{"id":118,"date":"2025-09-22T10:33:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T16:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/center.uccs.edu\/cse\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2026-07-06T11:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:36:16","slug":"our-past-lectures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/center.uccs.edu\/cse\/our-past-lectures\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Past Lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background has-medium-font-size\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(252,185,0,0.21) 0%,rgb(235,176,27) 86%,rgb(255,105,0) 100%)\">Matthew D. Taylor, &#8220;The Violent Take it by Force&#8221; (May 2026)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Violent Take it by Force - A Lecture from Matthew D.  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