Book Talk Content / Book Talk Content for ΢Ƶ en June Book Talk: ‘Multiracial Identities in Colonial French Africa’ /blog/uc-davis-books/june-book-talk-multiracial-identities-colonial-french-africa <div class="align-center media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-sf-medium"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sf_medium_width/public/media/images/multiracial-identities-cover-rachel-jean-baptiste-combo-605.jpg?itok=CrmDVPyE" width="500" height="364" alt="Rachel Jean-Baptiste headshot, UC CDavis faculty, and &quot;Multiracial Identities in Colonial West Africa&quot; book cover" typeof="Image" class="image-style-sf-medium-width"> </div> <ul> <li><strong><em><span>Multiracial Identities in Colonial French&nbsp;Africa</span></em></strong></li></ul> May 30, 2023 - 12:44pm Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/june-book-talk-multiracial-identities-colonial-french-africa May Book Talks: ‘Geology and Landscapes’ and ‘Queering Mesoamerican Diasporas’ /blog/uc-davis-books/may-book-talks <div class="align-center media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/geology-cover-david-osleger-605.jpg" width="605" height="450" alt="&quot;Geology and Landscapes of America’s National Parks&quot; book cover and David Osleger headshot, ΢Ƶ faculty" typeof="Image"> </div> <ul> <li><em><strong><span>Geology and Landscapes of America’s National Parks</span></strong></em><span> </span></li> <li><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/geology-and-landscapes-of-americas-national"></a></li></ul> May 06, 2023 - 2:59pm Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/may-book-talks UPDATED: April Is for Authors at ΢Ƶ /blog/uc-davis-books/april-is-for-authors-uc-davis <div> <p><span><strong>Updated April 7</strong> with an additional listing,&nbsp;</span><em><span>Death’s Futurity</span></em><span>, April 20; and more information on <span><em>Continentes, Intercambios e Hibridaciones </em>(in English, <em>Continents, Exchanges and Hybridizations</em>),<em> </em>April 21.</span></span></p></div> April 02, 2023 - 10:32pm Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/april-is-for-authors-uc-davis HIA BOOK TALK: Pharmaceutical Politics /blog/uc-davis-books/hia-book-talk-pharmaceutical-politics <div class="align-center media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/cori-hayden-the-spectacular-generic-605.jpg" width="605" height="450" alt="Cori Hayden headshot, UC Berkeley facuilty, with &quot;The Spectaular Generic&quot; book cover" typeof="Image"> </div> <ul> <li><strong><em><span>The Spectacular Generic: Pharmaceuticals and the Simipolitical in Mexico</span></em></strong></li> <li><strong><span><a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-spectacular-generic">Duke University Press, Ja</a></span></strong></li></ul> February 27, 2023 - 4:38pm Dave Jones /blog/uc-davis-books/hia-book-talk-pharmaceutical-politics ΢Ƶ in the Community /arts/blog/uc-davis-community <h2 class="heading--underline"><span><span><span><span><span>΢Ƶ Library celebrates history of the Nut Tree</span></span></span></span></span></h2> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The history and remarkable mid-century design of the Nut Tree came to life at a talk by author and ΢Ƶ alumna Diane Power Zimmerman, ΢Ƶ ’72, hosted last week by the ΢Ƶ Library.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> March 30, 2022 - 1:16pm Maria Magdalena Martinez Castro /arts/blog/uc-davis-community Mislabeled Map Leads to Remarkable Novel /news/mislabeled-map-leads-remarkable-novel <p>When Naomi Williams entered ΢Ƶ’ Masters in Creative Writing Program in 2005, she had already started a novel based on an 18th century French voyage of discovery.</p> <div class="align-right media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/upload/photos/booktalk-logo.png" width="619" height="337" alt="΢Ƶ Book Talk" typeof="Image"> </div> <p>“There’s nothing in my background to lead anyone to think I’d write a book about 18th century French explorers,” the ΢Ƶ alumna says.</p> September 10, 2015 - 8:00am Robyn Frances Huey /news/mislabeled-map-leads-remarkable-novel