With David D. Kim, Professor, Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies; Associate Vice Provost and Inclusive Excellence Advisor, International Institute, UCLA
Thursday, December 10, 2026
Starting at 2:00 P.M.
Location: COB2-295...
Events
With Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History, Chancellor’s Professor, and May Ziadeh Chair in Palestinian & Arab Studies, UC Berkeley
Monday, November 9, 2026
Starting at 12:00 P.M.
Location: COB2-295
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Please join us as we gather to honor and celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Christina Lux. The memorial event will be held on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, from 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M in the California Room on the UC Merced campus. Guests...
Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Fellows Present Their Dissertation Research
Shabnam Shirzadi - Haunted Performativity: Specters of Human Zoos in Contemporary Performances
Ejemen Ogbebor - Streaming New Nollywood: The Relationship...
With Mary K. Bryson, Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Starting at 2:00 P.M.
Location: COB2-295
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For any questions please contact manzhang@...
With Anneeth Kaur Hundle, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Presidential Chair in Social Sciences to Advance Sikh Studies, UC Irvine.
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Starting at 10:30 A.M.
Location: COB2-290
Co-sponsored by...
With Goldberry Long, Associate Professor of Teaching in Creative Writing, UC Riverside
Friday, September 11, 2026
Starting at 10:00 A.M.
Location: COB2-295
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Schedule
10:00 AM — Session 1: Training
12...
Macbeth/Rewired deconstructs Shakespeare's famous tragedy through the frameworks of gendered violence and rising political authoritarianism. The play examines the figure of the witches, a historically marginalized gender, as they transform through...
“Belonging through Storytelling”: A Special Evening with Kao Kalia Yang, author of Where Rivers Part
“Belonging through Storytelling”: A Special Evening with Kao Kalia Yang, author of Where Rivers Part
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: UC Merced Conference Center
Free Event
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This event...
Soundscapes of Merced Exhibit at Merced County Courthouse Museum - Ground Floor Gallery
Thursday, May 14, 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Opening Program at 6:00 p.m.
Live Performances by Tou Long Xiongxaychou, Jesse Gonzales, and Pat Dahlstrom....
The Satellite Coast: Vandenberg Space Force Base, SpaceX, and Relations of Infrastructural Adjacency
With Lisa Parks, Distinguished Professor of Film and Media Studies, UC Santa Barbara
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Starting at 2:00 P.M.
Location: COB2-295
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For any questions please contact Humanities@ucmerced.edu
Monday, April 20, 2026
From 10:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
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Agenda
10:00 Welcome, COB2-295
10:15-11:45 “Prisons, Universities, & the Public,” with Zulema Valdez, Sedney Suarez Gordon, & Clinton Terrell...
With Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez, Assistant Professor of History, University of California, Santa Cruz
Alison Hirsch, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, University of Southern California
Clancy Wilmott, Assistant...
With Ma Vang, Associate Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, UC Merced
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Starting at 3:00 P.M.
Location: COB2-295
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For any questions please contact Humanities@ucmerced.edu
Our Common Read book will be Where Rivers Part: A Story of My Mother's Life by Kao Kalia Yang.
Free books will be available at Merced County Libraries from 03/26 and at UC Merced Center for the Humanities from 03/20 (...
