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In their lifetimes, Mary Bernard Aguirre and her grandson Pedro Joab Aguirre bridged different countries, cultures, languages and peoples.  
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The College of Humanities, together with the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies, reiterates our condemnation of Russia’s unjustified war on Ukraine. In the year since this terrible war began, the human tragedy has been staggering. According to...
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In celebration of Black History Month, the College of Humanities is spotlighting faculty, staff, students and alumni. This week, meet Shaun Brown, who graduated from the University of Arizona in 2005 with a minor in Africana Studies, a major in...
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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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“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.  
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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.  
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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.  
Dr. Bryan Carter, Director of the Center for Digital Humanities
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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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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.  
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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.  
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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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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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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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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.  
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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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Richard Shelton, a longtime University of Arizona professor and renowned writer known as the poet laureate of the Sonoran Desert, passed away Nov. 29. He was 89.