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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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Jan. 11, 2018
Graduates of the University of Arizona’s College of Humanities have gone onto successful careers around the world, applying their expertise in leadership, critical thinking, collaboration, adaptability, problem solving, and intercultural competence…
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Jan. 8, 2018
The UA Poetry Center, part of the College of Humanities, is featured on the latest episode of Arizona Illustrated from Arizona Public Media. The segment (which begins about 10 minutes into the episode) showcases the center's history, its beautiful…
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Dec. 15, 2017
Congratulations to this year's COH Teaching and Outreach Grant awardees!
2017-18 COH Teaching and Outreach Grant Awardees
Professor Dalila Ayoun
French & Italian
Project: Arizona Graduate Student Conference in French
Professor Katia Bezerra…
Dec. 15, 2017
Jimmain Middleton (1982-2017)
Jerome Dotson, assistant professor of Africana Studies, delivered a speech in memory of Jimmain Middleton and presented Middleton’s family with his posthumous degree in Africana Studies.
Borrowing on an old African…
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Dec. 15, 2017
Congratulations to the College of Humanities’ Outstanding Senior for Fall 2017, Rachel Dieman!
Dieman graduates with a double major in Russian and Slavic Studies and Political Science.
“As students of the humanities, we have the opportunity to…
Dec. 15, 2017
The College of Humanities honored its Fall 2017 graduates at the Pre-Commencement Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 15 in the Grand Ballroom of the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center.
Our faculty and staff salute this talented group of…
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Dec. 14, 2017
Albrecht Classen, University Distinguished Professor of German Studies, has been honored with the rank of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions.
The award is bestowed in recognition of Classen's outstanding service to…
Dec. 13, 2017
Ted Taubeneck, a generous supporter of University of Arizona arts and humanities programs who enthusiastically embodied the ideal of lifelong learning, died last month. He was 91.
As a longtime board member and chair of the Humanities Seminars…
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Dec. 12, 2017
Congratulations to Denis Provencher, professor and head of the Department of French and Italian, on being named Acting Director of the UA's Institute for LGBT Studies for Spring 2018.
Provencher is a scholar of contemporary French and Francophone…
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Dec. 8, 2017
The University of Arizona Parent & Family Association's monthly faculty spotlight for December is on Rae Erin Dachille, an assistant professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies and an expert on Buddhism.
Here's the full profile:
Meet…
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Dec. 1, 2017
Congratulations to this year's COH Faculty Research Grant awardees!
2017-18 COH Faculty Research Grant Awardees
Professor Albrecht Classen
German Studies
Project: Academic Textbook on the History of Tolerance
Professor Malcolm Compitello…
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Dec. 1, 2017
Congratulations to the Fall 2017 COH Graduate Student Research Grant awardees!
Fall 2017 COH Graduate Students Research Grant Awardees
Nan Ouyang
East Asian Studies
Project: The Making of a Sacred Place: The Rise of Mount Jiuhua in the Ming-…