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Silos are out. Integration is in. And the humanities are here to stay. 
10 months ago
One professor in the Department of German Studies has been promoted, demonstrating excellent performance in teaching, service and research.   
10 months ago
Two professors in the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies have been promoted, demonstrating excellent performance in teaching, service and research.  
10 months ago
One professor in the Department of Public and Applied Humanities has been promoted, demonstrating excellent performance in teaching, service and research.  
10 months ago
Four professors in the Department of Religious Studies and Classics have been promoted, demonstrating excellent performance in teaching, service and research.  
10 months ago
One professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese has been promoted, demonstrating excellent performance in teaching, service and research.  
10 months ago
One professor in the Department of Africana Studies has been promoted, demonstrating excellent performance in teaching, service and research.  
10 months ago
With classes described as diverse and dynamic, Letizia Bellocchio, Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of French and Italian, has been awarded the university’s 2023 Gerald J. Swanson Prize for Teaching Excellence.  
11 months ago
Lillian Gorman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, is awarded the university’s 2023 Mentoring Future Scholars Award.  
11 months ago
University of Arizona Department of East Asian Studies Professor and Center for Buddhist Studies Director Jiang Wu is one of 171 scientists, writers, scholars and artists awarded a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship. Wu said he was thrilled to be named a...
1 year ago
In a new paper published in a joint issue of the ADE/ADFL Bulletin on the Public Humanities, Alain-Philippe Durand and Ken S. McAllister describe a vision for humanities education centered on what they call “Contrarian Entrepreneurial Humanists.”  
1 year ago
From FORGE, a remodeled 1929 Montgomery Ward building in the heart of downtown Tucson, to the geodesic domes of Biosphere 2, the inaugural Urban Humanities Network “(Un)Conference” will draw close to a hundred scholars, practitioners & community...
1 year ago
In celebration of Black History Month, the College of Humanities is spotlighting faculty, staff and students. This week, meet Brittney Crawford, Internship and Engagement Coordinator and Lecturer in the Department of Public and Applied Humanities.  
1 year ago
With a deep commitment to literary arts and languages and world-renowned experts and literary translators among the faculty, the College of Humanities was a natural partner for the American Literary Translators Association.  
Dr. Bryan Carter, Director of the Center for Digital Humanities
1 year ago
The University of Arizona has received a $3 million grant to connect distance students and underserved communities across Southern Arizona with enhanced broadband access and technology, as well as educational and workforce development programs.
1 year ago
A generation ago, the local chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society published a collection of recipes, family stories and historical details spanning a century of Black life in Tucson.