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Latest News<\/h1><\/div>
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Center for Ideas & Society Awards 2025-26<\/a><\/h2>
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Congratulations to the following Center for Ideas & Society award winners!<\/p>\n

\u272a CONFERENCE AWARD\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Nicolas Valdivia Hennig<\/strong> (Hispanic Studies)
\nIlya Brookwell<\/strong> (Media & Cultural Studies)
\nCalifornia Games and Interactive Media Conference<\/em><\/p>\n

The field of Game Studies has grown exponentially over the past two decades, emerging as a vital interdisciplinary area that intersects with the humanities, social sciences, arts, and technology. Despite this growth, UC Riverside remains one of the few UC campuses without a formalized program, designated degree, or research hub dedicated to Game Studies. The California Games and Interactive Media Conference seeks to address this gap by positioning UCR as a central node for academic collaboration and innovation in the field. Building on the success of our previous event (Latin American Games Studies Conference), which attracted over 70 attendees-including faculty, graduate students, and international participants -this conference will serve as a platform to map the current state of Game Studies in the region, foster interdisciplinary dialogue, and establish UCR as a key space for this expanding field.<\/p>\n

Samantha Griggs <\/strong>(Study of Religion)
\nMatthew King<\/strong> (Study of Religion)
\nThe Critical Yoga Studies Conference 2026: Reflecting on 15 years of Race & Yoga<\/em><\/p>\n

The Critical Yoga Studies Conference marks the 10-year anniversary of\u00a0Race and Yoga<\/em>\u00a0journal and the 15-year anniversary of the Race and Yoga Working Group, both of which have shaped the field of Critical Yoga Studies. This interdisciplinary conference will bring together scholars, practitioners, and activists to reflect on the journal\u2019s contributions, explore emerging research, and strategize future directions for the field. The conference will feature a keynote from Dr. Blu Wakpa reflecting on the founding and evolution of\u00a0Race and Yoga<\/em>\u00a0and future possibilities for decolonizing yoga practice and scholarship. By fostering dialogue across disciplines and communities, this conference will celebrate\u00a0Race and Yoga\u2019<\/em>s impact while envisioning new possibilities for the field and the future of public scholarship.<\/p>\n

Paulo Chagas<\/strong> (Music)
\nLiz Przybylski<\/strong> (Music)
\nNikolay Maslov<\/strong> (UCR ARTS)
\nIvana Petkovic Lozo<\/strong> (Musicologist)
\nCo-Creativity in Music and AI: Improvisation, Interaction, Composition<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cCo-Creativity in Music and Al: Improvisation, Interaction, Composition\u201d is an interdisciplinary initiative focusing on Somax2-a pioneering Al-driven improvisation system developed by I RCAM-to explore how artificial intelligence reshapes musical creativity. By uniting ethnomusicology, musicology, and media arts, this conference fosters dialogue on Al\u2019s role as a cocreative partner in composition, performance, and research, rather than a mere technical aid. Presentations, workshops, and live demonstrations will highlight Al\u2019s capacity to engage across genres, from classical and experimental music to hip hop and popular forms, emphasizing real-time interaction, cultural context, and innovative sonic aesthetics. Through a flexible format, the event aims to inspire new research collaborations, attract external funding, and expand community involvement. Ultimately, \u201cCo-Creativity in Music and Al\u201d envisions a future where human and machine collaborate symbiotically, opening novel frontiers for artistic expression and scholarly inquiry.<\/p>\n

\u272a WORKING GROUP AWARD<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Trisha Federis Remetir<\/strong> (Comparative Literatures and Languages)
\nBoundless pages: A Books-in-Progress Workshop for Interdisciplinary Scholars<\/em><\/p>\n

Over 6 meetings spread across Fall 2025, Winter 2026, and Spring 2026, a working group of four assistant professors in CHASS will convene at UC Riverside to workshop chapters from their in-progress monographs. The goal of these sessions will be to provide in-depth manuscript feedback from fellow pre-tenure scholars not in their immediate fields, thereby allowing them to refine their individual interventions in Abolitionist studies, Critical Filipinx Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicanx Studies, Queer and Trans Latinx Studies, Critical Refugee Studies, and more. While workshopping chapters intended for publication with a university press, the group will also discuss the following questions: what does it mean to write for an \u201cinterdisciplinary\u201d audience? How does an author develop their books\u2019 interdisciplinary (and interaudience) commitments while learning about the expectations of a departmental discipline? Through this series, the working group aims to bring the values of praxis and collective care to the writing and review process.<\/p>\n

