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July 5, 2018
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Reimagining the Humanities for a Changing Future
"There is no such thing as a starving humanist. These people are employed in all kinds of jobs in all kinds of fields," Alain-Philippe Durand says of a renewed focus on the humanities at the University of Arizona.Read More
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Dec. 17, 2019
Judith Nantell, Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has published a new book with the Bucknell University Press.
The Poetics of Epiphany in The Spanish Lyric of Today was published Nov. 15.
The publisher's description: "Drawing…
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Dec. 11, 2019
Bailey Lockwood, who will graduate in May with a Bachelor of Arts in German Studies and a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology, will be awarded the University of Arizona's Centennial Achievement Award.
The award was created by the Division of…
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Dec. 9, 2019
Next semester, University of Arizona students will have the opportunity to take classes in Nahuatl, the indigenous Mesoamerican language that’s the origin of words such as chocolate, avocado, chili, coyote and tomato.
The Nahuatl classes are…
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Dec. 6, 2019
Richard P. Kinkade, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has published a new book with the University of Toronto Press.
Dawn of a Dynasty: The Life and Times of Infante Manuel of Castile was published Sept. 23.
The…
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Dec. 3, 2019
University of Arizona students from underrepresented backgrounds majoring in Russian and Slavic Studies joined peers from Howard University and the University of Puerto Rico in Washington, D.C. as part of a multifaceted effort to increase diversity…
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Dec. 2, 2019
Bucking a national trend in declining undergraduate humanities enrollment, the University of Arizona College of Humanities is increasing enrollment, crossing the threshold of 1,000 majors, a 28 percent growth over the last two years.
With its…
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Nov. 25, 2019
Congratulations to the Fall 2019 COH Graduate Student Research Grant awardees!
Fall 2019 COH Graduate Student Research Grant Awardees
Chen Chen and Yuwei WangEast Asian StudiesProject: A Longitudinal Learner Corpus of Chinese: A New Resource…
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Nov. 25, 2019
Congratulations to the 2019-20 COH Faculty Research Grant awardees!
2019-20 COH Faculty Research Grant Awardees
Rae DachilleReligious Studies and Classics, East Asian StudiesProject: Nuancing “Appropriation” and “Soft Power”: Developing a…
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Nov. 25, 2019
Two College of Humanities faculty members received the University of Arizona’s Global Excellence Awards for 2019.
Robert Côté, Director of the Writing Skills Improvement Program, was recognized with the Award for Excellence in Global Education,…
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Nov. 21, 2019
The University of Arizona’s Center for Digital Humanities, in partnership with The Colored Girls Museum in Philadelphia, is being awarded a $175,000 grant to create high-resolution, three-dimensional scans of art and cultural artifacts created by…
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Nov. 19, 2019
The Humanities Seminars Program honored four University of Arizona professors with the annual Ted and Shirley Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award.
Ted Buchholz, Richard Poss, Greg Sakall and Steve Smith were honored at the November ceremony. Last…
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Nov. 7, 2019
The Artistic Activism After Atrocity project examines how post-atrocity societies remember and engage with past violence, particularly the role of art in changing minds and attitudes that can lead to meaningful reconciliation.
A University of…