Arts & Humanities

Setting the historical record straight

Book co-written by UCI history professor reinterprets Colonial New England practice of ‘warning out’ strangers

UCI poet up for National Book Award

Press one if you’d like to speak to Attila the Hun.Press two if your Jacuzzi is filled with eels.”– from “A Short History of Sublime Moments on Hold,” by Amy Gerstler Scattered at Sea, a poetry collection by UCI English professor Amy Gerstler, is in the running for the 2015 National Book Award for Poetry. Gerstler, […]

Books on the beach

Guilt-free beach reading

Book lovers can look to UCI authors for summer fare that exercises the mind while the body relaxes

Adria Imada

Hawaiian history via hula

Adria Imada’s award-winning book Aloha America explores the influence of politics, colonization, tourism and religion on the islands’ traditional dance

Pianist Kevin Kwan Loucks, and his wife, violinist Iryna Krechkovsky, joined with cellist Ross Gasworth

Good vibrations

Alum Kevin Kwan Loucks and his wife make beautiful music together in chamber duo and trio

The locker in which Chris Burden confined himself as part of his master’s thesis, bears a tribute from current students who are inspired by the artist’s commitment to pushing the boundaries

Taking art to extremes

Chris Burden, M.F.A. ’71, gained fame for his provocative pieces

Students from UCI’s Improv Revolution and Live Nude People (With Clothes On)

Funny business

UCI’s Improv Revolution presents Coup de Comedy Festival 2015, honoring Keegan-Michael Key, May 6-9

Eli Simon and Julia Lupton

All the campus is a stage

Professors Julia Lupton and Eli Simon discuss UCI’s new Shakespeare Center, dedicated to ‘exploring the world of Will through performance, scholarship and teaching’

Vicki Ruiz

A pioneer in her field

Vicki Ruiz to be honored for her contributions to Latino and Chicano history during National Women’s History Month

Outlaw homage

Revival of iconic “Billy the Kid” ballet honors its original choreographer, Eugene Loring, founding chair of UCI’s dance department