Amy Skjerseth<\/strong> (Music)
\nUn(preset)dented: Default Gestalts in Art, Technology, and Culture<\/em><\/p>\n

What do Duchamp\u2019s readymades, synthesizer sounds, and microwave popcorn settings have in common? They are presets \u2013 default<\/p>\n

settings that facilitate ready-to-hand use. Our uses of presets consent to norms designed for \u201cstandard\u201d users; from Al content generators to Photoshop editing filters, presets on technology often replicate cultural biases of whiteness, sexism, ableism, and Western privilege. But artists can also recontextualize presets to interrogate entrenched conventions otherwise known as cultural presets. In this working group, UCR scholar-practitioners across art\/art history, media and cultural studies, music, philosophy, and environmental humanities will host public roundtables and DJ and synthesizer workshops. Across these forums, participants will question: how have linguistic, technological, and cultural presets driven capitalism, colonialism, and state sovereignty? When climate disaster and political extremism threaten how we typically engage with our environments, can we program new presets? How can critics and creators produce multi modal forms of knowledge to disentangle presets from their deepseated norms?<\/p>\n

\u272a SYMPOSIUM AWARD\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Erith Jaffe-Berg\u00a0<\/strong>(Theatre, Film, and Digital Production)
\nIlluminated Lecture: In Defense of Women<\/em><\/p>\n

In Defense of Women: Women and Theater in the Age of Shakespeare is an event created by Erith Jaffe-Berg and Theatre Dybbuk, a Los Angeles-based theatre company which brings together a talk with performed readings and live music. The project is based on an early-modern theorist and playwright named Leone de\u2019 Som mi who wrote a bilingual (Hebrew and Italian) treatise defending women that was widely disseminated and published starting in the 1550s. The poem braided together Jewish and Catholic culture in a time of increased segregation and ghettoization in many parts of Europe. In the poem, de\u2019 Som mi championed women whom he saw as on an equal level with men in terms of their accomplishments, leadership ability and goodness.<\/p>\n

\u272a WORKSHOP AWARD<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Kim Frost<\/strong> (Philosophy)
\nMoral Growth: Virtue and Disruptive Experiences<\/em><\/p>\n

A two day pre-read workshop on the book manuscript\u00a0Moral Growth: Virtue and Disruptive Experiences<\/em>\u00a0by Evgenia Mylonaki (University of Patras, Greece). Professor Mylonaki argues that moral growth is a disruptive experience that alters one\u2019s entire vision of the world. The manuscript brings into sharp focus an understanding of moral growth and virtue as depending crucially on our capacity to think ourselves into the being of another individual. The workshop should be of interest to anyone interested in cutting-edge international contemporary ethics, as well as those interested in the value and significance of individuality or the way disruptive experiences are expressed and thematized in both fiction and philosophy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Jessica Salas<\/a><\/span><\/span>2025-09-09T12:04:16-07:00<\/span>September 9, 2025<\/span>|<\/span><\/div>
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UCHRI Awards 2025-26<\/a><\/h2>

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025-26 UCHRI grants!<\/p>\n

Congratulations to the following UCR faculty and students:<\/p>\n

\u272a\u00a0MC Faculty Working Groups<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Amy Skjerseth<\/strong> (Music Assistant Professor)
\nUn(preset)dented: Default Gestalts in Art, Technology, and Culture<\/em><\/p>\n

\u272a \u00a0MC Graduate Student Working Groups<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mariam Nadirashvili<\/strong> (Spanish PhD Student)
\nEntangled Futures of Languages and Technologies: Speculative and Inclusive Approaches to AI and Linguistic Diversity<\/em><\/p>\n

\u272a Engaging Humanities Grant<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Covadonga Lamar Prieto<\/strong> (Hispanic Studies Professor)
\nCommunity interpreting and translation for healthcare: community co-creation<\/em><\/p>\n

\u272a Faculty Summer Research Funding<\/strong><\/h3>\n

John Marquez<\/strong> (History Assistant Professor)
\nNaming Freedom: Enslaved Women, Newborns, and the Social Practice of Freedom in Eighteenth-Century Brazil<\/em><\/p>\n

