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Reimagining the Humanities for a Changing Future

Silos are out. Integration is in. And the humanities are here to stay. 
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3 weeks ago

Scholar in Residence Creates a ‘Desert Symphony’

Interdisciplinary artist, cultural strategist and entrepreneur Favianna Rodriguez was selected as the 2023 Dorrance Dean’s Scholar/Specialist-in-Residence.  
3 weeks ago

Center for East Asian Studies Awarded Grant for Chinese Summer Program

The Center for East Asian Studies has received a federal grant to fund a summer Chinese language immersion program designed for high school students and college freshmen and sophomores.  
2 months ago

Announcing the Fearless Inquiries Study Abroad Scholarship

The College of Humanities has created a new scholarship that will award 30 students $2,000 each for study abroad programs.  
2 months ago

A cultural and linguistic home for Spanish

What began as a course in "Spanish for the Spanish Speaking" in the fall of 1965 has grown into the oldest and most extensive Spanish as a Heritage Language program in the country.
2 months ago

Tucson Humanities Festival to spotlight style

Style is at the center of human cultures, found in the essence of everything from personal expression to artistic movements. For 2023, the Tucson Humanities Festival will take on style in a variety of forms, examining how trends captivate, how...
Roberto Paolini, an artist from Cerveteri, Italy, uses a brush to apply red clay onto a vase modeled after an ancient southern Italian vessel. Paolini, who is one of only a few artists today who practice the ancient style called red-figure vase painting, visited campus in April to demonstrate the craft for UArizona students. Photo by Kyle Mittan, University Communications
5 months ago

Mediterranean archaeology offerings help students 'rehumanize the past'

Courses, visiting artists and a lab devoted to reverse-engineering pottery give University of Arizona students a deeper understanding of the Mediterranean region's ancient history
7 months ago

Richard Edmiston Receives 2023 University of Arizona Award for Excellence

College of Humanities Director of Business and Finance Richard Edmiston has received a University of Arizona Individual Award for Excellence.  
8 months ago

Language Fair Spotlights Wide Array of Campus Offerings

The annual Language Fair, hosted by the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL), brought students to the Mall to learn about all the different languages taught at the University of Arizona.  
8 months ago

Women’s History Month Spotlight: Isela Gonzales-Cook

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the College of Humanities is spotlighting a few of our most dedicated and long-serving faculty and staff members who operate behind the scenes in various roles and are part of the essential fabric behind the...
9 months ago

Deans Durand, McAllister Publish ‘Humanities = Jobs’ Article

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.”  
9 months ago

Women’s History Month Spotlight: Marcela Thompson

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the College of Humanities is spotlighting a few of our most dedicated and long-serving faculty and staff members who operate behind the scenes in various roles and are part of the essential fabric behind the...
9 months ago

Inaugural Global Urban Humanities (Un)Conference Draws Emerging Scholars and Practitioners to the Desert

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...
10 months ago

Home is Where the Humanities Seminars Program Is

Whether it’s in the classroom, on the comfy chair at home, or on hotel Internet from anywhere in the world, Humanities Seminars students love their classes.  
10 months ago

Humanities Partnership with Literary Translators Brings Mutual Benefits

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.  
10 months ago

Celebrate East Asian Languages and Cultures on the Mall

The Center for East Asian Studies invites the campus community to learn about and celebrate East Asian cultures, with food, dance, music and more on the UA Mall on Wednesday.