humanities

Student interviewers record the life stories of Vietnamese American immigrants for archival preservation.

Kenneth Pomeranz, UCI expert on China, is new American Historical Association president.

UCI professor who studies the films of his homeland finds a fan in Martin Scorsese.

Alumnus Ryan Sharpe helps hospitalized kids cope via video games.

UCI awards first Henfield prize for fiction writing to M.F.A. student James Zwerneman.

Summer’s here, and the reading’s easy. So stash the dry textbooks, research tomes and heavier literary works that pile up on the nightstand during the academic year. The latest by David Sedaris? Got it right here with the sunscreen. No. 17 in Janet Evanovich’s epic Stephanie Plum series? It’s in the beach bag. (Hey, don’t […]

Fifth annual event will celebrate reading, writing with talks, signings by acclaimed authors.

His name is pronounced “Googy,” and in his native African tongue, it means “work.” It’s fitting, because prolific author Ngugi wa Thiong’o has worked hard his entire life, turning out books, plays and newspaper columns that have made his unusual name known the world over. Now in his 70s, Ngugi could be forgiven for slowing down the […]

After 20 years as an L.A.Times crime reporter, author and literary journalism professor, Miles Corwin crosses over into fiction in “Kind of Blue.”

From drama to design, English professor Julia Reinhard Lupton thrives on innovation and collaboration.