{"id":15013,"date":"2022-04-05T08:40:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T15:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/?page_id=15013"},"modified":"2025-09-02T09:39:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:39:45","slug":"bookclubs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/bookclubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Book Clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 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style=\"background-color:#efefef;border-width:1px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-top-width:3px;border-top-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><h2>Academic Book Clubs<\/h2><div class=\"reading-box-additional fusion-reading-box-additional\">\n<p>Building intellectual community in CHASS through critical inquiry and discussion<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-2 fusion-columns-total-2 fusion-content-boxes-1 content-boxes-icon-on-side content-left\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--awb-hover-accent-color:#a31e39;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:#a31e39;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);--awb-content-padding-left:64px;\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-first-in-row\"><div class=\"col 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content-box-column content-box-column-2 col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div class=\"icon\"><i style=\"border-color:var(--awb-custom18);border-width:1px;background-color:var(--awb-custom18);box-sizing:content-box;height:42px;width:42px;line-height:42px;border-radius:50%;font-size:21px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-calendar-alt fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/div><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"--h2_typography-font-size:18px;line-height:23px;padding-left:64px;\">Deadlines<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p>Sept 29 (Fall 2025)<br \/>Dec 8 (Winter 2026)<br \/>Mar 16 (Spring 2026)<br \/>June 8 (Summer 2026)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-2 content-boxes-clean-horizontal content-left content-boxes-icon-on-side\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-hover-accent-color:#a31e39;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:#a31e39;--awb-item-margin-bottom:40px;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:var(--awb-color2);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading icon-left\"><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"--h2_typography-font-size:18px;line-height:23px;\">About Academic Book Clubs (*updated for 2025-26)<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p>Stay engaged with colleagues\u00a0and build your research networks through <strong>Academic Book Clubs<\/strong>. Quarterly book clubs to engage colleagues and build research networks. Invite a group of four or more colleagues and select a book \u2013 it\u2019s that easy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Club<\/strong> program details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Awards cover cost of book purchases, up to $300 total<\/li>\n<li>Titles should have the potential to engage multiple perspectives, disciplines and methods in critical inquiry<\/li>\n<li>Groups agree to\u00a0meet at least\u00a03 times<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>during the quarter (in person or on Zoom)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conveners must be CHASS Faculty or Graduate Students<\/li>\n<li>At least half the\u00a0participants in the group must be CHASS scholars<\/li>\n<li>Up to 50% of the participants may be from from other UCR departments, UC campuses, local institutions or community organizations<\/li>\n<li>Minimum group size: Five participants, including convener<\/li>\n<li>To encourage interdisciplinary engagement, groups must include members from two or more UCR departments\/units<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About ongoing Book Clubs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Groups may apply two times\u00a0per academic year. (July 1 &#8211; June 30)<\/li>\n<li>Clubs need not be hosted sequentially. For example, a group may apply for fall and for spring in the same academic year.<\/li>\n<li>After two successful awards, a group may substantially change the participant list to include several new members and reapply for two more awards in the same year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-xlarge button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/4XZNjTiYN8AfKy1C6\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Apply Now<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15013","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15013"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15013"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17175,"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15013\/revisions\/17175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}