Professor Sally McKee, UC Davis, reads from her book The Exile's Song

Sally McKee, UC Davis historian, reads from her book on Edmond DeDe

Susan Taber Avila, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Design, describes her work. She recently contributed to all three volumes of a news series on fiber art. For Volume 3, "Wearable Art," she wrote a forward.

Susan Taber Avila

Lisa G. Materson and Ellen Hartigan-O-Connor, both historians at UC Davis, read from the book they edited, "The Oxford Handbook of American Women's and Gender History." In this segment, they talk about the singing group, The Shirelles, describing cultural and gender challenges.

UC Davis history faculty: History of women, gender, and the Shirelles

Lisa Materson and Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor, UC Davis historians, read from the book they edited, "The Oxford Handbook of American Women's and Gender History." In this passage, they describe how women's history finally became a part of academia and thus became a field of study. It is the only handbook of its kind that combines the thoughts, observations and the scholarship of women from throughout the country, many from the University of California.

Women's and Gender History In Academia and the World.

Sudipta Sen, professor of history at UC Davis, reads from his book "Ganges, The Many Paths of an Indian River."

Sudipta Sen, professor of history, reads from his book.

Sudipta Sen describes the fossil life in the river, and how it relates to the history and beliefs on the Hindu people.

Life In The River

Professor Watenpaugh traces the history of missing manuscript pages, traveling the route from Armenia, to Los Angeles, and back again.

Heghnar Watenpaugh, UC Davis, reads from "The Missing Pages"

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Greg Downs, Historian, reads from his book

Karen Nikos-Rose writes the arts blog at UC Davis, covering the performing, visual, musical and other arts at UC Davis and the region.

UC Davis Arts Blog

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