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All year I have been reading articles that paint an apocalyptic picture of humanities instruction in the age of artificial intelligence. They basically...Read more about NYT: These College Professors Will Not Bow Down to A.I.

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When...Read more about Is a second ‘Mona Lisa’ still special? What about the thousandth?

Christine Philliou is currently the Chair of the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, and is a Professor in the Department of History. Professor Philliou specializes in the region of the Balkans and the Middle East, specifically focused on the emergence of the...Read more about From Cuneiform to Modern Greek: Exploring Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures with Christine Philliou

Sophie Cushman is a Ph.D. candidate in Classical Archaeology in the Department of Ancient Greek & Roman Studies at UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on Aegean prehistory, with particular interest in Mycenaean mortuary practices, non-palatial communities, and material culture. Her...Read more about Burial and Belonging: Rethinking Death and Society through Mycenaean Tombs with Sophie Cushman

Hong Joo Ryoo is a UC Berkeley alum, having completed a quadruple major in Math, Physics, Philosophy and Cognitive Science in 3.5 years. He is currently pursuing a dual graduate degree at Johns Hopkins University, working toward a PhD in Physics and a Masters in Philosophy as a...Read more about Hong Joo Ryoo '24 on the Intersection of Philosophy and Physics

Dr. Ramona Naddaff is an associate professor in the Department of Rhetoric. Professor Naddaff is also the director of the Art of Writing program. She is a co-director and editor of Zone Books, an independent...Read more about Ramona Naddaff and the Art of Writing

UC Berkeley’s influence traverses the globe, and thanks to the Judith Stronach Travel Seminar, its creative scholars can as well.

This past November, art history professors Zamansele Nsele and Ivy Mills led a group of six graduate students to Senegal for an immersive, nine-day trip to the...Read more about From Senegal to Uzbekistan, a rare opportunity for U.S. students to experience international art

As a child, Kimi Hill had seen the sketches that her grandfather, the well-known artist and UC Berkeley professor Chiura Obata, made while in World War II internment camps. But the artwork sat in storage, as quiet as the adults who never spoke of his incarceration.

“For many of my...Read more about Legacy of Chiura Obata, artist and former UC Berkeley professor, endures on campus

The Division of Arts & Humanities at UC Berkeley is proud to announce the launch of a new summer internship program in Taiwan, made possible by a generous $1 million gift from Steven and Constance Pan. This landmark investment will provide transformative international...Read more about New

The Division of Arts & Humanities at UC Berkeley is proud to announce the launch of a new summer internship program in Taiwan, made possible by a generous $1 million gift from Steven and Constance Pan. This landmark investment will provide transformative internationalM Gift Launches Internship Program in Taiwan to Expand Access to Global Humanities Experience

We are proud to share that Aileen Zerrudo, a distinguished alumna of UC Berkeley’s Comparative Literature program, has been named the campus’s next Associate Vice Chancellor for Communications & Public Affairs and Chief Communications Officer.

Aileen returns to Berkeley with more than...Read more about Welcoming Aileen Zerrudo—Comparative Literature Alum—Back to Berkeley as Associate Vice Chancellor

Let me paint a picture for you all: about a month ago, I was giving a speech in front of Sproul Hall. Alongside many other Armenian students, I was protesting the cancelation of a film screening about the displaced people of Nagorno-Karabakh, which we had planned for Armenian Genocide...Read more about English Department Citation Recipient Ernest Baghdasaryan's Commencement Speech 2025

Roni Masel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature, and holds the Norma and Sam Dabby Professor of Jewish Studies. Professor Masel’s main research interests include Hebrew literature, Yiddish literature, Jewish history, queer theory, and postcolonial...Read more about "How do you read?" From Bad Readers to Fantastic Beasts: Roni Masel's Journey Through Language and Literature

Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology Ph.D. candidate Darcy Tuttle has been awarded the Donald and Maria Cox | Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Rome Prize in ancient studies, one of the most prestigious honors in the humanities.

Her research...Read more about Rome Prize honors Berkeley graduate student’s journey into the ancient world

The Division of Arts & Humanities is delighted to share that two of our esteemed faculty members—Solmaz Sharif (English) and Kim Shelton (Ancient Greek & Roman Studies)—were honored at the 2024/25 College of Letters & Science Faculty Awards Ceremony...Read more about Solmaz Sharif (English) and Kim Shelton (Ancient Greek & Roman Studies) Receive L&S Faculty Awards

There’s a word UC Berkeley comparative literature Ph.D. student Frank Cahill will never forget. He...Read more about The world’s top spelling bee is coming up. This Berkeley Ph.D. student built the word list.

This I’m a Berkeleyan was written as a first-person narrative compiled from a UC Berkeley News interview with student Daniela Guadalupe Castellanos, who’s graduating this May.

This is my third year at Berkeley, but I’m graduating already. I am from northeast Sacramento, a really...Read more about Majoring in gender and women’s studies and Minoring in Spanish helped this graduate find her voice

Follow Berkeley Talks, a Berkeley News podcast that features lectures and conversations at UC Berkeley. See...Read more about Berkeley Talks: Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) on reading the authors you want to write like

“What they were really touching was each other,” says French Professor Henry Ravenhall. “The book was just a conduit for whatever kind of social desire was needed to be expressed within that group.”

As a specialist in medieval French literature, Henry Ravenhall has examined...Read more about Why did medieval readers kiss, smudge and deface their books?

Amber Cheng never expected music to be part of her adult life. Growing up in Taiwan, she had enjoyed childhood violin lessons, but when she applied to universities to study architecture, she assumed her instrument would fall by the wayside.

“I thought, OK, maybe my violin career will end...Read more about California Magazine: Berkeley's Music Boom