Blue posters hand on a windowed wall.

The Letters and Science Authors Celebration honored faculty members of the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis who have published a book in the past year. The evening affair was held in the courtyard of Peter J. Shields Library on October 9, 2024. 

The L&S Authors Celebration was co-hosted by the UC Davis Library, the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, and the College of Letters and Science.

Visit the Letters & Science Magazine Bookshelf to learn more about books published by faculty in the College.

(Photos by Maria Sestito, College of Letters and Science)

Two women pose in front of blue posters while someone takes a photo of them on a cell phone.
Two women pose for a photo beneath a glass wall full of blue posters, each featuring a different book cover.
A man and woman pose for a photo beneath a glass wall full of blue posters, each featuring a different book cover.
Two women pose for a photo beneath a glass wall full of blue posters, each featuring a different book cover.
A woman stands in front of a blue poster with the title of her book, "The Lithic Imagination from Moore to Milton," and its book cover on it.
A man stands in front of a glass wall where blue posters, each featuring a different book cover, are posted.
A man stands in front of a glass wall where blue posters, each featuring a different book cover, are posted. He is gesturing to the one that features his book.
Three university professors stand in the library courtyard.
Faculty, staff and leaders mingle in an outdoor courtyard.
A man stands at a podium speaking, a glass wall is behind him and the podium is outside in the shade of a tree.
A woman stands at a podium speaking, a glass wall is behind her and the podium is outside in the shade of a tree.
A vase full of flowers sits on a table in an outdoor courtyard.