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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.…
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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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