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Welcome back for the spring semester! </div>
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We're excited to announce that our <b>Common Read</b> book will be <b><i>The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer</i></b>; we will distribute 200 copies of the books in the community and host 10 book club discussions
in collaboration with the Merced County Library. We hope you will join us.</div>
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Please be sure to save the date for the following spring events listed below. We are especially pleased to host
<b>3 UC Press editors who will offer a book publishing workshop alongside 1:1 consultations with faculty on April 22</b> (more details and events coming soon). Additionally, we will be hosting a graduate student write-in every Wednesday morning from 9:15-12
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025</div>
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Empire’s Phantom Pain: Colonial Nostalgia and Empire Forestry in Hayashi Fumiko’s
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Jiajun Liang, Assistant Professor of Media Studies, UC Merced</div>
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Monday, February 3, 2025</div>
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Creating Research Space: Tips for Collaborative Writing</div>
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Anne Zanzucchi, Teaching Professor for Writing Studies <br>
Mariam Ohanlelham, Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD Candidate <br>
Miriam Campos Martínez, Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD Candidate</div>
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Thursday, February 20, 2025</div>
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The Transatlantic Abolitionist Movement: Richard R. Madden and Juan Francisco Manzano's Influence on William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass</div>
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William Luis, The Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities, Vanderbilt University</div>
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025</div>
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Enslaved Ship Pilots During the Age of Revolution</div>
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Kevin Dawson, Associate Professor of History, UC Merced</div>
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Monday, March 3, 2025</div>
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Making Community-Engaged Research Count</div>
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Anna Song, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, UC Merced<br>
Iván Soto, Assistant Professor of Latinx History, Washington State University Vancouver</div>
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Wednesday, March 19, 2025</div>
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Race and the Biopolitics of Family in Adoption</div>
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Kit W. Myers, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, UC Merced</div>
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Friday, April 4, 2025</div>
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Public Humanities Boot Camp</div>
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Mary Bryson, Co-Director of the Public Humanities Hub, University of British Colombia <br>
Benjamin Weber, Associate Professor of African American and African Studies, UC Davis <br>
Ofelia Ortiz Cuevas, Assistant Professor, of Chicana/o Studies, UC Davis<br>
Rosemary Joyce, Emerita Professor of Anthropology, UC Berkeley</div>
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Monday, April 7, 2025</div>
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COB2-295</div>
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Humanities Research with Community, Featuring Summer Projects</div>
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025</div>
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COB2-295</div>
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A Time to Pause: Let’s Talk about Poetry</div>
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Carlo Acevedo, Writer and Interdisciplinary Humanities Ph.D Graduate Student, UC Merced</div>
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025</div>
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COB2-295</div>
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Demystifying Book Publishing</div>
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Raina Polivka, Senior Editor in Film/Media Studies and Sound Studies, UC Press<br>
Niels Hooper, Executive Editor of History, American Studies, and Middle East Studies, UC Press <br>
Michelle Lipinski, Senior Editor of Economics and Technology Studies, UC Press</div>
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Monday, April 28, 2025</div>
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COB2-295</div>
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Public Humanities Speaker Series</div>
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Erica Kohl-Arenas, Faculty Director of Imagining America & Associate Professor of American Studies, UC Davis</div>
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<b>IGNACIO LÓPEZ-CALVO, PH.D.</b></div>
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DEPT. OF LITERATURES, LANGUAGES, AND CULTURES</div>
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