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April 6, 2023
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Professor Jiang Wu Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
University of Arizona Department of East Asian Studies Professor and Center for Buddhist Studies Director Jiang Wu is one of 171 scientists, writers, scholars and artists awarded a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship.Read More
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Oct. 9, 2020
The University of Arizona Center for Buddhist Studies will have its new physical home in the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, a landmark facility that will be dedicated to health and wellness.
The partnership is rooted in the…
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Sept. 30, 2020
For 2020, the Tucson Humanities Festival will highlight contemporary and historic efforts at fighting racism, erasing prejudice and uplifting the marginalized.
In selecting the theme of “Toward Justice,” for its 11th annual series, the…
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Sept. 18, 2020
The University of Arizona College of Humanities has launched a monthly series to connect alumni with current students in a virtual conversation about how a humanities education translates into career-ready skills.
Alumni Insights brings…
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Sept. 17, 2020
The Critical Languages Program is expanding into community classes, creating a non-credit opportunity to study less commonly taught languages.
The first course offered will be Cantonese, with a 10-hour, five-week course focusing on the…
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Sept. 16, 2020
As Athens rose to become the intellectual and cultural center of Ancient Greece in the fifth century BC, communities of artists within the city began transforming established traditions with ground-breaking innovations.
Athenian…
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Sept. 15, 2020
As a nursing major, Maryan Hassan knows her career path lies in health care.
But it’s her Africana Studies minor that’s helping to define that career path and how her goals connect to the larger world. Eventually, Hassan would like to open…
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Sept. 3, 2020
The Writing Skills Improvement Program will offer a regular series of 50-minute workshops weekly throughout the semester, including two new workshops specifically addressing online classes.
Free for all, the workshops will be interactive…
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Aug. 25, 2020
As a French major, new Student Body President Tara Singleton says the skills and perspectives from her Humanities courses are crucial to her leadership role, as well as her career goal to work in human rights law.
Singleton, elected as the…
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Aug. 5, 2020
Nichole Guard, Senior Program Coordinator in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has been honored as one of nine recipients for this year’s University of Arizona Individual Awards for Excellence.
Guard, who joined the University in…
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July 8, 2020
Dear College of Humanities Students, Staff, and Faculty,
The College of Humanities stands with our international students in vehement opposition to the newly announced US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy that…
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June 16, 2020
The College of Humanities is pleased to welcome new faculty for the upcoming academic year.
“These are outstanding scholars who represent the breadth and diversity of Humanities scholarship and teaching,” said Dean Alain-Philippe Durand. “…
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June 11, 2020
Denis M. Provencher, Professor and Head of the Department of French and Italian, will join the University of Arizona’s 2020-2021 Inclusive Leadership Cohort Certificate program.
Provencher is one of 13 faculty and staff members chosen for…