\u272a Graduate Student Dissertation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Nicolas Valdivia Hennig<\/strong> (Hispanic Studies)
\nIndigenous Games in Latin America: Production, Access, and Resistance<\/em><\/p>\n

\u272a \u00a0Manuscript Workshop & Research Development<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Marta Hern\u00e1ndez Salv\u00e1n<\/strong> (Hispanic Studies Associate Professor)<\/div>\n
Material Affect and Space: Censored Visual Culture in Revolutionary Cuba<\/em>
\nMichael Moses<\/strong> (Education Assistant Professor)
\nWriting Yourself into the Academic Job Market<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Jessica Salas<\/a><\/span><\/span>2025-05-20T13:13:19-07:00<\/span>May 20, 2025<\/span>|<\/span><\/div>
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UCHRI Awards 2024-25<\/a><\/h2>

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024-25 UCHRI grants!<\/p>\n

Congratulations to the following UCR faculty:<\/p>\n

\u272a\u00a0MC Faculty Working Groups<\/h3>\n

Crystal Baik<\/strong>, Gender and Sexuality Studies
\nReparative Memories: Communities in Crisis and Archival Care\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u272a\u00a0Engaging Humanities Grant<\/h3>\n

Elyse Ambrose<\/strong>, Department for the Study of Religion and Department of Black Study
\nBlack Trans Ethical Worldmaking Lab\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u272a\u00a0Graduate Student Dissertation Support<\/h3>\n

Iliana Cuellar, <\/strong>Comparative Literature PhD Student
\n<\/strong>Palimpsexts and Body Doubles: Autotheory in the Films of Agn\u00e8s Varda, Albertina Carri, Laetitia Masson, and Lina Rodriguez<\/em><\/p>\n

\u272a Climate Action Training and Summer Dissertation Fellowship<\/h3>\n

Grecia Perez, <\/strong>Anthropology PhD Student
\nThe (il)legibility of the Black experience in Mexico: Citizenship, Antiblackness, and Ecological Authority<\/em><\/p>\n

\u272a\u00a0Junior Faculty Manuscript Workshops<\/h3>\n

Trisha Remetir, <\/strong>Comparative Literatures and Languages
\nUnfamiliar Waters: Filipinx Aesthetics against Extractive Capitalism<\/em><\/p>\n

\u272a\u00a0Conference Grant<\/h3>\n

Andr\u00e9 Carrington, <\/strong>English\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Reimagining the Archive: Eaton Speculative Fiction Conference\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u272a\u00a0UC Underrepresented Scholars Fellowship<\/h3>\n

Michael Moses, <\/strong>Education<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Jessica Salas<\/a><\/span><\/span>2024-05-07T15:51:02-07:00<\/span>May 7, 2024<\/span>|<\/span><\/div>
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Center for Ideas & Society Awards 2024-25<\/a><\/h2>
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Congratulations to the following Center for Ideas & Society award winners!<\/p>\n

\u272a CONFERENCE AWARD\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eaton Speculative Fiction Conference: Reimagining the Archive<\/em><\/p>\n

andr\u00e9 carrington (English), Loren Barbour (English), Chelsea-Mae Yuipco (Media & Cultural Studies), K Persinger (Media & Cultural Studies), and Liza Wemakor (English)<\/p>\n

The 2020s thus far have been defined by numerous and often interrelated crises, which have prompted widespread conversation on the urgent need to imagine and implement better, different, and innovative solutions for the future. Influenced by feminist, queer, decolonial, and critical race theories, speculative fiction writing and scholarship have likewise become increasingly invested in care, resistance, and liberation as strategies toward futurity. In accordance with these concerns, this project will relaunch the Eaton Conference of Science Fiction around the theme \u201cReimagining the Archive\u201d in order to investigate reparative approaches to speculative fiction and its history, specifically with the archive. From the prominence of the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy to its Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Science program, the study of speculative fiction has deep significance to the University of California, Riverside. In seeking to revive the Eaton Conference, the organizers aim to bolster UCR\u2019s prestigious reputation in the field and foster a network of new and emerging scholars and artists. Supporting emergent talent is an ongoing act of care that this version of the conference will prioritize as it addresses ongoing disparities in the field (and across academia) and (re)imagines the future of humanities research.<\/p>\n

