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Andrew F. Jones, Louis B. Agassiz Professor in Chinese, teaches modern Chinese literature and media culture. Among other works, he is the author of a trio of books on modern Chinese music: Like a Knife:...Read more about Research Q&A: Andrew Jones, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Dozens of documentaries about cults are currently available on Netflix, Hulu, and Max, along with countless podcasts on Spotify, Apple, and other platforms. What's driving this trend? What's behind our collective fascination with communities and spiritualities that offer total belonging and...Read more about “Why are we so obsessed with cults?” Professor Poulomi Saha’s Homecoming lecture explores a pop culture phenomenon

Berkeley, CA -- On November 15, the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard University announced a new, collaborative initiative that will expand psychedelic research across the arts, humanities and social sciences. Called “...Read more about Collaborative Initiative Brings Psychedelics Research to the Humanities at Berkeley

A criminal justice major at UC San Diego, Dominique Fawn Hill was just like many students at UC Berkeley, wondering if her studies were something she truly enjoyed, or just something that paid the bills. She decided to take a costume practice class for fun and, realizing that this could be both...Read more about Dominique Fawn Hill (TDPS) talks path to costume design, creative approach to ‘Wintertime’

Our next interview will be with a PhD student in the English Department: Noor Asif. I first met Noor because she was my GSI for English 45C, which was one of the first English classes I took at Berkeley, and which covers literature from the mid-19th through the...Read more about PhD Student Noor Asif: "public-facing writing is important because it democratizes literature and the study of literature"

Damon Young is Associate Professor in French and Film and Media Studies. Young specializes in Critical theory, Digital media, Film theory, Gender and sexuality studies, Global art cinema (with a focus on French and francophone). Below is an interview with Young...Read more about Damon Young: "The self is everywhere, but also threatened with obsolescence by the rise of AI"

At least 60 languages — from Mongolian and Old Norse to Polish, Catalan, Ancient Egyptian, Arabic and Biblical Hebrew — are taught at UC Berkeley, one of the nation’s top institutions for the breadth and depth of its world languages program. A growing emphasis also is being placed at Berkeley on...Read more about Berkeley News: New banners celebrate 150+ years of Berkeley's prominence in teaching world languages

Congratulations to assistant professors Lilla Balint (German), Fumi Okiji (Rhetoric), and Nathaniel Wolfson (Spanish and Portuguese) on being named 2023 Hellman Fellows...Read more about Three Arts & Humanities faculty members selected as 2023 Hellman Fellows

Tell me about yourself and what languages you speak.
I am a double major in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures and Political Science and I speak Arabic, English and a little bit of Turkish. I took Turkish at Berkeley.

What made you decide to...Read more about Dana BaniHammad: "Whenever I can, I like to speak Arabic with others"

The recent hire of 10 faculty members in UC Berkeley’s Division of Arts and Humanities is "the largest arts hire in recent years, and it shines a light on the important role that artists play at a public research university," said Sara Guyer, dean of the division.

These new...Read more about Largest recent hire of faculty in the arts brings 10 gifted scholars to Berkeley

The Berkeley Language Center (BLC) announced that it received a $150,000 grant from the Department of Education’s International Research and Studies Program to develop instructional materials on critically utilizing machine translation technology in language acquisition....Read more about Berkeley Language Center receives grant to support critical uses of A.I. in language instruction

Tell me about yourself and what languages you speak.
I’m a senior with a double major in Film and Media Studies and Philosophy and I’m a native speaker of Mandarin Chinese. I also speak English and Cantonese Chinese, the latter of which I’ve been...Read more about Wilson Wang: Learning my Best Friend's Language

This semester we were pleased to welcome Cathy Park Hong to the UC Berkeley Department of English as Professor and Class of 1936 First Chair in the College of Letters and Science. We spoke to her about poetry, AI and UC Berkeley as an intellectual homecoming.

Cathy...Read more about Cathy Park Hong on Poetry, A.I. and an Intellectual Homecoming

Tell me about yourself and what languages you speak.
I am a double major in Political Science and South and Southeast Asian Studies with a minor in Political Policy. I currently speak English, Tagalog, and American Sign Language, and I'm currently...Read more about Aaron Oculto: "language-learning enabled a bridge connecting me to my parents and my own heritage"

The launch of Berkeley’s Korean program in 1943 was “a meaningful and significant part of Korean language history,” according to Associate Professor Jinsoo An, Choong Kun Cho Chair in Korean Studies and director of the Center for Korean Studies.

It...Read more about A courageous past and a thriving present: Berkeley’s Korean program celebrates 80 years

I studied economics and computer science in my undergrad at Berkeley and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in my graduate studies at Berkeley. I speak English, Turkish, Chinese, and Italian. And, I can...Read more about Asli Akalin: "Berkeley is one of the best places to learn Chinese"

To celebrate National Humanities Month (October), we're featuring all types of humanities research from undergraduates, graduates and faculty at UC Berkeley.

Lauren Bartone is an 2nd year PhD student in Italian Studies who focuses on the history of...Read more about Lauren Bartone: Botanical Genealogies

Pedro Rolon is a PhD student in Comparative Literature and a Critical Theory DE Student who focused on a set of readings in the fields of Caribbean Studies, Black Studies, and Eco Poetics as well as engaging in the practice of experimental modes of critical writing.

...Read more about Pedro Rolon: Like Miasma: Hybrid Writing, Experimental Inquiry

To celebrate National Humanities Month (October), we're featuring all types of humanities research from undergraduates, graduates and faculty at UC Berkeley.

Nick Anderman is an 8th year PhD student in Geography who focuses on shipping logistics, specifically in the...Read more about Nick Anderman: Exploring the Colonial History of Maritime Logistics