Explore the Arts and Humanities at UC Santa Barbara and learn about our students, programs, and faculty. monitor with grid icon UC Santa Barbara News Here's what's happening around campus. Threads of survival: One doctoral candidate reframes histories of conflict UC Santa Barbara doctoral candidate Alida Jekabson explores how craft and textiles carry memory, identity and survival through war, displacement and resettlement. The world is waiting: Daina Ramey Berry’s 2026 Humanities and Fine Arts commencement address Addressing UC Santa Barbara’s Class of 2026, Berry calls on graduates to meet an uncertain world with rigor, imagination, ethical judgment and courage. Three graduating Theater and Dance students earn 2026 Indy Awards Costume and lighting design for “Animal Farm” and “The Tempest” earned student honors alongside recognition for Department of Theater and Dance faculty, staff and an alum. Howard Chiang receives 2026 Dan David Prize for queer history and Sinophone studies UC Santa Barbara professor and Center for Taiwan Studies director Howard Chiang is the first winner from East Asia to receive the world’s largest history prize. More News More Events
Threads of survival: One doctoral candidate reframes histories of conflict UC Santa Barbara doctoral candidate Alida Jekabson explores how craft and textiles carry memory, identity and survival through war, displacement and resettlement.
The world is waiting: Daina Ramey Berry’s 2026 Humanities and Fine Arts commencement address Addressing UC Santa Barbara’s Class of 2026, Berry calls on graduates to meet an uncertain world with rigor, imagination, ethical judgment and courage.
Three graduating Theater and Dance students earn 2026 Indy Awards Costume and lighting design for “Animal Farm” and “The Tempest” earned student honors alongside recognition for Department of Theater and Dance faculty, staff and an alum.
Howard Chiang receives 2026 Dan David Prize for queer history and Sinophone studies UC Santa Barbara professor and Center for Taiwan Studies director Howard Chiang is the first winner from East Asia to receive the world’s largest history prize.