\u272a WORKING GROUP AWARD<\/strong><\/p>\n

UCR Science and Technology Studies (STS) Workshop Series<\/em><\/p>\n

Linda Hall (Anthropology) and Yolanda Moses (Anthropology)<\/p>\n

The UCR Science and Technology Initiative will host a series of workshops to advance an interdisciplinary dialogue by UCR faculty across colleges about existing Science and Technology Studies (STS) knowledge and research. The participants will share interdisciplinary ways of knowing regarding STS and help to define the challenges, expectations, and possible future viability of a more integrative teaching and research model. The outcomes of these workshops will include creating new synergies across disciplines and with Island Empire communities. The workshops are intended to promote the collaborative research and problem solving that will support UCR\u2019s goal to serve as a global partner and premier research institution in the international field of STS Studies.<\/p>\n

Horror of Color Working Group<\/em><\/p>\n

Magda Garcia (English)<\/p>\n

The Horror of Color Working Group is a space for students and faculty to collaboratively engage research in horror studies with a specific focus on scholarship on horror and race and horror cultural productions by U.S.-based creators of color. The group brings together students and faculty across the humanities and social sciences to address topics ranging from the development and solidifying of genres such as Afro Horror, Indigenous Horror, and U.S. Latinx horror to fandoms of color with the goal of fostering intellectual exchange on the topic of EthnoHorror by 1) holding discussions of works in progress, 2) organizing conversations around shared readings, and 3) invited talks\/panels.<\/p>\n

\u272a SYMPOSIUM AWARD\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Self-Consciousness and Mutual Recognition<\/em><\/p>\n

Alexandra Newton (Philosophy) and Andrews Reath (Philosophy)<\/p>\n

That the subject, or the I, is not an object in the world is one of the most fundamental insights in philosophy. It is also one of the most difficult. It is an insight that is often associated with Kant, and with later German Idealism, but it is also prevalent in the French tradition and in early analytic philosophy. In this conference, participants will discuss the questions: How can we develop accounts of selfconsciousness and mutual recognition that do justice to this insight? What is it to be conscious of ourselves as subjects of thinking and of acting? And how do we recognize others as subjects? The questions will be approached through discussion of the history of philosophy and through its development in more recent approaches from contemporary philosophy. The conference is interdisciplinary in its reach, because it is only by answering these fundamental questions about selfconsciousness and mutual recognition that we can begin to understand the different ways in which we learn about ourselves and about others in the more specialized humanistic disciplines.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Jessica Salas<\/a><\/span><\/span>2024-04-10T16:06:07-07:00<\/span>April 3, 2024<\/span>|<\/span><\/div>
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Director’s Musings<\/a><\/h2>

By Jeanette Kohl<\/p>\n

Dear colleagues and friends of the CIS,<\/p>\n

As we all find ourselves in the midst of the fall quarter already, I write to you with some updates and good news from the Center. I am happy to announce three new initiatives in the Being Human event stream, all of which are part of our efforts to create a robust cross-disciplinary discussion platform, emphasize the role of the Arts and Humanities in our university, and increase international exchange.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the continued support of Rodolfo Torres, VC for Research and Economic Development, we will launch a second round of our successful mini labs, under the theme of Innovation Through Humanities. MiniLabs.02 supports experimental collaborations and cross-campus conversations with an interest in Humanities as a motor for innovation and problem-solving. The program provides opportunities for interdisciplinary brainstorming between faculty across different schools, with the potential for later grant applications. At least two members must be from CHASS, and each member will receive $ 500 in research funds. Mini labs can take place any time between January and September 2024. If you are interested, check out the application guidelines.<\/a><\/p>\n

We are also hosting a new series of lunch conversations on current themes in medicine and society. The Albert Lunches, sponsored by Dr. Albert Stroberg, are organized together with David Lo, Senior Associate Dean for Research at the School of Medicine. The conversations will be recorded, and transcripts will be available on our website. Our first conversation is on Nov. 1, on: Just a Job? Medical Education between Science and Practice.<\/p>\n

I am also proud to announce our first CIS Visiting International Scholar, Finnish scholar Jussi Parikka<\/a>, who will join us in January 2025. Parikka is professor in digital aesthetics and culture at Aarhus University in Denmark and an internationally renowned media archaeology scholar. His work in technological culture and digital aesthetics provided the scholarly framework for UCR ARTS\u2019s Digital Capture programming, part of the Getty\u2019s Pacific Standard Time initiative in 2024\/25. Parikka will conduct a student workshop and give a public lecture. His visit is funded by UCR\u2019s VP for International Affairs, Marko Princevak.<\/p>\n

