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Oct. 25, 2019
The University of Arizona ranks 30th in the world and 9th among U.S. public universities in arts and humanities, according to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Global Universities.”   Overall, the UA ranked No. 85 out of 1,500 higher education…
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Oct. 9, 2019
In his new book, Takashi Miura, Assistant Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies, analyzes a category of Japanese divinities known as “yonaoshi gods” and their place in early modern Japan.   The expression yonaoshi is often translated as…
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Oct. 9, 2019
The College of Humanities 2019 Young Professional Achievement Award will be presented to Dr. Megan Lisbeth Strang, who says her study of language and culture was foundational to her career as a pediatric audiologist.   After finishing her bachelor’s…
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Oct. 3, 2019
Annette Kolodny, an internationally prominent feminist scholar who served as dean of the UA’s College of Humanities from 1988 to 1993, has died. She was 78.   Kolodny was “a pioneer in the field of ecofeminism,” according to The New York Times, who…
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Oct. 2, 2019
By Nick Prevenas, University Communications The University of Arizona is one of the world's top institutions for arts and humanities studies, according to Times Higher Education. The university ranked No. 80 out of 536 colleges and universities…
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Oct. 2, 2019
The Bauhaus was founded in Germany in 1919, during the post-war period when the country was reinventing itself, and the broadly interdisciplinary school would become a profoundly influential force across the 20th century.   This fall, the UA will…
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Sept. 30, 2019
Nathaniel Smith, assistant professor of East Asian Studies, has received competitive grant funding from the Japan Foundation to spend a year in Tokyo researching the transforming Kabukicho neighborhood. Smith is one of only five U.S. scholars to…
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Sept. 27, 2019
Aurélia Mouzet, assistant professor Francophone Studies, founded the interactive theatre workshop Talk-it-OUT! to connect UA graduate students with local high schoolers in programs designed to dramatize difficult problems. After a year of…
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Sept. 26, 2019
CERCLL, a UA Title VI Language Resource Center, this week is hosting the inaugural event of its new initiative on Literatures, Languages and Cultures in the 21st Century. COH faculty Beatrice Dupuy and Chantelle Warner will be leading the LiLaC…
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Sept. 24, 2019
Dana Vandersip, a 1988 graduate of the UA’s Russian department who went onto a prominent career in philanthropy, is the College of Humanities 2019 Alumna of the Year. The Russian courses and other Humanities classes taught Vandersip the sort of…
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Sept. 19, 2019
The 10th annual Tucson Humanities Festival features 10 events offering thought-provoking lectures, panels, readings and films by faculty and special guests, including poet and author Sandra Cisneros.   As new ideas develop and new technologies…
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Aug. 29, 2019
From budding poets and story writers to students looking to improve their schoolwork, high school students receive plenty of practice, training and advice from the UA’s Writing Skills Improvement Program. The annual Young Writers Institute is a…