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Vang and Hatton Publish Book on Critical Refugee Studies

September 9, 2023
Professors Ma Vang and Nigel Hatton and co-authors Yen Le Espiritu, Lan Duong, Ma Vang, Victor Bascara, Khatharya Um and Lila Sharif published a book titled "Departures An Introduction to Critical Refugee Studies." The book supports, contextualizes ...

Shakes Publishes "Women’s Activist Theatre in Jamaica and South Africa: Gender, Race, and Performance Space"

September 9, 2023
Professor Nicosia Shakes' book, "Women’s Activist Theatre in Jamaica and South Africa: Gender, Race, and Performance Space," was published by University of Illinois Press. Concentrating on four performance events, Shakes situates the work of theater groups and projects...

Brokaw Publishes Book: "Shakespeare and Community Performance"

September 9, 2023
English Literature Professor Katherine Steele Brokaw published a book titled, "Shakespeare and Community Performance."  This book explores how productions of Shakespearean plays create meaning in specific communities, with special attention to issues of access, adaptation,...

Amussen and Rodriguez Promoted to Distinguished Professor

September 9, 2023
We are delighted to announce that Sociology Professors Susan Amussen and Manuel Martin Rodriguez were promoted to Distinguished Professor. 

Sharim's International Acclaim Continues to Grow

September 9, 2023
Professor Yehuda Sharim's latest work, "El Ojo Comienza En La Mano" (The Eye Begins in The Hand, 2022), is the winner and finalist of more than seven international awards, including the Best Short Film 2023 at Rockport Film Festival, Oregon Documentary Film Festival (finalist)...

UC Support Continues Research Collaboration between Irvine, Santa Cruz, Merced Campuses

September 9, 2023
From UCI NEWS: “Routes of Enslavement in the Americas,” led by Alex Borucki, associate professor of history at University of California, Irvine, is one of 21 projects receiving a 2023 Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives award from the University of California. The $840,...

UC Merced graduate student Josiah Beharry appointed as 2024-25 UC student Regent

July 19, 2023
The University of California Board of Regents has appointed University of California, Merced graduate student Josiah Beharry to be the 2024-25 student Regent. Beharry is the 50th student Regent, a position established in 1975. He will serve as the student Regent-designate for the coming year, able...

Sharim’s New Photo Essay Reveals Night in Merced County

June 23, 2023
Global Arts Studies Professor Yehuda Sharim has published a new photo essay, “A Map of Light,” on the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI)’s digital platform Foundry. This is the second piece Sharim has published on the collective platform. While “A Map of Light” is a...

Campus Adds New Areas of Studies for Students to Choose From

June 12, 2023
New students or those who have not yet chosen their majors will have an array of options before them. Five new majors and several new emphases, ranging across all three schools, are all coming online in 2024 and are recruiting students now. New bachelor’s of science degrees: chemical engineering...

Fellowship Will Allow Professor to Continue Telling Impactful Stories

June 7, 2023
Professor of Literatures, Languages and Cultures Mai-Linh K. Hong has been awarded a 2023 ACLS Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. The ACLS Fellowship Program supports exceptional scholarship in the humanities and interpretive social sciences that has the potential to make...

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