What is Humanities Research?

What role do the humanities play In a world challenged by climate change, rising authoritarianism, censorship, racism, wars and collapsed economies?

The humanities and their forms of historical, visual and cultural literacy are critical to understanding...Read more about World Humanities Report, directed by UC Berkeley’s Sara Guyer, warns of extinction risk to human knowledge

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

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

It’s almost unheard of for a first-year college student to curate an exhibition at a prestigious art institution. Yet, on a recent December afternoon, three new undergraduates at UC Berkeley — Raena Chan, Emma Cusimano and Caitlyn Liao — guided visitors around...Read more about More exciting than a term paper: Student exhibition highlights art, science and new pathways

In Berkeley Talks episode 186, a panel of UC Berkeley scholars from the College of Letters and Science discusses the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in academia — and the questions and challenges it requires universities and other social institutions to confront.

"...Read more about Alex Saum Pascual weighs in on the transformative potential of AI in academia

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

This is an interview with Andrew F. Jones, Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, who also holds the Louis B. Agassiz Chair in Chinese, he is also the Head Graduate Advisor. Bold questions posed by Ann Chen.

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.

Rokshana Bushra is a 3rd year undergraduate student studying Cognitive and Data Science who...Read more about Rokshana Bushra: Documenting Women's Narratives in Rural Bangladesh

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