Building Workshops</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> in the following areas:<br>
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1) <b>Digital Tools Workshops</b>, beginning with:<b><br>
</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#232333;background:white">"</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#232333;background:white">Louisiana Slave Conspiracies Project (LSC),"
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#232333">Bryan Wagner, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley English Department,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jan. 25 at 10:30 a.m. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#232333">Zoom: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#232333"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/DHLouisiana" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">https://tinyurl.com/DHLouisiana</span></a><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#232333">Additional DH Tools workshops will include the following:<br>
Los Angeles Aqueduct Platform, Jasmine Jones, Head of Processing for Library Special Collections, UCLA Library
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WhatEvery1Says, Alan Liu, Distinguished Professor, UCSB English Department <br>
Tropy<br>
Paladino <br>
Photoshop <br>
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2) a <b>Blogging Workshop</b> for graduate students<br>
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3) an <b>Oral History Workshop</b> for faculty and graduate students who attended our fall workshop and are interested in further support<br>
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4) A <b>Q&A on Art and Activism </b>with photographer Ernie Lowe</span><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="xxxxxxxxxxxxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">In relation to our focus on
</span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0C64C0">public engagement</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">, we are launching our
<b><i>Bobcat Comics</i></b> series on eScholarship, publishing the comics that were developed with faculty over the last year. We are continuing to support our faculty alumni of the
<b><i>OpEd Project</i></b> workshops through OpEd Project memberships this spring, which allow access to virtual trainings and resources. We are in the process of also launching a
<b><i>UCTV Humanities Channel</i></b> this month that will feature the work of our faculty, graduate students, and public programs.
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We continue to support activities of both the Luce Foundation grant on community-engaged research, led by Assoc. Dean Anne Zanzucchi and Prof. Robin DeLugan, and of UpstART, led by Prof. David Kaminsky.
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<b><i><span style="background:white">Luce</span></i></b><span style="background:white"> events this spring on
<b><i>Community-Engaged Research</i></b> include:</span></span><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="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Funder's Roundtable: Representatives from organizations that support humanities and arts-based initiatives in the San Joaquin Valley. Feb. 1 at 10:30 am
- 12:00 pm. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Register Here: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/Luce0201">http://tinyurl.com/Luce0201</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Research Planning and Human Subjects Protection: Fundamentals of Institutional Review Board (IRB) processes including informed consent with Danielle Dai’Re (UCM Research
Compliance & Integrity) and </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Nigel Hatton (IH faculty member serving on our campus Institutional Review Board). Feb. 22 at 10:30 am - 12:00 pm.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Register Here: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/Luce0222" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://tinyurl.com/Luce0222</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Research Methods:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Story
Telling & Public Scholarship with special guests Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana (PhD Candidate, UCD) and Isaac Rivera (community collaborator) discussing their Humanizing Deportation Project and Playas de Tijuana Mural Project to illustrate ethics of interdisciplinary
community engagement to support change and justice. March 8 at 10:30 am - 12:00 pm.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Register Here:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/Luce0308" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://tinyurl.com/Luce0308</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Sharing & Exhibiting Downtown: Learn more about important downtown venues that support community-engaged research and activities.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">April 5 at 10:30 am - 12:00 pm</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Register Here: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/Luce0405" target="_blank" title="http://tinyurl.com/Luce0405"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://tinyurl.com/Luce0405</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Connecting Humanities Community-Engaged Research to Policy: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Consider how to link our research to efforts
that support change and innovation. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">May 3 at 10:30 am - 12:00 pm.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Register Here: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/Luce0503" target="_blank" title="http://tinyurl.com/Luce0503"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://tinyurl.com/Luce0503</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxmsonormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">UpstART</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"> will host 4 more virtual concerts this spring as follows:</span><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="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">ELLAS, January 29 at 7 pm. Register here:
<a href="https://tinyurl.com/UpstartEllas" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">https://tinyurl.com/UpstartEllas</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">SuddenRush, February 2 at 7 pm. Register here:
<a href="https://tinyurl.com/Suddenrush" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">https://tinyurl.com/Suddenrush</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Mariachi Arcoiris, March 19 at 7 pm. Registration link coming soon.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">La Santa Cecilia, April 8 at 7 pm. Registration link coming soon.</span><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="xxxxxxxxxxxxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We look forward to seeing you virtually this spring,</span><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"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Mario Sifuentez</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Director</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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