
Happening today at 2:00 PM:
Placing Palestine: Hussein al-Barghouti’s Narrative Analytic of Space
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The Center was established in the fall of 2008 at the newest campus in the UC system. In an institution designed around interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge, the Center sought to recreate the Renaissance integration of multiple approaches to knowledge, encompassing the humanities, arts, and qualitative social sciences. These areas of academic study share a concern with the ways in which human
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Happening today at 2:00 PM:
Placing Palestine: Hussein al-Barghouti’s Narrative Analytic of Space
Located in COB2 - 295
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3FELbyj
Coffee & snacks will be provided!
Join us tomorrow for our last event of the Fall:
Placing Palestine: Hussein al-Barghouti’s Narrative Analytic of Space
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 2:00 PM
Located in COB2 - 295
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Coffee & snacks will be provided!
Join us Friday for this upcoming event:
From the Archives to the Stage: A Journey of Collective Storytelling and Activism
with Edward Paulino
Friday, December 9, 2022
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
COB2-295
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Please save the date for our upcoming event:
Distinguished Lecture: Can Su***de As A Political Act Be Universalized? with Dr. Slavoj Žižek
Monday, December 12, 2022
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Via zoom, register here: https://bit.ly/3GexoPi
Join us for this upcoming event:
From the Archives to the Stage: A Journey of Collective Storytelling and Activism
with Edward Paulino
Friday, December 9, 2022
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
COB2-295
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3ge52ds
Among the new acquisitions in the Sierra Nevada-Central Valley Archive is the Ralph H. Anderson Special Collection on Yosemite National Park and the American Southwest.
Anderson was the Yosemite National Park Service's official photographer who worked on many different types of photography for the Yosemite Museum.
His personal collection of books, photographs, correspondence, and ephemera includes black and white photographs taken between 1925 and 1960.
Read the story in the UC Merced Library News: https://fal.cn/3tP5l
The Sierra Nevada-Central Valley Archive is being established in partnership with the UC Merced Center for the Humanities.
UC Merced professors will discuss how they share their research via comics as we launch 4 new comics in our Bobcat Comics series. The events are set for Saturday, Nov. 5, and Monday, Nov. 7.
Read more:
Professors to Share Their Research Through Comics at Events | Newsroom The Center for the Humanities is hosting in-person and virtual events to give some insight into how professors share their research through comics. The center's Bobcat Comics series aims to showcase different types of research in an easy-to-understand format. Four new comics are being launched this....
Check out this interview with Jordan Collver, one of the artists featured in our upcoming comics event on Nov. 7 at UC Merced.
Telling Your Research Story Through Comics – Special Webinar announced by University of California Find out more about how you can use comics to make academic research more accessible…
Save the date for our next Brownbag Seminar Series ft. Tommy Tran
Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 1:00 PM
Located in COB2 - 295
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Coffee & snacks will be provided!
Are you interested in medical humanities? You can watch Lost for Words: A Medical Humanities Approach to Understanding Speech Disorder on our UCTV channel. If you enjoy the talk, please like the video and subscribe to the channel!
VIDEO: Lost for Words: A Medical Humanities Approach to Understanding Speech Disorder Our ability to speak helps us define who we are and how we process the world around us. Strokes have both physical and mental impacts, especially when they impede our ability to speak. In this program, Brian Dolan, Ph.D., talks about his research on the importance of speech, including talking to one...
Save the date for our next Brownbag Seminar Series ft. Tommy Tran
Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 1:00 PM
Located in COB2 - 295
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3S7vJNH
Coffee & snacks will be provided!
Are you interested in learning about the challenges and benefits of parental leave, including the impact on families, companies, the labor force and the economy? Check out the Dr. Heather Royer discuss this on our UCTV Channel, Critically Human.
VIDEO: Is Parental Leave Costly for Parents and Co-Workers? In this program, Heather Royer, Ph.D., discusses the challenges and benefits of parental leave, including the impact on families, companies, the labor force and the economy. Recorded on 10/29/2020.
Are you interested in learning how archives are created, where to look and what to expect to find, and strategies and possibilities for research? Check out Digging into Local Archives: Approaches and Methods for Planning Research on our UCTV Channel, Critically Human.
