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Feb. 7, 2023
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.
Tani Sanchez, then-president of the…
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Feb. 7, 2023
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.
The East Asian Language and Culture Festival will be from 11 a.m. to 2…
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Feb. 2, 2023
The College of Humanities and Department of Africana Studies are excited to present several events in celebration of BlackHistoryMonth.
Presented as part of the Tucson Humanities Festival spring series, the events are free and open to the public. …
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Jan. 31, 2023
A project to develop online training for police officers about the relationship between cultural memory, civil and human rights, and atrocity recovery and prevention has been awarded the Dorrance Dean’s Award for Research & Entrepreneurialism…
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Jan. 30, 2023
Aiming to create a more vibrant and dynamic approach to literature, a new course in development will connect students with an array of analytical and interpretative tools, including films, digital mapping, sociopolitical and environmental data, and…
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Jan. 25, 2023
For about 12 years in the middle of the 14th century, an anonymous writer from Germany lived in Cairo, producing a detailed text about the Muslim world.
Last fall semester, on a Fulbright grant to conduct research and teach at Cairo University,…
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Jan. 18, 2023
Two faculty projects in the College of Humanities have been awarded funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The awards, announced Jan. 10, are among $28.1 million in grants for 204 humanities projects across the country.
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Dec. 19, 2022
Richard Shelton, a longtime University of Arizona professor and renowned writer known as the poet laureate of the Sonoran Desert, passed away Nov. 29. He was 89.
An emeritus Regents Professor of Creative Writing, Shelton wrote a 11 books of…
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Dec. 19, 2022
Congratulations to the College of Humanities graduating Student Ambassadors for Winter 2022: Alia Bushaw, Madison Doser and Ana Lucia Verduzco, all of whom are first-generation college graduates!
Bushaw earned her degree with a double major in…
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Dec. 16, 2022
Congratulations to the College of Humanities Outstanding Senior for Winter 2022, Madison Doser, an Honors student double majoring in Applied Humanities: Public Health emphasis and Law!
Doser is also one of two recipients of the University of…
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Dec. 8, 2022
The Center for English as a Second Language is establishing its first student scholarship, in memory of Frank Pialorsi, who built and maintained CESL’s elite global reputation over his 30 years as director.
After Pialorsi passed away in February…
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Dec. 1, 2022
Dorrance Dean Alain-Philippe Durand is pleased to announce the recipients of the College of Humanities 2022 Helen H. Chatfield Awards.
The awards, which recognize exemplary teaching, research and service, were created in 2021 to honor the memory…