UC Davis Humanities Institute

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DHI Digest Jun. 21 @ 2:30-3:30 p.m. Manetti Shrem Museum Rachel Jean-Baptiste will speak about her new book “The Multiracial Identities in Colonial French Africa: Race, Childhood, and Citizenship.”

https://dhi.ucdavis.edu/events/neh-summer-stipends

2 weeks left to apply.

UC Davis has been invited to submit two nominees to the National Endowment for the Humanities 2023-2024 Summer Stipends competition. The NEH Summer Stipends program aims to stimulate new research in the humanities and its publications by supporting the work of individual scholars doing research or writing. Anyone can apply, as long as they are not a degree candidate at time of application. Junior faculty are particularly encouraged to apply. Graduate students are ineligible for this award.
While the NEH deadline for this year’s competition is September 20, 2023, UC Davis will conduct an internal competition, as in the past, to select its two campus nominees from among its faculty. The deadline for the internal UC Davis proposals is June 30, 2023. Please note that non-tenure-track faculty, adjunct faculty, staff, retired faculty, community college faculty, and independent scholars are exempt from nomination and may apply independently.
Please email DHI Interim Director, Archana Venkatesan ([email protected]) with any questions regarding the internal application process.

Check out some scholar-led LGBTQIA+ organizations on campus here: https://lgbtqia.ucdavis.edu/connected/student-org

Join in two weeks in Sacramento for a one-of-a-kind event!
This series of events, spanning one weekend (June 23-25), is a platform for discussion arising from viewing two films, Sounder (1972) and The Martian (2015), which will be screened outdoors at Esther's Park, in Sacramento, California. The films provide an anchor for an in-depth discussion between scholars, farmers, and community members around the history of farming and agriculture, with an emphasis on sugar and the ongoing story of Black contribution.
Building one upon the other sequentially, the events will also function autonomously. Whether attendees come to one or all, the experience will be rewarding. Some of the events will include snacks and refreshments suggested by the films. Learn more here: https://dhi.ucdavis.edu/2022-2023-cultivation/food-thought