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March 9, 2023
In their lifetimes, Mary Bernard Aguirre and her grandson Pedro Joab Aguirre bridged different countries, cultures, languages and peoples.
Mary, who would become known as Mamie, was an early Arizona pioneer who traveled throughout the territory…
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March 3, 2023
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…
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March 2, 2023
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…
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Feb. 28, 2023
In celebration of Black History Month, the College of Humanities is spotlighting faculty, staff, students and alumni. At the conclusion of this year’s celebration, meet Peju Alfred, a doctoral candidate in Transcultural German Studies.
“Black…
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Feb. 28, 2023
In the year since Russia attacked Ukraine, more than 8 million Ukrainians have fled the country and settled around the world.
In Tucson, Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Southern Arizona (JFCS) is one agency working to assist Ukrainian…
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Feb. 24, 2023
The College of Humanities, together with the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies, reiterates our condemnation of Russia’s unjustified war on Ukraine. In the year since this terrible war began, the human tragedy has been staggering. According to…
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Feb. 23, 2023
In celebration of Black History Month, the College of Humanities is spotlighting faculty, staff, students and alumni. This week, meet Shaun Brown, who graduated from the University of Arizona in 2005 with a minor in Africana Studies, a major in…
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Feb. 16, 2023
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…
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Feb. 9, 2023
“It’s vital for universities to teach Black History because it’s American history,” said Chloe Horton, a double major in Africana Studies and Law.
“Many think of the two as separate things, but Black history is deeply ingrained in our everyday…
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Feb. 9, 2023
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.
The vibrancy and quality of the University of Arizona’s premier lifelong learning program…
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Feb. 9, 2023
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.
ALTA was founded in…
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Feb. 8, 2023
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.…