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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

Featured
Talk: Euripides’ "Medea" and "Heracles"
Oct 18
Talk: Euripides’ "Medea" and "Heracles"

UC Berkeley classics professor Mario Telò will show how the archive feelings permeating two of Euripides’ most famous and controversial plays express an emancipatory negativity, which provides an explanation for our never-ending emotional investment in the tragic experience.

50th Anniversary Carillon Recital
Oct 20
50th Anniversary Carillon Recital

UCSB University Carillonist Wesley Arai will present a special recital commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Storke Tower carillon’s dedication.

Talk: Almost Dead, Almost Alive, Almost Buddha
Oct 24
Talk: Almost Dead, Almost Alive, Almost Buddha

Assistant Professor of Religion at Columbia University David Kittay will discuss the state of immanence, the last stage of the dissolution of the subtle body in the natural death process, also employed by the yogi seeking actual enlightenment.

Past Events

 
 
How can we make sustainable research software development a priority? Learn more on Thursday, October 10th as computer scientist Sandra Gesing of the University of Notre Dame discusses how the sustainability of research software has gained attention over the last decade.
To honor promising writers published in Starting Lines, an anthology of student work from Writing 1 and Linguistics 12, @ucsbwriting and former UCSB writing professor Mashey Bernstein present The Mashey M. Bernstein “Future Writer” Award. Join us for the Starting Lines Publication Party, where the first $500 award will be given, on Friday, October 11th from 10 a.m.- 12p.m. in HSSB 6020.
The discussion ranged from gimbal camera rigs to gender politics in Mad Max: Fury Road Tuesday evening as Carsey-Wolf Center director Patrice Petro, left, interviewed UC Berkeley Film and Media professor Kristen Whissel as part of the Center's new Special Effects series.
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.

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