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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

Ozzie Jauregui is a transfer student who studied drama and business at Modesto Junior College before transferring to UC Berkeley. “I transferred as an English major, that way I could be involved with the arts and entertainment, to get my foot in the door...Read more about From stage to classroom: Ozzie Jauregui’s transfer path to Berkeley

​​Recalling his past educational experience, Bradley Pultz recognizes his growth as a student. “I had a pretty large gap between high school and college.” After high school, “I was not the most exemplary student, I struggled with many classes, I barely passed high school. I did...Read more about From Doubt to Determination: How a Curator's Advice and the Transfer Path Led One Student to Berkeley

When you start with language, whose meaning is more often than not taken for granted and then use it to mean differently, multiply, and unconventionally, in literature, you enter a world where resolution won’t be found or even assumed. At best, you will propose a sufficiently...Read more about 2024 Department of English Commencement Address by Sara Guyer

How often do undergraduates get a chance — in person — to ask a best-selling writer about their creative process?

Sonali Deringayala came to Berkeley on April 10 to give the Art of Writing annual lecture to students, the campus community, and members of the general public. Deraniyagala is...Read more about Finding the words: Wave author Sonali Deraniyagala talks about her writing process for Art of Writing lecture

Of the four finalists for this year's University Medal, two of them are Arts & Humanities majors. Meet Skylar Li Song (Art Practice), Bryce Wallace (English and Linguistics), and their fellow finalists for Berkeley's highest academic honor for undergradautes.Read more about Forced into COVID-era isolation, University Medal finalists embraced resilience, compassion

We talked to graduating senior Wilson Wang about his experiences at Berkeley. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

I actually started off at Berkeley in the College of Engineering as a...Read more about Understanding minds and hearts: Wilson Wang ‘24 talks about his Film & Media major, his research, and his next steps

It isn’t every day that we get to interact with musical treasures from the 16th and 17th centuries, held in a special UC Berkeley collection. But last week, Berkeley public middle school students got to do just that.

The students, hosted by Berkeley Music Professor Nicholas Mathew, began...Read more about Berkeley News: Middle school students explore musical treasures from special Berkeley collections

Professor Akash Kumar is a scholar of medieval Italian literature. He specifically focuses on the history of science and philosophy, Mediterranean Studies, and digital humanities. Professor Kumar is also a founding member of the Cosmopolitan Italies Collective; a member of the...Read more about Akash Kumar: "Dante was my first love, and it’s still what a lot of my scholarship focuses on"

How does a Film degree prepare you to launch a company that became a household name?

As part of Creative Careers week in the Division of Arts & Humanities, Jill Foley (Film ‘00) returned to campus on April 3 to speak with Dean Sara Guyer. Foley...Read more about “I was prepared for everything:” Highlights from Creative Careers Week in Arts & Humanities

For the first three years of Justin Davidson's childhood in Chicago, his mom spoke only Spanish to him. Although he never spoke the language as a young child, when Davidson began to learn Spanish in middle school, it came very quickly to him, and over the years, he became...Read more about Berkeley Voices: One brain, two languages

There are countless English varieties in the U.S. There's Boston English and California English and Texas English. There's Black English and Chicano...Read more about Berkeley Voices: A language divided

Spanish speakers in the United States, among linguists and non-linguists, have been denigrated for the way that they speak, says UC...Read more about Berkeley Voices: Justin Davidson's (Spanish & Portuguese) Quest to Legitimize U.S. Spanish