VIDEO: Digging into Local Archives: Approaches and Methods for Planning Research In this program, Emily Lin, with the UC Merced Library, explains the process of digging into archives, including a look at how archives are created, where to look and what to expect to find, and strategies and possibilities for research. Recorded on 10/19/2020.
Do you love Reggae? Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars is a band from Sierra Leone which was formed by a group of refugees. You can listen to their music on our UCTV channel, Critically Human. If you enjoy the concert, please like the video and subscribe to the channel!
VIDEO: Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars in Concert Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars have risen like a phoenix from the ashes of war and enflamed the passion of fans across the globe with their uplifting songs of hope, faith and joy. From their humble beginnings in West African refugee camps, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars have performed on some of...
Are you interested in learning about how the humanities engage with the broader public? Check out this program on Community Engagement: Transforming Graduate Education in the Humanities.If you enjoy the video, please like and subscribe to the channel!
VIDEO: Community Engagement: Transforming Graduate Education in the Humanities In this program, Erica-Kohl Arenas, Ph.D., discusses the lessons learned so far in her research on how to transform higher education to better support public engagement in academia and shares her personal journey as an engaged scholar. Recorded on 9/11/2020.
Did you miss the interview with LADAMA? You can now watch it on our UCTV channel, Critically Human. If you enjoy the interview, please like the video and subscribe to the channel!
VIDEO: Conversation with LADAMA LADAMA is a group of four women, virtuosic musicians, and educators— Lara Klaus, Daniela Serna, Mafer Bandola and Sara Lucas— from different countries and cultures of the Americas, who are sisters in song, rhythm and spirit. Harnessing music from their respective countries of origin, Brazil, Col...
Do you love Latin Alternative music? LADAMA is a group of four women, virtuosic musicians, and educators. You can listen to their music on our UCTV channel, Critically Human. If you enjoy the concert, please like the video and subscribe to the channel!
VIDEO: LADAMA in Concert LADAMA is a group of four women, virtuosic musicians, and educators— Lara Klaus, Daniela Serna, Mafer Bandola and Sara Lucas— from different countries and cultures of the Americas, who are sisters in song, rhythm and spirit. Harnessing music from their respective countries of origin — Brazil, ...
Did you miss the interview with Ernie Lowe? He is a photographer who documented life in the Central Valley of California in the 1960s, with a focus on labor activism among farmworkers. You can now watch it on our UCTV channel, Critically Human. If you enjoy the interview, please like the video and subscribe to the channel!
VIDEO: Conversation with Photographer Ernie Lowe Ernie Lowe is a photographer who documented life in the Central Valley of California in the 1960s, with a focus on labor activism among farmworkers. He was mentored by Dorothea Lange and also studied under John Collier, Jr. Lowe's archive of photos can be found at the UC Merced Library, which has ma...
Did you miss the interview with Ellas? You can now watch it on our UCTV channel, Critically Human. If you enjoy the interview, please like the video and subscribe to the channel!
VIDEO: Conversation with Ellas Ellas is a new trio that performs an exciting blend of mariachi, jazz, country, and various other styles. Recorded on 1/29/2021.
Do you love music? Ellas are a trio that perform an exciting blend of mariachi, jazz, country, and various other styles of music. You can listen to their music on our UCTV channel, Critically Human. If you enjoy the concert, please like the video and subscribe to the channel!
VIDEO: Ellas in Concert Ellas is a new trio that performs an exciting blend of mariachi, jazz, country, and various other styles. This performance presented by UC Merced UpstART is one of their debut concerts.
Did you miss the interview with SuddenRush? You can now watch it on our UCTV channel, Critically Human. If you enjoy the interview, please like the video and subscribe to the channel!
VIDEO: Conversation with SuddenRush These five siblings got their start playing in various bands in the Vancouver music scene before joining together to form SuddenRush. Their sound is a seamless blend of Hmong sentimental song style and epic country rock, which works so well together it's surprising more people haven't thought to do....
