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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Please join us for the following upcoming events and activities:</span></div>
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<b>"Public Humanities Boot Camp," </b>with Rosemary A. Joyce, Benjamin D. Weber, Ofelia Ortiz Cuevas, Marlene Mercado, & Susan Derwin, Fri. April 4, 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM in COB2-295. RSVP by April 1
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<b><img alt="A gray background with yellow shapes in the top middle and lower left corner. Title: Public Humanities Boot Camp. On the left is the schedule. 10:00 am - 10:30 am, Welcome and Introductions; 10:30 am - 11:30 am, “Anatomy of a Public Humanities Program,” Susan Derwin; 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, “Exhibition Curation and Cultural Equity: Lessons from Teaching and Practice,” Rosemary A. Joyce; 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, Lunch and Networking; 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, “Beyond the Barriers & Open Letters from Prison,” Benjamin D. Weber, Ofelia Ortiz Cuevas & Marlene Mercado; 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm, “Intersections and Divergences Between Public Humanities and Community-Engaged Research,” Robin DeLugan & Christina Lux; 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Closing Reflections. Date: Friday, April 4, 2025. Time: Start at 10 am. Location: COB2-295. Register here by April 1: bit.ly/43hEluw, open to faculty, graduate students, and community partners. On the right are 4 speakers' photos, names, and titles. Rosemary A. Joyce, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology, UC Berkeley. Benjamin D. Weber, Associate Professor of African American and African Studies, UC Davis. Ofelia Ortiz Cuevas, Assistant Professor of Chicana/o Studies, UC Davis. Susan Derwin, Professor of German and Comparative Literature, UC Santa Barbara. Marlene Mercado, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology & Justice Studies, California State University, San Marcos. In the lower left corner are logos of the Center for the Humanities and the Andrew Mellon Foundation." id="x_x_x_image_0" width="874" height="492" size="1181210" contenttype="image/png" style="width: 874.872px; height: 492px; max-width: 946px;" data-outlook-trace="F:4|T:4" src="cid:3f1d3ff6-1cc9-45ac-8ef9-eef32642018c"></b></div>
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<b>"Humanities Research with Community, Featuring Summer Projects," </b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">with Katherine Brokaw and Yehuda Sharim, Mon. April 7, 1:30 PM in COB2-295. RSVP
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<b><img alt="Event information: “Humanities Research with Community, Featuring Summer Projects" is scheduled for Monday, March 7, 2025, at 1:30 PM in COB2-295. Speaker one: Katherine Brokaw. Speaker one title:Professor of Literature, Theatre and Environmental Humanities, UC Merced. Speaker two: Yehuda Sharim. Speaker two title: Associate Professor, Film Practice, Media & Performance, UC Merced. RSVP here: bit.ly/3QCshMO. Sponsored by UC Merced Center for the Humanities and Henry Luce Foundation.
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Our <b>Common Read</b> book, <i>The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World,
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<img alt="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@mercedcountylibrary.org." id="x_x_x_x_image_2" width="869" height="489" size="433638" contenttype="image/png" style="width: 869.799px; height: 489px; max-width: 1037px;" data-outlook-trace="F:5|T:5" src="cid:39395657-10e9-4ef9-8426-801629760269"></div>
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<b>Graduate Writing Group</b>, Wednesdays from 9:15 AM - 12:00 PM, COB2-295</div>
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<b>Faculty Write-In</b>, Fridays from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, COB2-295</div>
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