A Symposium on Incarceration, the Humanities, and Humanity

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, COB2-295

11:45-12:15 Film Screening: Where’s My Coffee Cup? COB2-295

12:30-1:30 Respondent to Film & Discussion over Lunch, with Josiah Beharry, COB2-392

1:30-2:30 “Voices from Inside & Outside,” with Sol Mercado, Aly Tamboura, & Richard “Bonaru” Richardson, COB2-295

3:00 Keynote: Fates of Origin: Fiction & Reality in California, with Rachel Kushner, COB1-116

For any questions please contact Manzhang@ucmerced.edu