[Sshagradstudents] welcome back & save the date for our Center's upcoming events

[UCM Center for the Humanities]

Dear Colleagues and Friends of the Center,



Welcome back for the spring semester!  We will be hosting an exciting lineup of events, with details to follow in our weekly emails. Please be sure to save the date for the following events, with more to come:



1/26, "Drawing Deportation: Art & Resistance Among Immigrant Children," with Silvia Rodriguez Vega, Assistant Professor, Department of Chicano & Chicana Studies at UC Santa Barbara, 2 p.m., on Zoom (link to follow)



1/31, "Digital Accessibility for Academics," with Bronwen Maxson, Head of Research and Learning Services, Kolligian Library at UC Merced, noon, in COB2-295



2/16, "The Idea & Concept of the Taco," with Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado, Jarvis Thurston and Mona van Duyn Professor in the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis, 2 p.m., in COB2-295



3/13, "Life & Death at The Ends of The Earth: Burials in Tierra del Fuego, Chile," with Christina Torres, Professor of Anthropology at UC Merced, noon, in COB2-295



04/05, "The Creative Lives of Animals," with Carol Gigliotti, Professor Emerita of Design and Dynamic Media and Critical and Cultural Studies at Emily Carr University of Arts & Design, time TBD, COB2-295



04/10, "Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks," with Wendy Laura Belcher, Professor of Comparative Literature and African American Studies at Princeton University, 2 p.m., on Zoom. Free copies of her book will be provided!



4/17, "Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Workers Coming of Age in the U.S.," with Stephanie Canizales, Assistant Professor of Sociology at UC Merced, noon, COB2-295



We are also planning to host workshops on engaging local and regional media and on peacemaking, to be confirmed soon.



The following will be continuing as well in our Public Humanities Design Studio, starting next week:

Weekly Writing Group for Faculty and Graduate Students, Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-noon, COB2-295

Weekly Dissertation Writing Group for Graduate Students, Thursdays, 9 a.m.-noon, COB2-295



We hope to see you soon at these events!


Ignacio López-Calvo

Director


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