<div dir="ltr">Hi, everyone,<div><br></div><div>As a reminder for those who are interested, the <b>Unarchiving Blackness</b> Mellon Sawyer Seminar at UCR kicks off this Thursday, October 6, with our inaugural invited lecture by LaVaughn Belle. Artist LaVaughn Belle uses elements from architecture, history and archeology to create narratives that challenge colonial hierarchies and invisibility.</div><div><br></div><div>This event, "How to Escape Colonial Nostalgia," is the first in Fall 2022 series on the theme "The Afterlives of Slavery & Colonialism." </div><div><br></div><div>Attend in person: CHASS INTS 1111<br>To attend via Zoom, register: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/UCRUBLVB" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/UCRUBLVB</a> <br>Thursday, October 6 at 12:30pm to 2:00pm<br>Feel free to invite your students, colleagues, and friends to attend in person or on Zoom.</div><div>Learn more and follow our events throughout the year at <a href="http://ideasandsociety.ucr.edu/unarchiving-blackness">ideasandsociety.ucr.edu/unarchiving-blackness</a>.</div><div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>andré m. carrington <br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Associate Professor of English</div><div>University of California, Riverside</div><div>--</div><div><a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/speculative-blackness" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>