Arts & Humanities

UCI campaign seeks to boost trailblazing research, student scholarships, healthcare advances and cultural endeavors

Five assistant professors at the University of California, Irvine will receive $50,000 Hellman Fellowships, which are bestowed annually to support research by junior faculty. They join an elite group of 53 UCI Hellman Fellows since 2013, when the Hellman Fellows Fund established the program here. The 2019-20 awardees, representing a cross-section of disciplines, are: “Each […]

Class boldly goes on 1,900-mile mission to explore artworks embedded in the environment

New UCI course examines inner workings and idiosyncrasies of theme park

UCI student film festival takes place June 3 at Irvine Barclay Theatre

EVENT: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, one of the most important events leading to the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States, UCI presents the art exhibit “Burning Time: A Graphic Book Collaboration.” Jointly produced by Jonathan Alexander, Chancellor’s Professor of English, and Professor Antoinette LaFarge of the Department of […]

UCI grad student Sarah O’Dell is pursuing both an M.D. and a doctorate in the humanities

Interdisciplinary experts convened on campus for two-day public conference on looming existential threat

Tara Rodman, UCI assistant professor of drama, has won a 2018 Fellowship for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The $60,000 grant will enable her to research and write a book about the international career of Japanese dancer and choreographer Ito Michio (1893-1961). The Fellowships for Advanced Social […]

UCI’s Virtuous Table series of themed meals provides physical, intellectual and spiritual sustenance