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On a sunny afternoon in November 2020, in front of Sweet Adeline Bakery in south Berkeley, Susan Moffat came upon a string quartet.

“Their playing was spectacular,” said Moffat, creative director of Future Histories Lab at UC Berkeley.

Art Practice professor Stephanie Syjuco's current exhibition Stephanie Syjuco: Double Vision reconsiders mythologies of the American West and reveals how these works and their presentation within a museum can perpetuate colonial lore. Double Vision creates an expansive multimedia installation that transforms images of renowned works from the Carter’s collection and investigates narratives of national identity. Using digital editing, staged photography, and archival excavation to reframe works by Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Remington, and others. 

In 2022-2023, UC Berkeley’s Arts + Design Initiative and Future Histories Lab will sponsor a series of music and dance performances, exhibitions, public conversations, and courses using Angel Island’s historic immigration station as a jumping-off point for discussion about race in America, global migration, and architectures of incarceration. We’ll use the arts, design, and historical and landscape interpretation to understand current events and envision better futures.

The Division of the Arts & Humanities announces that Eric Falci will chair the English department, as of July 1, 2022. Falci is a professor in the English department and specializes in Irish and 20th and 21st century British poetry. He will serve as chair following outgoing interim chair and professor Ian Duncan.

The Division of the Arts & Humanities announces that Estelle Tarica will be chair of the department of Spanish & Portuguese, as of July 1, 2022. Tarica is Professor of Latin American Literatures and Cultures in the department of Spanish and Portuguese and a former chair of the Latin American Studies program. She will serve a three-year term following outgoing chair and professor Michael Iarocci.