Do you love music? SuddenRush is a band of five siblings who got their start playing in various other bands in the Vancouver music scene. Their sound is a seamless blend of Hmong sentimental song style and epic country rock. You can listen to their music on our UCTV channel, Critically Human. If you enjoy the concert, please like the video and subscribe to the channel!
VIDEO: SuddenRush in Concert These five siblings got their start playing in various other bands in the Vancouver music scene before joining together to form SuddenRush. Their sound is a seamless blend of Hmong sentimental song style and epic country rock, which works so well together it's surprising more people haven't thought....
Join us today at 1 PM for "Employment Trajectories & Graduate Experience in The Humanities: Data From Philosophy," with Carolyn Jennings. In COB2-295 or via zoom, snacks & Refreshments will be provided. For zoom register below:
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Employment Trajectories and Graduate Experience in The Humanities: Data From Philosophy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join us for the Brownbag Seminar Series ft. Carolyn Jennings Friday, October 14, 2022 at 1:00 PM COB2 - 295 or via zoom About speaker: Carolyn Jennings is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at University of California, Merced. She works across multiple disciplines, but especi...
Do you love mariachi music? Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles prides itself on being the world's first LGBTQ mariachi band. They have been featured multiple times on Univision morning shows, and in the Smithsonian Folklife magazine. You can listen to their music on our UCTV channel, Critically Human. If you enjoy the concert, please like the video and subscribe to the channel!
VIDEO: Mariachi Arcoiris Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles prides itself on being the world's first LGBTQ mariachi band. Their tight, energetic, and intricate sound has been honed by the work they've had to do to navigate the typically hypermasculine and heteronormative world of mariachi as gay and trans musicians. The band....
Did you miss the interview with Sallyswag? You can now watch it on our UCTV channel, Critically Human. If you enjoy the interview, please like the video and subscribe to the channel!
VIDEO: Conversation with Sallyswag Sweden is mostly known internationally for being a pop music powerhouse, but they also have an equally vibrant folk and world music scene less well known to the outside world. Sallyswag is a 9-woman band that has taken that scene by storm, weaving together its roots in dance hall, Balkan, R&B, Swedi...
Do you love dance hall, Balkan, R&B, Swedish folk, hip-hop, and afro-beat? Sallyswag is a vibrant live act and powerful music collective. You can listen to their music on our UCTV channel, Critically Human. If you enjoy the concert, please like the video and subscribe to the channel!
VIDEO: Sallyswag in Concert Sweden is mostly known internationally for being a pop music powerhouse, but they also have an equally vibrant folk and world music scene less well known to the outside world. Sallyswag is a nine-woman power band that has taken that scene by storm, weaving together its roots in dance hall, Balkan, R...
Did you miss the interview with La Santa Cecilia? You can now watch it on our UCTV channel, Critically Human. If you enjoy the interview, please like the video and subscribe to the channel!
VIDEO: Conversation with La Santa Cecilia The band La Santa Cecilia, named for the patron saint of music, is dedicated to voicing the experience of a new bicultural generation in the United States. Their music is rooted in their Mexican heritage, but also inspired by traditions of bossa nova, rumba, bolero, tango, jazz, rock, and klezmer. T...
Do you love cumbia, bossa nova, and boleros? La Santa Cecilia exemplifies the modern-day creative hybrid of Latin culture, rock, and world music. You can listen to their music on our UCTV channel, Critically Human. If you enjoy the concert, please like the video and subscribe to the channel!
VIDEO: La Santa Cecilia in Concert The band La Santa Cecilia, named for the patron saint of music, is dedicated to voicing the experience of a new bicultural generation in the United States. Their music is rooted in their Mexican heritage, but also inspired by traditions of bossa nova, rumba, bolero, tango, jazz, rock, and klezmer. T...
We're continually posting new content on our UCTV channel, Critically Human. In case you missed it, you can now watch the recording of the talk by Yvette Flores on promoting healthy coping strategies during the pandemic.
VIDEO: Mental Health and the Pandemic: Promoting Healthy Coping Strategies In this program, Yvette Flores, professor of psychology at UC Davis, discusses how to cope during a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, especially social stress and the impact of it on disadvantaged and marginalized groups. Recorded on 10/12/2020.
