Events

OpEd Workshop: Journalism 101

OpEd Workshop: Journalism 101 with Teresa Puente, lecturer in Journalism and Mass Communication at Cal State Long Beach. Advanced registration required by Jan. 26: http://centerforhumanities.ucmerced.edu/form/registration-journalism-101 Location:...

Waterscapes and Wet Bodies Through the Colonial Eye: West Africa, Hawai'i, and India

Waterscapes and Wet Bodies Through the Colonial Eye: West Africa, Hawai'i, and India Exhibit Opening Reception: February 7, 2018 12:00pm -- 1:00pm. UC Merced Library, Room 362 When: February 7, 2018 -- May 7, 2018 Where: UC Merced...

1683 and All That: The Ottomans Seen By their Foes

As part of the Merced Seminar in the Humanities: Global Perspectives on Early Modern Empires, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Distinguished Professor & Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Social Sciences, will be giving a talk titled, “1683 and All...

Tacking 21st Century Challenges: "Integrating Art and Science: Shifting Perspectives to Inspire Change"

J.D. Talasek, Director of Cultural Programs, National Academy of Sciences Faculty Q+A 2:00 pm, COB2 392 Lecture and Reception, 4-5:30pm, KL355

An Evening of Hawaiian Music: Hawaiian singer Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole with guitarist Shawn Pimental

"The Voice of Hawaii's Next Generation" Kaumakaiwa brings to the stage an immense talent as a singer, chanter, and dancer as well as a deep understanding of her Hawaiian culture and her place as a modern, transgender (mahu wahine)...

Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole Lecture/Q&A

Lecture & Q&A discussion with Hawaiian Singer Kaumakaiwa

Valley Roots Community-Engaged Theater Performances

VALLEY ROOTS COMMUNITY-ENGAGED, THEATER PERFORMANCES. DEC. 1ST: 7 P.M. MERCED MUTICULTURAL ARTS CENTER DEC. 2ND: 7 P.M. LAKIREDDY AUDITORIUM DEC. 3RD: 2 & 7 P.M. MERCED MUTICULTURAL ARTS CENTER Full calendar of...

Wild & Scenic Film Festival

WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL. Full calendar of events available here: fall2017_events_calendar1.pdf.

“The Bride Price”

CRITICAL RACE & ETHNIC STUDIES BOOK READING with MAI NENG MOUA, Author. Full calendar of events available here: fall2017_events_calendar1.pdf.

"Supporting the Liberation of Palestine Through Local Grassroots Activism"

MERCED SEMINAR IN THE HUMANITIES with LARA KISWANI, Executive Director, Arab Resource & Organizing Center. Full calendar of events available here: fall2017_events_calendar1.pdf.

“Mesoamericans in California: Immigrants’ Resistance, Social Movements, Rights, and Memory”

MESOAMERICAN STUDIES CONFERENCE with VERONICA TERRIQUEZ, Associate Professor of Sociology, UCSC; CHARLES R. HALE, Professor of Anthropology, UT Austin; and IRIS MONTERO, Mellon Postdoc, Brown. Full calendar of events available here...

"What the History of the Castro Can Tell Us About Pinkwashing: Israel, Palestine, and Queer Market Politics"

Merced Seminar in the Humanities with TALLIE BEN-DANIEL, Academic Advisory Council Coordinator, Jewish Voice for Peace Full calendar of events available here: fall2017_events_calendar1.pdf.

Creative Writing Pedagogy Symposium

CREATIVE WRITING PEDAGOGY SYMPOSIUM with ALEXANDRIA PEARY, Associate Professor of English, Salem State University. *PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED Full calendar of events available here: fall2017_events_calendar1.pdf.

Critical Race & Ethnic Studies Open House

CRITICAL RACE & ETHNIC STUDIES OPEN HOUSE. Full calendar of events available here: fall2017_events_calendar1.pdf.

"100 Years After Balfour: Putting Palestine on the Map"

MERCED SEMINAR IN THE HUMANITIES with HATEM BAZIAN. Lecturer, Department of Near Eastern and Asian Studies, UC Berkeley. Full calendar of events available here: fall2017_events_calendar1.pdf.