I just came across an essay on the UC\u2019s DEI policies<\/a> in Berkeley\u2019s Center for Studies in Higher Education online series that I want to share with you. It is co-authored by UC faculty Steven Brint and built as an open controversy, which I find heartening.<\/p>\n

Finally, please join me in welcoming two new members of our advisory committee: Kris Neville, chair of Art History, and Bruce Link, distinguished professor of Sociology and Public Policy. We are glad to have you aboard!<\/p>\n

Jeanette<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Jessica Salas<\/a><\/span><\/span>2023-10-24T16:58:31-07:00<\/span>October 24, 2023<\/span>|<\/span>Tags: Jeanette Kohl<\/a><\/span>|<\/span><\/div>
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Director\u2019s update: October 2023<\/a><\/h2>

By Dylan Rodr\u00edguez<\/p>\n

Dear UCR colleagues, students, and staff,<\/p>\n

It is an honor to begin my third year as Co-Director of the Center for Ideas and Society.<\/p>\n

I am excited about the Fall 2023 schedule of events for the Decolonizing Humanism(?) programming stream<\/a>, including a lecture<\/a> and performance<\/a> by globally renowned scholar, lawyer, and activist Dr. Ana Flauzina (UCR Chancellor\u2019s Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-2023) on October 30-31 (in person) and \u201cOn Violence: Fall 2023 Experimental Study Sequence\u201d (online)<\/a>. Clickable link to participate in the \u201cOn Violence\u201d sequence is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I invite you and anyone who may be interested to join the \u201cOn Violence\u201d study sequence over the course of the Fall quarter. Below this note is a list of the online study sessions for \u201cOn Violence,\u201d featuring some of the most significant emerging and established scholars in their fields of study.<\/p>\n

I have taken great pleasure in collaborating with faculty and students from across the UCR campus and UC system over the last couple years, especially in the context of organizing numerous co-sponsored roundtables, lectures, panels, and experimental activities through the Decolonizing Humanism(?) programming stream. A few recent examples of these collaborations include Collective Escape: Trans Worldmaking Against Catastrophic Violence<\/a>, The Inedible Plate: On Caste, Race, and Food Politics<\/a>, Disability Justice, Reproductive Justice, and Sexual Agency<\/a>, Spirituality and Abolition<\/a>, and Black Liberation and Revolutionary Struggle NOW: A Roundtable Conversation with Sekou Odinga<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I look forward to seeing you at upcoming CIS events in the coming days!<\/p>\n

ingat\/peace<\/div>\n
dylan<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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2023-24 Conferences & Symposia Awards<\/a><\/h2>
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The Center is pleased to announce the following 2023-24 Conferences & Symposia award winners:<\/p>\n

A Panoply of Colors, A World of Materials: Global Connections of Early Modern Dyes
\n<\/strong>Spring 2024<\/p>\n

Yong Cho (History of Art), Jody Benjamin (History), Savannah Esquivel (History of Art), Fatima Quraishi (History of Art)<\/p>\n

This UCR conference will bring together a leading group of scholars studying dyes and related materials to shed light upon the vast and entangled networks that constituted a global world of colors. While this conference takes indigo as the primary case study, the goal of this conference is to engage with the transcultural histories of other prominent colorants that\u00a0circulated globally and appeared alongside textiles. The conference will be divided into three thematic sessions. The first, \u201cOrigins,\u201d focuses on labor, examining knowledge of cultivating dyes and textile materials as both an embodied and intellectual practice. The second, \u201cMobility,\u201d telescopes out to examine dyes in a global, connected world, charting the trajectories of materials and technologies across maritime and overland trade routes. Finally, the third theme, \u201cPatterns of Use,\u201d considers vibrantly colored dyed fabrics as they enfolded bodies and draped over structures. The conference will conclude with a tour of the UCR Botanical Garden.<\/p>\n

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Embodying Caste, Re-Casting the Body
\n<\/strong>Spring 2024<\/p>\n

