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Faculty Preview: The Year Ahead in Exhibitions at the Manetti Shrem Museum

As the spring quarter begins to wind down, faculty and lecturers are invited to the Manetti Shrem Museum for a preview of our 23/24 exhibition season and a reception to celebrate the end of this academic year.

Book Talk: Jean-Baptiste, Multiracial Identities in Colonial French Africa

Please join the Aggie Black Excellence project for a book talk featuring UC Davis history professor and associate dean for the UC Education Abroad Program, Rachel Jean-Baptiste:

Jun 21, 2023 @ 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Manetti Shrem Museum, 254 Old Davis Rd
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Resource-use & specialization in rural change in Europe and the Americas: Politics, Reform, & Revolution

Agrarian reform and agricultural revolution are crucial themes in the historiography of agricultural development and rural change.

May 26, 2023 @ 9:00am - 5:00pm
L.J. Andrews Conference Room, SSH 2203
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Davis Feminist Film Festival 2023

The UC Davis Women's Resources and Research Center is proud to present the eighteenth annual Davis Feminist Film Festival! Join us May 18 and 19, 6p–10p, in the Student Community Center Multipurpose Room for a screening of 24 short films curated by eight dedicated undergraduate interns.

A conversation with La Colectiva Feminista en Construcción

Black Feminist Poetics against Displacement and Colonialism

Join La Colectiva Feminista en Construcción on Monday, May 15th to discuss Black feminist poetics against displacement and colonialism.

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Theory as History: A Conversation with Jairus Banaji

Theory as History: A Conversation with Jairus Banaji

Date: Friday, May 26

Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm PST

Artist Lecture: Shimon Attie

The Department of Art and Art History is pleased to present a public lecture by Shimon Attie.

RELIGION & MEDICINE: EAST AND WEST

RELIGION & MEDICINE: EAST AND WEST

May 10-11, 2023 @ 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Alumni Center, Founders Board Room
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Beth Piatote, “Translating the Land Through Language.”

In a recent issue of Poetry magazine, Esther Belin describes the “reterritorializing” power of work by Native American writers working in their Indigenous languages, drawing out the language of the land through naming and poetics.

Hemispheric Institute on the Americas

Many countries in Latin America have recently elected governments that claim to represent a renewed left. What are the historical circumstances that facilitated the election of Gustavo Petro in Colombia, Lula Da Silva in Brazil, Gabriel Boric in Chile, and Andres Manuel López Obrador in Mexico?

May 5, 2023 @ 10:00am - 5:30pm
Location Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center
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