News

Feb. 13, 2017
The College is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2017 SILLC Global Award. The recipients will receive funding in support of their study abroad pursuits in the summer of 2017 or in AY 2017-2018. Daniel Fitzsimmons Majors: East Asian Studies…
Feb. 3, 2017
Read the latest article by Dr. Alex Nava, Professor of Religious Studies in the College of Humanities, titled "A Theology of the Desert." It is excerpted from Dr. Rubio-Goldsmith's new book, Migrant Deaths in the Desert: La Vida No Vale Nada. The…
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Feb. 2, 2017
Hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash will make a special appearance at the University of Arizona as part of Black History Month events. Sponsored by the UA College of Humanities' African Studies Program, Grandmaster Flash — considered one of the…
Jan. 18, 2017
KXCI Community Radio 91.3 FM Tucson spoke with University of Arizona faculty members Suzi Dovi, Phyllis Taoua and Denis Provencher about the upcoming Inauguration Day Teach-In and March for Unity and Solidarity. Listen here! https://kxci.org/2017/01…
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Jan. 17, 2017
The College is pleased to congratulate Professor Fabian Alfie, who just published “La donna taverna: La ballata delle due cognate ubriache” as part of a collection of essays for a conference held in June 2015, "La poesia italiana prima di Dante" (…
Jan. 13, 2017
Dr. Denis M. Provencher, Professor and Head of the Department of French and Italian, has just been awarded a grant from the University of Arizona’s Institute for LGBT Studies, in partnership with the UA Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, for his…
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Jan. 13, 2017
Congratulations Dr. Aileen Feng! Her book, "WRITING BELOVEDS: HUMANIST PETRARCHISM AND THE POLITICS OF GENDER" just appeared in print at the University of Toronto Press: Covering a period from the late-fourteenth to mid-sixteenth century, Aileen A.…
Dec. 22, 2016
Co-directors of the Learning Games Initiativein the College of Humanities, Ken McAllister & Judd Ruggill, discuss modern-day gaming and its history. Read the full UA News Story here.
Dec. 22, 2016
College of Humanities Religious Studies Professor Alex Nava was featured in national news in relation to the increased attention on police-related killings of blacks and the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement mirror the rise in social activist…
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Dec. 19, 2016
The Pre-Commencement Ceremonies for Winter 2016 graduates of the UA College of Humanities were held on the morning of Friday, December 16 in the Grand Ballroom at the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center. In addition to Dean Alain-…
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Dec. 9, 2016
Congratulations to this year's COH research grant awardees!  Straight to the Goal! 2016 COH Faculty Research Grants Awardees Professor Katia Bezerra Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese Project: Borders within Borders: Diasporas in the Lusophone World…
Dec. 5, 2016
Dr. Colleen Lucey, Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian & Slavic Studies, recently received a Title VIII Advanced Research Fellowship from the U.S. Department of State for her proposal, "Prostitution and Sex Trafficking in Russian Politics…