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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

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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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

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"

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

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

In Berkeley Talks episode 193, science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson discusses climate change, politics and the need for "angry optimism." Robinson...Read more about Berkeley Talks: Sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson on the need for 'angry optimism'

The Diversity Office in the Division of Arts & Humanities is thrilled to announce a new program titled New Directions in Latinx Research in the Arts & Humanities as part of the Advancing Faculty Diversity in the Arts & Humanities...Read more about New Directions in Latinx Research in the Arts & Humanities

This Thursday through Sunday, UC Berkeley’s Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies will present Marisela Treviño Orta’s The River Bride.

In the play, set in a small Brazilian fishing village, a mysterious man is fished from the Amazon River three days before a wedding....Read more about Student designers build a magical realm for Brazilian folktale 'The River Bride'

In his research, UC Berkeley Ph.D. candidate Saagar Asnani looks at music manuscripts from between the 12th and 14th...Read more about Berkeley Voices: Medieval song holds clues to lost dialects

Lauren Bartone is a PhD student in Italian Studies with a designated emphasis in folklore. Her background as a visual artist strongly informs her approach to studying Italian culture. Before joining the Department of Italian Studies at Berkeley, she completed a B.A. in Fine Art at...Read more about Italian Studies PhD Student Lauren Bartone Discusses Research, Residencies, and Archival Work

While many people may think satellites are responsible for telecommunications as we know it, the global subsea cable network...Read more about The Next Generation of Internet Sustainability—and the URAP Students Making it Happen