[Sshagradstudents] Common Read Book Pick-Up Locations + Upcoming Events

[UCM Center for the Humanities]

Common Read Book Pick-Up Locations + Upcoming Events

Dear Faculty, Staff, Students, and Friends of the Center,

We're excited to announce that our Common Read book will be The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer; 250 free copies of the books will be available for pick up starting on Monday, March 3 at UC Merced's Center for the Humanities and Merced County Libraries (1 copy per person). Book club discussions will occur in April and May at Merced County Libraries.
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Please also join us for the following upcoming events and activities:

"Enslaved Ship Pilots During the Age of Revolution," with Kevin Dawson, Tues. Feb. 25, 12:00 PM in COB2-295. RSVP here<https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/form/rsvp-enslaved-ship-pilots-during-age-revolution>.
[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. Image Description: The poster has a blue background with golden rings in the upper left and lower right corners. Golden wave icons in the upper right-hand corner and lower left-hand corner. In the middle is a rectangular portrait of Professor Kevin Dawson. In the lower left-hand corner, there is a QR code to RSVP. In the lower right-hand corner, there is a grey Center for the Humanities logo and Interdisciplinary Humanities in white text.]

"Making Community-Engaged Research Count," with Anna Song and Iván González-Soto, Mon. Mar. 3, 1:30 PM in COB2-295. RSVP here<https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/form/rsvp-making-community-engaged-research-count>.
[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. Image Description: The poster has a grey left section and a deep blue right section, with a curved gold accent. On the right-hand side are two circular portraits of Professor Anna Song and Professor Iván González-Soto. In the lower left-hand corner, there is a Center for the Humanities logo and Henry Luce Foundation logo. In the bottom middle of the page there is a QR code to RSVP.]

"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 here.<https://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/events/700-words-time-lessons-learned-doing-philosophy-newspaper>
[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.  Image Description:  The poster has a grey, blue and gold background with white polka dots in the upper right-hand corner. Below the polka dots is a circular portrait of Professor Andrew Fiala. In the lower right-hand corner are the Andrew Mellon Foundation logo and the UC Merced Center for the Humanities logo.]

Graduate Writing Group, Wednesdays from 9:15 AM - 12:00 PM, COB2-295
Faculty Write-In, Fridays from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, COB2-295



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