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WELCOME TO THE HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS


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WELCOME TO THE HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS


 

 

Explore the Arts and Humanities at UC Santa Barbara
and learn about our students, programs, and faculty.

 
 

More than ever, California, the nation, and the world need engaged and informed citizens who understand the languages, traditions, values, and histories of other cultures.

 
 

Globalization and cultural diversity at home call for the knowledge and comparative methods of the humanities. These methods are essential to sustaining multicultural and multilingual societies and a strong democratic culture.

 

News & Features

Events

Upcoming events

Check back in late September for information on Fall events!

Past Events

 
 
Check out our video on student Halle Clark as she speaks about what it means to grow up in a Christian-Jewish family and how that influenced her decision to major in Religious Studies. Watch her story here: https://bit.ly/2RtSn58
Um… Magazine editor-in-chief Frances Woo discusses the creation of the magazine and her plans for its future. Um… Magazine is an online and print publication that seeks to give under-represented students a chance to showcase their art and writing. Read more under the News & Feature tab at hfa.ucsb.edu. Photo by Frances Woo.
In this week of achievement milestones, please join us in congratulating the first 6 graduates of UCSB's Journalism Certificate program. The certificate is a joint venture between the Writing Program and Professional and Continuing Education.
Congratulations to History of Art and Architecture professor Claudia Moser and Writing program lecturer Christian Thomas, who have received a $94,000 grant from UC Santa Barbara’s Innovative Learning Technology Initiative (ILTI) to develop an interactive, game-based course called “Rome: The Game." The lower division online class, available in winter 2021, will be an exciting introduction to the art, archaeology, and history of ancient Rome. Click the link in the bio to read more about “Rome: The Game,” available to students in winter 2021.
Congratulations to ballet lecturer Valerie Huston who was awarded a Santa Barbara Independent award for Artistic Direction and Production of Avian, which premiered this spring at the UC Santa Barbara Ballet Studio Theater. Avian was inspired by a large origami bird. The dance explores the mathematics of origami, satirical explorations of bird life, and the joy of flight and group dynamics.
As the academic year draws to a close, nothing typifies the work of HFA more than the Center for Innovative Teaching, Research, and Learning, or CITRAL. Click the link in our bio to check out this video in which faculty director Linda Adler-Kassner discusses the center's mission.
During the 2019 Media Arts and Technology Program’s (MAT) End of Year Show called “MADE” yesterday, UCSB graduate students showcased their work that connected media art, design and engineering. The “MADE” exhibition included over 50 installations, performances, concerts, and technical presentations displaying diverse themes such as robotics, virtual reality, quantum physics, machine learning and electronic music. #ucsbmat
UC Santa Barbara’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center was recently awarded a $10,000 Engaging Humanities Grant to expand a prison correspondence program, which teaches literature to those incarcerated in California prisons. The Engaging Humanities Grant is given to faculty members who are working on innovative projects that build ties between UC campuses and California communities through research engagement or partnerships with community organizations. The grant will be used to launch the program in three additional prisons bringing the total to five, expand course offerings, and increase the number of graduate students participating as instructors.

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