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Feb. 3, 2020
The College of Humanities and Africana Studies Program are hosting a series of events this month to celebrate Black History Month.   The programing begins on Tuesday, Feb. 4, with the Black History Month Kickoff, featuring food, dance, music, a…
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Jan. 16, 2020
The Department of French & Italian is partnering with Tournées Film Festival to offer an array of experiences in French cinema, with six films screened on campus to show the diversity and richness of French cinema.   The lineup for the Tournées…
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Dec. 20, 2019
Congratulations to the College of Humanities’ Outstanding Senior for Fall 2019, Frances Lee-Forbes!   Lee-Forbes is graduating with a double major in Russian and Linguistics, 3.95 GPA. She has studied abroad thrice, has been a member of the Russian…
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Dec. 19, 2019
The Pre-Commencement Ceremonies for Fall 2019 graduate students graduates of the UA College of Humanities was held on the afternoon of Friday, December 20 in the North Ballroom at the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center. Our faculty…
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Dec. 18, 2019
College of Humanities Student Ambassadors assist the college in recruitment, events and serve as peer mentors to incoming students. Each year, the cohort includes some of the best and brightest students in the college. Dean Alain-Philippe Durand,…
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Dec. 17, 2019
Judith Nantell, Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has published a new book with the Bucknell University Press.  The Poetics of Epiphany in The Spanish Lyric of Today was published Nov. 15.  The publisher's description: "Drawing…
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Dec. 11, 2019
Bailey Lockwood, who will graduate in May with a Bachelor of Arts in German Studies and a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology, will be awarded the University of Arizona's Centennial Achievement Award.  The award was created by the Division of…
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Dec. 9, 2019
Next semester, University of Arizona students will have the opportunity to take classes in Nahuatl, the indigenous Mesoamerican language that’s the origin of words such as chocolate, avocado, chili, coyote and tomato.   The Nahuatl classes are…
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Dec. 6, 2019
Richard P. Kinkade, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has published a new book with the University of Toronto Press.  Dawn of a Dynasty: The Life and Times of Infante Manuel of Castile was published Sept. 23.  The…
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Dec. 3, 2019
University of Arizona students from underrepresented backgrounds majoring in Russian and Slavic Studies joined peers from Howard University and the University of Puerto Rico in Washington, D.C. as part of a multifaceted effort to increase diversity…
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Dec. 2, 2019
Bucking a national trend in declining undergraduate humanities enrollment, the University of Arizona College of Humanities is increasing enrollment, crossing the threshold of 1,000 majors, a 28 percent growth over the last two years.     With its…
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Nov. 25, 2019
Congratulations to the Fall 2019 COH Graduate Student Research Grant awardees!   Fall 2019 COH Graduate Student Research Grant Awardees   Chen Chen and Yuwei WangEast Asian StudiesProject: A Longitudinal Learner Corpus of Chinese: A New Resource…