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Dear Faculty, Staff, Students, and Friends of the Center,</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Please remember to join us for the following events and activities:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Graduate Writing Group</b>, Wednesdays from 9:15 AM - 12:00 PM, COB2-295</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Faculty Write-In</b>, Fridays from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, COB2-295</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"The Transatlantic Abolitionist Movement: Richard R. Madden and Juan Francisco Manzano's Influence on William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass," with William Luis, Thurs. Feb. 20, 3:00 PM in COB2-295.
RSVP <a href="https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/form/rsvp-transatlantic-abolitionist-movement-richard-r-madden-and-juan-francisco-manzanos-influence" id="OWAd2db3868-e341-bfe5-4308-790401b4346a" class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/form/rsvp-transatlantic-abolitionist-movement-richard-r-madden-and-juan-francisco-manzanos-influence" data-linkindex="2" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;">
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<img alt="Event information: Merced Seminar in the Humanities "The Transatlantic Abolitionist Movement: Richard R. Madden and Juan Francisco Manzano's Influence on William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass." Speaker: William Luis. Speaker title: Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University. Event date: February 20, 2025. Event time: 3:00 PM. Event location: COB2-295. RSVP here: bit.ly/4aEjRha. Sponsored by the UC Merced Center for the Humanities.
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"Enslaved Ship Pilots During the Age of Revolution," <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
with Kevin Dawson, Tues. Feb. 25, 12:00 PM in COB2-295. RSVP <a href="https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/form/rsvp-enslaved-ship-pilots-during-age-revolution" id="OWA519f98ff-52c6-52bc-e07a-92114481e8a6" class="x_x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/form/rsvp-enslaved-ship-pilots-during-age-revolution" data-auth="NotApplicable">
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<img alt="Event Information: Brownbag Series "Enslaved Ship Pilots During the Age of Revolution," Speaker: Kevin Dawson. Speaker title: Associate Professor of History at UC Merced. Event date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025. Event time: 12:00 PM. Event Location: COB2-295. RSVP here: bit.ly/40HLYsg. Sponsored by The UC Merced Center for the Humanities and Interdisciplinary Humanities.
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"Making Community-Engaged Research Count," <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
with Anna Song and Iván González-Soto, Mon. Mar. 3, 1:30 PM in COB2-295. RSVP <a href="https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/form/rsvp-making-community-engaged-research-count" id="OWA0b6a0949-0c53-7a86-1b4d-f59cb14b5ef0" class="x_x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/form/rsvp-making-community-engaged-research-count" data-auth="NotApplicable">
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<img alt="Event information: “Making Community-Engaged Research Count" is scheduled for Monday, March 3, 2025, at 1:30 PM in COB2-295. Speaker one: Anna Song. Speaker one title: Associate Vice Provost for Academic Personnel & Professor of Psychology, UC Merced. Speaker two: Iván González-Soto. Speaker two title: Assistant Professor of Latinx History, Washington State University Vancouver. RSVP here: bit.ly/40EAqGA. Sponsored by UC Merced Center for the Humanities and Henry Luce Foundation.
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"700 Words at a Time: Lessons Learned from Doing Philosophy in the Newspaper," with Andrew Fiala, Wed. Mar. 5, 12:00 PM in COB2-295. RSVP
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<img alt="Event Information: Public Humanities Speaker Series presents "700 Words at a Time: Lessons Learned from Doing Philosophy in the Newspaper." Speaker: Andrew Fiala. Speaker title: Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Fresno. Event date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Event time: 12:00 PM. Event location: COB2 295. RSVP link: bit.ly/3EprETT. Sponsored by the Andrew Mellon Foundation and the Center for the Humanities.
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