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Nov. 14, 2017
Mely Bohlman, a College of Humanities Student Ambassador, received the UA Hispanic Alumni Club's Celebration of Excellence Award today.
Bohlman, a senior double majoring in Spanish and Sustainable Plant Systems, is one of two distinguished students…
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Nov. 6, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. David Soren, Regents Professor of Anthropology and Classics at the University of Arizona, who was named Undergraduate Teacher of the Year by the Archaeological Institute of America for 2018!
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Oct. 31, 2017
Martin Luther's choice to unveil his "95 Theses" on Oct. 31 was no coincidence.
"The reason he did that was because the next day was All Saints' Day," says Steven D. Martinson, UA Professor of German Studies. "He knew that well-educated people were…
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Oct. 26, 2017
The landmark University of Arizona Poetry Center is named one of 25 must-see buildings in Arizona by USA Today.
The Helen S. Schaefer Building, opened in 2007, is a 17,500-square-foot facilty designed by Line and Space LLC, bringing a contemporary…
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Oct. 26, 2017
With the 1968 backdrop of Cold War politics and the Vietnam War, a group of politically engaged young academics established the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars, or CCAS, promising to rethink the divide between East and West…
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Oct. 23, 2017
Excavation is underway of Bisbee’s Warren Ballpark, the country’s oldest, for insight into Southwestern life in the early 1900s.
In the grandstands of Bisbee's Warren Ballpark, along the foul lines and beyond the outfield, baseball fans have…
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Oct. 10, 2017
Professor Alejandro Nava published an essay this month in the popular literature news site Lit Hub on the sorrow and exuberance in novelist Ralph Elison's work.
Ralph Elison's Tragicomic Soul was adapted as an excerpt from Nava's recent book, In…
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Oct. 5, 2017
College of Humanities Dean Alain-Philippe Durand is the newest member of the Arizona Humanities Council board of directors.
Appointed to a three-year term, Durand is the only University of Arizona representative on the Arizona Humanities Council, as…
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Oct. 3, 2017
Join the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies for a special film series at the Loft Cinema to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the Russian Revolution. The events are FREE and open to the public.
Monday, October 16th - 7:00PM
October: Ten…
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Sept. 29, 2017
The UA's National Center for Interpretation hosted 11 International Rescue Committee staff members for an all-day, pro-bono training seminar to improve their work interpret for local refugees.
The Sept. 6 training was the third pro-bono…
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Sept. 27, 2017
Dean Alain-Philippe Durand published a guest column in the Arizona Daily Wildcat, inviting the campus and Tucson communities to the 2017 Tucson Humanities Festival:
When humanities scholars look out across the globe and back through the pages of…
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Sept. 19, 2017
"In Search of Soul: Hip-Hop, Literature and Religion," by Alejandro Nava, speaks to themes that span from biblical traditions to contemporary black and Latin music.
In a new book, UA professor Alejandro Nava explores the concept of "soul" from…