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A surge of scholarly interest across the country in Ukrainian studies is far exceeding American universities’ capabilities, but UC Berkeley is positioning itself to fill that gap.

Ever since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Berkeley’s...Read more about Berkeley News: With

Curators of Berkeley is a series of interviews with Berkeley alumni from a range of disciplines in the arts and humanities who work across curatorial practices and fields. Patricia Cariño Valdez is an art...Read more about Curating Conversations: Patricia Cariño Valdez ('10) on Berkeley, Art Consulting, and the Olivia Collection

Tadiwa Madenga is a scholar of African and Black diasporic literature, gender and sexuality, and print cultures. Her research is concerned with the relationship between literature and sexuality which she traces through 20th and 21st century African book fairs and their subgenres: keynotes, book...Read more about Interview: Tadiwa Madenga and her Research on 20th and 21st century African book fairs

The Division of Arts & Humanities at UC Berkeley is pleased to welcome 10 professors in the departments of Art Practice, Comparative Literature, English, German, Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures, Philosophy, Scandinavian, and Spanish & Portuguese as of July 1, 2024...Read more about 10 New Faculty Join the Division of Arts & Humanities for Fall 2024

A major scholarly inquiry into the cultural, historical, and societal implications of psychedelics, the Psychedelics in Society and Culture program is a joint effort between UC Berkeley and Harvard University led by the UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Psychedelics (BCSP), the...Read more about Reimagining the Human Experience: Four Scholars Lead the Arts and Humanities in Psychedelic Studies

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UC Berkeley SociolinguistJustin Davidson is on a mission to make American Spanish an officially recognized language. He’s a professor of...Read more about KALW: Berkeley linguist says American Spanish should be officially recognized

Each year, the Guggenheim Foundation awards approximately 175 fellowships to “exceptional individuals” to enable “scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation in any art form, under the freest possible conditions.” ...Read more about Arts of the Border: Debarati Sanyal’s Guggenheim Year and the Exploration of Migrant Resistance through Smart Border Technologies

It was the opening days of 2022, in the aftermath of a huge volcanic eruption, when Tonga went dark. The underwater eruption – 1,000 times more powerful than the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima – sent tsunami waves across Tonga’s nearby archipelago and blanketed the island’s white coral sands...Read more about Guardian: What lies beneath: the growing threat to the hidden network of cables that power the internet

For over a century, the modern Olympics have brought athletes from around the world together to compete and celebrate. Victors, whether they’re gymnasts flying across the balance beam or casually cool pistol shooters, are awarded coveted bronze, silver and gold medals. But one of the top honors...Read more about Nicholas Mathew (Music) breaks down the origins and stories behind national anthems

Top philosophy graduate students from around the world are finding their way to UC Berkeley thanks to a recently established fellowship that enriches the discipline with new approaches.

The fellowship honors Carol Lee Price, a Berkeley alum who led a...Read more about Carol Lee Price admired great thinkers. Now, a fellowship in her name brings bright minds to Berkeley.

Organized through the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships, the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) has introduced countless students to cutting-edge research across all disciplines on Berkeley’s campus. URAP matches undergraduates with faculty members...Read more about From working with 2,000 year old objects to digitizing museum collections, undergraduates get hands-on research experience through URAP program

This year, the division awarded seventeen Mellon Project Grants (MPG) to faculty in the East Asian Languages and Cultures; English; Film and Media; French; German; History of Art; Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures; Music; Spanish and Portuguese; and Theater, Dance, and...Read more about 17 Faculty Awarded More Than 0,000 in Mellon Project Grants for Research in Arts & Humanities

Judith Butler appeared on City Arts and Lectures on June 13 in conversation with Poulomi Saha.

Judith Butler is...Read more about City Arts & Lectures: Judith Butler in conversation with Poulomi Saha

Professor Whitney Davis (History of Art) was granted the 2024 NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the advancement of science and human progress...Read more about Professor Whitney Davis (History of Art) receives prestigious NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award

The plot of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1948 film, Rope, is a disturbing one:Two men in their shared apartment strangle a former classmate to death. Then, they host guests — including the victim’s family — at a dinner party. It’s an attempt to prove their superiority by committing the “perfect...Read more about Berkeley News: Damon Young: Film changed the way people saw sexuality. Now, social media does.

Nicole Daena Leon Loya, a Berkeley transfer student from San Joaquin Delta College, has managed to balance numerous responsibilities while pursuing her educational goals. Loya brings a wealth of experience and a deep love for languages and education to Berkeley. Before coming to...Read more about A Love of Spanish and Teaching led this Transfer Student and Foster Parent to Berkeley

In Greece, and about 2,000 miles from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, UC Berkeley is celebrating 100 years of archaeological excavation at a site of the ancient Panhellenic Games, a religious and athletic event that inspired the modern Olympics.

Berkeley’s...Read more about As the Olympics begin, Berkeley marks 50 years of excavating the Games’ origins in Greece

In episode 202 of the Berkeley Talks podcast series, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik discusses liberalism — what it means, why we need it and the endless dedication it requires to maintain.

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From May 28-June 1, the Townsend Center for the Humanities and the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes hosted a delegation of 176 scholars, staff, and students from around the world to examine the state of risk for scholars in increasingly hostile environments at home and...Read more about CHCI and Townsend Center Bring Global Humanities to Berkeley: Examining Risk and Academic Freedom