[Sshagradstudents] Preview of Spring Programs Supported by the Center for the Humanities

[Christine Howe]

This message has been sent on behalf of Mario Sifuentez, Director of the Center for the Humanities:

Dear Colleagues,



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 website<http://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/>'s calendar of events as well).

We also encourage you to regularly check UCHRI's funding page<https://uchri.org/grants/> 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 new MRPI award was just announced<https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2021/prestigious-biennial-grant-program-includes-funding-ag-labor-and-wildfire-research> last week.

We're continuing to foster interdisciplinary research conversations through our Medical Humanities Seminar with one speaker monthly, starting with:

"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: https://tinyurl.com/MHSAmandaLeong.


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.

We'll be hosting Capacity-Building Workshops in the following areas:

1) Digital Tools Workshops, beginning with:
"Louisiana Slave Conspiracies Project (LSC),"  Bryan Wagner,  Associate Professor, UC Berkeley English Department, Jan. 25 at 10:30 a.m. Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/DHLouisiana
Additional DH Tools workshops will include the following:
Los Angeles Aqueduct Platform, Jasmine Jones, Head of Processing for Library Special Collections, UCLA Library
WhatEvery1Says, Alan Liu, Distinguished Professor, UCSB English Department
Tropy
Paladino
Photoshop

2) a Blogging Workshop for graduate students

3) an Oral History Workshop for faculty and graduate students who attended our fall workshop and are interested in further support

4) A Q&A on Art and Activism with photographer Ernie Lowe

In relation to our focus on public engagement, we are launching our Bobcat Comics 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 OpEd Project workshops through OpEd Project memberships this spring, which allow access to virtual trainings and resources. We are in the process of also launching a UCTV Humanities Channel this month that will feature the work of our faculty, graduate students, and public programs.

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.

Luce events this spring on Community-Engaged Research include:
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.

Register Here: http://tinyurl.com/Luce0201


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 Nigel Hatton (IH faculty member serving on our campus Institutional Review Board). Feb. 22 at 10:30 am - 12:00 pm.
Register Here: http://tinyurl.com/Luce0222


Research Methods:  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. Register Here: https://tinyurl.com/Luce0308

Sharing & Exhibiting Downtown: Learn more about important downtown venues that support community-engaged research and activities. April 5 at 10:30 am - 12:00 pm.

Register Here: http://tinyurl.com/Luce0405



Connecting Humanities Community-Engaged Research to Policy: Consider how to link our research to efforts that support change and innovation. May 3 at 10:30 am - 12:00 pm.

Register Here: http://tinyurl.com/Luce0503


UpstART will host 4 more virtual concerts this spring as follows:



ELLAS, January 29 at 7 pm. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/UpstartEllas

SuddenRush, February 2 at 7 pm. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/Suddenrush

Mariachi Arcoiris, March 19 at 7 pm. Registration link coming soon.

La Santa Cecilia, April 8 at 7 pm. Registration link coming soon.



We look forward to seeing you virtually this spring,


Mario Sifuentez
Director
Center for the Humanities


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