Anusha Kedhar (Dance), Sammitha Sreevathsa (PhD Candidate, Dance)<\/p>\n

*Also awarded a UCHRI Conference Grant<\/em><\/p>\n

This interdisciplinary conference brings together studies of caste, which have historically been the remit of the social sciences, with discourses of the body, which are rooted in the arts and humanities, to think about the body as a site of caste violence and caste reproduction as well as a site of refuge and healing from caste oppression. While the connections between caste and the body are rooted in the origins of the caste system, there has been little scholarly overlap between disciplines that study caste and disciplines that study the body. This conference will address this gap by featuring scholars from Religious Studies, Anthropology, Ethnic Studies, History, and Dance Studies as well as caste-oppressed performers and activists from the US and India. Bridging the arts and humanities with the social sciences, it aims, in the short term, to introduce audiences to the problem of caste from multiple disciplinary points of view. In the long term, the goal is to spark other scholars in humanistic fields to consider the intersections of caste and the body in their work.<\/p>\n

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Beyond \u201cBest Practices\u201d: Proliferating Memory Work through Community-Grounded Oral History
\n<\/strong>Spring 2024<\/p>\n

Crystal Mun-hye Baik (Gender & Sexuality Studies)<\/p>\n

This symposium convenes an interdisciplinary research team of scholars (in education, gender and sexuality studies, Indigenous studies, performance studies, information studies, disability studies), community archivists, and independent oral historians to discuss community-grounded approaches to oral history with the UCR campus and broader public. Conceived by UCR\u2019s Memory & Resistance Laboratory (MEM-RES) in collaboration with Separated: An Oral History Project<\/a>,<\/a> this gathering will be the research team\u2019s first opportunity to share preliminary findings from an 8-month study that examines how practitioners across cultural contexts are engaging oral history in ways that challenge assumptions reproduced by professional bodies like the Oral History Association (OHA). This convening will seed a high-impact project: the development of a community-centered, location-sensitive toolkit that will serve as an alternative guide to OHA\u2019s generalizable \u201cbest practice\u201d policies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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2023-24 UC Humanities Research Institute Award Winners<\/a><\/h2>
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Congratulations to the following UCR faculty and students for being awarded a UCHRI grant!<\/p>\n

\u272a\u00a0Multi-Campus Graduate Student Working Group
\nDaisy Herrera\u00a0<\/strong>(History) – Refusing to be Refugees: Mapping Sites of Chicanx\/Latinx Defiance and Activism in California<\/em><\/p>\n

\u272a\u00a0Conference Grant
\nAnusha Kedhar<\/strong> (Dance) – Embodying Caste, Re-casteing the Body<\/em><\/p>\n

\u272a\u00a0UC Underrepresented Scholars Fellowship
\nElyse Ambrose<\/strong> (Religious Studies and Black Study)
\nCourtney Baker<\/strong>\u00a0(English)
\nJasmin Young<\/strong>\u00a0(Ethnic Studies)<\/p>\n

\u272a\u00a0Dissertation Support Grant
\nSamarth Singhal<\/strong> (English) – Artistic Agency in the Contemporary Indian Anglophone Picturebook<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Director\u2019s update: February 2023<\/a><\/h2>

By Dylan Rodr\u00edguez<\/p>\n

It continues to be a privilege and pleasure to participate in shaping the work of the Center for Ideas and Society. I trust that this brief correspondence will help encourage you to attend, participate in, and organize activities that reflect the experimental, inter\/trans\/counter\/anti-disciplinary, creative character of the Center. As always, please feel free to reach out to me if you have ideas or questions: dylanrodriguez73.CIS@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Success! AFD Grant update<\/u> <\/strong>
\nI’m happy to report that the Faculty Commons Project<\/a> will continue to be supported through 2023-2024 as a result of our successful application for renewal of the UC Advancing Faculty Diversity (AFD) grant<\/a>. I especially wish to acknowledge the Center\u2019s Executive Katharine Henshaw and Grants and Finance Analyst Kathy Ann Hitchens for collaborating with me on this successful grant renewal. Crucially, the AFD grant will enable the expansion of the Faculty Commons Project to include two new and vital components: the creation of a Queer and Trans Studies Faculty Commons Group<\/strong>, and support for the heretofore unfunded work of the Dreaming Retention Think Tank<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Fall 2022 partial recap<\/u><\/strong>
\nA busy Fall 2022 quarter at the Center for Ideas and Society included several events co-sponsored by the Decolonizing Humanism(?)<\/a> programming stream i proudly curate, including:<\/p>\n