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Conference: "Thirty Years of Mass Incarceration: Where Do We Go From Here?"

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The Marcus Shelby Quartet: Harriet Tubman and the Blues

Shelby will tell the remarkable story of Harriet Tubman, a woman who rose out of humble beginnings, escaped slavery and dedicated her life to challenging the grave injustices in her day. Throughout her life, she worked to unite American women and men of...

Race and Justice in Transnational Perspective: The "Latinos" of Asia: How Filipinos Break the Rules of Race, Anthony C. Ocampo, Asst. Prof. of Sociology, Cal Poly Pomona

Abstract: Mass migration from Latin America and Asia is dramatically changing the racial landscape of our nation. In California, Latinos and Asians already collectively constitute the majority in large metropolitan areas, a demographic shift that is...

Seminar: "The History of State Evasion and Prevention," James Scott, Yale University

Abstract: "Zomia" is a new term aiming to describe the vast upland zone of Southeast Asia between China and India, including parts of Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Burma. Bangladesh, southeastern China and northeast India. The roughly 100 million...

Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities: "How we, Homo Sapiens, came to be domesticated: an account of the late-Neolithic multi-species resettlement camp," James Scott, Yale University

Abstract: For roughly 95% of our time as a species on earth, we were hunters and foragers, living rather dispersed and mobile lives. How did it come to pass that we ended up living in great concentrations of people, domesticated plants, and animals, in...

Merced Seminar in the Humanities: "Political Aesthetics and Embodiment: Sung Protest in Post-Apartheid South Africa," Omotayo Jolaosho, UC Merced

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Brownbag Talk: "Almost Digital Wizards, Nearly Analog Muggles: Harry Potter and the Birth of the Digital Age," Donald Barclay, UC Merced

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Reading: "A Burnable Book: A Novel," Bruce Holsinger, University of Virginia

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Seminar: "Words, Places, People, Things: Writing Historical Fiction," Bruce Holsinger, University of Virginia

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Merced Seminar in the Humanities: "Convention and Natural Law," Peter Vanderschraaf, UC Merced

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Reception: "This event is in conjunction with the "Black Power * Flower Power" photography exhibit," Kathleen Cleaver

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Public Lecture: "This event is in conjunction with the "Black Power * Flower Power" photography exhibit," Kathleen Cleaver

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Roadside Picnic By Matsui Shigeru and Nagashima Hiroyuki

Roadside Picnic was initially presented as an eight-channel audio installation piece at AMC Sound Project 2012, at Tokyo University of the Arts. Shi-ni-gi-wa (poet and media scholar Matsui Shigeru and sound artist Nagashima Hiroyuki) composed the sound,...

CANCELED: Musical Performance: "Harriet Tubman and the Blues," Marcus Shelby

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Human Rights Film Festival: "My Afghanistan: Life in the Forbidden Zone"

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