If you missed Yvette Flores's talk on "Mental Health and the Pandemic: Promoting Healthy Coping Strategies," you can now watch it via our UCTV channel, "Critically Human."
VIDEO: Mental Health and the Pandemic: Promoting Healthy Coping Strategies In this program, Yvette Flores, professor of psychology at UC Davis, discusses how to cope during a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, especially social stress and the impact of it on disadvantaged and marginalized groups. Recorded on 10/12/2020.
Hey ! Our NASA Earth Comic Contest is open until August 31, so there is still plenty of time for your high-school and college-aged students to create and submit a winning one-page about how benefits life on ! Share this opportunity with your students: bit.ly/SAEInAction
Check out our latest blog post by doctoral student Ivan Soto, "Graphic History: COVID-19, Speculative Fiction, and Illustrating the Archive."
https://blogs.ucmerced.edu/centerforhumanities/2022/06/01/graphic-history-covid-19-speculative-fiction-and-illustrating-the-archive/
Graphic History: COVID-19, Speculative Fiction, and Illustrating the Archive | Center for the Humanities at UC Merced Uncategorized Graphic History: COVID-19, Speculative Fiction, and Illustrating the Archive June 1, 2022 clux Leave a comment By Ivan Gonzalez-Soto, Doctoral Student, UC MercedPrior to COVID-19, I used critical race and ethnic studies, history, and environmental studies to frame my research on water,...
Happening now at UC Merced! This band, Ladama, is amazing and it's not too late to join... you can still register for the free virtual concert (followed by a Q&A with the band) here:
https://ucmerced.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eJnI0bM5QJejzMhJXgSAPA?fbclid=IwAR1BkbXqmqEElGGDYwu3LNwRWmDzNmXVwxiElzb0eqwluoygm9rQJ7Yq3w4
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT! LADAMA’s free online concert and Q&A starts at 5pm! For concert info & registration click here: https://ucmerced.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eJnI0bM5QJejzMhJXgSAPA
LADAMA is an ensemble of women from across the Americas who produce and perform original work while engaging youth in the act of music-making. (Photo by Sea Robin Studios)
LADAMA’s free online concert and Q&A is TOMORROW! (May 7, 2022 at 5pm PST). Below is the music video of their song, Porro Maracatu. For concert info & registration click here: https://ucmerced.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eJnI0bM5QJejzMhJXgSAPA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SejIE1T55OU&feature=youtu.be
LADAMA - "Porro Maracatu" Official Video Buy LADAMA Music ➤ https://ladamamusic.bandcamp.com/Listen to our new playlist ➤ https://spoti.fi/2Kq1IbHSuscribe and Follow LADAMA!Instagram ➤ https://www.i...
We're excited to share this story about our new NEH grant, which we worked on over the past year in collaboration with the Library! $750k has been awarded by NEH with an additional $750k gift commitment for a total of $1.5M.
NEH Grant Awarded to UC Merced for Sierra Nevada-Central Valley Archive in Library | Newsroom The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded a $750,000 grant to the UC Merced Library in partnership with the Center for the Humanities to establish a research archive documenting the Sierra Nevada and Central Valley.
Join us tomorrow for the Merced Seminar in the Humanities ft. Donald Barclay
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 3:00 PM
Located in COB2 - 295
Snacks & refreshments provided!
LADAMA: “...a joyous, musically deft mélange of sounds from around the Americas.” - Jeremy D. Goodwin, The Boston Globe; https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2017/01/29/spirit-inclusion-pervades-crashfest/JxbVyr1mlmZlQTQ2t8NzIN/story.html
LADAMA’s free online concert and Q&A is this Saturday! For more info and the registration link click here: https://ucmerced.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eJnI0bM5QJejzMhJXgSAPA
Concert Date & Time: May 7, 2022 at 5pm PST
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Ladama. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. UC Merced UpstART presents a free online concert with Ladama Saturday, May 7 at 5 pm PST followed immediately by a live Q&A with the band About the band: LADAMA is a group of four women, virtuosic musicians, and educators— Lara Klaus, Daniela Serna, Mafer Bandola and Sara Lucas— from different c...
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